Today’s youth will face ‘unmatched’ climate extremes compared to older generations
People born in 2020 will have to face between two and seven times more extreme climate-related events over their lifetimes than people born in 1960, ... Read More
Guest post: Reviewing the summer of extreme weather in 2021
From heatwaves and hurricanes in the US to flooding in Europe and China, the weather over recent months has frequently hit the headlines. So, with... Read More
Explainer: What the new IPCC report says about extreme weather and climate change
The new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on the science of climate change lands in the aftermath of a series of deadl... Read More
Climate change will drive rise in ‘record-shattering’ heat extremes
“Record-shattering” extremes – which break weather records by large margins – will become more likely as a result of climate change, a new st... Read More
State of the climate: 2021 sees widespread climate extremes despite a cool start
While the early months of 2021 have been cooler than much of the past decade, global temperatures have risen in recent months as the effects of La Ni... Read More
Recent increase in major Atlantic hurricanes may be ‘rebound’ after 1960-1980s lull
Reported increases in major hurricanes in the North Atlantic over the satellite era are potentially a “recovery from a deep minimum in the 1960-198... Read More
Pacific north-west heatwave shows climate is heading into ‘uncharted territory’
The deadly heatwave that hit north-western US and Canada in late June would have been “virtually impossible” without human-caused global warming,... Read More
Media reaction: Pacific north-west ‘heat dome’ and the role of climate change
Less than two weeks after record-breaking temperatures forced California into a state of emergency, a severe heatwave has swept over northwestern US ... Read More
Guest post: How attribution can fill the evidence ‘gap’ in climate litigation
In November 2015, a Peruvian farmer and mountain guide, Saúl Luciano Lliuya, launched a pioneering bid for climate justice in a German court more th... Read More
Two-fifths of EU agricultural imports could be ‘highly vulnerable’ to drought by 2050
At least 40% of the European Union’s agricultural imports will be “highly vulnerable” to drought by 2050, new research finds. The paper, pub... Read More
Cooling effect of clouds ‘underestimated’ by climate models, says new study
Clouds could have a greater cooling effect on the planet than climate models currently suggest, according to new research. The paper, published in... Read More
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