Extreme Temperatures - Environmental Hazards Newsletter - Oct / Nov 2019 - 23rd Nov 2019
View this newsletter in fullA Scary Year for Climate Change
Scientists’ warnings about climate change have intensified over the past 12 months. Will world leaders finally listen?
22nd Nov 2019 - Scientific American
What climate change will look like over the next decade
So far, nations are not slashing emissions enough to keep Earth's temperature from rising more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels — the threshold established in the Paris climate agreement.
19th Nov 2019 - Business Insider
Climate crisis: 11,000 scientists warn of ‘untold suffering’
Statement sets out ‘vital signs’ as indicators of magnitude of the climate emergency
5th Nov 2019 - The Guardian
Climate crisis opportunity: Making money on the road to hell
Extreme weather events are reinforcing the urgency. In Alaska, more than 90% of days were warmer than normal in 2019, bushfires are raging in Australia and cyclones and floods hit parts of Africa that are not accustomed to extreme weather
22nd Nov 2019 - Daily Maverick
Stalled weather patterns will get bigger due to climate change: Relationship between jet stream, atmospheric blocking events
Climate change will increase the size of stalled high-pressure systems that can cause heatwaves, droughts and other extreme weather, according to a new study.
13th Nov 2019 - Science Daily
How climate change could be affecting the jet stream
Rising temperature in the Earth's tropical regions and the rapidly melting Arctic are shifting the world's wind patterns
21st Nov 2019 - The Independent
Global heating supercharging Indian Ocean climate system | Global development
Indian Ocean dipole events, linked to bushfires and floods, are becoming stronger and more frequent, scientists say
22nd Nov 2019 - The Guardian
How Sydney Bushfires Are Connected to Climate Change
As hazardous smoke from raging bushfires blanket Sydney’s landmarks on Thursday, the Australian Prime Minister refused to admit a direct link between the fires and the country’s carbon emissions, which are among the highest per capita in the world.
21st Nov 2019 - TIME
From Venice to Sydney, Extreme Weather Fuels Climate Change Debate
In recent days the Italian city of Venice has suffered the worst flooding in 53 years – prompting a fierce debate among Italian politicians over whether man-made climate change is to blame. The same argument is taking place in Australia as wildfires fueled by soaring temperatures encroach on the city of Sydney. Henry Ridgwell reports on the extreme weather events that are stoking the climate debate.
19th Nov 2019 - VOA News
Climate change: Warming signal links global floods and fires
With homes under water in South Yorkshire, near record flooding in Venice, and burgeoning wildfires in Australia, many people are asking if and how climate change is connected to these extreme weather events.
15th Nov 2019 - BBC
Photos from space reveal what climate change looks like, from melting Arctic ice to rampant California fires
In 2019 alone, satellites captured images of the northeastern US ravaged by a polar vortex event, Europe's back-to-back deadly heat waves, and wildfires that spread through California as well as parts of Russia, Greenland, and Canada. Photos from space also show how Antarctic and Arctic glaciers are melting at unprecedented rates: The extent of Arctic sea is currently the second smallest it has been since 1979.
7th Nov 2019 - Business Insider
Climate change isn’t just about extreme weather. Entire ecosystems are collapsing.
As fires rage on land, a massive ecosystem just off California’s northern coast that has buoyed a thriving fishing industry has collapsed. It’s an example of a much larger, potentially more ominous climate change story: the ongoing collapse of our planet’s biodiversity.
31st Oct 2019 - The Washington Post
1.5 million more people may die in India by 2100 due to extreme heat by climate change: Study
Around 1.5 million more people may die in India each year due to extreme heat by 2100, a new study has found. The study conducted by Tata Centre for Development (TCD) at the University of Chicago, USA, which was released at UChicago Centre here on Thursday, said that continued high emissions of greenhouse gases are projected to lead to a four degree celsius rise in average annual temperature in India by 2100.
31st Oct 2019 - The Economic Times
Climate change reinforces inequalities - even in developed countries
Climate change exacerbates inequalities, not only in poor, developing countries, but also in industrialized, wealthy ones. The poor should be given special importance when planning, experts say
25th Oct 2019 - DW (English)
El Niño weather events are about to become more extreme thanks to climate change, study says
Climate change will cause El Niños to be stronger, a new study suggests.
22nd Oct 2019 - USA TODAY
Extreme Temperatures - Environmental Hazards Newsletter - Jan - March 2019 - 12th Mar 2019
View this newsletter in fullTime to Panic
The planet is getting warmer in catastrophic ways. And fear may be the only thing that saves us.
16th Feb 2019 - The New York Times
World Government Summit: Leaders prioritize climate change solutions
The 7th edition of the World Government Summit was held in Dubai, gathering world leaders alongside experts in the sectors of technology, economy, environment and wellbeing. The event, which ran from 10th to 12th February, hosted approximately 4,000 participants from 140 countries to discuss key global solutions.
18th Feb 2019 - Euronews English
Goodbye, polar bears: Why climate change is much worse than you think
Climate 'alarmist' David Wallace-Wells says scientists' warnings are too tentative.
16th Feb 2019 - The Irish Times
A third of Himalayan ice cap doomed, finds report
Even radical climate change action won’t save glaciers, endangering 2 billion people
4th Feb 2019 - The Guardian
Australia’s Burning, Flooding, Disastrous New Normal
We have moved into a new age of climate volatility. According to the 2018 State of the Climate Report, compiled by the Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Southern Hemisphere oceans are absorbing most of the extra heat generated by global warming.
14th Feb 2019 - The New York Times
Why cold weather doesn’t mean climate change is fake
Weather and climate aren't the same thing, meaning you can expect harsher winters in a warming world.
18th Feb 2019 - National Geographic
There's 'no place on the planet', not even Hawaii, to escape climate change, experts say
Climate experts in the Aloha State told on Monday that tourists cannot escape climate change — not even on the islands, where 60-foot waves and ...
12th Feb 2019 - USA TODAY
With climate change, what will your city's weather feel like in 60 years?
Within your child or grandchild's lifetime, the weather may be dramatically different because of climate change. The past five years have already been the hottest ...
12th Feb 2019 - CNN
Climate change: World heading for warmest decade, says Met Office
The world is in the middle of what is likely to be the warmest 10 years since records began in 1850, say scientists. The Met Office is forecasting that temperatures ...
6th Feb 2019 - BBC
Polar vortex grips the Midwest in a deep and dangerous freeze
Millions across the Midwest experienced a freeze normally reserved for the Arctic Circle on Wednesday as temperatures dropped to nearly 50 degrees below zero.
4th Feb 2019 - The Washington Post
Extreme weather shatters records around the world
It's only one month into 2019 and meteorologists are already talking in superlatives as extreme weather patterns have brought cities and towns across the globe to a standstill.
2nd Feb 2019 - CNN
Australia's extreme heat is sign of things to come, scientists warn
Hottest month ever shows temperatures rising faster than predicted, say climate experts.
1st Feb 2019 - The Guardian
Extreme Weather Is Already Breaking Records Around The World In 2019
Temperatures dipped to -38 degrees in Minnesota as Australia battled a heat wave that topped 115 degrees.
31st Jan 2019 - HuffPost
This Is Why Global Warming Is Responsible For Freezing Temperatures Across The U.S.
Weather isn't climate. The President isn't a scientist. And physics is still real.
30th Jan 2019 - Forbes
Extreme Temperatures - Environmental Hazards Newsletter - 16th Jan 2019
View this newsletter in fullNew extreme heat wave hits Australia causing temperatures to soar
Australians are sweltering in temperatures as much as 12 degrees Celsius (21.6 Fahrenheit) above average after another extreme heatwave swept across the country Monday, the second in under a month.
14th Jan 2019 - 7KBZK
Temperatures in regional towns top 45C, Sydney's west swelters amid heatwave
15th Jan 2019 - ABC.Net.au
SA sizzles through summer heatwave
15th Jan 2019 - Moree Champion
Thousands stranded in Swiss ski resorts as extreme weather continues to wreak havoc in the Alps
Extreme weather in the Alps continues to make headlines as the massive snow storms that have been battering parts of Austria for the past week move westward into Switzerland.
15th Jan 2019 - The Telegraph
Extreme weather in the Alps continues to make headlines as the massive snow storms that have been battering parts of Austria for the past week move westward into Switzerland.
14th Jan 2019 - KRDO
The polar vortex has fractured, and the eastern U.S. faces a punishing stretch of winter weather
The polar vortex has fractured, and the eastern U.S. faces a punishing stretch of winter weather. Forecasts call for a very cold and stormy pattern, just underway, to peak in a few weeks.
15th Jan 2019 - The Washington Post
Climate change CALAMITY: ‘Melting ice caps throwing north pole OFF-KILTER’
Climate change is increasingly unsettling Earth’s core and it could have dire consequences for humanity, a consortium of scientists has announced.
15th Jan 2019 - Express.co.uk
Ice loss from Antarctica has sextupled since the 1970s, new research finds
An alarming study shows massive East Antarctic ice sheet already is a significant contributor to sea-level rise
14th Jan 2019 - The Washington Post
Ocean temperatures rising faster than previously...
The world´s oceans are rising in temperature faster than previously believed as they absorb most of the world's growing climate-changing emissions, scientists have said.
10th Jan 2019 - dailymail.co.uk
Extreme Temperatures - Environmental Hazards Newsletter - 1st Jan 2019
View this newsletter in fullExtreme weather in 2018 was a raging, howling signal of climate change
Record rainfall and flooding in Japan, followed by a heat wave that sent tens of thousands of people to the hospital. Astonishing temperature records set across the planet, including sweltering weather above the Arctic Circle. Historic, lethal wildfires in Greece, Sweden and California, terrible flooding in India, a super typhoon with 165-mph winds in the Philippines, and two record-setting hurricanes that slammed the Southeast United States.
31st Dec 2018 - The Washington Post
2018: A Tipping Point for Climate Change
30th Dec 2018 - Forbes
Extreme heatwave in Australia: catastrophic fire conditions as temperature records broken
Marble Bar in WA reaches 49.3C as parts of SA and Victoria issued bushfire warning, and extreme weather forecast to continue into next week
28th Dec 2018 - The Guardian
Record-shattering heat wave scorches Australia as temperatures reach 120 degrees
30th Dec 2018 - USA Today
Record-shattering heat wave scorches Australia as temperatures reach 120 degrees
30th Dec 2018 - USA Today
Australia Suffers Extreme Heat Wave Up to 14 C Above Average
28th Dec 2018 - Novinite.com
Extreme Heat Wave Roasting Australia at Record Breaking 120.74 F
27th Dec 2018 - Ecowatch
Could Wales face a repeat of 2018's extreme weather?
Met Office experts who study long-term weather trends produced a State of the UK Climate report which found a repeat of the 2018 heatwave is 30 times more likely because of climate change.
31st Dec 2018 - BBC
Extreme cold warning set for northern Alberta
Extreme wind chills for the northern part of the province at -40 degrees C
30th Dec 2018 - Ponoka News
Brace yourself for a brutal winter: Experts say disruptions in the polar vortex could cause temperatures to plummet in parts of the US
Activity in an Arctic climate pattern could send the polar vortex barreling towards more southern latitudes to envelop parts of North America, Europe, and Asia.
28th Dec 2018 - Daily Mail
How extreme weather in 2018 cost the world billions
Floods, drought, hurricanes and fires cost the world nearly $100billion in 2018, as well as causing untold human damage, according to an analysis of the world’s most extreme weather of the year.
27th Dec 2018 - The Telegraph
'Silent emergency' as heat risks rise in Hong Kong, and globally
Average summer temperatures in this city of 7.4 million people have risen swiftly over the past century, according to a study by researchers including Emily Chan, who directs the Centre for Global Health at The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
25th Dec 2018 - Reuters
Extreme Temperatures - Environmental Hazards Newsletter - 16th Dec 2018
View this newsletter in fullClimate Risk Index: 2017 broke records for extreme weather
Puerto Rico, Honduras and Myanmar have topped a 173-nation ranking of countries most affected by climate disasters. Extreme weather caused record damage in 2017, and developing nations bear the brunt, authors say.
4th Dec 2018 - Deutsche Welle
Impacts of climate change being felt in region, but uncertainty lingers on the causes
According to the U.S. Fourth National Climate Change Assessment report, climate projections suggest that the number of heavy precipitation events is projected to increase
16th Dec 2018 - Grand Forks Herald
Extreme climate change suffocated nearly all ocean life 250 million years ago
Some 250 million years ago, around 95 percent of ocean species vanished during the planet's largest-known extinction event, also called the Great Permian Extinction. The culprit is suspected to be extreme climate change, as epic volcanism filled the atmosphere with carbon dioxide, which gradually heated both the air and the seas.
6th Dec 2018 - Mashable.com
In 2017, India second worst in extreme weather deaths
India was globally the 14th most vulnerable country to climate risk in terms of extreme weather-related losses in 2017, improving its tally from sixth in 2016 and fourth in 2015.
5th Dec 2018 - The Times of India
Climate change increases India's vulnerability to extreme weather events: Report
India is all set to submit the second biennial update report (BUR) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) which takes stock of India’s action to tackle climate change and notes that India is on track to achieve the major milestones promised.
4th Dec 2018 - Mongabay India
2018 farm income down 15% due to extreme weather
Average farm income for 2018 has been down 15% due to the extreme weather conditions we’ve had this year, according to economists for Teagasc. Teagasc has also revealed that feed costs for an average dairy farm jumped up by 50% – these farms also saw ...
4th Dec 2018 - Agriland
Queensland fire conditions to worsen as temperatures continue to soar
Amid extreme weather conditions, Queensland Health activated a heatwave response plan to warn the public for the first time in Queensland to educate people on how to stay safe during extreme temperatures.
2nd Dec 2018 - Brisbane Times
Extreme weather events made a big impact in 2018
Extreme weather events made a big impact in 2018. Snow and heat affected people’s lives, Met Éireann says expect more in the years ahead
2nd Dec 2018 - The Irish Times
Extreme Temperatures - Environmental Hazards Newsletter - 3rd Dec 2018
View this newsletter in fullExtreme weather is turning the Arctic brown and could impact on climate change
In recent years evidence has emerged that increasing numbers of extreme events are causing dieback of Arctic plants, or ‘browning’, across Arctic regions.
26th Nov 2018 - Sheffield.ac.uk
Why extreme rains are gaining strength as the climate warms
From Atlantic hurricanes to the Indian monsoons, storms are getting worse and becoming more erratic. Climate scientists expect that as global temperatures rise, much more rain will fall in extreme storms.
20th Nov 2018 - Nature.com
Trump just hinted that cold weather disproves global warming. Here’s why he’s wrong
According to the Union of Concerned Scientists, “Even though the planet is getting warmer, cold weather still happens in winter or at very high elevations or high latitudes year-round.
21st Nov 2018 - Global News
No action on climate change could mean even more extreme weather for the UK
Weather in the UK could become increasingly extreme with summer temperatures up to 5.4C (9.7F) hotter and winters up to 4.2C (7.6F) warmer by 2070, according to latest projections.
26th Nov 2018 - News.sky.com
The coldest Thanksgiving in over a century for millions plus traffic troubles
New York may even see its coldest low temperature for the holiday since weather records have been kept in Central Park. In 1901 and 1876, the low got down to 19 degrees Fahrenheit on Thanksgiving.
22nd Nov 2018 - CNN
Northeast US faces most abnormally cold weather on the planet on Thanksgiving
20th Nov 2018 - The Washington Post
More megastorms will smash Brit holiday spots like Majorca and Tenerife as climate change ‘fuels fire’ of destructive weather, expert warns
Climate scientists say a warming Atlantic adds fuel to the fire of extreme weather The warning to tourists comes after monster 40ft waves demolished balconies in Tenerife and the Costa Blanca was hit by severe flooding in just the past few days.
21st Nov 2018 - The Sun
Extreme Temperatures - Environmental Hazards Newsletter - 17th Nov 2018
View this newsletter in full210 million people have been displaced by climate change. We must act
Equally vital is a stable climate. Yet here too we are sleepwalking towards a disaster that is both environmental and humanitarian. Worldwide, extreme weather events, violent storms, floods and ...
10th Nov 2018 - Metro
Who's running late for the Paris agreement?
In order to limit global warming to 2°C above pre-industrial levels, should countries lower their emissions’ target to meet their climate change commitments?
15th Nov 2018 - Pursuit
Policies of China, Russia and Canada threaten 5C climate change, study finds
Ranking of countries’ goals shows even EU on course for more than double safe level of warming
16th Nov 2018 - The Guardian
Scientists Made A Mistake: The Oceans May Not Be Warming Faster After All
A study published earlier this month stating that the world's oceans had absorbed up to 60% more heat than initially thought over the previous 25 years is being re-evaluated.
15th Nov 2018 - Forbes
Part of the Answer to Climate Change May Be America’s Trees and Dirt, Scientists Say
A new study found that better management of forests, grasslands, and soils in the United States could offset as much as 21 percent of the country’s annual greenhouse gas emissions.
14th Nov 2018 - New York Times
Global warming never stopped in last hundred years
Global warming has never stopped in the past hundred years, with a maximum rate of change occurring after Second World War II, according to a study.
14th Nov 2018 - The Economic Times
Extreme Temperatures - Environmental Hazards Newsletter - 6th Nov 2018
View this newsletter in fullFreak weather causes extreme hailstorm in Italy
After along spell of hot weather, temperatures plummeted with buildings in the Italian capital, Rome damaged from a major hailstorm and torrential rains.Widespreadn damage and fatalities were also reported in Sicily, Venice and the Alpine region.
23rd Oct 2018 - BBC
Hailstorm in Rome as wave of extreme weather hits central and southern Italy
22nd Oct 2018 - The Local
How global warming caused mass extinctions twice in Earth's history
Mass extinction events spanning two global warming periods in Earth’s history wiped out huge amounts of ocean life and destroyed reef ecosystems, a new study warns.
24th Oct 2018 - Daily Mail
15 Incredible Things Revealed by Extreme Weather
High waves, violent winds, and extreme droughts can wreak terrible destruction, but they can also uncover amazing treasures. Recently, Hurricane Michael's storm surge uncovered two ships grounded on a barrier island in the Gulf of Mexico during another hurricane 119 years ago
24th Oct 2018 - Mental Floss
Fight against climate change losing steam
In unusually strong language, scientists have warned it is the "final call" to save the world from catastrophic global warming. The report, released after a meeting of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in South Korea, lays out the impact of the world not limiting the rise in temperature to 1.5 C.
23rd Oct 2018 - Global Times
Rising temperatures and human activity are increasing storm runoff
Researchers have demonstrated for the first time that runoff extremes have been dramatically increasing in response to climate and human-induced changes.
22nd Oct 2018 - Science Daily
Why media need to turn up the temperature on climate change
Examining the UN's newly released IPCC report and what it reveals about the challenges of climate change reporting.
22nd Oct 2018 - AlJazeera
Are Extreme Weather Events Linked to Climate Change?
Can we attribute a single extreme weather event, like a particular heat wave or wildfire or flood, to climate change?
20th Oct 2018 - Scientific American magazine
Extreme Temperatures - Environmental Hazards Newsletter - 15th Oct 2018
View this newsletter in fullUN Says Climate Genocide Is Coming. It’s Actually Worse Than That.
An alarming new report from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change examines how hundreds of millions of lives are at stake should the world warm more than 1.5 degrees Celsius, which it will do as soon as 2040, if current trends continue.
10th Oct 2018 - NYMag.com
Climate change report: World needs unprecedented response to stop temperatures rising
8th Oct 2018 - Euro News
Extreme climate change could happen in just 12 years – and it’s the poor and vulnerable who will suffer most
14th Oct 2018 - Metro
We have 12 years to act on climate change before the world as we know it is lost. How much more urgent can it get?
8th Oct 2018 - The Independent
Climate-related disasters increasing as temperatures rise, NGOs warn
13th Oct 2018 - Yahoo News UK
World running out of time on climate change experts warn
8th Oct 2018 - Coventry Telegraph
Antarctic base station experiences warmest August on record amid blizzard run
Mawson Station in Antartica has experienced its warmest August on record. The mean temperature was about 6 degrees Celsius above the long-term average.
13th Oct 2018 - ABC News
Climate-linked disasters cost soars: UN
The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) noted that climate change is increasing the frequency and severity of extreme weather events; such as floods and storms.
11th Oct 2018 - The Daily Star (Bangladesh)
‘Stationary waves’ fuel extreme wet and dry weather
New research that examines the role of stationary low- and high-pressure systems projects that global warming will spawn more extreme wet and dry weather around the world.
10th Oct 2018 - Futurity
Extreme weather 2018: Snow in the Sahara, wildfires and typhoons
From melting glaciers to snow in the Sahara, Sky News brings you the rundown of the most dangerous weather across the globe in 2018.
10th Oct 2018 - Sky News
20 things we could do right now to reduce climate change and prevent extreme poverty
Project Drawdown researches connections between cutting planet-warming emissions and stopping poverty, disease and malnutrition
9th Oct 2018 - The Independent
Cold weather warning: Freezing temperatures to be more common extreme events
A study of US weather patterns has revealed that conditions are becoming more extreme due to rapid Arctic warming.
8th Oct 2018 - Express.co.uk
Extreme Temperatures - Environmental Hazards Newsletter - 10th Oct 2018
View this newsletter in fullThe world is on fire. Here are five climate change wake-up calls from this summer.
For many across the northern hemisphere, the summer of 2018 has exposed the most extreme signs of climate change. Yet despite the series of powerful heatwaves, wildfires and droughts, this is likely only the (melting) tip of the iceberg. After this summer of fire, it’s time to wake up on climate change.
3rd Sep 2018 - The Canary
Elwell: Extreme weather events rise as planet warms
Recently, we’ve seen the water cycle seemingly get out of whack. Precipitation events have become more extreme, leading to increasing amounts of flooding. The likely reason for increased high-precipitation events is the global temperatures that are on the rise because of our changing climate.
18th Sep 2018 - Dayton Daily News
Australia freezes through its coldest morning in 23 years as icy front sweeps across the nation's south and heads
Records plummeted below sub-zero temperatures as Australia's southern states woke to a chilly Sunday morning up to 10 degrees below average.
16th Sep 2018 - Daily Mail
Climate Change Projected to Boost Insect Activity and Crop Loss
From rising global temperatures to more frequent "extreme" weather events like droughts and floods, climate change is expected to negatively affect our ability to produce food for a growing human population.
10th Sep 2018 - AgWeb.com
The Earth is dying - can we save her?
A UN environmental study involving 1,203 scientists, hundreds of scientific institutions, and more than 160 governments, brought together by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) found degradation of the world’s natural resources by humans was rapidly outpacing the planet’s ability to absorb the damage - meaning the rate of deterioration is increasing globally.
10th Sep 2018 - Daily Mirror
In just four days, extreme heat melted the snow off this massive glacier
Both NASA and European Space Agency satellites captured bounties of snow from the previous winter melting from a glacier over just four days in July.
8th Sep 2018 - Mashable
Extreme Temperatures - Environmental Hazards Newsletter - 7th Sep 2018
View this newsletter in fullExtreme temperatures 'especially likely for next four years'
Cyclical natural phenomena that affect planet’s climate will amplify effect of man-made global warming, scientists warn
14th Aug 2018 - The Guardian
Global warming: Ocean heats up to all time record in San Diego
Scientists at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography have measured the ocean temperature at a pier in San Diego for 102 years – and on Friday Aug. 3, it was warmer than any other time on record.
7th Aug 2018 - USA Today
Extreme Weather? Mother Nature Has Gone Mad
The weather and climate these past weeks has been crazy. We’ve experienced the world’s hottest rain, a weird jet stream, red tide, unusually warm ocean water, raging wildfires and more. It’s as if Mother Nature has lost her mind.
6th Aug 2018 - Newsweek
"The planet is on fire": Extremely hot summers could become the norm
Environment Canada’s David Phillips warns that the extreme temperatures seen around the world in recent months will be the norm for this time of year in decades to come and that this summer’s weather is a “dress rehearsal” of what is to come.
5th Aug 2018 - CTV News
Portugal"s skies turn orange as desert air sends temperature soaring
Temperatures may break records across Europe in the coming week with weather warnings currently in place across much of Spain and Portugal.
4th Aug 2018 - The Guardian
Extreme summer heat waves may become "the norm" for European cities, researchers say
By analyzing data from seven weather stations in northern Europe, researchers found that the closer a community is to the Arctic Circle, the more this summer’s heat stood out in the temperature record. A number of cities and towns in Norway, Sweden and Finland hit all-time highs this summer, with towns as far north as the Arctic Circle recording nearly 90-degree temperatures.
4th Aug 2018 - The Globe and Mail
The heat is on: record temperatures forecast for Spain and Portugal
Temperatures may break records across Europe in the coming week with weather warnings currently in place across much of Spain and Portugal.
1st Aug 2018 - The Guardian
Extreme Temperatures - Environmental Hazards Newsletter - 3rd Aug 2018
View this newsletter in fullJapan: Deadly heat wave continues as temp hits record 41.4C near Tokyo
... surface temperature for the first three months of the year was the sixth highest such period since global records began in 1880. Much of the northern hemisphere has been experiencing a scorching summer characterized by heatwaves and extreme weather.
23rd Jul 2018 - CNN
Dozens dead in Japan from record-setting, long duration extreme heat event
19th Jul 2018 - The Washington Post
Global temperatures reach extreme highs, breaking records
Heat waves broke records around the world this week. While Burbank airport in California touched 114 degrees, Montreal in Canada recorded a high of 97.9 degrees. In Glasgow, Scotland, the temperature was a record-breaking 89.4 degrees on June 28 and a new world record was set off the coast of Oman, where the temperature never dropped below 108.7 degrees for 24 hours.
7th Jul 2018 - PBS NewsHour
Five places that have just broken heat records
14th Jul 2018 - BBC
A Global Heat Wave Has Set the Arctic Circle on Fire
The list of areas experiencing extreme temperatures keeps going: An Algerian city earlier this month broke the record for the highest temperature ever in Africa when it hit 124.3 degrees and a city in Oman recorded the highest low temperature — 108.7 ...
20th Jul 2018 - New York Magazine
A mega-heat wave is gaining strength over Texas and the south-central United States
An extreme heat wave is hitting Texas and surrounding states. Temperatures in much of that region have been near and past 100 for days, and they will rise there and beyond in the days ahead. Heading toward its peak, this is the most significant heat wave in Texas since 2011, and some record highs could even be in jeopardy before it finishes.
19th Jul 2018 - The Washington Post
Record-breaking summer marches on to the beat of climate change
2018 is the hottest La Niña year on record (the cooling of the ocean waters in the Pacific during La Niña tends to cool the planet), according to the World Meteorological Association, and with La Niña fading away and El Niño (which warms the Pacific Ocean) likely to take its place, things are only going to get hotter.
17th Jul 2018 - CNN
Quebec Heat Wave: Death Toll Rising Amid Extreme Temperatures
At least 33 people have died since a heat wave began June 29 in Eastern Canada, officials said Thursday. Of those who died, 18 were in Montreal, Quebec's largest city.
16th Jul 2018 - Newsweek
How New York City Is Tackling Extreme Heat in a Warming World.
New York City is increasingly vulnerable to rising temperatures rise. A growing number of casualties have been reported following the latest heat wave.
16th Jul 2018 - Wired
Huge wall of dust charges through Arizona during insane haboob storm
Parts of Arizona, US have been coated in dust after a haboob storm swept through the state. Stunning images of a cloud of dust swallowing Phoenix were splashed all over social media as the strange natural spectacle took hold.
11th Jul 2018 - Pickle.Nine.com
Disneyland has hottest day on record as temperatures hit 45C
Temperatures at California's Disneyland hit a whopping 114F (45C) on Friday, the hottest day ever recorded at the popular family attraction.and more »
11th Jul 2018 - The Independent
An Arctic heatwave pushed temperatures in Siberia anomalously high.
Nick Humphrey, a meteorologist living in Nebraska, wrote on his blog that temperatures rose to 90°F (32°C) in northern Siberia—some 40°F warmer than average for this time of year. Other parts of the extreme north are hot, too—cities in Scotland and Northern Ireland are also hitting records of almost 90°F, the Washington Post reports. In Quebec, Canada, excessive heat reaching similar temperatures killed 70 people last week, and thousands were left without electricity due to overheating power wires.
9th Jul 2018 - Quartz
Heat Wave Bakes Parts Of The Midwest And Northeast With Extreme Temperatures
A massive heat wave roasting the central and eastern U.S. this weekend with temperatures that felt like the triple digits is expected to linger at least until the July 4th holiday.
1st Jul 2018 - Huffington Post
Extreme Temperatures - Environmental Hazards Newsletter - 9th Jul 2018
View this newsletter in fullUK weather: Heatwave causes railway slowdown and wildfires, and it will get even hotter until weekend
As scorching temperatures are set to last until the weekend, Network Rail has deployed “extreme weather action teams” in readiness for even warmer conditions following a peak of 30.1C (86.1F) on Monday, which was the hottest day of the year so far. The announcement came as wildfires took hold in parts of northern England and the Met Office issued its first “yellow” health warning for heatwave conditions of 2018 from Tuesday until Thursday evening.
26th Jun 2018 - The Telegraph
Swansea firefighters battle wildfires in Langland
Fire crews are battling wildfires across Swansea as thousands descended on the city for the Wales Airshow. The fire on Langland Bay can be seen from Swansea Bay which is packed with people watching a vast array of aircraft in full flight.
30th Jun 2018 - Wales Online
Wildfires force evacuations in heat-stricken Colorado
Bone-dry conditions and scorching temperatures hampered firefighters Thursday as they battled two wildfires in Colorado — one that has burned structures in the southern part of the state and another that has forced evacuations near Rocky Mountain National Park.
29th Jun 2018 - Fox News
Western states brace for most severe wildfire outbreak since 2012
In a briefing to members of Congress, Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke and Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue shared predictions of above-average potential for significant wildfire activity this summer across the West. Some states are bracing for the worst severe wildfire outbreak since 2012, fearing it may eclipse even that historic fire year.
28th Jun 2018 - The Hill Online
More than 50 wildfires rage amid persistently hot, dry conditions
At least 52 wildfires are burning throughout the United States, mostly out West, including Alaska. Very hot, very dry conditions have ignited dozens of fires from Texas to Oregon to California, forcing numerous evacuations.
25th Jun 2018 - ABC News
CO2 Can Directly Impact Extreme Weather, Research Suggests
Rising carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere may have direct effects on the climate system, according to scientists. In other words, even if global temperatures stay locked in at a certain point, higher CO2 concentrations could continue to affect the planet.
21st Jun 2018 - Scientific American
Extreme Temperatures - Environmental Hazards Newsletter - 7th Jun 2018
View this newsletter in fullAs India temperatures in northern India near 50 C, 47 die in storms
Extreme heat has also gripped many parts of India, with a high of 48.6 degrees recorded Monday in Khajuraho in the central state of Madhya Pradesh.In Delhi and much of northern India, daytime temperatures have been above 40 C for the past week.
29th May 2018 - The Japan Times
More temperature highs and typhoons expected this year
Shanghai will officially enter the typhoon season this Friday, Shanghai's Meteorological Bureau warns, with scorching temperatures and extreme weather on the way.
29th May 2018 - Shine News
Death toll climbs in Karachi heatwave
An intense heatwave across south Asia has killed dozens of people with sustained temperatures in excess of 40C (104F) coinciding with power cuts and Ramadan, when many Muslims avoid eating or drinking water. At least 65 people have died in Karachi in recent days according to the charitable organisation that runs the central morgue in the Pakistani port city, as volunteers handed out water to labourers and others working outside in temperatures as high as 44C. Local media reports claimed the death toll could have exceeded 100 in the sprawling megacity of 15 million, where high temperatures are exacerbated by an absence of green space, estimated to make up just 7% of the urban area.
22nd May 2018 - The Guardian
Pediatricians are concerned about climate change, and here's why
A new paper highlights some studies on the implications of climate change for children's health and then calls for the world to better prepare for these health risks, not just in the future but in the present. "We already have seen the impacts," said Dr. Kevin Chan, chairman of pediatrics at Memorial University and head of child health at Eastern Health in Canada, who co-authored the paper.
8th May 2018 - CNN
Climate change will boost global lake evaporation - with "extreme" consequences
The accelerated rate of evaporation over the coming decades will, among other outcomes, trigger stronger precipitation events, researchers say.
8th May 2018 - Domain-B
Another extreme heat wave strikes the North Pole
In just the past few days, the temperature at the North Pole has soared to the melting point of 32 degrees, which is about 30-35 degrees (17-19 Celsius) above normal. Much of the entire Arctic north of 80 degrees latitude is abnormally warm. The temperature averaged over the whole region appears to be the warmest on record for the time of year, dating back to at least 1958. It is about 18 degrees (10 Celsius) above the normal of 4 degrees (minus 16 Celsius).
7th May 2018 - The Washington Post
What is going on with India's crazy weather?
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted another week of extreme weather across the country. While the current spate of bad weather has a lot to do with local conditions, notably the western disturbance, a low-pressure system bringing in moisture from the west towards India, the rise in temperatures makes these types of weather events more frequent and extreme.
7th May 2018 - Quartz
A Pakistani City Hit 122.4 Degrees In April, Probably Setting A World Record
On Monday, the southern Pakistani city of Nawabshah likely set a world record for the hottest ever observed temperature in April, topping out at a blistering 122.4 degrees Fahrenheit.
What’s more, the city of 1.1 million people has regularly approached those temperatures since mid-April. Accuweather data shows Nawabshah has exceeded a 113-degree high every day since April 23.
4th May 2018 - Huffington Post
Warnings of Extremely High Temperatures Due to Climate Change
7th May 2018 - Asharq Al-awsat
The hottest April day on Earth EVER? Temperatures in Pakistan reached a sweltering 122.4F on Monday
5th May 2018 - Daily Mail
Pakistan"s Searing April Temperatures Set New Global Record
3rd May 2018 - Smithsonian mag.com
Pakistan"s Searing April Temperatures Set New Global Record
3rd May 2018 - Noomag.com
"Umbrella in a hurricane" - U.N. says climate funding far too low
Worldwide investments in limiting climate change are far too low and as flimsy as using an umbrella in a hurricane, the United Nations climate chief Patricia Espinosa said on Wednesday.
3rd May 2018 - Reuters
Scientists Record Hottest April Temperature Ever Anywhere On Earth
This year is setting new standards in terrifying extreme temperatures. The latest example comes from Nawabshah, Pakistan, where it was 50.2ºC (122.4ºF) on April 30. Meteorologists think this is the hottest shaded temperature ever recorded for a reliable weather station in April, anywhere on Earth.
3rd May 2018 - IFLScience
Planning for extreme temperatures could help five billion people worldwide
The research from the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre and Columbia University (US), identified vulnerable areas of the world where the seasonality of these changes can be modeled and predicted, and where heatwave and cold weather plans could help mitigate the impact of those temperature extremes.
2nd May 2018 - Environmental Research Web
A Temperature Roller Coaster Could Be Coming
New research suggests that global warming could cause temperature swings to get unusually extreme. And the regions where the biggest swings will occur are among the poorest in the world and the least responsible for the greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming.
2nd May 2018 - NPR
Extreme Temperatures - Environmental Hazards Newsletter - 3rd May 2018
View this newsletter in fullWhy Africans need to support the Marine Arctic Peace Sanctuary Project
Dr. Gbujie Daniel a Climate Reality Project fellow, calls for Africans to support the Marine Arctic Peace Sanctuary project (MAPS).
30th Apr 2018 - The Nigerian Vloice
Students evacuated in southern France as heavy snow surprises them during hike
Extreme weather patterns are affecting crops in the US.
29th Apr 2018 - Sott.Net
7 things we’ve learned about Earth since the last Earth Day
Here are seven of the most troubling and encouraging things we learned about the Earth since the last Earth Day.
21st Apr 2018 - Vox
Cullman County Hailstone sets four extreme climate records in Alabama, per NOAA
NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) released Friday additional information regarding the hailstone that fell in Cullman County on March 19, 2018.
20th Apr 2018 - WHNT19 News
Climate change threat
On this Earth Week, environmental advocates talk about their efforts to raise awareness and get more people to pay attention to climate change. From extreme weather, and shorter ski seasons, to the threat of new invasive species and changes in habit for songbirds and wildlife, they say climate change is having a dramatic impact on the Adirondacks.
20th Apr 2018 - Mountain Lake
Trump's new Nasa chief Jim Bridenstine a 'climate change denier' who could make 'terrifying' decisions, US senators warn
As Tea Party congressman is appointed to head Nasa, senators warn of 'terrifying' danger that a man who has 'made a career out of ignoring science' might disregard scientific advice about the safety of a space launch
20th Apr 2018 - The Independent
We Survived Climate Change Eons Ago, but Could We Survive Today? Not Unless We Act Much More Swiftly Immediately
An insight into the abrupt shift in past extreme climate conditions which triggered population crashes and cultural changes.
19th Apr 2018 - Triple Pundit
Australia must build to withstand extreme weather
Sustainable building techniques should be implemented in the Australian construction industry in view of deteriorating climate conditions.
18th Apr 2018 - Spatial Source
IMD Predicts Summer to be Hotter Than Normal This Year
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted warmer days in most parts of India this year. There will be above normal temperatures between April and June. Last year was regarded as the hottest year till now. And this year also some parts will witness intense heat wave conditions. The IMD, however, said the temperatures in east, east-central and southern India, which include Odisha, coastal Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, are likely to be lower than the usual, indicating that the onset of monsoon will be on time. India has long suffered deadly heatwaves. Periods of extreme temperatures have led to thousands of deaths since the 1990s, largely in rural areas where basic infrastructure is poor.
1st Apr 2018 - India.com
Wind gust in Friday's storm strongest in eight years
The strongest wind gust in eight years was recorded during Friday's thunderstorm which battered several farms in Lim Chu Kang. Wind speed hit a high of 133.3kmh at nearby Tengah at 3.50pm, said the Meteorological Service Singapore (MSS) yesterday. "This is the strongest wind gust recorded on our islandwide network of wind sensors since 2010," it added. The highest-recorded wind gust is 144.4kmh, also in Tengah, on April 25, 1984.
1st Apr 2018 - The Straits Times
Extreme Temperatures - Environmental Hazards Newsletter - 4th Apr 2018
View this newsletter in fullExtreme rainfall events in India are linked to man-made emissions, finds study
Here is more evidence on why we need to worry about climate change. A new study says extreme rainfall events are on the rise in India and it attributes the trend to man-made emissions or what scientists call “anthropogenic warming”. Not just this
28th Mar 2018 - Scroll
Extreme Rainfall Events in India Related to Man-made Emissions
2nd Apr 2018 - The Wire
IMD Predicts Summer to be Hotter Than Normal This Year
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted warmer days in most parts of India this year. There will be above normal temperatures between April and June. Last year was regarded as the hottest year till now. And this year also some parts will witness intense heat wave conditions. The IMD, however, said the temperatures in east, east-central and southern India, which include Odisha, coastal Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, are likely to be lower than the usual, indicating that the onset of monsoon will be on time. India has long suffered deadly heatwaves. Periods of extreme temperatures have led to thousands of deaths since the 1990s, largely in rural areas where basic infrastructure is poor.
1st Apr 2018 - India.com
Extreme weather is here to stay as whole world faces upsurge in major storms
A world addled by climate change has seen a four-fold increase in major flooding events since 1980, and a doubling of significant storms, droughts and heat waves, Europe’s national science academies jointly reported this week. In Europe, where precise data reaches back decades, the number of severe floods has jumped five fold since 1995, according to the report, which updates a 2013 assessment.
25th Mar 2018 - The Journal.ie
New data confirms that extreme weather events are increasing in frequency
27th Mar 2018 - Continuity Central.com
Gear up for extreme weather events
24th Mar 2018 - The Hindu
Prepare for more extreme weather: Storms like the "Beast from the East" have become TWICE as common since 1980 due to climate change, and the trend is set to continue
22nd Mar 2018 - Daily Mail
New data confirms increased frequency of extreme weather events
21st Mar 2018 - The London Economic
Marine heatwave recorded in Tasman Sea breaks records, prompts joint climate report
The Tasman Sea experienced a "marine heatwave" over summer that pushed the surface temperature to a record high, climate scientists say. Following a particularly hot summer on both sides of the Tasman and in between, the Bureau of Meteorology and New Zealand's National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research teamed up to release a "special climate statement". New Zealand's summer was the hottest ever recorded, while Tasmania had its hottest November-January on record. "Tasmania had its warmest November on record and its second-warmest December and second-warmest January," senior BOM climatologist Dr Blair Trewin said.
2nd Apr 2018 - ABC Online
Wind gust in Friday's storm strongest in eight years
The strongest wind gust in eight years was recorded during Friday's thunderstorm which battered several farms in Lim Chu Kang. Wind speed hit a high of 133.3kmh at nearby Tengah at 3.50pm, said the Meteorological Service Singapore (MSS) yesterday. "This is the strongest wind gust recorded on our islandwide network of wind sensors since 2010," it added. The highest-recorded wind gust is 144.4kmh, also in Tengah, on April 25, 1984.
1st Apr 2018 - The Straits Times
‘Extreme’ heatwave recorded in Tasman Sea breaks records
The Tasman Sea experienced a “marine heatwave” over summer that pushed the surface temperature to a record high, climate scientists say. Following a particularly hot summer on both sides of the Tasman and in between, the Bureau of Meteorology and New Zealand’s National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research teamed up to release a “special climate statement”. New Zealand’s summer was the hottest ever recorded, while Tasmania had its hottest November-January on record. “Tasmania had its warmest November on record and its second-warmest December and second-warmest January,” senior BoM climatologist Dr Blair Trewin said.
27th Mar 2018 - The New Daily
Powerful images of extreme storms dominate campaign for World Climate Day
Storms have gotten stronger and more vicious, and their effects are highlighted in a new Colombian campaign for World Climate Day. In honor of the day, Conservative International has launched a new spot designed to highlight climate change and the fact that hurricanes, earthquakes and tsunamis happen more and more often in different countries all over the world, to often devastating effects.
26th Mar 2018 - The Drum
Maximum temperatures in Singapore's cool months rising faster than warmer months:
December and January, traditionally the cooler months in Singapore, experienced the highest rate of increase in extreme warm temperatures between 1984 and 2017, according to the Meteorological Service Singapore (MSS). In its 2017 Annual Climate Assessment Report released on Friday (Mar 23), MSS said during the two months of December and January, there has been the strongest rate of increase in warm days and decrease in the number of cool days. Between 1984 and 2017, the mean daily maximum temperatures for December and January increased by 0.19 degrees Celsius per decade, while the highest daily maximum temperatures increased by 0.31 degrees Celsius per decade.
23rd Mar 2018 - Channel NewsAsia
Europe Saw a Spike in Extreme Weather Over Past 5 Years, Science Academies Say
Europeans are facing more frequent extreme weather as the planet warms. Floods and big landslides have quadrupled and extreme heat waves and crop-damaging droughts have doubled since 1980, with a sharp spike in the last five years, according to the European Academies' Science Advisory Council's latest extreme weather update. The increase in the frequency of extreme weather events should spur European countries to boost adaptation and resiliency efforts, said EASAC Environment Program Director Michael Norton.
21st Mar 2018 - Inside Climate News
Expert reaction to new report on extreme weather and climate change
Dr Phil Williamson, climate researcher at the University of East Anglia (UEA), said:
“The linkage between climate change and individual weather events – such as the Beast from the East – is inherently uncertain. Nevertheless, the EASAC report does provide convincing evidence for an increasing frequency of extreme weather in Europe, with major economic consequences. “These results are fully consistent with the global trends, from this new report and other analyses, on the consequences of increased heat energy in the Earth system. For example, there have been roughly ten times more warm record-breaking temperatures than cold ones in the past 150 years. “On a day-to-day basis, we can’t choose what weather we get. But there is a societal choice on what the climate will be in future, with its associated weather extremes, depending on how rapidly national commitments relating to the Paris Agreement are implemented”.
21st Mar 2018 - Science Media Centre
Human influence on climate change will fuel more extreme heat waves in US
Human-caused climate change will drive more extreme summer heat waves in the western US, including in California and the Southwest as early as 2020, new research shows.
19th Mar 2018 - Science Daily
Extreme winter weather becoming more common as Arctic warms, study finds
A sharp increase in temperatures across the Arctic since the early 1990s has coincided with an uptick in abnormally cold snaps in winter, particularly in the eastern US, according to new research that analyzed temperature data from 1950 onwards. Extreme cold winter weather is up to four times more likely when temperatures in the Arctic are unusually high, the study found. Researchers compared daily temperatures from across the Arctic region with something called the accumulated winter season severity index, which grades winter weather based on temperature, snow fall and snow depth, across 12 US cities.
13th Mar 2018 - The Guardian
Weather warning: EXTREME weather ‘cost world economy £230 BILLION"
The alarming revelations were published by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) in its Statement on The State of the Global Climate, timed to coincide with World Meteorological Day. Scientists have warned that about 30 per ent of the world’s ...
2nd Apr 2018 - Daily Express
Extreme Temperatures - Environmental Hazards Newsletter - 12th Mar 2018
View this newsletter in fullTens of thousands of starfish wash up on British beach following extreme change in temperature
Thousands of dead starfish washed up on a British beach following the 'beast from the east' weather snap. She estimated "hundreds of thousands" of starfish and other sea life were washed ashore this weekend following the spell of subzero temperatures.
4th Mar 2018 - The Independent
Death toll rises as snow causes chaos across Europe
Conditions are expected to improve by the end of the weekend, but average temperatures across the UK could remain lower than normal over the next month as the polar air gradually returns to the Arctic.
2nd Mar 2018 - CNN
Extreme fire danger threatens south-central US on Sunday
Rising temperatures and strong winds have forces meteorologists to issues warnings against extreme fire danger which may pose a threat to South-Central areas of the US in the incoming days.
4th Mar 2018 - AccuWeather.com
ASU researchers to help cities cope with extreme temperatures
ASU researchers are working with academics and officials in Tempe and Buffalo, New York to create smarter and more resilient strategies to cope with extreme temperatures.
1st Mar 2018 - The State Press
Extreme Temperatures - Environmental Hazards Newsletter - 1st Feb 2018
View this newsletter in fullHow Australia's extreme heat might be here to stay
While it is record-breaking that tends to make news, scientists say it is the unbroken run of hot days in the high 30s and 40s that causes the significant problems for human health, and other life. Health officials in Victoria highlighted the threat of heatwaves when they found about 374 more people died during an extreme three-day period in January 2009 than would have been expected had it been cooler. There has, however, been relatively little investment in research into the health impact of escalating maximum temperatures. A paper published in the journal Nature Climate Change last year said while a government report called for greater focus on the area 25 years ago, less than 0.1% of health funding since has been dedicated to the impact of climate change.
21st Jan 2018 - BBC
Extreme weather forces changes at Australian national championships
Expected temperatures in the high 30's have forced changes to the Saturday programme for the Australian national championships. The schedule for the day's racing: a Gran Fondo, men’s and women's U19 road races, and the U23 men's road race in Buninyong – had previously been adjusted but now further changes have been made to combat the expected heat.
21st Jan 2018 - Cycling News
Hottest global five-year period in recorded history confirmed by Aussie scientists
The last five years have been the hottest on earth since records began, Australia's Climate Council has confirmed. Data released by the Climate Council and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) revealed that the global average temperature between 2013 and 2017 were the highest in any five-year period since global temperature has been tracked. Will Steffen, a Climate Council scientist, said that 2017 was the third-warmest year on record an the warmest where temperatures were not boosted by an El Nino event in the southern Pacific.
The findings mean that 17 of world's 18 warmest years have occurred this century.
"Temperatures and extreme weather records have toppled one after the other around the globe in 2017," Steffen said in a media release on Friday.
19th Jan 2018 - Xinhua
World entering "critical period of intensified risks" in 2018, WEF says
WEF's latest Global Risks Report 2018, published Wednesday, showed that environmental disasters, cybercrime, large-scale involuntary migration and illicit trade were among the most notable risks, in terms of likelihood, facing the world this year. As with previous reports, the top-ranking global risk in terms of impact was the use of weapons of mass destruction. But this was followed in the table of top 10 risks by three environmental risks: Extreme weather events, natural disasters and a failure of climate-change mitigation and adaptation.
18th Jan 2018 - CNBC
2017, a year of extreme disasters, was also one of the hottest on record
Throughout 2017, extreme weather events reached epic proportions: In January, the Arctic and Australia suffered serious heat waves that melted ice caps and cut power to 40,000 homes. By February, droughts dried out Somalia and lasted the full year. And ...
18th Jan 2018 - PBS NewsHour
Extreme weather a factor in 2015 mass death of saiga antelopes
Unusually high temperatures helped contribute to the dramatic sudden death of more than 200,000 "critically endangered" saiga antelopes in Central Asia's remote Steppe grassland in 2015, according to a new study. Over the course of three weeks in May 2015, a bacterial disease caused blood poisoning and wiped out more than 80 percent of the saiga population in Kazakhstan's Betpak-Dala region. In some herds, not a single animal survived.
18th Jan 2018 - Deutsche Welle
Animals Are Shrinking and Freezing to Death in a Changing Arctic
To understand how extreme weather may be hitting these massive creatures, the scientists, like their subjects, huddled in the dark through good weather and bad, taking photographs and notes. They tracked animal sizes and weather events and used ...
18th Jan 2018 - National Geographic
Scientists refine climate models, link human activities to extreme weather
A related advance has been in the science of event attribution, which seeks to determine whether individual severe weather events that have already occurred may have been caused or exacerbated by human activities. In the field of event attribution, Princeton University and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration accurately predicted that the burning of fossil fuels would lead to an increase in destructive cyclones in the Arabian Sea by 2015. This marks one of the first instances that modeled climate predictions have been verified by recorded weather events.
17th Jan 2018 - Duluth News Tribune
There have been some weird weather events so far this year
We're less than two weeks into 2018, and already we’ve had more than our fair share of strange weather events. This week, for example, we were flooded with the strange sight of snow on the red dunes of the Sahara desert. According to local news reports, around 15 inches of snow fell in some northwestern parts of Algeria last weekend. Although the sight is extremely striking, geologist Stefan Kröpelin told the New York Times that it’s possible that it’s not that rare, as there are parts of the Sahara desert that aren’t frequently monitored.
13th Jan 2018 - The journal.ie
Looming Landslide Stokes Fears, May Help Disaster Predictions
Landslides occur daily around the world and kill thousands of people each year. Many are fast and furious, occurring without much warning. These are usually triggered by natural disasters: In the months since Hurricane Maria ravaged Puerto Rico more than 50,000 landslides occurred across the island, and the rain hitting To help provide early warnings about precarious hillsides in the future, the USGS is planning to collect LiDAR data that would allow them to peer beneath vegetation in search of any ground deformation. NASA also plans to launch (pdf) a satellite in 2020 that will allow the agency to identify and track subtle movements of Earth’s surface. “That may revolutionize monitoring landslide activity across the country and the globe,” Godt says. Meanwhile in Yakima County, officials are placing heavy barriers between the major highway and millions of cubic yards of moving rock and earth. Just in case.
12th Jan 2018 - Scientific American
Humans Did Not Cause the US Cold Snap
The cold snap that sent temperatures plunging last week and brought the most frigid new year in recorded history, in some places, had nothing to do with climate change, according to a new study. In recent years, climate scientists have studied the connection between global warming and freezing temperatures. They are examining how shifting air patterns over the Arctic, and their incursion into North America and Europe, are connected to climate change. But the two-week deep freeze didn't carry the hallmarks of human activity, according to a rapid attribution study from Climate Central, a science communication project based in Princeton, N.J. World Weather Attribution, a group of international researchers, performed the analysis.
12th Jan 2018 - Scientific American
Scientists can now quickly link extreme weather events to climate change
The United States is in the middle of a deep cold snap, and meteorologists are saying that a “bomb cyclone” — essentially a freezing hurricane — will hit parts of the East Coast tonight. It's a weather cycle that's prompted a number of climate change ...
4th Jan 2018 - VICE News
A "Bomb Cyclone" Forming off the East Coast Could Bring the Coldest Temperatures in 100 Years
Meteorologists are calling the event Winter Storm Grayson, and they say it could bring snow to the Southeast on Wednesday, as well as possible blizzard conditions to the Northeast Wednesday night and Thursday. After the wet winter weather passes, the cold air would make the east coast even more miserable. Boston, for instance, could see its coldest week in 100 years.
3rd Jan 2018 - TIME
Scientists Can Now Blame Individual Natural Disasters on Climate Change
Over the last few years, dozens of studies have investigated the influence of climate change on events ranging from the Russian heat wave of 2010 to the California drought, evaluating the extent to which global warming has made them more severe or more likely to occur. The Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society now issues a special report each year assessing the impact of climate change on the previous year's extreme events. Interest in the field has grown so much that the National Academy of Sciences released an in-depth report last year evaluating the current state of the science and providing recommendations for its improvement.
2nd Jan 2018 - Scientific American
First in Science: Report on 2016 Extreme Weather Confirms Human Impact on Climate
In December, scientists released a report that determined some extreme weather events from 2016 would not have been possible without human-caused climate change. The new report from the American Meteorological Society contains 27 peer-reviewed analyses of extreme weather events from across the world. Scientists have long documented that human activities are increasing the risks of extreme weather events. However this is the first time that scientists have determined certain extreme weather events were not possible without human influence making it clear we are creating a new climate.
2nd Jan 2018 - National Caucus of Environmental Legislators
2017 Was The Year Of Extreme Weather
This year will go down in history for its extreme weather. Researchers have now definitively attributed three major extreme weather events to climate change. The average temperature around the globe in 2016. It was 1.7 degrees Fahrenheit above the average in the 20th century. And that is just enormous. The second one - extreme heat waves in Asia, especially India and Pakistan. Hundreds of people died. The temperatures were just beyond belief. And the third one - one not noticed that much - but something called the blob, which was a section of water in the Bering Sea off the coast of Alaska that was just unusually warm - again, so warm that it's just beyond what could be modeled as being - as happening in a natural world.
30th Dec 2017 - NPR
Three Observations About Conversations On The Extreme Cold Weather This Week
Much of the U.S. is experiencing an Arctic air mass. Climatologist Brian Brettschneider, one of my favorite Follows on Twitter, tweeted that "the last four runs of the GFS (one of the U.S. weather models) show the eastern half of the Lower 48 ringing in the New Year with the lowest average temperature in at least 70 years – edging out 1977 by just over 2°F." Brettschneider also messaged to point out that areas west of 100°W will be about 1 degree F above the 1948-2017 average according to the GFS.
30th Dec 2017 - Forbes
From "angry summer" to "weird winter": 2017 was riddled with extreme weather
As the year draws to a close, it remains on track to become the third hottest year on record and the hottest in a non-El Nino year. Despite the United States and Europe continuing their decade-long decline in greenhouse gas pollution, Australia has been missing in action. Australia’s pollution has been rising year on year since March 2015. This pollution is contributing to driving worsening extreme weather here and around the world.
28th Dec 2017 - The Guardian
Global warming fuelled five extreme weather events
In a new collection of papers published last Wednesday in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, researchers around the world analysed 27 extreme weather events from 2016 and found that human-caused climate change was a “significant driver” for 21 of them. The effort is part of the growing field of climate change attribution, which explores connections between warming and weather events that have already happened.
27th Dec 2017 - Gulf News
Will the weather get worse in 2018? What the experts say
According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IPCC, an international body set up to assess the science of climate change, we can continue to expect an increase in the average global temperature. That means we will be experiencing warmer years in the future. But at the same time, we may see changes to the extremes, which could become more frequent in the case of high temperature or heavy rainfall, or less frequent in the case of extreme cold. This means that the distribution, occurrence and expected averages of our weather (for example, temperature and rain) throughout the year may change, resulting in warmer years on average with more extreme hot days, and fewer extreme cold days in the future.
11th Jan 2018 - The Conversation UK
Will the weather get worse in 2018? What the experts say
19th Jan 2018 - Eyewitness News
