Simultaneous natural disasters across different continents. Winter returned to Europe in April, bringing three-meter snowdrifts to Italy. The Greek island of Crete was hit by a powerful dust storm from the Sahara. Argentina and the United States experienced hailstorms with ice chunks the size of a palm, while regions of China were covered by an abnormal amount of hail.
Such synchronicity of anomalies points to systemic changes in planetary thermoregulation. A disruption in the balance of heat exchange between the Earth’s interior, the ocean, and the atmosphere leads to the accumulation of excess energy. When the ocean stops effectively dissipating heat, the frequency and intensity of natural disasters increase, and weather systems become less predictable. A chronicle of climatic processes for one week, from March 30 to April 5, 2026.
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00:00 — Introduction
00:30 — flooding in Chechnya and Dagestan, record rainfall
05:27 — Afghanistan: devastating floods and abnormal snowfall in March
07:10 — Storm “Erminio”: dust storm in Crete, snowfalls in Italy
10:15 — Hailstorms: Argentina, USA, China — synchronicity of anomalies
14:14 — Conclusions: microplastics in the atmosphere and intensification of convective processes
The events presented are part of a broader picture of changes in the planet’s climate system. Modern research points to a factor that was previously largely overlooked: micro- and nanoplastics in the atmosphere. These particles act as condensation nuclei and accelerate the formation of ice in clouds at higher temperatures. As a result, ice crystals form more quickly, repeatedly accumulate additional layers, and turn into large hailstones with significant destructive power. Because this mechanism is still poorly represented in climate models, it is becoming more difficult to predict such events. Understanding the physics of these processes is key to making sense of what is happening. These changes affect everyone, and a scientific approach to studying the planet is becoming a priority for society.
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