Southern Africa’s current above-average rainfall is a climate variability signal - a short-term fluctuation in average wet-season conditions.
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A street-by-street analysis shows where the risks are rising fastest and also lays bare the inequities of who has to endure America’s crippling flood problem.
Hospitals will have to plan for larger floods - and find ways to safely evacuate staff and patients.
Instead of asking about optimism, it’s time to ask what we as citizens are going to do about climate change.
Beavers in our landscapes have great potential to provide small-scale adaptations to climate change – if humans can figure out how to live with them.
2021 was the sixth hottest year on record, despite the cooling effect of back-to-back La Niñas. Let’s reflect on the year that was, and what we can expect for this year and beyond.
While surface temperatures were about the 6th warmest on record in 2021, the upper oceans were at their hottest – and they’re a stronger indicator of global warming. A top climate scientist explains.
Canada’s emergency management system is poorly funded and lacks consistent attention between disasters. This chronic underfunding has undermined public confidence and trust in emergency management.
Our surroundings will be very different over the duration of a typical mortgage.
Severe coastal flooding inundated islands in the Pacific last week, including the Marshall Islands, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands. It’s a taste of things to come.
In spite of monsoon season and cyclone Nivar, the most recent floods are largely man-made disasters.
After one La Niña, the Pacific sometimes retains cool water which enables a second La Niña to form.
Global floods in 2021 showed the danger of poor emergency preparedness - and the importance of planning ahead.
Many cities continue to allow developers to build homes in areas that have a high risk of flooding.
Private companies rate all kinds of investments, from stocks to used cars. Now, they’re starting to analyze climate risks to local real estate – but how reliable are their findings?
An atmospheric river is a band of warm, moisture-laden air many hundreds of kilometres long and hundreds of kilometres wide. It can dump prodigious amounts of rain over a large area.
Central banks have a responsibility in addressing the challenge of climate change. But how? Experts explore some ideas.
Pollution from more frequent floods and wildfires – exacerbated by the warming climate – is threatening human health and poses particular risks to the brain.
Nature-based solutions can help us sustainably tackle climate disasters - but to do that, they urgently need policy support.
Failures to respond adequately to the floods that hit Germany and Luxembourg in July 2021 must teach us how to prepare for future climate disasters.
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ARC Future Fellow and Associate Professor in Climate Science, ARC Centre of Excellence for 21st Century Weather, The University of Melbourne
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Adjunct Professor of Environmental Geography, CQUniversity Australia
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Professor of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, University of Dayton
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Professor and Director of the Institute for Water Research, Rhodes University
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Professor of Sociology, Rice University
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Senior Research Associate, Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS), United Nations University
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Regius Professor of Meteorology and Climate Science, University of Reading
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Professor of Physical Geography, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, Texas A&M University
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Professor Emeritus of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, University of Michigan
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Distinguished Scholar, National Center for Atmospheric Research; Affiliate Faculty, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Research Fellow, Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University
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Senior Research Fellow, The University Centre for Rural Health, University of Sydney
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Professor Emeritus of Risk Management and Insurance, Georgia State University
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Professor, Department of Forest Resources Management, University of British Columbia