Extreme Weather

By Amélie BOTTOLLIER-DEPOIS | – Paris (AFP) – As western Europe enjoys record highs for winter temperatures, southern parts of the continent are being hit with snow flurries. What is going on with the weather, and how closely are the topsy-turvy temperatures linked to climate change? – What’s causing the heat? – On Monday Britain […]

By Steve Turton | – Many parts of Australia have suffered a run of severe and, in some cases, unprecedented weather events this summer. One common feature of many of these events – including the Tasmanian heatwave and the devastating Townsville floods – was that they were caused by weather systems that parked themselves in […]

Washington, DC (AFP) – Climate change and a deteriorating environment are likely to fuel social disorder and could threaten some US military bases, a top admiral said Tuesday. Admiral Philip Davidson, who heads the US military’s vast Indo-Pacific Command, told lawmakers he concurred with a recent assessment from the US intelligence community that listed climate […]

Residents in several towns of both Northern and Southern California were evacuated in some of the most destructive wildfires in California history. Wildfires raged Friday across California where at least nine people have died while trying to escape flames engulfing a mountain town. In Northern California, hundreds of homes were believed destroyed in Paradise, California, […]

The researchers relied on historical data and used climate models to estimate future temperatures. Heatwave-related deaths could rise up to 2,000 percent by 2080, according to a new study, the Week Magazine has reported. The research published in PLOS Medicine Tuesday found that heatwaves which are a critical public health issue, will “increase in the […]