Reuters pictures of the year: Extreme weather in 2022
The carcass of an elephant that died during the drought is seen in the Shaba National Reserve, Isiolo county, Kenya, 22 September 2022. Photo: Baz Ratner / REUTERS
30 December 2022 (Reuters) – From historic droughts to floods, climate change worsened weather extremes in 2022.
Internally displaced Somali woman Habiba Bile stands near the carcass of her dead livestock following severe droughts near Dollow, Gedo Region, Somalia, 26 May 2022. Photo: Feisal Omar / REUTERS
Flood victims gather to receive food handout in a camp, following rains and floods during the monsoon season in Sehwan, Pakistan, 14 September 2022. Photo: Akhtar Soomro / REUTERS
An aerial view shows a branch of the Loire River as historical drought hits France, in Loireauxence, France, 16 August 2022. Photo: Stephane Mahe / REUTERS
Sand begins to surround houses close to the town of Ambovombe, Androy region, Madagascar, 15 February 2022. Four years of drought, along with deforestation caused by people burning or cutting down trees to make charcoal or to open up land for farming, have transformed the area into a dust bowl. Photo: Alkis Konstantinidis / REUTERS
A mother and her two children wade through the water as they look for shelter during a flood, amidst heavy rains that caused widespread flooding in the northeastern part of the country, in Sylhet, Bangladesh, 18 June 2022. Photo: Abdul Goni / REUTERS
Tina Ekiro from the Turkana pastoralist community affected by the worsening drought due to failed rain seasons, waters sheep from an open well dug on a dry riverbed in Loyoro village of Kalokol in Turkana, Kenya, 28 September 2022. Photo: Thomas Mukoya / REUTERS
Horses seek shelter as Fairview Fire burns near Hemet, California, 5 September 2022. Photo: David Swanson / REUTERS
A sheep looks for something to graze during a severe drought in the Cijara reservoir, in Villarta de los Montes, Spain, 6 August 2022. A prolonged dry spell and extreme heat that made July the hottest month in Spain since at least 1961, left Spanish reservoirs at just 40 percent of capacity on average in early August. Photo: Susana Vera / REUTERS
People stand next to a flooded area, as Cyclone Batsirai sweeps inland, in Fianarantsoa, Madagascar, 6 February 2022. Photo: Alkis Konstantinidis / REUTERS
A waste collector climbs down while looking for recyclable materials as smoke billows from burning garbage at the Bhalswa landfill site on World Environment Day in New Delhi, India, 5 June 2022. Photo: Anushree Fadnavis / REUTERS
A chameleon tries to stay out of the water during floods caused by heavy rain in Imperatriz, Maranhao state, Brazil, 6 January 2022. Photo: Ueslei Marcelino / REUTERS
A woman wades through chest-deep flood after Super Typhoon Noru, in San Ildefonso, Bulacan province, Philippines, 26 September 2022. Photo: Eloisa Lopez / REUTERS
A flood victim takes refuge along a road in a makeshift tent, following rains and floods during the monsoon season in Mehar, Pakistan, 29 August 2022. Photo: Akhtar Soomro / REUTERS
Residents watch part of the Sheep Fire wildfire burn through a forest on a hillside near their homes in Wrightwood, California, 11 June 2022. Photo: Kyle Grillot / REUTERS
See more 2022 extreme weather and environment photos from Reuters here and here.
Aerial view of burned areas in the Amazon rainforest, near the city of Porto Velho, Rondônia state. Photo: Victor Moriyama / Greenpeace By Rhett A. Butler 12 June 2020 (Mongabay) – Deforestation in Earth’s largest rainforest increased for the fourteenth...
Annual global mean surface temperature anomalies relative to 1850–1900. Global mean near-surface temperature in 2023 was 1.45 ± 0.12 °C above the 1850–1900 average. The analysis is based on a synthesis of six global temperature datasets. 2023 was the warmest...
World consumption of primary energy in exajoules, 1994-2019. Primary energy consumption rose by 1.3 percent in 2019, less than half its rate in 2018 (2.8 percent). Growth was driven by renewables (3.2 EJ) and natural gas (2.8 EJ), which together contributed three quarters of the increase. All fuels grew at a slower rate than their 10-year averages, apart from nuclear, with coal consumption falling for the fourth time in six years (-0.9 EJ). By region, consumption fell in North America, Europe and CIS, and growth was below average in South and Central America. In the other regions, growth was roughly in line with historical averages. China was the biggest individual driver of primary energy growth, accounting for more than three quarters of net global growth. Oil continues to hold the largest share of the energy mix (33.1 percent). Coal is the second largest fuel but lost share in 2019 to account for 27.0 percent, its lowest level since 2003. The share of both natural gas and renewables rose to record highs of 24.2 percent and 5.0 percent respectively. Renewables has now overtaken nuclear, which makes up only 4.3 percent of the energy mix. The share of hydroelectricity has been stable at around 6 percent for several years. Graphic: BP By Bernard Looney 17 June 2020 (BP) – The COVID-19 pandemic may well turn out...
