Media reaction: Hurricane Irma and climate change
Two weeks after Hurricane Harvey brought “unprecedented” flooding to Houston, Hurricane Irma has ploughed through the Caribbean and into the... Read More
Guest Post: Deploying the science of extreme weather attribution in the courts
Sophie Marjanac and Lindene Patton are lawyers at ClientEarth in the UK and Earth & Water Law in the US, respectively. ... Read More
Mapeo: Como el cambio climático afecta eventos meteorológicos extremos alrededor del mundo
Al principio de los 2000, emergió un nuevo campo de investigación en ciencias climaticas que empezó a explorar la huella del ser humano sobre... Read More
Climate change 'could double' the number of droughts in Jordan by 2100
The number of droughts in Jordan could double by 2100 as a result of climate change, new research suggests. ... Read More
Media reaction: Hurricane Harvey and climate change
Hurricane Harvey continues to rock the southern US, where at least nine people have died after unprecedented flooding. ... Read More
Climate change is already shifting the timing of European floods, study says
Climate change is shifting the timing of river flooding across Europe, with parts of the continent experiencing flooding several weeks earlier or... Read More
Ecosystems facing 'double whammy' due to increasing impacts of drought
Trees and plants across the world are increasingly in “recovery mode” after a drought, a new study says, and they’re taking longer to bounce... Read More
‘Extreme’ El Niños to double in frequency under 1.5C of warming, study says
The El Niño event of 2015-16 was one of the strongest on record, bringing flooding to much of South America, southern US and East Africa, and severe... Read More
State of the climate: Warm temperatures and low sea ice mark first half of 2017
The first half of 2017 has seen record low sea ice extents at both poles and near-record global average temperatures – despite the absence of a... Read More
Warm spells in Arctic stunt crop yields across US, study suggests
Unusually warm periods in the Arctic stunt vegetation growth and crop yields across North America, a new study suggests. ... Read More
Mapped: How climate change affects extreme weather around the world
In the early 2000s, a new field of climate science research emerged that began to explore the human fingerprint on extreme weather, such as floods,... Read More
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