Seaweed Blooms Suggest The Ocean Is Geoengineering Itself
Two studies published this year put a spotlight on how changes in the ocean are affecting the planet and the global economy.
Global Weirding
Charting The Changes That Will Lead To Renewable Energy Dominance In 2026
Renewable energy is moving ahead all around the world, while the US sucks its thumb and whines about how good things were in the 1950s.
Hurricanes in 2024 Led to the Most Hours without Power in the United States in…
U.S. electricity customers experienced an average of 11 hours of electricity interruptions in 2024, or nearly twice as many as the annual average experienced in the decade before, according to our Electric Power Annual 2024 report. Major events such as Hurricanes Beryl, Helene, and Milton accounted for 80% of the hours … [continued]
We Are Jamaica And Jamaica Is Us
The storm that hit Jamaica last week was made more powerful by hotter ocean temperatures caused by human activity.
Risk of Atlantic Current Collapsing Much Higher Than Previously Expected
Unsurprisingly, climate risks keep growing. However, it’s not great to hear that one of the possibilities that has concerned me the most for almost two decades is getting more likely. That is the collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC). The AMOC brings warm water from tropical parts of … [continued]
Baby, It’s Hot Outside! Extreme Heat Is Having An Impact On World Cities.
Cities around the world are experiencing more and more days where extreme heat threatens their inhabitants.
UK Not Making Hay While The Sun Shines
A hot, dry summer in the UK has led to reduced hay yields in the eastern part of the country, driving up prices.
Climate Change Brings More Rapidly Intensifying Hurricanes; NOAA Cuts Make Forecasting Them Harder
By Jeff Masters, Yale Climate Connections As Hurricane Helene roared toward the Florida Panhandle on September 26, 2024, the storm put on an intimidating display of rapid intensification, ramping up from a Category 1 hurricane with 80 mph (129 km/h) winds to a Cat 4 monster with 140 mph (225 … [continued]
Analysis: Record UK Wildfires Have Burned an Area Twice the Size of Glasgow in 2025
Wildfires have scorched more than 40,000 hectares of land so far this year across the UK — an area more than twice the size of the Scottish city of Glasgow. This is already a record amount of land burned in a single year, far exceeding the previous high, Global Wildfire Information … [continued]
Fossil-Fuelled Heat Has Caused Tropical Birds to Decline by “Up to 38%” since 1950s
An uptick in heat extremes, driven by human-caused climate change, has caused tropical bird populations to decline by up to 38% since the 1950s, according to a first-of-its-kind analysis. The study combines ecological and climate attribution techniques to trace the fingerprint of fossil-fuelled climate change on declining wildlife populations. It … [continued]
