Cyclone Idai heading towards Mozambique and Zimbabwe in 2019.
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A lack of weather radar stations means Africa is being hit hard by extreme weather events.
Hurricane Hilary was a powerful Category 4 storm as it headed for Baja California on Aug. 18, 2023.
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Forecasters warned of ‘potentially historic rainfall’ and ‘dangerous to locally catastrophic flooding.’ A hurricane scientist explains what El Niño, a heat dome and mountains have to do with the risk.
Damaged buildings sit in the water along the shore following Hurricane Fiona in Rose Blanche-Harbour Le Cou, N.L. in September, 2022. Fiona left a trail of destruction across much of Atlantic Canada.
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As extreme weather events increase in frequency and severity, many Canadians are still unaware of how to prepare for a natural disaster.
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It may soon be possible to reduce cyclone formation and intensity by spraying particles into the atmosphere above a forming storm. But the technology opens up a can of worms
Refugees, some of them children, in Hargeisa, Somaliland.
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Exploring the potential intersections between climate change and violence against children is crucial.
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Three tips from climate communication research on how to talk about climate change during extreme weather events.
Without home cooling, Phoenix’s weeks with temperatures over 110 F in July 2023 became dangerous.
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Health and climate change researchers explain the risks and why older adults, even those in northern states, need to pay attention.
Dams and reservoirs often serve several purposes, including flood control.
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An engineer who managed dams for years explains the tradeoffs operators make as they decide when to release water and how much to stay safe.
A man pours water on his head to cool off in Algiers, during a heat wave on 18 July 2023.
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Temperature records are being broken in Africa and around the world.
Flood damage in Edenville, Mich., after a dam failed on May 19, 2020.
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More extreme rainfall and frequent storms are raising the risk that floodwaters could spill over dams, or that dams could fail.
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Some were quick to point the finger at climate change when floods hit eastern Australia in February and March 2022, in the lead up to the federal election. But it’s not that simple, scientists say.
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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.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at the 2022 COP27 meeting in Egypt.
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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.
Warming of more than 1°C risks unsafe and harmful outcomes for humanity.
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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.
Warm water along the equator off South America signals an El Niño, like this one in 2016.
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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.
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The likely El Niño is bad timing for the electricity sector, and means Australians may face supply disruptions and volatile prices.
Hurricane Florence, seen from the International Space Station in 2018. Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 to Nov. 30.
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Current forecasts suggest a warm tropical Pacific will be interfering with what could otherwise be a ferocious Atlantic hurricane season.
Twenty years of storm tracks in the Atlantic and eastern Pacific basins.
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El Niño years put Hawaii and the Mexican Riviera on alert for destructive tropical storms and hurricanes.
A flash drought in 2012 dried out soil, harming crops in Kansas and several other states.
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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.
Street flooding has become more common in parts of Honolulu.
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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.