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The ElephantA resource for journalists, politicians, policy makers, activists and citizens interested in climate change and the environmental emergency
Global Warming Acceleration: El Nino Measuring Stick Looks Good
2023-12-15 (or before) in MailchimpTagged under: Extreme Weather | Climate Change | El Niño
B.C. winemakers rethinking industry after climate catastrophes | CBC News
2024-03-14 (or before) in CBC.ca - Canada's Public BroadcasterRecord-breaking heat, destructive cold snaps and wildfires have almost completely wiped out this year's crop of B.C. wines. Now, vineyards are figuring out how to rebuild from the ground up.
Tagged under: Climate Change Impacts | Extreme Weather | Agriculture | Canada
Increasing frequency and lengthening season of western disturbances are linked to increasing strength and delayed northward migration of the subtropical jet
2024-03-13 (or before) in wcd.copernicus.orgAbstract. Western disturbances (WDs) are cyclonic storms that travel along the subtropical jet, bringing the majority of seasonal and extreme precipitation to the Hindu Kush, Karakoram, and western Himalaya in the winter months. They are a vital component of the region's water security. Although typically most common in the winter, WDs can also interact with the summer monsoon, leading to catastrophic consequences. These seem to be happening more frequently, and along with increasingly harsh winter seasons, questions are now being asked about how climate change is affecting WD frequency and intensity in both summer and...
Tagged under: India | Storms. Hurricanes and Tornados | Extreme Weather | Himalayas
Europe unprepared for rapidly growing climate risks, report finds
2024-03-10 in The GuardianDangers of wildfires, extreme weather and other factors outgrowing preparedness, European Environment Agency says
Tagged under: Climate Change Impacts | Extreme Weather | European Union | Europe | Climate Change Adaption
Southern France hit by severe floods for third time in six months | Voice of Europe
2024-03-05 in voiceofeurope.comShare this:FacebookXEmailGoogle+LinkedIn Read more: Severe storms hit central Tennessee, killing six people and injuring nearly two dozen others 22 dead: wettest July day in decades as deadly floods hit northern...
Tagged under: Climate Change Impacts | Extreme Weather | Flooding | France
Extreme weather conditions are causing avalanches, floods and landslides in Italy and France | Voice of Europe
2024-03-04 in voiceofeurope.comShare this:FacebookXEmailGoogle+LinkedIn Read more: Severe weather ravages Europe: landslides in Italy and flash floods in Austria Europe braces for weather shift: heat wave to cool down amid extreme weather surges...
Tagged under: Europe | Climate Change Impacts | Extreme Weather | France | Italy
DFW - Normals, Means, and Extremes
2024-02-27 (or before) in National Weather ServiceTagged under: Extreme Weather | Climate Data | Texas
Weather tracker: Flash flooding in Oman and record temperatures in Western Australia
2024-02-16 in The GuardianFour people died after heavy rain in the Middle Eastern country, which is one of the driest in the world
Tagged under: Extreme Heat | Extreme Rainfall | Extreme Weather | Middle East
Arctic blast: Record-breaking cold weather forecast for many states
2024-01-12 in The BBCNearly every state is on watch for dangerous, freezing cold: "We call it life-threatening for a reason."
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Canada | USA
2024 looks to be worse than 2023
2024-01-07 in Arctic News2024 looks to be worse than 2023
Tagged under: Gulf Stream (AMOC) | Arctic | Extreme Weather
Groundhog Day. Another Gobsmackingly Bananas Month. What’s Up?
2024-01-04 (or before) in MailchimpTagged under: Extreme Weather
Global Warming Acceleration: El Nino Measuring Stick Looks Good
2023-12-15 (or before) in MailchimpTagged under: Extreme Weather | Climate Change | El Niño
The climate disaster strikes: what the data say
2023-12-13 in NatureA series of impact assessments highlight India’s vulnerability to extreme weather events and the risks they pose to human health. A series of impact assessments highlight India’s vulnerability to extreme weather events and the risks they pose to human health.
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Climate Change Impacts | India | Health
UK government is not prepared for climate disasters, says spending watchdog
2023-12-06 in The GuardianCabinet Office does not have strategy to ensure resilience to extreme weather, says National Audit Office
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Climate Change Adaption | UK Politics
‘Adapt or die’: Hellscape coming for Australia
2023-09-05 (or before) in news.com.au Ñ AustraliaÕs leading news siteWe can’t avoid natural disasters. And they’re happening more often and with greater intensity. Now Australia is being warned it can only keep its people safe by preparing for the worst – and not just patching things up afterwards.
Tagged under: Oceans | Nuclear Power | Climate Change | Extreme Weather | Forest Fires | Sea Level | Health | Trees
Hail causes massive damage in southern German town, disaster declared | South China Morning Post
2023-08-27 (or before) in South China Morning PostBad Bayersoien in the southern German state of Bavaria was hit by a severe storm on Saturday with massive hailstones of up to 8cm. About 80 per cent of the buildings in the town were severely damaged.
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Germany
Extreme weather brings winds, fierce rains to Saudi Arabia’s Mecca
2023-08-23 in Al JazeeraPilgrims doing the tawaf on Tuesday were caught in storms as lightning hit an iconic tower in Mecca.
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Saudi Arabia
Extraordinary photos of July's extreme weather - BBC News
2023-07-29 (or before) in The BBCIt is a summer of extremes. Burning temperatures followed by raging fires. Wild storms and torrential rain. And a run of broken climate records.
Tagged under: Extreme Weather
Goodwood Festival of Speed cancelled over Met Office warning
2023-07-15 (or before) in Brighton ArgusTagged under: Extreme Weather
FEMA Stretched Beyond Climate Response as Disasters Balloon
2023-07-13 (or before) in news.bloomberglaw.comAtmospheric rivers drenched California and deadly storms crept toward Mississippi as Deanne Criswell sat in her corner office in Washington, D.C., and tackled a loaded question: Is it all too much for FEMA?
Tagged under: Storms. Hurricanes and Tornados | Extreme Rainfall | Flooding | Extreme Weather | Rivers | California
Kentucky keeps getting hit with unusual, severe weather | Lexington Herald Leader
2023-07-02 in Lexington Herald Ledger KentuckyKentucky had many rounds of unseasonable, unusual & severe weather over the past year, including floods, extreme cold, high winds & tornadoes.
Tagged under: Extreme Weather
Confirmed: Global floods, droughts worsening with warming
2023-03-14 (or before) in Phys.org - News and Articles on Science and TechnologyThe intensity of extreme drought and rainfall has "sharply" increased over the past 20 years, according to a study published Monday in the journal Nature Water. These aren't merely tough weather events, they are leading to extremes such as crop failure, infrastructure damage, even humanitarian crises and conflict.
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Extreme Rainfall | Drought | Conflict
Co-extinctions annihilate planetary life during extreme environmental change - Scientific Reports
2023-03-13 (or before) in NatureClimate change and human activity are dooming species at an unprecedented rate via a plethora of direct and indirect, often synergic, mechanisms. Among these, primary extinctions driven by environmental change could be just the tip of an enormous extinction iceberg. As our understanding of the importance of ecological interactions in shaping ecosystem identity advances, it is becoming clearer how the disappearance of consumers following the depletion of their resources — a process known as ‘co-extinction’ — is more likely the major driver of biodiversity loss. Although the general relevance of co-extincti...
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Climate Change | Collapse
Before the floods I thought climate change wasn’t my problem. Now, I’m not waiting for someone else to fix it | Ella Buckland
2023-02-28 in The GuardianA year on in Lismore, we can’t afford to forget the people who lost everything they loved – because next time it could be you
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Climate Change | Flooding
‘Extreme situation’: Antarctic sea ice hits record low
2023-02-15 in The GuardianSea ice helps protect glaciers and ice caps that would cause massive sea level rise when lost, scientists warn
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Antarctic | Sea Level
New Zealand minister decries climate crisis ‘lost decades’ in wake of Cyclone Gabrielle
2023-02-14 in The GuardianJames Shaw says country is entering ‘period of consequences’ for inaction over climate change as extreme weather wreaks havoc across the North Island
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Climate Change
Cyclone Gabrielle worst storm to hit New Zealand this century, says PM
2023-02-14 in The GuardianNational state of emergency invoked and thousands displaced as storm devastates large parts of North Island and minister says ‘this is climate change’
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Climate Change
Cyclone Gabrielle: evacuations urged as ‘potentially devastating’ storm lashes New Zealand
2023-02-13 in The GuardianThousands without power in North Island, red weather warnings issued for rain and wind, schools closed and flights cancelled in Auckland
Tagged under: Extreme Weather
Rainfall Records Shattered In Auckland, New Zealand - It Wasn’t Even Close
2023-01-29 (or before) by in ForbesHere's why extreme rainfall in Auckland, New Zealand has scientists saying "Wow" and you should be too.
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Extreme Rainfall | Climate Change
Why we keep accepting new climate extremes
2023-01-28 (or before) in Newsroom New ZealandFrom bugs vanishing from our windshields to a procession of broken climate records, big change comes slow but is no less important for it.
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Climate Change
The emergence of heat and humidity too severe for human tolerance
2023-01-25 (or before) in Science | AAASHumid heat extremes are rapidly increasing and may have already briefly exceeded humans’ physiological survivability limit.
Tagged under: Extreme Weather
Extreme Temperature Diary-Thursday January 19, 2023/ Main Topic: More Warnings from Greta Thunberg as Demand for Oil Reaches All Time High – Guy On Climate
2023-01-21 (or before) in Guy On ClimateTagged under: Greta Thunberg | Extreme Weather
Does climate change make you anxious? You're not alone (VIDEO)
2023-01-18 (or before) in scrippsnews.comExtreme temperatures can impact physical health, but the changing climate is also taking a toll on mental health, especially for younger generations.
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Climate Change | Health
Warning of unprecedented heatwaves as El Niño set to return in 2023
2023-01-16 in The GuardianScientists say phenomenon coupled with growing climate crisis likely to push global temperatures ‘off the chart’
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Heatwaves | El Niño
California’s rainstorm hell ‘among the most deadly disasters in our history’
2023-01-16 in The GuardianThe series of storms that have pummeled the state have killed at least 19 people and left swaths of land flooded
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Rivers | California
Oceans were the hottest ever recorded in 2022, analysis shows
2023-01-11 in The GuardianSeas dominate global weather patterns and the climate crisis is causing profound and damaging changes
Tagged under: Oceans | Extreme Weather | Climate Change
The burning question about fungi: what happens to them in extreme heat?
2023-01-09 in The GuardianScientists in Italy are testing the impact of fire and drought to learn how the changing climate affects underground fungal networks
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Drought
Kimberley floods: 'the worst flooding Western Australia has ever seen' – video
2023-01-06 in The GuardianConcerns raised about difficulty accessing food and supplies with roads cut off
Tagged under: Extreme Weather
‘Extreme event’: warm January weather breaks records across Europe
2023-01-02 in The GuardianAt least eight countries experience record high temperatures of ‘almost unheard of’ heat, say meteorologists
Tagged under: Spain | Extreme Weather | France
Climate and weather extremes in 2022 show need for more action
2022-12-23 in World Meteorological OrganizationWeather, water and climate-related disasters, including extreme flooding, heat and drought affected millions of people and cost billions this year, as the tell-tale signs and impacts of human-induced climate change intensified.
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Drought | Climate Change | Climate Change Impacts
Climate Change Could Force 1.2 Billion to Move by 2050. Is the World Even Ready?
2022-12-13 (or before) by in thequint.comIn a world beset by rising temperatures, devastating storms, and flash floods, climate migration and disaster displacement are quickly becoming the signal 21st century crisis.
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Climate Change
Jabal: the new drought-tolerant wheat scientists say can withstand extreme heat
2022-12-04 in The GuardianThe variety is a cross between commercial and wild wheats – bred in a bid to develop crops that are more resilient to the climate crisis
Tagged under: Farming | Extreme Weather | Drought
Home | ArcticRisk Platform
2022-11-16 (or before) in ArcticRisk PlatformThe Arctic early-warning system is flashing red. Extreme Arctic warming is triggering a cascade of risks across the rest of the planet. Explore the Arctic Risk Platform to find out what the Arctic climate crisis means for you.
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Arctic
Arctic sea ice loss to increase strong El Niño events linked to extreme weather: Study
2022-10-24 in MongabayAs Arctic sea ice begins melting out fully in summer, the frequency of strong El Niños could increase by 35% by century's end, causing extreme weather events to increase, says recent modeling study.
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Arctic | Ice Melting | El Niño
Climate crisis poses ‘growing threat’ to health in UK, says expert
2022-10-23 in The GuardianExclusive: Prof Dame Jenny Harries warns of dangers to food security, flooding and insect-borne diseases
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Climate Change | Insects | Health
People are run in horror from the destructive streams! Terrible floods in Venezuela
2022-10-20 (or before) in YouTubeHeavy rain on the 17 October caused flooding in northern areas of Maracay, capital city of Aragua State and areas of Girardot Municipality. Mudflows and land...
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Climate Change
To understand the scale of the climate emergency, look at hurricanes | Peter Kalmus
2022-10-01 in The GuardianClimate breakdown is far more intense in 2022 than even many scientists expected, yet the world still isn’t treating this like a crisis
Tagged under: Florida | Extreme Weather | Fossil Fuels
World heading into ‘uncharted territory of destruction’, says climate report
2022-09-13 in The GuardianGovernments and businesses failing to change fast enough, says United in Science report, as weather gets increasingly extreme
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Greenhouse Gases | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels
‘Can’t afford to live’: California heatwave leaves older adults teetering on edge
2022-09-10 in The GuardianExtreme temperatures, especially in the state’s interiors, has left the vulnerable population reeling from the heat’s effects
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Heatwaves | California | Health
New Zealand reports warmest and wettest winter on record
2022-09-02 in The GuardianIt is the third straight year Aotearoa has broken the heat record, while sea surface temperatures were also the warmest ever
Tagged under: Extreme Weather
Heatwave in China is the most severe ever recorded in the world | New Scientist
2022-08-26 (or before) in New ScientistA long spell of extreme hot and dry weather is affecting energy, water supplies and food production across China
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Heatwaves | Food Production and Consumption
Tree loss due to fire is worst in far northern latitudes, data shows
2022-08-17 in The GuardianForests in Russia are most affected, as scientists warn of escape of huge quantities of buried carbon dioxide
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Wildfires | Arctic | Greenhouse Gases | Russia | Trees
Drought in England could carry on into new year, experts warn
2022-08-14 in The GuardianWithout lots of heavy rain in autumn and winter, water restrictions could be tightened even further
Tagged under: Farming | Extreme Weather | Drought
'Very scary': European agriculture hit hard by climate change and drought
2022-08-13 (or before) in Yahoo is part of the Yahoo family of brandsWith Europe suffering through an extreme drought worsened by climate change that has dried up rivers and left millions sweltering in triple-digit heat this summer, farmers across the continent are sounding warnings about crop losses.
Tagged under: Farming | Extreme Weather | Drought | Climate Change | Rivers
High-profile paper on “catastrophic” climate impacts echoes our "What Lies Beneath" analysis on fat-tail, existential risks and IPCC reticence, published four years ago
2022-08-10 by in resilienceThere is a need to outline current knowledge about the likelihood of extreme climate change, and to develop a research agenda.
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | IPCC | Climate Change | Climate Change Impacts
Revealed: how climate breakdown is supercharging toll of extreme weather
2022-08-04 in The GuardianGuardian analysis shows human-caused global heating is driving more frequent and deadly disasters across the planet, in most comprehensive compilation to date
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Greenhouse Gases
Negative IOD declared
2022-08-02 (or before) in Weather Zone AustraliaA wet spring could be on the cards for large parts of Australia with a negative Indian Ocean Dipole now officially underway in the Indian Ocean. A negative Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) refers to a pattern of sea surface temperatures in the tropical Indian Ocean that causes more moisture-laden air to flow towards Australia. These negative IOD events, which occur on average once every five years, typically enhance northwest cloudbands over Australia and produce above-average rain over large areas of country's south and southeast during winter and spring. The Bureau of Meteorology has today declared that a negative IOD ev...
Tagged under: Oceans | Extreme Weather | Extreme Rainfall | Predictions
UK farmers count cost as heatwave kills fruit and vegetable crops
2022-08-01 in The GuardianFears of future threats to food security if more extreme heat caused by climate crisis hits production
Tagged under: Farming | Extreme Weather | Heatwaves | Food Production and Consumption
Climate endgame: risk of human extinction ‘dangerously underexplored’
2022-08-01 in The GuardianScientists say there are ample reasons to suspect global heating could lead to catastrophe
Tagged under: Extreme Weather
‘Reality is scary’: climate culture war heats up for UK meteorologists
2022-08-01 in The GuardianTV forecasters have been targeted by climate deniers during recent extreme temperatures
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Heatwaves
‘Soon the world will be unrecognisable’: is it still possible to prevent total climate meltdown?
2022-07-30 in The GuardianBlistering heatwaves are just the start. We must accept how bad things are before we can head off global catastrophe, according to a leading UK scientist
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Heatwaves
When Extreme Weather Reigns, Disinformation Pours
2022-07-29 by in DeSmogEditor’s Note: This is part of a regular column, Gaslit, which navigates society’s dysfunctional relationship with fossil fuel disinformation. Have a tip or idea? Get in touch. Recent extreme weather across the globe is showing us how rapidly the climate is changing in an increasingly warming world. Heatwaves are scorching Europe, the United States, North Africa, Siberia, […]
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Wildfires | Heatwaves | Drought | Africa | Disinformation and Misinformation
Extreme Weather Cost U.S. Taxpayers $99 Billion Last Year, and It Is Getting Worse
2022-07-25 (or before) in Center for American ProgressThe financial toll of extreme weather events fueled by climate change is at an all-time high and requires that Congress take bold action to move the country toward a 100 percent clean future.
Tagged under: US Politics | Extreme Weather | Climate Change
Spanish man filmed escaping wildfire treated for serious burns
2022-07-19 in The GuardianMan in 50s emerges from blaze with clothes burned to rags and flames flickering around him
Tagged under: Spain | Extreme Weather | Wildfires
Sweltering Cities
2022-07-14 (or before) in newsinteractives.cbc.caWhy extreme heat is killing Canadians in major cities and how climate change will make things worse.
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Climate Change
Spain and Portugal suffering driest climate for 1,200 years, research shows
2022-07-04 in The GuardianEffects of human-caused global heating are blocking vital winter rains, with severe implications for farming and tourism
Tagged under: Spain | Farming | Extreme Weather | Drought
Summer swelter: Persistent heat wave breaks records, spirits
2022-06-24 (or before) in Phys.org - News and Articles on Science and TechnologyFrom the normally chilly Russian Arctic to the traditionally sweltering American South, big swaths of the Northern Hemisphere continued to sizzle with extreme heat as the start of summer more resembled the dog days of August with parts of China and Japan setting all-time heat records Friday.
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | China | Arctic | Russia | Japan
New data reveals extraordinary global heating in the Arctic
2022-06-15 in The GuardianTemperatures in the Barents Sea region are ‘off the scale’ and may affect extreme weather in the US and Europe
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Arctic
Why Are Arctic Linkages to Extreme Weather Still up in the Air?
2022-06-15 (or before) in American Meteorological Society JournalsAbstract Shifting weather patterns, particularly increasing extreme events, are observed in populous midlatitudes, and connections to climate change are becoming clearer. The specific roles of rapid Arctic warming and sea ice loss in this story are a topic of intense research and controversy. Instead of converging on answers however, the science seems as unsettled as ever. Many new studies find evidence supporting Arctic–midlatitude linkages, while others report no robust signals. This article presents my interpretation of recent literature to illuminate possible causes of this discrepancy, which include a low signal-to-no...
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Arctic | Climate Change
India takes tough stand at climate talks as Delhi endures brutal heatwave
2022-06-14 in The GuardianAs capital swelters, India urges rich countries to provide funds to help deal with effects of climate crisis
Tagged under: COP27 | Extreme Weather | Heatwaves
Over 100m Americans urged to stay indoors over extreme heat and humidity
2022-06-14 in The GuardianHeatwave expected to settle over states from Gulf coast to Great Lakes and east to Carolinas with 100F temperatures in some cities
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Heatwaves
As Phoenix swelters, the nights are even worse than the boiling days
2022-06-13 in The GuardianTemperature topped 110F on four consecutive days and has not fallen below 80F at night-time for the past week in the Arizona city, breaking several records
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Heatwaves
Climate-Proofing Management Research | Academy of Management Perspectives
2022-06-04 (or before) in journals.aom.orgClimate change presents a variety of doomsday scenarios for human society, including more extreme and frequent storms, droughts, heatwaves and fires, the heating and acidification of oceans, rising sea levels, biodiversity decline, food shortages, as well as exacerbating geopolitical tensions and conflicts. While many corporations and communities are already anticipating and planning for various climate impacts, we argue that much management research is in denial of the profound consequences of a worsening climate crisis. This is evident in the relative neglect of climate change in our research and teaching and we argue reflects...
Tagged under: Oceans | Extreme Weather | Heatwaves | Drought | Climate Change | Ocean Acidification | Sea Level | Climate Change Impacts | Climate Change Mitigation
Extreme weather is making mining waste a major problem
2022-06-02 by in Grist.org: Climate. Justice. Solutions.New report calls for revamped safety standards as companies race to meet demand for clean energy minerals.
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Minerals
We cannot adapt our way out of climate crisis, warns leading scientist
2022-06-01 in The GuardianKatharine Hayhoe says the world is heading for dangers people have not seen in 10,000 years of civilisation
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Greenhouse Gases | IPCC | Climate Change
Extreme weather disasters have increased fivefold in past 50 years, says UN report | The Independent
2022-05-15 (or before) in The IndependentMore than 3,000 disasters linked to climate, water or water extremes in last decade, says World Meteorological Organisation
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Climate Change
Belly Of The Beast: How Climate Change Is Affecting India’s Farmers
2022-05-13 in outlookindia.comFarmers are waking up to the threat of extreme heatwaves across India. Are our policymakers listening?
Tagged under: Farming | Extreme Weather | Heatwaves | Climate Change
South Africa’s April floods made twice as likely by climate crisis, scientists say
2022-05-13 in The GuardianBrutal heatwave in India and Pakistan also certain to have been exacerbated by global heating, scientists say
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Heatwaves | South Africa | Africa
Extreme dry and hot events linked to climate change put European ecosystems at risk a 4C study found | Climate-Carbon Interactions in the Current Century (4C)
2022-05-06 (or before) in Climate-Carbon Interactions in the Current Century (4C)Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Climate Change
With water running out, California faces grim summer of dangerous heat, extreme drought
2022-05-04 in Los Angeles TimesLa Niña was expected to dissipate, but it may linger through the summer. That's bad news for drought and wildfire-prone California.
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Wildfires | Drought | California
‘We are living in hell’: Pakistan and India suffer extreme spring heatwaves
2022-05-02 in The GuardianApril temperatures at unprecedented levels have led to critical water and electricity shortages
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Heatwaves | Electricity
Heat waves likely to last ‘25 times longer’ in India by another 2-4 decades, says climate report
2022-05-02 (or before) in Down To Earth | Environment & science issues | India, South Asia The heatwaves will last over five times longer if global temperature rise is constrained to about 2°C, says report launched ahead of G20 summit
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Heatwaves | Greenhouse Gases | IPCC | Climate Change
India heatwave: Severe temperatures will bake a billion people and damage crops | New Scientist
2022-04-30 (or before) in New ScientistWheat production is at risk from extreme temperatures across much of India, but better early warning systems appear to be limiting how deadly the heatwaves are
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Heatwaves
Heatwaves at both of Earth’s poles alarm climate scientists
2022-03-20 in The GuardianAntarctic areas reach 40C above normal at same time as north pole regions hit 30C above usual levels
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Heatwaves | Arctic | Antarctic
We cling to our memory of the perfect summer – before flood, fire and plague. But the past is gone and we have to wake up | Brigid Delaney
2022-03-03 in The GuardianSigns of collapse are everywhere, and if we think it’s possible to return to ‘normal’, then we are deluded
Tagged under: Bushfires | Extreme Weather | IPCC | Climate Change | Flooding | Collapse
UN climate report: 'Atlas of human suffering' worse, bigger | AP News
2022-02-28 (or before) in Associated Press NewsDeadly with extreme weather now, climate change is about to get so much worse. It is likely going to make the world sicker, hungrier, poorer, gloomier and way more dangerous in the next 18 years with an “unavoidable” increase in risks, a new United Nations science report says.
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Africa | Climate Change | Middle East
Lake Malawi's Fish Defy Death - While Their World Heritage Home Is Threatened | We Don't Have Time
2022-02-28 (or before) in app.wedonthavetime.orgBy Jeffrey Barbee January 27, 2022 In the shallow rocky waters below a high granite outcrop a fish lies sideways, fallen onto the sand below. Its skin the hue of a rotting corpse, the fish is unmoving, apparently dead. But looks can be deceiving. As scavenger fish approach, the play-dead fish springs into action, snapping up the would-be eaters in a flurry of motion. One of hundreds of new fish species discovered in the warm waters of Lake Malawi in the last four decades, the play-dead fish’s only home is now in danger of being destroyed. Play dead fish Nimbochromis livingstonii. Picture: Ken McKaye/allianceearth.org Lake...
Tagged under: Deforestation | Extreme Weather | Africa | Fish | Rivers | Insects | Legislation | Electricity | Health | Trees | Finance
Major flood warning issued for Brisbane after ‘rain bomb’ unleashes havoc on south-east Queensland and northern NSW
2022-02-27 in The GuardianSeventh person dies, with two more missing, and major flood warnings issued for Brisbane, Ipswich, Lismore and Grafton
Tagged under: Extreme Weather
Extreme heat in oceans ‘passed point of no return’ in 2014
2022-02-01 in The GuardianFormerly rare high temperatures now covering half of seas and devastating wildlife, study shows
Tagged under: Oceans | Extreme Weather | Wildlife
The recent normalization of historical marine heat extremes
2022-02-01 (or before) in PLOS - Open ScienceClimate change exposes marine ecosystems to extreme conditions with increasing frequency. Capitalizing on the global reconstruction of sea surface temperature (SST) records from 1870-present, we present a centennial-scale index of extreme marine heat within a coherent and comparable statistical framework. A spatially (1° × 1°) and temporally (monthly) resolved index of the normalized historical extreme marine heat events was expressed as a fraction of a year that exceeds a locally determined, monthly varying 98th percentile of SST gradients derived from the first 50 years of climatological records (1870–1919)...
Tagged under: Oceans | Extreme Weather | Climate Change
Miami Senior Weather Man John Morales on Flooding and Florida Home Owners
2022-01-19 in Climate Denial Crock of the Week with Peter SinclairAt the beginning of the year, I made a folder for my next Yale Climate Connections video, and just titled it “2021WTF” – because the last 8 months or so of climate extremes have l…
Tagged under: Florida | Extreme Weather
New Findings Warn Earth Could Break Key Warming Barrier In 2033
2022-01-15 (or before) by in ForbesNew analysis of temperatures around the world in 2021 indicate that the planet is on track to pass an all-important warming threshold much earlier than scientists had hoped.
Tagged under: Global Warming | Extreme Weather | Greenhouse Gases | Climate Change
Strong evidence shows Sixth Mass Extinction of global biodiversity in progress
2022-01-14 (or before) in Phys.org - News and Articles on Science and TechnologyThe history of life on Earth has been marked five times by events of mass biodiversity extinction caused by extreme natural phenomena. Today, many experts warn that a Sixth Mass Extinction crisis is underway, this time entirely caused by human activities.
Tagged under: Extreme Weather
The top 10 global weather and climate change events of 2021 » Yale Climate Connections
2022-01-11 in Yale Climate ConnectionsThe most extreme heat wave in modern history, a record four $20 billion-plus weather disasters, and the hottest month on record globally highlighted a remarkable year in weather.
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Climate Change
Climate change: Huge toll of extreme weather disasters in 2021 - BBC News
2021-12-28 (or before) in The BBCFloods and storms connected to rising temperatures have had a huge impact on people worldwide.
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Climate Change
Climate change: Science failed to predict flood and heat intensity - BBC News
2021-12-22 (or before) in The BBCScientists want a super-computer powerful enough to accurately project the most damaging extremes.
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Predictions | Climate Change
This is what a year of climate disasters looked like
2021-12-19 (or before) in YouTubeFrom -25C temperatures in Spain to a record-equalling 54.4C in Death Valley, the extremes of our climate are becoming more acute. (Subscribe: https://bit.ly/...
Tagged under: Spain | Extreme Weather | Texas | California | Louisiana
POLITICO Pro
2021-12-19 (or before) in Politico PRONEW ORLEANS — Scientists are getting faster and faster at linking climate change to extreme weather events. If an extreme heat wave, storm or flood occurs tomorrow, scientists could determine in a few days whether it was made worse by climate change. That has some scientists thinking: Why not do it for every disaster as soon as it happens?
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Climate Change
Extreme Temperature Diary- Thursday December 16th, 2021/Main Topic: Blockbuster Assessment by Bob Henson of Last Evening’s Destructive U.S. Climate Changed Storm System – Guy On Climate
2021-12-16 (or before) in Guy On ClimateTagged under: Extreme Weather | Climate Change
'This is not normal': Extreme weather events stun CNN meteorologist - CNN Video
2021-12-16 (or before) in CNNThe Midwest is experiencing unprecedented weather with extreme heat and tornado force winds. CNN meteorologist Tom Sater said "this is not December weather."
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Extreme weather and pandemic help drive global food prices to 46-year high » Yale Climate Connections
2021-12-06 in Yale Climate ConnectionsCurrent high food prices, combined with the ongoing pandemic, will make the global food supply highly vulnerable to extreme weather shocks in 2022.
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Natural disasters aren't as natural as they used to be
2021-11-30 by in Canada's National ObserverWeather has always been unpredictable but with climate change, more communities will be subjected to extreme disasters more often. What was once-in-a-lifetime may happen once a decade, writes columnist Gerald Kutney.
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One billion face heat-stress risk from 2°C rise
2021-11-11 (or before) in Met Office UKThe numbers of people in regions across the world affected by extreme heat stress – a potentially fatal combination of heat and humidity – could increase nearly 15-fold if the world’s temperature rise reaches 2°C.
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Climate change: Europe's extreme rains made more likely by humans - BBC News
2021-10-26 (or before) in The BBCHeavy rainfall that led to deadly floods in Germany and Belgium was influenced by human induced warming.
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Climate change could be worse than our worst-case analysis: Texas A&M's Dessler
2021-10-19 (or before) in CNBCAndrew Dessler, climate scientist at Texas A&M, explains the impact that extreme climate events are having on the world right now and says things could actually be worse than scientists' most dire predictions.
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Climate change: Science failed to predict flood and heat intensity - BBC News
2021-10-19 (or before) in BBCScientists want a super-computer powerful enough to accurately project the most damaging extremes.
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Anthropogenic warming has increased drought risk in California | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2021-10-14 (or before) in PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of ScienceCalifornia is currently in the midst of a record-setting drought. The drought began in 2012 and now includes the lowest calendar-year and 12-mo pre...
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Increasing precipitation volatility in twenty-first-century California - Nature Climate Change
2021-10-14 (or before) in NatureCalifornia recently experienced a rapid shift from multi-year drought to abundant rainfall. A large ensemble of climate model simulations suggests that the frequency of extreme wet-to-dry precipitation events will increase by 25% to 100% across California due to anthropogenic forcing.
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Bangladesh Really Is a Climate Success Story
2021-10-10 (or before) by in The AtlanticThe country shows the power of self-determination when it comes to development and climate policy.
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Increasing heat and rainfall extremes now far outside the historical climate - npj Climate and Atmospheric Science
2021-10-08 (or before) in NatureOver the last decade, the world warmed by 0.25 °C, in-line with the roughly linear trend since the 1970s. Here we present updated analyses showing that this seemingly small shift has led to the emergence of heat extremes that would be virtually impossible without anthropogenic global warming. Also, record rainfall extremes have continued to increase worldwide and, on average, 1 in 4 rainfall records in the last decade can be attributed to climate change. Tropical regions, comprised of vulnerable countries that typically contributed least to anthropogenic climate change, continue to see the strongest increase in extrem...
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Global urban population exposure to extreme heat
2021-10-04 (or before) in PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of ScienceIncreased extreme heat exposure from both climate change and the urban heat island effect threatens rapidly growing urban settlements worldwide. Yet, because we do not know where urban population growth and extreme heat intersect, we have limited capacity to reduce the impacts of urban extreme heat exposure. Here, we leverage fine-resolution temperature and population data to measure urban extreme heat exposure for 13,115 cities from 1983 to 2016. Globally, urban exposure increased nearly 200%, affecting 1.7 billion people. Total urban warming elevated exposure rates 52% above population growth alone. However, spatially heteroge...
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Limiting warming to 1.5°C may save billions from tropical storms
2021-09-28 (or before) by in New ScientistTagged under: Extreme Weather | Climate Change
Why won’t US TV news say ‘climate change’? | Mark Hertsgaard
2021-09-02 in The GuardianIt’s media malpractice not to mention that burning fossil fuels drives extreme weather events like Hurricane Ida
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14 dead in New York region amid ‘historic’ flooding caused by Ida remnants
2021-09-02 in The GuardianExtreme weather prompts first ever flash flood emergency warning for New York City from National Weather Service
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Major climate changes inevitable and irreversible – IPCC’s starkest warning yet
2021-08-09 in The GuardianReport warns temperatures likely to rise by more than 1.5C bringing widespread extreme weather
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Increasing probability of record-shattering climate extremes - Nature Climate Change
2021-07-28 (or before) in NatureChanges in extreme heat are often calculated as anomalies above a reference climatology. A different definition—week-day heatwaves surpassing the current record by large margins—shows that their occurrence probabilities depend on warming rate, not level, and are higher than during recent decades.
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Can we fix climate models to better predict record-shattering weather?
2021-07-27 (or before) by in New ScientistTagged under: Extreme Weather | Predictions | Climate Change
Attributing Extreme Events to Climate Change: A New Frontier in a Warming World - ScienceDirect
2021-07-27 (or before) in ScienceDirect.comTagged under: Global Warming | Extreme Weather | Climate Change
Climate change will drive rise in ‘record-shattering’ heat extremes - Carbon Brief
2021-07-26 in Carbon Brief“Record-shattering” climate extremes – which break weather records by large margins – will become more likely as a result of climate change, a new study finds.
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Extreme rainfall in China: over 25 inches falls in 24 hours, leaving 33 dead » Yale Climate Connections
2021-07-22 in Yale Climate ConnectionsZhengzhou received more than a year’s worth of rain on July 20.
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Wildfires, floods and extreme heat: It is time to heed warnings from climate scientists
2021-07-22 by in The HillThe science is clear. The impacts and costs are clear. Climate action must therefore remain at the center of current infrastructure spending proposals.
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Study: Deforestation linked heat, dryness causing billions of losses in soy revenue in Brazil
2021-07-15 (or before) by in feednavigator.comThe destruction of ecosystems in Brazil endangers local soy agriculture: Researchers, in a new paper, have calculated that extreme heat costs losses in soy revenue, up to US$3.55bm annually due to drier conditions.
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Climate change shifting UK’s high-impact weather
2021-07-12 (or before) in Met Office UKA new study has examined how high-impact weather in the UK, such as extremely hot days, heavy rainfall and very cold conditions, could be affected at different levels of global warming.
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Our climate change turning point is right here, right now | Rebecca Solnit
2021-07-12 in The GuardianPeople are dying. Aquatic animals are baking in their shells. Fruit is being cooked on the tree. It’s time to act
Tagged under: Oregon | Shell | Extreme Weather | Climate Change | Washington State
Moist Heat Stress on a Hotter Earth
2021-07-04 (or before) in Annual ReviewsAs the world overheats—potentially to conditions warmer than during the three million years over which modern humans evolved—suffering from heat stress will become widespread. Fundamental questions about humans’ thermal tolerance limits are pressing. Understanding heat stress as a process requires linking a network of disciplines, from human health and evolutionary theory to planetary atmospheres and economic modeling. The practical implications of heat stress are equally transdisciplinary, requiring technological, engineering, social, and political decisions to be made in the coming century. Yet relative to th...
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Joe Biden blames climate crisis for deadly heatwave in western US and Canada
2021-06-30 in The GuardianRecord-shattering temperatures linked to dozens of deaths, buckled roads, blackouts and wildfires
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Projected changes in persistent extreme summer weather events: The role of quasi-resonant amplification
2021-06-18 (or before) in Science AdvancesProjections of warming favor more frequent extreme weather events, but there is a large spread due to aerosol forcing changes.
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How are our cities going to look in a rapidly heating world? It won’t be long before 50C will be normal | James Bradley
2021-06-14 in The GuardianHot weather bakes in disadvantage. Regenerating natural and living ecosystems will help us all
Tagged under: Oceans | Extreme Weather | Housing | Wildlife | Trees
Extreme Heat Risks May Be Widely Underestimated and Sometimes Left Out of Major Climate Reports - Inside Climate News
2021-05-16 in Inside Climate NewsWhile scientists warn with increasing urgency that global warming is sharply increasing the likelihood of deadly heat waves, many regions are doing little to protect vulnerable populations. Recent research shows that the global death toll from extreme heat is rising, but still, “Large parts of society don’t think of heat as a threat,” said University […]
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Snow chaos in Europe caused by melting sea-ice in the Arctic
2021-04-14 (or before) in Phys.org - News and Articles on Science and TechnologyThey are diligently stoking thousands of bonfires on the ground close to their crops, but the French winemakers are fighting a losing battle. An above-average warm spell at the end of March has been followed by days of extreme frost, destroying the vines with losses amounting to 90 percent above average. The image of the struggle may well be the most depressingly beautiful illustration of the complexities and unpredictability of global climate warming. It is also an agricultural disaster from Bordeaux to Champagne.
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Ignoring climate change will lead to unprecedented, societally disruptive heat extremes in the Middle East
2021-03-26 (or before) in Phys.org - News and Articles on Science and TechnologyThe Middle East and North Africa Region (MENA) is a climate change hot spot where summers warm much faster than in the rest of the world. Some parts of the region are already among the hottest locations globally. A new international study led by scientists from the Climate and Atmosphere Research Center of the Cyprus Institute and the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry predicts that ignoring the signals of climate change and continuing business as usual with increasing greenhouse gas emissions will lead to extreme, life-threatening heatwaves in the region. Such extraordinary heat events will have a severe impact on the people of...
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Statement on the misrepresentation of our paper in US Senators’ letter to Federal Reserve Chairman - The ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes
2021-03-24 by in The ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate ExtremesA letter was sent by Senators Toomey, Shelby, Crapo, Scott, Rounds, Tillis, Kennedy, Hagerty, Lummis, Moran, Cramer, and Daines to Chairman Jerome Powell of the US Federal Reserve, dated March 18 which quotes our work. We seek to clarify some substantive issues.
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'Never seen anything like it': locals watch helplessly as floodwaters rise across New South Wales
2021-03-21 in The GuardianWith the mid north coast of Australia facing a once-in-a-century flood, residents are bracing for the worst as the rain keeps falling
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Hawaii: flooding forces evacuations as officials warn 'this is climate change'
2021-03-11 in The GuardianScientists say residents should expect to see more intense rainstorms more frequently as the planet warms
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Then and now: A 'megadrought' in California - BBC News
2021-03-04 (or before) in The BBCSee how extreme weather has affected an vital reservoir in California.
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Atlantic Ocean circulation at weakest in a millennium, say scientists
2021-02-26 in The GuardianDecline in system underpinning Gulf Stream could lead to more extreme weather in Europe and higher sea levels on US east coast
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Climate crisis hitting 'worst case scenarios', warns Environment Agency
2021-02-23 in The GuardianSir James Bevan says extreme flooding in UK indicates urgent need for change if humanity is to survive
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | COP26 | Climate Change
Anger mounts over Texas power blackouts as cold maintains its grip
2021-02-18 in The GuardianAt least 20 people have died across the country as water pipes burst and lines wrap around grocery stores
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The Terrifying Warning Lurking in the Earth’s Ancient Rock Record
2021-02-06 (or before) by in The AtlanticOur climate models could be missing something big.
Tagged under: Oceans | Extreme Weather | Rainforests | Arctic | Climate Change | Antarctic | Sea Level
Economics' failure over destruction of nature presents ‘extreme risks’
2021-02-02 in The GuardianNew measures of success needed to avoid catastrophic breakdown, landmark review finds
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Economics | Wildlife
Extreme weather and climate opinion: evidence from Australia - Climatic Change
2021-01-19 (or before) in Springer VerlagExtreme weather patterns can be linked to the effects of anthropogenic climate change with increasing confidence. Evidence from the USA suggests a weak relationship between individuals’ experiences of many types of weather events and concern about climate change. Using data from Australia, we investigate the effects of experiences of increases in mean temperatures and drought on a range of measures related to individuals’ beliefs in, and concerns about, climate change. Our results show no association between recent experiences of elevated temperature relative to long-term average and views about climate change, thoug...
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Climate crisis: 2020 was joint hottest year ever recorded
2021-01-08 in The GuardianGlobal heating continued unabated despite Covid lockdowns, with record Arctic wildfires and Atlantic tropical storms
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Wildfires | Arctic | Fossil Fuels | El Niño
Extreme Temperature Diary- Wednesday December 16th, 2020/ Main Topic: Defining “Net Zero” Via Climate Central – Guy On Climate
2020-12-16 (or before) in Guy On ClimateTagged under: Extreme Weather | Net Zero
Hurricane Iota hits Nicaragua threatening catastrophic damage
2020-11-17 in The GuardianStorm hits Caribbean coast less than two weeks after Hurricane Eta carved a swathe of destruction
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Caribbean
Scientists link record-breaking hurricane season to climate crisis
2020-11-15 in The GuardianEvidence is not so much in the number of tropical storms the Atlantic has seen, but in their strength, intensity and rainfall
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US midwest storms in August were costliest in country’s history
2020-11-06 in The GuardianDerecho weather phenomenon caused over $7.5bn of damage, mainly devastating crops
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New studies confirm weakening of the Gulf Stream circulation (AMOC)
2020-09-17 in RealClimateMany of the earlier predictions of climate research have now become reality. The world is getting warmer, sea levels are rising faster and faster, and more frequent heat waves, extreme rainfall, devastating wildfires and more severe tropical storms are affecting many millions of people. Now there is growing evidence that another climate forecast is already coming true: the Gulf Stream system in the Atlantic is apparently weakening, with consequences for Europe too. ...
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Broadcast TV networks’ August wildfire coverage missed key factors including climate change, coronavirus, and prison labor
2020-09-10 (or before) in Media Matters for AmericaAugust was a turbulent month for wildfire activity in the Western U.S. California alone suffered through two of its largest wildfires in recent history, and there are more than 80 other large, active fires burning in 15 states. Record-breaking temperatures and climate change are playing a role in the size and scale of the fires, and the coronavirus pandemic is complicating efforts to contain the blazes and safely evacuate those in their path. But a review by Media Matters found that these factors were largely ignored in broadcast TV news coverage of the month’s wildfires. Key Findings: Corporate broadcast TV ou...
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California wildfires: thousands evacuate as 'siege' of flames overwhelms state
2020-08-20 in The GuardianHundreds of fires, stoked by a searing heatwave, prompt governor to declare a state of emergency
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Wildfires | Heatwaves | California
Climate crisis exerting increasing impact on UK, says Met Office
2020-07-30 in The GuardianExtreme heat, less frost and snow, and trees coming into leaf earlier among signs in 2019
Tagged under: Oceans | Extreme Weather | Sea Level | Trees
Friederike Otto interview: Can we sue oil giants for extreme weather?
2020-07-27 (or before) by in New ScientistTagged under: Extreme Weather | Climate Change
Wamberal beach erosion: seawall would deliver no net benefit, study finds
2020-07-27 in The GuardianReport raises concerns around seawalls’ cost and effectiveness as low pressure system to batter NSW coastline with high tides and huge waves
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'A critical situation': Bangladesh in crisis as monsoon floods follow super-cyclone
2020-07-24 in The GuardianDespite flood planning efforts hundreds have been killed and millions hit as third of land is submerged by non-stop rain
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Climate crisis: alarm at record-breaking heatwave in Siberia
2020-06-17 in The GuardianUnusually high temperatures in region linked to wildfires, oil spill and moth swarms
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Wildfires | Heatwaves | Arctic | Russia
Climate crisis to blame for $67bn of Hurricane Harvey damage – study
2020-06-12 in The GuardianExclusive: new figure far higher than previous estimates of direct impact of global heating
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Caribbean
Extreme Temperature Diary- Saturday June 6th, 2019/ Main Topic: Earth Sees Its Hottest May On Record – Guy On Climate
2020-06-07 (or before) in Guy On ClimateTagged under: Extreme Weather
UK Hydrological Status Update - May 2020 | UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
2020-05-27 (or before) in UK Centre for Ecology & HydrologyFor 2020 so far, the hydrological situation has been extremely mixed. In February we saw record-breaking rainfall and river flows, and one of the most significant flood events of recent years. Just a couple of months later, after a prolonged period of dry weather, records were broken at the other end of the hydrological spectrum. In the latest in a briefing note, this caused widespread and sustained flooding in many parts of the country.An exceptionally dry spring so far?March is often a 'transitional' spring month but the contrast between the UK Water Resources Portal. Figure right: April monthly mean river flows for the UK. Fr...
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Thousands in Michigan evacuate after 2 dams are breached, and the governor warns city could soon be under '9 feet of water'
2020-05-22 (or before) in Climate SignalsClimate Signals Summary: In the Midwest, climate change is increasing extreme and total precipitation, which is greatly increasing the risk of severe flooding, like the current Michigan flooding.
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Climate Signals
2020-05-22 (or before) in Climate SignalsClimate Signals is a nonprofit, nonpartisan project of Climate Nexus that curates cutting-edge attribution science and provides resources in real time explaining how climate change worsens extreme events.
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Oroville Dam Spillway Overflow February 2017
2020-05-22 (or before) in Climate SignalsA series of weather systems has delivered record-breaking heavy precipitation to California since early January 2017. On top of heavy precipitation, warm weather systems dropped rainfall in mountain regions where snow pack was forced to melt back to higher elevations and the resulting melt water joined the mountain run-off from the passing storms. Climate change contributes to both heavy precipitation as well as warmer temperatures that prematurely melt snow pack. The combination of heavy precipitation and snow-pack melt has driven the state from drought to flood. Natural climate variability in California is extremely ...
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Potentially fatal bouts of heat and humidity on the rise, study finds
2020-05-08 in The GuardianScientists identify thousands of extreme events, suggesting stark warnings about global heating are already coming to pass
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One billion people will live in insufferable heat within 50 years – study
2020-05-05 in The GuardianHuman cost of climate crisis will hit harder and sooner than previously believed, research reveals
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Climate change is getting worse but it is no worse than we predicted - Climate Change Committee
2020-05-04 in Climate Change CommitteeWorsening climate change should not be mistaken for individual events that are worse than expected. Recent extremes give a clear picture of the impacts and risks that come with a human-driven warming climate. Extreme events also emphasise the urgency of action to achieve Net Zero greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to climate change, write Professor Piers Forster and Professor Corinne Le Quéré.
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Greenhouse Gases | Predictions | Climate Change | Net Zero | Climate Change Impacts
Western US Heat Wave April 2020
2020-04-29 (or before) in Climate SignalsRecord-breaking triple digit heat has taken hold in the southwestern US. The heat wave is expected to break all time monthly temperature records for April in several locations. Recent years have shown an uptick in the number of extreme, record-breaking heat events in the region. The increase in extreme heat events is a clear signal of climate change. Around 80 percent of monthly hot temperature records in the Southwest from 2001 to 2010 were due to climate change.[1] Four out of five record-hot days globally are now amplified by the trend in global warming.[2]
Tagged under: Global Warming | Extreme Weather | Climate Change
Europe had hottest year on record in 2019, report shows
2020-04-22 in The GuardianFindings confirm 11 of the 12 warmest years in Europe occurred in past two decades
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Summer's bushfires released more carbon dioxide than Australia does in a year
2020-04-21 in The GuardianDevastating 2019-20 fires estimated to have released 830m tonnes of carbon dioxide, more than all bar five countries
Tagged under: Bushfires | Extreme Weather | Greenhouse Gases
High winds kill thousands of migrating birds in 'disaster' over Greece
2020-04-09 in The GuardianSwallows and swifts on their annual flight from Africa to Europe have been found dead across Greece
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Africa | Wildlife
Climate crisis may have pushed world's tropical coral reefs to tipping point of 'near-annual' bleaching
2020-03-31 in The GuardianExclusive: Mass bleaching seen along Great Barrier Reef could mark start of global-scale event, expert warns
Tagged under: Oceans | Tipping Points | Extreme Weather | Great Barrier Reef | Coral Reefs
UK must prepare for more intense storms, climate scientists say
2020-02-17 by Jonathan Watts in The GuardianGovernment urged to create more natural drainage systems to cope with impact of crisis
Tagged under: Storms. Hurricanes and Tornados | Predictions | UK | Extreme Weather | Climate Change
‘Blatant manipulation’: Trump administration exploited wildfire science to promote logging
2020-01-24 in The GuardianRevealed: emails show Trump and appointees tried to craft a narrative that forest protection efforts are responsible for wildfires
Tagged under: Donald Trump | Extreme Weather | Wildfires | US Politics | California | Trees
Huge dust storms in Australia hit central New South Wales
2020-01-19 in The GuardianVideos posted to social media show the clouds turning day into night in some areas
Tagged under: Bushfires | Extreme Weather | Wildfires | Drought
Beetles and fire kill dozens of 'indestructible' giant sequoia trees
2020-01-18 in The GuardianDeadly interaction between insects, drought and fire damage have forced California’s park officials to trigger climate crisis plans intended for the 2050s
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Wildfires | Drought | Insects | California | Trees
Ocean temperatures hit record high as rate of heating accelerates
2020-01-13 in The GuardianOceans are clearest measure of climate crisis as they absorb 90% of heat trapped by greenhouse gases
Tagged under: Oceans | Extreme Weather | Greenhouse Gases
Police contradict claims spread online exaggerating arson's role in Australian bushfires
2020-01-08 in The GuardianDonald Trump Jr was among those who retweeted misleading figures published by News Corp
Tagged under: Donald Trump | Bushfires | Extreme Weather
Climate change will make fire storms more likely in southeastern Australia
2020-01-01 (or before) by in The ConversationExtreme fire risk will overlap with weather patterns to create fire tornadoes more often under climate change.
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Climate Change
Australia bushfires: PM's climate stance criticised as thousands flee blazes
2020-01-01 in The GuardianScott Morrison’s government under pressure as fires feared to have killed 17 people
Tagged under: Bushfires | Extreme Weather
Water-related violence rises globally in past decade
2019-12-31 in The GuardianWater shortages and extreme weather contribute to tension in Middle East and India
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Middle East
The environment in 2050: flooded cities, forced migration – and the Amazon turning to savannah
2019-12-30 in The GuardianUnless we focus on shared solutions, violent storms and devastating blazes could be the least of the world’s troubles. Civilisation itself will be at risk
Tagged under: Deforestation | Extreme Weather | Wildfires | Drought | Amazon Rainforest | IPCC | Climate Change | Geoengineering
Thousands told to evacuate vast east Gippsland fire threat zone
2019-12-29 in The GuardianVisitors and residents told to ‘get out of’ an area half the size of Belgium immediately, in the face of historic fire threat day on Monday
Tagged under: Bushfires | Extreme Weather
Moscow resorts to fake snow in warmest December since 1886
2019-12-29 in The GuardianHibernation disrupted at city’s zoo and gardens bloom early as temperatures hit record high
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Russia
Yes, Australia has always had bushfires: but 2019 is like nothing we've seen before
2019-12-24 in The GuardianRecord low rainfall has contributed to a continent-scale emergency that has burned through more than 5m hectares and alarmed scientists, doctors and firefighters
Tagged under: Bushfires | Extreme Weather | Extreme Rainfall | Drought
Home affairs warned Australian government of growing climate disaster risk after May election
2019-12-23 in The GuardianExclusive: department’s brief said ‘coordinated national action’ was needed to ward off increasing disruptions
Tagged under: Bushfires | Extreme Weather
Waiting for a megafire: the battle against Australia's biggest blaze
2019-12-21 in The GuardianThe Gospers Mountain fire has consumed hundreds of thousands of hectares of forest and is now threatening towns and lives
Tagged under: Bushfires | Extreme Weather | Wildfires | Trees
2019 wasn't global protests and Fleabag: it was the year a climate truth bomb dropped | Brigid Delaney
2019-12-19 in The GuardianMany of us suddenly woke up, stopped disassociating and realised the party was over
Tagged under: Bushfires | Extreme Weather
Too hot for humans? First Nations people fear becoming Australia's first climate refugees
2019-12-17 in The GuardianAs the big dry bites and temperature records tumble, Aboriginal people in Alice Springs say global heating threatens their culture and very survival
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Drought | Housing | Health
UK's hottest recorded day 'caused deaths of extra 200 people'
2019-12-11 in The GuardianONS says death rate rose to 1,404 on 25 July, when mercury hit 38.7C during heatwave
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Heatwaves | Health
Australia weather: 50C temperatures could become the norm as hundreds of climate records broken in 90 days, report finds | The Independent | The Independent
2019-12-04 (or before) in The Independent‘Climate change is supercharging the extreme weather events we are witnessing,’ says expert panel
Tagged under: Bushfires | Extreme Weather | Climate Change
Revealed: 'monumental' NSW bushfires have burnt 20% of Blue Mountains world heritage area
2019-12-03 in The GuardianMore than 10% of forest in NSW national parks destroyed by fire this season, with the damage to Gondwana rainforest a ‘global tragedy’
Tagged under: Deforestation | Bushfires | Extreme Weather | Wildfires | Rainforests | Trees
More homes threatened by NSW bushfires as hazardous smoke blankets Sydney
2019-12-03 in The GuardianAt least one home lost on NSW south coast as an out-of-control bushfire burned in Forrestdale, south-east of Perth in WA
Tagged under: Bushfires | Extreme Weather | Wildfires
California: thousands flee from fire burning near Santa Barbara
2019-11-26 in The GuardianUp to 6,300 people evacuated and 2,400 homes threatened by wind-driven wildfire that erupted Monday afternoon in Los Padres national forest
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Wildfires | California | Trees
Australian residents brace for severe fire danger across NSW, Victoria and Tasmania
2019-11-20 in The GuardianExtreme heat hits across the country as parts of Victoria prepare for worst possible bushfire conditions on Thursday
Tagged under: Bushfires | Extreme Weather | Wildfires
This is what it looks like when your government sells out the climate for votes | Katharine Murphy
2019-11-15 in The GuardianThe real reason the Coalition doesn’t want to talk about the climate is that its record is one of unmitigated shame and failure
Tagged under: Bushfires | Extreme Weather | Wildfires | Coal
Food prices set to rise in UK as floods ruin crops
2019-11-15 in The GuardianSoaring prices likely as potatoes rot in sodden fields and farmers struggle to sow wheat
Tagged under: Farming | Extreme Weather
Can we sustain success in reducing deaths to extreme weather in a hotter world? - ScienceDirect
2019-11-14 (or before) in ScienceDirect.comTagged under: Extreme Weather
We've been in bushfire hell in Glen Innes – and the scientists knew it was coming | Carol Sparks
2019-11-11 in The GuardianMy community deserves the unvarnished truth from me, its mayor. Ignorance and arrogance delivered us ashes
Tagged under: Bushfires | Extreme Weather | Wildfires
'We had to buy blankets': floods force shoppers to spend night in Meadowhall
2019-11-08 in The GuardianSheffield shopping centre cut off by rising waters as torrential rain deluges large parts areas and Met Office warns of more to come
Tagged under: Extreme Weather
2019 Billion-Dollar Disasters
2019-11-07 (or before) in Climate Central2019 marks the fifth straight year with at least ten U.S. billion-dollar weather and climate disasters—showing the increasing cost of extreme weather as the climate warms.
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Climate Change
Climate crisis: 11,000 scientists warn of ‘untold suffering’
2019-11-05 by Damian Carrington in The GuardianStatement sets out ‘vital signs’ as indicators of magnitude of the climate emergency
Tagged under: Predictions | Climate Change | Extreme Weather
California's fire season has been bad. But it could have been much worse
2019-11-01 in The GuardianWith planning – and luck – firefighters quickly contained most fires ignited in the past week. But the state remains vulnerable if it doesn’t adapt to more extreme weather
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Wildfires | California
Ordinary life has vanished in fire-ravaged California | Rebecca Solnit
2019-10-31 in The GuardianIt’s impossible to quantify the losses caused by the Kincade fire
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Wildfires | California
Has the climate crisis made California too dangerous to live in? | Bill McKibben
2019-10-29 in The GuardianAs with so many things, Californians are going first where the rest of us will follow
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Wildfires | California
'You can't fight this': California wildfires force evacuation in Sonoma county
2019-10-28 in The Guardian185,000 evacuated as firefighters battle el diablo winds and governor calls state emergency as 2 million left without power
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Wildfires | California
'Potentially historic': dangerous winds expected as fires burn across California
2019-10-26 in The GuardianFresh evacuations in Sonoma county as Kincade fire spreads and wave of power blackouts begin across the state
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California wildfires: tens of thousands ordered to evacuate as power shut off
2019-10-25 in The GuardianCalifornia’s utility companies impose blackouts to stop winds toppling power lines as strong winds fan fires near Santa Clarita and Geyserville
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No pause in the increase of hot temperature extremes - Nature Climate Change
2019-10-17 (or before) in NatureObservational data show a continued increase of hot extremes over land during the so-called global warming hiatus. This tendency is greater for the most extreme events and thus more relevant for impacts than changes in global mean temperature.
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Climate Change | Climate Change Impacts
Sustainability expert Michael Mobbs: I’m leaving the city to prep for the apocalypse
2019-09-28 in The GuardianThe man who wrote the book on living off-grid in the city plans to retreat to a rural bolthole, saying eco-friendly progress has not kept pace with the speed of climate collapse
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Drought | Collapse | Electricity Grid | Sustainability
Countries must triple climate emission cut targets to limit global heating to 2C
2019-09-22 in The GuardianUnited in Science report ahead of UN summit says climate is changing faster than forecast, and current plans would lead to ‘catastrophic’ global temperature rise
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Greenhouse Gases | Coal | Fossil Fuels
With Greenland's Extreme Melting, a New Risk Grows: Ice Slabs That Worsen Runoff - Inside Climate News
2019-09-18 in Inside Climate NewsScientists have added a new item to the long list of Greenland Ice Sheet woes. Along with snow-darkening algae and increasing rainfall, giant slabs of ice have been thickening and spreading under the Greenland snow at an average rate of two football fields per minute since 2001, new research shows. The slabs prevent surface meltwater […]
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Extreme Rainfall | Climate Change | Ice Melting | Sea Level
World 'gravely' unprepared for effects of climate crisis – report
2019-09-10 in The GuardianTrillions of dollars needed to avoid ‘climate apartheid’ but this is less than cost of inaction
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Wildfires
Air Temperature| ACCAP
2019-09-04 in ACCAP - Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and PolicyAir Temperature Includes historical analyses, spatial trends, and changes in extremes Temperatures in Alaska and the Arctic are rising twice as fast as other parts of the U.S. and-except for sea ic…
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Arctic | Alaska
Can We Survive Extreme Heat?
2019-08-27 by in Rolling Stone - Music, Film, TV and Political News CoverageHumans have never lived on a planet this hot, and we’re totally unprepared for what’s to come
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North Pole: multiple lightning strikes follow record-low sea ice levels
2019-08-13 in The Guardian‘Furthest north lightning strikes in Alaska forecaster memory’ hit as high temperatures and widespread fires plague region
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Arctic | Sea Level | Alaska
Arctic wildfires spew soot and smoke cloud bigger than EU
2019-08-12 in The GuardianPlume from unprecedented blazes forecast to reach Alaska as fires rage for third month
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Wildfires | Arctic | Greenhouse Gases | Russia | Alaska
Alaska records warmest month ever in July with coastline barren of sea ice
2019-08-08 in The GuardianAverage temperature for month amid Arctic heatwave was 58.1F (14.5C), nearly 1F above previous high set in July 2004
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Heatwaves | Arctic | Alaska
Record heatwave 'made much more likely' by human impact on climate
2019-08-02 in The GuardianScientists say July at least equalled and may have beaten hottest month on record
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Wildfires | Heatwaves
'No doubt left' about scientific consensus on global warming, say experts
2019-07-24 in The GuardianExtensive historical data shows recent extreme warming is unprecedented in past 2,000 years
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Arctic wildfires emitted as much CO2 in June as Sweden does in a year
2019-07-12 in The GuardianWildfires this year have been at an unusual intensity despite being common in the northern hemisphere between May and October
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Wildfires | Arctic | Russia
'Biggest compliment yet': Greta Thunberg welcomes oil chief's 'greatest threat' label
2019-07-05 in The GuardianActivists say comments by Opec head prove world opinion is turning against fossil fuels
Tagged under: Greta Thunberg | Activism | Extreme Weather | Fossil Fuels
Climate change made European heatwave at least five times likelier
2019-07-02 in The GuardianSearing heat shows crisis is ‘here and now’, say scientists, and worse than predicted
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Heatwaves | Predictions | Climate Change
It’s time to change the climate disaster script. People need hope that things can change | Nicky Hawkins
2019-06-26 in The GuardianThe climate story must balance talk of urgency with inspiring and creative ideas if we are to inspire positive change, says the communications strategist Nicky Hawkins
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Extreme Weather | Climate Change
'Hell is coming': week-long heatwave begins across Europe
2019-06-24 in The GuardianTemperatures could hit 40C from Spain to Switzerland, with authorities urging children and older people to stay indoors
Tagged under: Children | Spain | Extreme Weather | Heatwaves | Women and Children | France
France to declare natural disaster after storms rip through crops
2019-06-16 in The Guardian‘Orchard of France’ is badly hit by extreme weather that has killed two people
Tagged under: Farming | Extreme Weather | France
'We're in constant crisis': cyclone-hit reservation forced to recover on its own
2019-05-10 in The GuardianNative Americans on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota are struggling after a winter hurricane, with no disaster relief from Trump
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Mark Carney tells global banks they cannot ignore climate change dangers
2019-04-17 in The GuardianFinancial sector warned it risks losses from extreme weather and its stakes in polluting firms
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Greenhouse Gases | Climate Change
Climate change could make insurance too expensive for most people – report
2019-03-21 in The GuardianMunich Re, world’s largest reinsurance firm, warns premium rises could become social issue
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Wildfires | Climate Change | Insurance
Italy sees 57% drop in olive harvest as result of climate change, scientist says
2019-03-05 in The GuardianExtreme weather blamed for plunge in country’s olive harvest – the worst in 25 years – that could leave the country dependent on imports by April
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Climate Change
Climate change 'cause of most under-reported humanitarian crises'
2019-02-21 in The GuardianReport says few headlines sparked by food crises that ravaged Madagascar, Ethiopia and Haiti
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Climate Change | Africa | Famine | Caribbean | Madagascar
'Momentum is growing': reasons to be hopeful about the environment in 2019
2019-01-02 in The GuardianAs we reflect on a year of extreme weather and ominous climate talks, 2019 could see some much-needed breakthroughs
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Climate Change
'We are last generation that can stop climate change' – UN summit
2018-12-03 in The GuardianBig cuts in carbon emissions and a rise in protection from extreme weather urgently needed
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Climate Change
Past four years hottest on record, data shows
2018-11-29 in The GuardianWorld running out of time to combat climate change, warns meteorological organisation
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Greenhouse Gases | IPCC | Climate Change
Summer weather is getting 'stuck' due to Arctic warming
2018-08-20 in The GuardianRising Arctic temperatures mean we face a future of ‘extreme extremes’ where sunny days become heatwaves and rain becomes floods, study says
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Heatwaves | Arctic
Extreme global weather is 'the face of climate change' says leading scientist
2018-07-27 in The GuardianExclusive: Prof Michael Mann declares the impacts of global warming are now ‘playing out in real-time’
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Climate Change | Climate Change Impacts
Climate Change Is Happening Faster Than Expected, and It’s More Extreme - Inside Climate News
2017-12-26 in Inside Climate NewsIn the past year, the scientific consensus shifted toward a grimmer and less uncertain picture of the risks posed by climate change. When the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued its 5th Climate Assessment in 2014, it formally declared that observed warming was “extremely likely” to be mostly caused by human activity. This year, […]
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How climate change triggers earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanoes
2016-10-16 in The GuardianGlobal warming may not only cause more destructive hurricanes, it could also be shaking the ground beneath our feet
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Climate Change
The most common fallacy in discussing extreme weather events + Update
2014-03-25 in RealClimateDoes global warming make extreme weather events worse? Here is the #1 flawed reasoning you will have seen about this question: it is the classic confusion between absence of evidence and evidence for absence of an effect of global warming on extreme weather events. Sounds complicated? It isn’t. I’ll first explain it in simple terms and then give some real-life examples. The two most fundamental properties of extreme events are that they are rare (by ...
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Why climate change will likely be worse than the models predict
2013-09-04 by in blog.rsb.org.ukDr Aaron Thierry is a quantitative ecologist who recently graduated from The University of Sheffield’s Department of Animal and Plant Sciences. He is extremely concerned about the level of un…
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | IPCC | Predictions | Climate Change
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