The 2021 Pacific Northwest heatwave outstripped even the most severe climate prections. A new study simulated 45,000 years of weather at Seattle Tacoma airport to try and figure out why.
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The kind of coverage favoured by South African media probably doesn’t do much to improve the public’s understanding of climate change.
Temperature rise of more than 1°C pushes us towards irreversible climate tipping points, yet Earth is 1.2°C warmer than in pre-industrial times.
The official forecast calls for a strong El Niño by winter, but other models suggest it might dip in and out. An atmospheric scientist explains.
The likely El Niño is bad timing for the electricity sector, and means Australians may face supply disruptions and volatile prices.
Current forecasts suggest a warm tropical Pacific will be interfering with what could otherwise be a ferocious Atlantic hurricane season.
El Niño years put Hawaii and the Mexican Riviera on alert for destructive tropical storms and hurricanes.
If greenhouse gas emissions continue at a high rate, breadbaskets of Europe and North America will see a 50% chance of a flash drought each year by the end of this century.
Honolulu, Baltimore, Charleston, S.C. and several other cities harmed by rising seas and extreme weather are suing the oil industry. At stake is who pays for the staggering costs of climate change.
Yes, we need better flood warnings. But most of us don’t or can’t evacuate from floods. Safety means focusing on community resilience as well as warnings
Hot days are getting hotter in north-west Europe – and the region is poorly equipped to cope.
Climate systems which drive anomalously cold weather will still cause cold extreme events into the 21st century.
Nationally, 57% of the population says they’re not prepared for a flood disaster. Surveys and disasters show that those most at risk are least prepared.
In the years since the Supreme Court rejected Kivalina’s appeal on May 20, 2013, the community’s search and rescue team has faced increasing climate disasters: ‘We just can’t adapt this fast.’
Warnings can now be sent to everyone in a place likely to be flooded – not just those who opt-in.
Extreme weather is a threat to the UK’s electricity system – and climate change is likely to make it even worse.
Autumn extreme fire weather around Cape Town in South Africa has become 90% more likely in a warmer world.
Extreme weather events are complex – and working out exactly how much damage climate change caused is a tricky task.
This year’s Sierra snowpack is looking a lot like 1983’s, and that was a year of flooding and mudslide disasters. A meteorologist explains what’s ahead.
The government’s pro-climate rhetoric has met reality – and it doesn’t look good.
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