Floods have caused unprecedented damage in Europe recently, while in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou, the equivalent of a year’s worth of average rainfall fell in just three days. In stark contrast,…
Carbon emissions, ocean acidification, Amazon clearing all hurtling toward new records
A new study tracking the planet’s vital signs has found that many of the key indicators of the global climate…
Last year was first to be in top 10 for heat, rain and sunshine, as scientists say UK’s mild climate is at an end
Extremes of weather will strike the UK more frequently owing to the climate crisis,…
‘Disastrous’ energy policies of China, Russia, Brazil and Australia could stoke 5C rise in temperatures if adopted by the rest of the world
A key group of leading G20 nations is committed to climate…
Heavy rains in southern Bangladesh this week have flooded and destroyed dwellings at camps hosting more than 800,000 Rohingya refugees.
“The UN High Commissioner for Refugees said more than 12,000…
Humanity has already consumed more natural resources than the planet can regenerate this year
Humans will have already consumed all the natural resources that Earth can sustainably supply for 2021…
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
Jonathan Watts
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Sat 24 Jul 2021 08.00 BST
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 the…
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…
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