The stakes at the Glasgow Climate Change Summit could not be higher. Scientists are clear and united in warning that if humanity fails to contain global warming, the impacts will be irreversible and cataclysmic. Southeast Asia is one of the regions of the world most vulnerable to this situation. As …
Read More »Forms of subtropical storm Wanda, exhausting list of names
For the second time in two years, and only the third time in history, meteorologists have exhausted the list of names used to identify storms during hurricane season in the Atlantic. With the formation of subtropical storm Wanda on Saturday, there have been 21 named storms so far this year, …
Read More »In Pictures: How Climate Change Reshaped Earth With Extreme Weather This Year
A man watches forest fires approach a beach on the island of Evia, north of Athens Extreme weather conditions in 2021 saw fires rage, rivers flooded, ice melt and temperatures soar. Climate change has reshaped life on planet Earth due to extreme weather conditions, which have also included wild droughts …
Read More »The fight continues for the future of America’s coral reefs
WASHINGTON – Just off the southeastern tip of the United States, you’ll find an underwater masterpiece: the only barrier reef in North America. But rising ocean temperatures are disrupting this once dynamic ecosystem. What would you like to know Rising ocean temperatures have killed around 14% of the world’s corals …
Read More »Researcher seeks to improve climate models for future water projections
October 27, 2021Commented by Alex Smith According to a broader scientific consensus, the western part of the United States will have less water and the northeastern United States will have more due to climate change. Flavio Lehner. Image credit: Cornell University. However, how much less and how much more is …
Read More »Maine Voices: New Bill Meets Fishermen’s Needs In Response To Climate Impacts
I am a fly fisherman, guide and lodge owner who experience climate change every day through my work on the water. My businesses are located in Maine and the Bahamas, where both sites are changing rapidly due to climate change. The impacts of rising sea levels, warming water and shifting …
Read More »The Outlook: A week of clouds, rain and rare sunshine | Time
Quote “October died out in a rush of howling winds and pouring rain, and November arrived, cold as frozen iron, with harsh frosts every morning and icy drafts biting hands and exposed faces. ” – JK Rowling (“Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix”, 2003) After a crystal clear …
Read More »‘Bomb Cyclone’ flooding could hit parts of California in Sunday storm
Drought-stricken areas of northern California could experience “excessive precipitation” – up to 8 to 10 inches of rain – when an extreme weather system hits the West Coast this weekend, the National Weather Center warns. Millions of people in northern California were at risk of flash flooding on Sunday due …
Read More »Climate change makes drought recovery harder in western US
Californians rejoiced this week when large drops of water began to fall from the sky for the first measurable time since spring, an annual soak that heralds the start of the rainy season after some of the hottest months. and the driest ever. But as the rain began to fall …
Read More »Cultural relics are disappearing around the world, thanks to climate change
Xiao Jun is very concerned about his hometown these days. Days of continued heavy rain in northern China’s Shanxi Province earlier this month damaged more than 1,700 ancient buildings and cultural relics. In Ping Yao, known as one of the best-preserved examples of a traditional Han Chinese city, the flooding …
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