Debris from areas burned by wildfires courses through city streets as one woman dies in flash flood on Colorado River
Parts of Arizona have been hit with devastating flooding, with the city of…
Amid flash-floods, ministers from more than 50 countries met in London for face-to-face discussions on climate
Countries have finished key climate talks deadlocked on the issue of phasing out coal-…
At Lake Powell on the Arizona-Utah border, the water line has dropped to a historic low, taking a heavy toll on the local industry
Chaos erupted at Bill West’s business in Page, Arizona, last week…
Speaking to the first Climate Vulnerable Finance Summit of 48 nations systemically exposed to climate related disasters, António Guterres said they needed reassurance that financial and technical…
Overhaul of UK infrastructure needed to ensure it is not overwhelmed by impact of extreme weather
Flash flooding of the type seen in London this weekend will become a more common occurrence as the…
Season now has a health warning and people may lose associations of joy, relaxation and celebration
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The death toll from the floods topped 180 on Sunday when some 157 people were confirmed dead in Germany and 31 died in Belgium.
The impact of floods in western Europe represents a “monumental…
Less than a week after a deadly “heat dome” devastated western Canada and the U.S. Pacific Northwest and burned Lytton, B.C. to the ground, an international science team is reporting that the…
Anthropogenic warming of climate has been a factor in extreme precipitation events globally, researchers say.
Human activity such as such as greenhouse gas emissions and land use change were a key…
Reducing global heating could save millions of people from mosquito-borne diseases, study finds
More than 8 billion people could be at risk of malaria and dengue fever by 2080 if greenhouse gas…
Water investigators track down wasteful homeowners and public turf torn up to conserve scarce water supplies
Investigator Perry Kaye jammed the brakes of his government-issued vehicle to survey…
Coronavirus and wildfires were already making life very difficult for unhoused people in the Pacific Northwest, and this week’s record-breaking heat wave just made things worse, writes Josh Marcus…
Extreme weather killed hundreds in the US and Canada and experts say heat could have played a role in many more deaths.
The intense heatwave in June and July in the US and Canada has already caused…
A torrent of melted snow has flooded rivers and streams near Mount Rainier following record-setting heat throughout Washington.
“We had a huge amount of snowmelt over a short period of time,” said…
The effects of ‘weird weather’ were already being felt in the 1960s, but scientists linking fossil fuels with climate change were dismissed as prophets of doom.
Commonwealth research says UVI is better measure of small island states’ aid needs, especially on climate
Small island nations on the climate crisis frontlines have been overlooked in overseas aid,…
Survey in 16 countries finds just over half of consumers believe their own behaviour can help
A small majority of people believe there is still time to make a difference and slow global heating, a…
Politicians are ‘role-playing’ and ‘pretending to wage war against fossil fuels’, activist says
Greta Thunberg has torn into global leaders’ response to the worsening climate crisis, accusing them…
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