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Extreme weather

Fishermen navigate on the Shatt al-Arab waterway during a sandstorm in Basra, Iraq, Monday, May 23, 2022.

‘It’s a mass ecological crisis’: Extreme weather in Iraq hits those already struggling the hardest

Environment

About a dozen dust storms have blown across Iraq this year with increased frequency and intensity. Experts say that it’s due to climate change, drought and desertification.

Adults and children swim in water near a large, white building in the background and birds flying overhead

In Karachi, planting dense urban forests could save the city from extreme heat

The Big Fix
A man walks in the snow next to the Houses of Parliament in London on March 1. Brtain and much of the rest of Europe have been hit with a late winter blast linked to extreme warming in the Arctic.

Europe’s cold blast, Arctic’s heat wave are ‘two sides of the same coin’

Environment
Bomb cyclone

Climate change will accelerate extreme weather events in the coming years

Environment
Helicopter dropping water on wildfire

2017 was the costliest US natural disaster year on record

Economics
The Polar jet stream carries weather systems around the northern hemisphere. It's powered by the temperature differential between the Arctic and areas farther south, but new research finds that it's being disrupted as rapid warming in the Arctic reduces t

Here’s a new climate change reality that Trump’s new policies ignore

Global Politics

As President Trump turns US government policy away from the realities of climate change, a new scientific study confirms a link between climate pollution and dangerously extreme weather. The irony of the timing is not lost on the study’s lead author.

NASA hurricane satellite

Climate disruption is fueling stronger storms

Environment

The atmosphere is filling up with more moisture, one expert says, increasing the severity of hurricanes and other storms.

Was that extreme weather event influenced by climate change?

Technology

We’re getting better at figuring out whether something like this month’s deluge in Louisiana was influenced by climate change. And that’s important, says a climate scientist who’s also an aid worker, to get a better handle on what might be ahead to try to avert more human disasters.We’re getting better at figuring out whether something like this month’s deluge in Louisiana was influenced by climate change. And that’s important, says a climate scientist who’s also an aid worker, to get a better handle on what might be ahead to try to avert more human disasters.

Earth and Hurricane Sandy

Can we accurately gauge the impact of climate change on extreme weather?

Environment

Even as the weather becomes increasingly unpredictable and extreme events become increasingly frequent, it’s still considered scientifically incorrect to blame global warning for any one event. But a new report says it is now possible to estimate the influence of climate change on some types of extreme events, such as heat waves, drought and heavy precipitation.

A US National Weather Service map shows precipitation levels across the southeastern US on October 4, 2015. White splotches in South Carolina indicate areas with more than 10 inches of rain.

The Carolinas’ ‘thousand-year’ flood follows a big rainfall trend across the US

Environment

The “thousand-year” flood that hit the Carolinas earlier this week is just the latest in a string of extraordinary rain events in the US and around the world. And while the details differ, they fit into a pattern directly linked to climate change.