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
Satellite data reveals impact of warming on global water cycle
Evapotranspiration – the transfer of water from the ground into the air through a combination of evaporation and transpiration – increased global... Read More
Increasing droughts will drive ‘billions’ in economic losses in Europe
Economic damages from droughts in the EU and UK could rise by one third by the end of the century, new research finds – even if warming is limited ... Read More
Guest post: How climate change drove food insecurity in the 2007 Lesotho drought
Lesotho is one of the least developed countries in southern Africa and has a precarious food security balance. Almost all of its main staple food of ... 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, h... Read More
US sees ‘alarming’ increase in combined heatwaves and droughts
Climate change has driven an “alarming” increase in the number of years with both heatwaves and droughts across the US over the past five decades... Read More
Scientists discover new ‘human fingerprint’ on global drought patterns
Human-caused climate change has “intensified” patterns of extreme rainfall and drought across the globe, a new study finds. There is a detecta... Read More
Guest post: Cost of extreme weather due to climate change is severely underestimated
Over the past decade, a compelling body of evidence has linked a range of extreme weather events to human-caused climate change. This area o... Read More
Warm spring worsened Europe’s extreme 2018 summer drought, study says
Europe’s extreme 2018 summer drought was worsened by an unusually warm and sunny spring in the same year, a new study finds. Sunny weather in th... Read More
World population facing water stress could ‘double’ by 2050 as climate warms
The number of people exposed to water stress could double by 2050 if efforts are not made to keep global warming below 2C above pre-industrial levels... Read More
Explainer: Nine ‘tipping points’ that could be triggered by climate change
The persistent march of a warming climate is seen across a multitude of continuous, incremental changes. CO2 levels in the atmosphere. Ocean heat con... Read More
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