Large parts of India were exposed to an extreme heatwave - with some regions reporting temperatures well above 60 °C. Experts now fear that global warming could get worse in the next 5 years. Palki Sharma tells you why. WION
Heat is the number one weather-related killer in the United States. As average global temperatures continue to rise, the threats of both extreme heat events and chronic heat are projected to increase. Heat disproportionately affects marginalized residents and those who face systematic inequities such as workplace safety, housing quality, energy affordability, transportation reliability, and healthcare... Continue Reading →
Planning for Urban Heat Resilience
We speak with a leading Indian climate scientist about the punishing heat wave that produced the hottest weather ever recorded in April for India and Pakistan. Temperatures have climbed above 110 degrees Fahrenheit, causing power outages, school closures, crop damage and health warnings. Scientists link the early onset of the region’s intense summer to the... Continue Reading →
Climate Injustice: Those Who Face Record Heat Wave in India & Pakistan Did Not Create the Crisis
“Canada is warming, on average, at twice the global rate,” says a recent Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation (University of Waterloo) report. “Urgent action is required NOW to manage risk and avoid worsening impacts — and ultimately FATALITIES — resulting from rising heat.” The report which identifies Canada’s “red zones” should raise alarm bells for... Continue Reading →
Alarm Bells Over Canada’s Extreme Heat In Red Zones
In January and February, the global surface temperature was the sixth highest on record Scientists are already virtually certain that 2022 will be among the 10 hottest years on record. In its monthly update, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), a US federal agency, reported that this year was already off to a baking-hot... Continue Reading →
Scientists are already certain 2022 will be among ten hottest years on record
Heatwaves and drought in Europe | DW Documentary
This film shows ways to tackle the drought on both political and social levels. We take a closer look at European forestry and agricultural policy in Brussels. Is the agricultural lobby, with its EU subsidies for large-scale enterprises, exacerbating the problem? Could it even be one of the causes? Source...
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. According to new data from the Rhodium Group analyzed by ProPublica and The New York Times Magazine, warming temperatures and changing rainfall will drive agriculture and temperate climates northward, while sea level rise... Continue Reading →
New Climate Maps Show a Transformed United States
Hello and welcome to the first edition of The Burning Issue — Grist’s limited-run newsletter about all things fire. My name is Zoya Teirstein and below, you’ll hear from my colleague Nathanael Johnson. Every week, Grist will send you an email that will arm you with everything you need to know about this wildfire season.... Continue Reading →
An obsession with suppression
This blog is part of a series on extreme weather. Click here to read about extreme heat and how public lands offer solutions. A 20-year-old living in the southwestern United States has essentially lived their entire life in a megadrought. A dry spell that's especially harsh in the summer has afflicted the region for two decades—and is... Continue Reading →
The climate crisis here & now: drought
Dubai has come up with a genius way to combat its scorching 50C/122F temperature problem by creating ‘enhanced rain.’ The United Arab Emirates city has been going through hellish summers and in response, the National Center of Meteorology has started using drones that fire electrical charges into clouds, causing them to clump together and create... Continue Reading →
Dubai has come up with a genius way to combat its scorching 50C/122F temperature problem by creating ‘enhanced rain.’
How Climate Change boosts Killer Heatwaves
Climate change is making extreme heat - like the recent Pacific heatwave - more common and more intense. This extreme weather has huge effects on human health, and as the global warming continues, temperatures will continue to become more deadly. In fact, some parts of the world may have even - temporarily - crossed the... Continue Reading →
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