Record Hot Summer Wreaks Havoc
Record-breaking summer temperatures and the warmest year to date in 131 years are wreaking havoc on the global environment, say climate scientists. Continue
View ArticleHow Warm Was Summer 2010?
An unparalleled heat wave in eastern Europe, coupled with intense droughts and fires around Moscow, put Earth’s temperatures in the headlines this summer. Likewise, a string of exceptionally warm days...
View ArticleNatural Hazards, UnNatural Disasters
Natural Hazards, UnNatural Disasters looks at disasters primarily through an economic lens. Economists emphasize self-interest to explain how people choose the amount of prevention, insurance, and...
View ArticleConfronting Climate Displacement: Learning from Pakistan’s Floods
In July 2010, massive rain in Pakistan led to unprecedented flooding that submerged one-fifth of the country and affected more than 20 million people. While many experts believe the floods were the...
View ArticleFour degrees and beyond
United Nations climate change negotiations have failed to deliver an agreement on reducing future greenhouse gas emissions to levels that avoid dangerous climate change. This increases the possibility...
View Article21,000 people died due to weather-related disasters in the first nine months...
A new Oxfam report “More than ever: climate talks that work for those that need them most”, says that 21,000 people died due to weather-related disasters in the first nine months of 2010 – more than...
View ArticleTwo thirds of states highly vulnerable to climate change by 2030
The Climate Vulnerability Monitor is a new tool built to assess the vulnerability of our world to the many effects of climate change as communities virtually everywhere are facing them – each in...
View ArticleOverall picture of natural catastrophes in 2010
Several major catastrophes in 2010 resulted in substantial losses and an exceptionally high number of fatalities. The overall picture last year was dominated by an accumulation of severe earthquakes to...
View ArticleDisasters in Europe: more frequent and causing more damage
The Agency’s new report ‘Mapping the impacts of natural hazards and technological accidents in Europe‘ addresses three different types of hazards: hydrometeorological or weather related (storms,...
View ArticleCan Developing Countries Prepare for a Hotter Tomorrow?
Over the past year, the world has witnessed weather events on four continents so extreme that they stretch the limits of modern human experience. Last summer’s flooding in Pakistan inundated one fifth...
View ArticleUS: Southern Heat Strains Power Generation
ClimateCentral: The heat this summer has been extraordinarily intense in many Central and Southern states, and triple-digit temperatures continue to roast parts of Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. For...
View ArticleU.S. experiences second warmest summer on record
Texas has warmest summer on record of any state The blistering heat experienced by the nation during August, as well as the June through August months, marks the second warmest summer on record...
View ArticleMore heat waves: increase of extremes due to climate change
The Moscow heat wave last year was, with high probability, the result of climate change – contrary to what some have assumed. With a likelihood of 80 percent, it was not natural short-term climatic...
View ArticleProjected Death Toll from Rising Temperatures in America Due to Climate Change
NRDC: Climate change is literally killing us. According to NRDC’s “Killer Summer Heat” report, more than 150,000 Americans could die by the end of this century due to the excessive heat caused by...
View ArticleHeat Waves to Become Much More Frequent and Severe
IOP: Climate change is set to trigger more frequent and severe heat waves in the next 30 years regardless of the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) we emit into the atmosphere, a new study has shown....
View ArticleHeatwaves: Hotter, Longer, More Often
AUS Climate Couincil: The report examines the impact of climate change on heatwaves and hot weather in Australia and around the world. FIVE TOP FACTS : Climate change is already increasing the...
View ArticleHeat waves becoming more prominent in urban areas
ScienceDaily: The world’s urban areas have experienced significant increases in heat waves over the past 40 years, according to new research. These prolonged periods of extreme hot days have...
View ArticleClimate change will hit Australia harder than rest of world, study shows
Guardian: Australia could be on track for a temperature rise of more than 5C by the end of the century, outstripping the rate of warming experienced by the rest of the world, unless drastic action is...
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