Tuesday, October 3, 2017

First Global Pledge To End Cholera By 2030

Sydney And Melbourne Could Face 50C Days 'Within Decades'

Fans cool off in front of fans at the Sydney International tennis tournament earlier this month
Australia's two biggest cities could swelter through 50C days within a few decades, a study has found.

Sydney and Melbourne are likely to endure such summers even if global warming is contained to the Paris accord limit of a 2C rise above pre-industrial levels, scientists said.

Limiting warming to below that would make 50C days less likely, they said.
Sydney reached a record 45.8C in 2013 while Melbourne hit 46.4C in 2009, the nation's Bureau of Meteorology said.
The study examined only forecasts for Victoria and New South Wales, but researchers said the rest of Australia could also expect rises.

"One of the hottest years on record globally - in 2015 - could be an average year by 2025," said lead researcher Dr Sophie Lewis from the Australian National University.

The research, also involving the University of Melbourne and published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, said taking action on climate change remained crucial.
If global warming tracked at 2C, Dr Lewis said Australia's major cities could experience 50C days between 2040 and 2050.
Australia's most recent summer broke 205 weather records while its winter was the warmest on record, according to the nation's independent Climate Council.
Last month, Australians were warned to prepare for a dangerous bushfire season in 2017-18.(BBC)

GOLDEN MELODIES


Airport Police Arrested Sixty Persons Behaved Freely At Katunayake Airport Premises

Katunayake Airport Police had arrested around 60
persons behaved freely with authority at the Katunayake Airport premises and produced before Minuwangoda Magistrate Court yesterday (03).

After being produced before the court the Minuwangoda acting Magistrate Priyanthi Liyanaarachchi had been imposed a fine of Rs.90,000 on them ,Rs.1500 fine per person.

Two Persons Arrested With Gold Biscuits And A Chain At Colombo-Katunayake Expressway

Police have arrested a man and woman with a eight
pound chain and eleven gold biscuits in their possession  at the entry road of Colombo-Katunayake expressway .

The suspects who are residents of Colombo have been arrested while attempting to smuggle the gold weighing around 400 grammes to India according to Police.

The estimated value of the stock of gold is around Rs.3 million it has been revealed.

Chairmen Of Three State Banks To Be Appeared Before The Bond Commission

Chairmen of three state banks have been requested to
appear before the Presidential commission on Inquiry which investigating on Central Bank bond scam today (04).

Accordingly the Chairman of Peoples Bank Hemasiri Fernando,Chairman of Bank Of Ceylon Roland Perera and Chairman of National Savings Bank Aswin De Silva are due to appear before the Commission today to give an evidence regarding the links between their Banks and the Bond scam.

Baltimore Port Closure May Hit US Coal Export Volumes

https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/baltimore-port-closure-may-hit-us-coal-export-volumes