Is The Term “Bomb Cyclone” Actual Science, Or Just Anxious Clickbait?
Americans don’t take extreme weather seriously enough. A little dramatic flair could help.
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Insurers Warn 2017 To Be Most Expensive After Year Of Climate Disasters
A combination of natural disasters and extreme weather events impacting the entire globe is likely to mean 2017 will be the most expensive on record according to 28 insurance industry organizations.
Climate Change Intensifies Hurricanes (Video)
Hunter Cutting, director of the Climate Signals project, explains how climate change has amplified the damage done by hurricanes by increasing both the reach of storm surge and the volume of rainfall and by lifting the power ceiling of storms.
Fossil Fuel Industry Has Cost USA $240 Billion A Year Over Last Decade Via Air…
The fossil fuel industry has cost the US around $240 billion a year over the last decade through the effects of extreme weather and air pollution, according to a new study from the non-profit Universal Ecological Fund. That’s $240 billion per year.
2/3 Of Europeans Will Be Affected By Extreme Weather Every Year By 2100, Study Projects
Roughly two out of every three people living in Europe will be affected yearly by extreme weather by the year 2100, according to a new study published in The Lancet Planetary Health.
These findings are based on a scenario where greenhouse gas emissions aren’t reduced from current levels, and where policies that would help to reduce the impacts of extreme weather aren’t put into action.
Only Advocacy Can Change Attitudes About Climate Change. Extreme Weather Won’t
Liberals and conservatives see extreme weather very differently.
Carbon Pollution Linked To Extreme Weather In New Study
Using measurements, the authors documented what conditions led to extreme weather patterns that persisted for extended durations. They found that many occur when the jet stream becomes stationary with the undulations stuck in place. They also saw that under certain situations, the jet stream undulations do not dissipate in time; they become trapped in a wave guide.
We Can’t Wait To Take Climate Action. Here’s Why
When it comes to our changing climate, if we fail to reduce the fossil fuel emissions that are trapping the sun’s heat and warming our world, we will soon cross a threshold – and there will be no turning back. It’s just that simple.
2016 On Track To Be Hottest Year On Record — Details On Atmospheric CO2 Levels,…
2016 is very likely to be the hottest year on record when it’s over, according to a new assessment from the World Meteorological Organization. As it stands, preliminary data are showing that global temperatures in 2016 are roughly 1.2° Celsius above pre-industrial levels — not far below the supposed “safe” limit of 1.5° Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
Scientists Link Climate & Weather — Journalists Should As Well
We used to say that global warming was like the steroid era in baseball: You couldn’t say that any single hit was the product of steroids, but the home-run boom looked awfully suspicious.
Likewise, the surge in extreme weather lined up neatly with the rise in carbon pollution, even if people couldn’t say that any one flood or heat wave was the product of human activity — at least, that’s how experts used to explain it.
