Muttonbird ‘wrecks’ are becoming more common. Despite speculation about many possible causes, the evidence points to changes in the Arctic ocean ecosystem from where the birds migrate to Australia.
Storm Ciarán has caused severe disruption on the south coast of England.
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Storms are the greatest threat to beach erosion, not sea level rise, research reveals. This is the longest continuous beach monitoring survey in the Southern Hemisphere.
The Royal Charter was shipwrecked at Porth Alerth near Moelfre on Anglesey.
John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland
Local communities need to be warned more clearly and effectively if there is a threat of a storm surge and of coastal flooding.
The costs of climate change are clear with the flood devastation in Lybia simply being the latest grim example. What is also clear is that traditional policymaking has failed and climate assemblies may provide a novel and more equitable path forward.
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Public interest in climate change and global warming peaks after bushfires and lasts for months, research reveals. But Australians do not respond to storms and floods in the same way.
A beaver-like dam at Wilde Brook on the Corve catchment in Shropshire.
Daniel Jones
2016 was the world’s warmest year on record, due in part to a very strong El Niño event. But 2023 (and 2024) could beat that record – what should we expect?
The hardest-hit homes in Florida’s mid-April flooding were in modest neighborhoods in low-lying areas.
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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.
The higher your vantage point, the more likely you’ll see more of the rainbow’s circle.
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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.