Whenever an extreme weather event like a heat wave or hurricane occurs, it is typically followed by discussion of the degree to which it was augmented by the climate crisis. Now, a new study published in Environmental Research Climate Wednesday moves beyond individual events to paint a comprehensive picture of how climate change is or […]
Sponges off the coast of New Zealand have bleached for the first time following a record-breaking marine heat wave. Scientists from Victoria University of Wellington discovered the sponges in more than 12 locations near Breaksea Sound and Doubtful Sounds in Fiordland on New Zealand’s South Island, The Guardian reported. In some of the sites, up […]
A record-breaking heat wave in Pakistan caused flash flooding when a glacial lake overflowed on Saturday. The flood, known as a glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF), swept away the Hassanabad bridge on the Karakoram Highway in the village of the same name, Geo News reported. Leaders linked the incident to the climate crisis. “Pakistan has […]
At least a billion people sweltered under extreme temperatures in India and Pakistan this weekend as the two countries endure a record-breaking heat wave. Northwest and central India saw their highest average maximum temperature for April since record keeping began 122 years ago, according to Indian Meteorological Department data reported by CNN. Meanwhile, Jacobabad, Pakistan […]
It turns out that coral isn’t the only marine organism that bleaches in hot water. Scientists from the University of Tasmania’s Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) have observed bleaching for the first time in the sponges that live in the “twilight zone” between the shallow and deep ocean off of Tasmania’s eastern coast. […]
Extreme weather is what we call it when a particular weather event like a flash flood or a heat wave is significantly different from the average weather pattern for an area. It is important to understand these events because they can be disruptive and even deadly, harming human communities, agriculture and ecosystems.
If you’ve even spent a summer in the city and been able to relate to the song of the same name then you know the feeling of wanting to escape the heat by sitting in a patch of cool grass under the shade of a tree. Due to an effect called the “urban heat island,” […]
In June of 2021, a record-breaking heat wave scorched western North America, killing more than 500 people in Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Canada. Now, Oregon lawmakers are taking steps to lower the death toll next time around. The state Senate passed a bill Tuesday that would help provide air conditioners on an emergency basis for […]
Extreme weather events like storms, heat waves and floods are expected to increase as the climate crisis intensifies, but they have already cost Europe a significant amount in both lives and money. A new analysis from the European Environment Agency (EEA) found that extreme weather events over the last 40 years had claimed 85,000 to […]
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