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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, h... Read More

Attribution | Mar 19. 2026.
People walking on a road as a wildfire blazes behind them in Argentina, January 2026. Credit: Associated Press / Alamy Stock Photo.

Climate change made ‘fire weather’ in Chile and Argentina three times more likely

The hot, dry and windy weather preceding the wildfires that tore through Chile and Argentina last month was made around three times more likely ... Read More

Wildfires | Feb 11. 2026.
Aerial view of a flooded road and surrounded landscape, Mozambique.

Climate change and La Niña made ‘devastating’ southern African floods more intense

“Exceptionally heavy” rainfall that led to deadly flooding across southern Africa in recent weeks was made more intense by a combination of clima... Read More

Attribution | Jan 29. 2026.
Flood defences erected by Environment Agency.

Guest post: How adaptation has cut flood deaths and losses in Europe

When flooding strikes, it can devastate vast areas, taking lives, homes and possessions with it. Multiple factors affect the scale of the social a... Read More

Risk and adaptation | Sep 9. 2025.
Children drink water from a pipeline in the village of Afraaga, Somaliland.

Children born in 2020 will face ‘unprecedented exposure’ to climate extremes

Children born in 2020 will face “unprecedented exposure” to extreme weather events, including heatwaves, droughts and wildfires, even if warming ... Read More

Attribution | May 7. 2025.
People waiting to get on a plane on the runway. Credit: SJBright / Alamy Stock Photo. Image ID: 2YRJ7J5.

Two-thirds of global warming since 1990 caused by world’s ‘wealthiest 10%’

The “wealthiest 10%” of people on the planet are "responsible" for 65% of the 0.61C increase in global average temperatures over 1990-2020, accor... Read More

Attribution | May 7. 2025.
A man walks past flooded houses in the flood affected area along the Teesta River.

‘Catastrophic’ 2023 lake outburst in India driven by glacial melt and permafrost thaw

Climate change played a key role in the “catastrophic” 2023 floods in the Himalayan state of Sikkim in India, a new study says.   Th... Read More

Attribution | Jan 30. 2025.
Residents cleaning the mud after tropical storm Kristine flooded Lemery, Philippines, 25 October 2024. Credit: ZUMA Press, Inc. / Alamy Stock Photo. Image ID: 2YD4WRX.

Record-breaking Philippines typhoon season was ‘supercharged’ by climate change

This year’s record-breaking typhoon season in the Philippines – which saw six consecutive storm systems hit the country in under a month – was ... Read More

Attribution | Dec 12. 2024.
Rickshaws struggle through the flooded streets of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Q&A: The evolving science of ‘extreme weather attribution’

As global temperatures rise, extreme weather events are becoming more intense and more frequent all around the world.  Over the past two deca... Read More

Attribution | Nov 18. 2024.
Rescuers cross a river in Kerala state, India after a landslide on 31 July 2024.

Climate change made ‘monsoon downpour’ behind Kerala landslides 10% more intense

The “monsoon downpour” that triggered deadly landslides in Kerala’s Wayanad district last month was made 10% heavier by human-caused climate ch... Read More

Attribution | Aug 14. 2024.
A firefighter working to put out a fire in the Pantanal in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil on 7 July 2024.

Climate change made the ‘supercharged’ 2024 Pantanal wildfires 40% more intense

Human-caused climate change made the “unprecedented” wildfires that spread across Brazil’s Pantanal wetlands in June 2024 between four and five... Read More

Attribution | Aug 8. 2024.
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