Pennsylvania logged 852 severe weather reports from March through June – more than double the 30-year average. A meteorologist explains what keeps the storms coming.
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Financial markets react more strongly to sudden, visible events like storms, even when gradual changes like rising sea levels might be equally devastating.
After a series of extreme weather events over the past month, NZ has been reminded that disasters aren’t just acts of nature.
These storms are very slow moving and getting ready to dump a lot of rain.
Australia is facing climate hazards on all fronts this spring and summer. Climate scientist Andrew King walks us through the Bureau of Meteorology’s new national outlook.
Climate action should be framed not as a sacrifice but as an investment that can generate economic savings and improve human and ecosystem health today.
In the years since the Supreme Court rejected Kivalina’s appeal on May 20, 2013, the community’s search and rescue team has faced increasing climate disasters: ‘We just can’t adapt this fast.’
Researchers are turning to computer models, drones and other methods to improve tornado forecasting.
Are severe and extreme weather events on the rise? And does this have anything to do with manmade climate change? The simple answer is: it’s complicated.
Climate change affects power plants in Indonesia, eventually disrupting energy supply to consumers.
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Associate Professor of Sustainability and Human Well-Being and Associate Professor of Philosophy, Arizona State University
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Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork
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Professor of Civil Engineering & ImpactWX Chair of Severe Storms Engineering, Western University
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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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