Is There A Link Between Climate Change & More Costly Disasters? It’s Complicated
Climate change is a factor in the increase in losses from fires, storms, and flooding, but it is not the only factor, some scientists argue.
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Above Average Hurricane Season Predicted
An early forecast of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season predicts an extremely active season. The predictions, released Thursday by the Colorado State University hurricane forecasting team, include 23 named storms, 11 hurricanes, and 5 major (Category 3 or stronger) hurricanes — all of those are well above average over the … [continued]
Hottest Oceans On Record, Bronx Fires, Billion-Dollar Disasters — Nexus News Roundup
From the hottest oceans on record to billions of dollars in climate-related disaster in 2021, here are three short summaries of climate & cleantech news stories from Nexus Media. Heat in World’s Oceans More Than Ever Recorded The world’s oceans broke heat records, again, in 2021, according to new research from … [continued]
U.S. Saw Its 4th-Hottest Year On Record In 2021, Fueled By Record-Warm December
Nation struck with 20 separate billion-dollar disasters in 2021
Assessing the U.S. Climate in 2021
Contiguous U.S. ranked fourth warmest during 2021; 20 billion-dollar disasters identified
Fire & Ice: The Puzzling Link Between Western Wildfires & Arctic Sea Ice
What’s behind the worsening wildfires in the Western United States? Arctic sea ice plays an important role By Brendan Bane, PNNL RICHLAND, Washington — “Some say the world will end in fire,” wrote Robert Frost a century ago. The poet described one popular take on the world’s end before shifting to … [continued]
Our Ocean Is Stressed Enough: Give It A Break From Drilling
Ending new leasing for offshore oil and gas is crucial both to mitigate climate change as well as help marine ecosystems become more resilient to its effects. We need to protect 30 percent of the ocean and transition away from fossil fuels to better, cleaner technologies.
Migration From Central America Driven By Climate Change
Climate change is a major factor forcing Central Americans, left with no other option, to flee their homes, as the dual threats of drought and extreme weather have destroyed crops and productive farmland, Bloomberg reports. Central America is responsible for less than 1% of global carbon pollution, yet is one … [continued]
Lack Of Spanish-Language Disaster Warnings Leads To Death
In 2013, Samuel Cifuentes, Yolanda Santos, and their children sheltered from a tornado in a drainage ditch near El Reno, Oklahoma, but the Spanish-speaking family never received warnings about the risk of severe flash floods. The entire family drowned. The lack of non-English communications during weather-related disasters leads to increased … [continued]
Insular Areas Climate Change Act: Strengthen Territories’ Response to Climate Disasters & Protect the Most…
Courtesy of Union Of Concerned Scientists By Juan Declet-Barreto, Climate Vulnerability Social Scientist, co-authored by Dr. Adi Martínez-Román with the University of Puerto Rico Resiliency Law Center. Islands and their people are more vulnerable to climate impacts than continental jurisdictions. They are more unprotected from climate ravages that are becoming more ferocious. Their … [continued]
