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It's Not Just Summer: Winter Heatwave Scorching South America freethoughtblogs.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from freethoughtblogs.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Parts of South America have endured an extreme winter heatwave this week, with one town in Bolivia registering the equal highest winter temperature ever recorded in the Southern Hemisphere.
A large blocking high pressure system over the South Atlantic Ocean caused a hot air mass to build over the northern half of South America over the past fortnight.
Earlier this week, this pool of hot air spread into central parts of South America as northerly winds developed ahead of an approaching low pressure trough.
Image: Modelled surface air temperature on August 22, showing temperatures in the mid-40s in Bolivia, and several areas north of the equator. Source: ClimateReanalyzer.org
Image: Same map as above, but instead showing temperature anomalies, which highlight how far above (red) and below (blue) these temperatures are for this time of year. Source: ClimateReanalyzer.org
Record heat waves swamp multiple continents at the same time axios.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from axios.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Aguaragüe National Park, located in southern Bolivia, is suffering from hydrocarbon exploitation, which has been carried out in this region for more than 100 years. The park’s soils and water sources are being contaminated and some tributaries have already disappeared. The Los Monos stream, for example, is now just a rustic path. Another stream, the […] ....