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A heatwave the size of 10 Earths has been discovered rippling through Jupiter's atmosphere.It was 130,000 kilometers (around 81,000 miles) across, and a scorching 700 degrees Celsius (1,292 degrees Fahrenheit), traveling at speeds up to 2,400 meters per second away from the Jovian north pole.And this, scientists say, could resolve one of the more perplexing mysteries about our Solar System's biggest planet – why it's so much hotter than models predict.It's the permanent auroras that glimmer at Jupiter's poles that could…

Switzerland's glaciers are melting like never before, an…

The Mediterranean Sea was hit by a major marine heatwave.Many parts of Europe saw record-breaking temperatures over the summer. However, it wasn’t just the continental mainland that was affected, because the Mediterranean Sea also suffered a major marine heatwave. CAREHeat, an ESA-funded project, detected one of the most intense Mediterranean marine heatwaves observed during the satellite era – with sea surface temperatures reaching 5°C (9°F) higher than average. Extreme rises in ocean temperature over an extended period…

This image shows the sea surface temperature anomalies on 21 July 2022 compared to the average temperature recorded during the 1985 to 2005 period. Credit: ESA (Data: E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information) Marine heatwaves are extreme rises in ocean temperature over an extended period of time. Their magnitude and frequency have harmful impacts on marine ecosystems, threaten marine biodiversity and negatively impact…

Oracle Corp has started to offer MySQL HeatWave, its cloud database service for transactions, analytics and machine learning, on Amazon's AWS cloud, allowing customers whose data is already parked there to use the service, the US company said. The new offering is not through a partnership with Amazon.com Inc which has its own range of database services that Oracle competes with, said Edward Screven, chief corporate architect of Oracle. He said Oracle does have a partnership with Microsoft Corp and will be offering this…

A major iPad factory in China has begun operating at normal capacity again after a historic heat wave brought production to a halt. As reported by Nikkei, Taiwanese iPhone assembler Foxconn restarted production at its Chengdu plant on Thursday, following a heat wave that was causing power supply issues. "The Chengdu plant of Foxconn, which assembles iPads for Apple, began to operate at normal capacity again on Thursday," the report states. According to Nikkei, Foxconn is being supplied power from the authorities as a…

Power rationing that forced factories in China’s southwest to shut down has been extended due to low water at hydroelectric dams. State weather forecasters issued a heat "red alert" for the 11th consecutive day, as extreme weather continues to play havoc with power supplies and damage crops.…

A provincial capital in southwest China has dimmed outdoor advertisements, subway lighting and building signs to save energy, official announcements said, as the area battles a power crunch triggered by record-high temperatures. The mercury has soared beyond 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in Sichuan province this week, fuelling massive demand for air conditioning and drying up reservoirs in a region reliant on dams for most of its electricity. Factories including a joint venture with Japanese car giant Toyota in…

A citizen wearing a breathing mask to escape heat rides on the road on May 23, 2019 in China. The electricity load in the Chinese province of Henan reached a new record on Monday, primarily driven by air-conditioning demand, as scorching heat waves spread across regions north of the Yangtze river.Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty ImagesChina is currently caught in the grip of a devastating heatwave that could have a serious impact on its economy, according to the chief economist of Hang Seng Bank China.The heatwave "is a…