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Many storms, heatwaves, fires and droughts slipped under the radar this year.
Climate change is a true existential threat for small island nations, but the US has done little to help the Marshall Islands, which it administered for decades.
La Niña means we are forecast a wet winter – and people are struggling and ill-prepared.
Flooding isn’t always destructive – it can be part of our toolkit for restoring ecosystems.
The threats of climate change to plants, animals and people in Africa mean that the continent is an excellent place for biometeorological research.
Locust outbreaks are driven by unusual climatic conditions.
Mosquitoes love the wetter weather La Niña brings to some parts of Australia. But will we see more mosquito-borne disease?
Khartoum, one of Africa’s largest cities, is both blessed and threatened by the dynamics of the Nile Rivers.
New risk models show nearly twice as many properties are at risk from a 100-year flood today than the government’s flood maps indicate.
Hurricane stalling has become common over the past half-century, and their average forward speed has also slowed.
How destructive storm surge gets depends on both the hurricane and the shape of the land.
Some rainstorms drench you in a second, while others drop rain in a nice peaceful drizzle. A meteorologist explains how rainstorms can be so different.
High temperatures, periods of increased relative humidity and more rainfall are likely to happen more in Nigeria’s coastal region under future global warming.
Overlapping disasters of COVID-19 and flooding could be a serious threat for Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown.
The flooding has affected water resources, agriculture and food security, health and sanitation, fisheries, and energy and infrastructure.
Efforts to engineer Britain’s rivers over the past 75 years have only made flooding worse.
Thousands of dams across the US are aging and overdue for maintenance. Taking them down can revive rivers, restore fish runs and create new opportunities for tourism and outdoor activities.
Blaming flooding on an act of God wrongly absolves government and developers of their liability for poor decisions that unfairly burden taxpayers.
A new study suggests raising dykes along a third of Europe’s coastline, but there are more cost-effective options.
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Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, University of Dayton
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Visiting Scientist, United Nations University – Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS), United Nations University
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Associate professor, Rhodes University
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Professor of Hydrology, University of Reading
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Professor Emeritus of Risk Management and Insurance, Georgia State University
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Research Fellow, Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University
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Professor of Physical Geography, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of River Science and Climate Resilience, University of Salford
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Honorary Research Fellow in Hydromorphology, University of Salford
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Assistant Professor, Disaster Research Center, University of Delaware
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Professor of Environmental Planning, University of Waikato
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Head of Operational Climate Services, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
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Lecturer in Human Geography and Urban Development, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Professor of Water and Planning, University of Sheffield
