Climate Swat Team Aims to Identify When Global Warming Causes Extreme Weather October 11, 2021 By Eric Roston When weather disaster strikes, observers near and far ask the same question: Climate change—is it or isn’t it? The simplest...
What Smart People Get Wrong About Climate Change Extremes: Opinion September 14, 2021 By Kate Mackenzie, Bloomberg Opinion If anyone should be attuned to the real-world impacts of global warming, it’s the policy makers and business heads that...
China’s Cities Aren’t Prepared for Extreme Weather Caused by Climate Change August 25, 2021 By Bloomberg News Climate change is making China’s annual summer floods worse, and cities housing millions of people aren’t prepared to handle the...
Rain Falls at Highest Point on Greenland’s Ice Sheet for 1st Time on Record August 23, 2021 By Kate Abnett and Andrea Januta Rain fell at the highest point on the Greenland ice sheet last week for the first time on record, another...
How Extreme Weather Makes Everything Harder, Except Climate-Risk Analysis August 16, 2021 By Kate Mackenzie, Bloomberg Opinion It’s been a momentous week for our understanding of the effects of greenhouse gas emissions. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate...
Blistering Heat in Sicily May Have Just Smashed European Record August 12, 2021 By Megan Durisin The Italian island of Sicily may have just smashed continental Europe’s heat record, the latest example of how climate change...
China’s Extreme Weather Provides Wake-Up Call for Under-Insured Local Authorities August 12, 2021 BEIJING – Devastating summer floods in the populous province of Henan in central China are a wake-up call for local...
Once-in-50-Year Heat Waves Now Happening Every Decade: U.N. Climate Report August 10, 2021 By Jake Spring Extreme heat waves that previously only struck once every 50 years are now expected to happen once per decade because...
Greek Citizens Angry With Government Over Reponse to Wildfires August 10, 2021 By Lefteris Papadimas As flames threatened to engulf the home of Stelios Kokkinelis in a suburb north of Athens at the weekend and...
This Summer’s Extreme Weather Hitting World’s Wealthier Countries August 5, 2021 By Seth Borenstein and Frank Jordans As the world staggers through another summer of extreme weather, experts are noticing something different: 2021’s onslaught is hitting harder...