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Melting Glacier Ice Linked to Severe Droughts and Floods in Indian Ocean Region

Melting Glacier Ice Linked to Severe Droughts and Floods in Indian Ocean Region

5 January, 2023

A study led by researchers from Brown University in the US has found that melting ice from glaciers can lead to droughts and floods in East Africa and Indonesia. With…

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Short-Duration Rainfall Extremes Intensifying Under Climate Change, Study Finds

Short-Duration Rainfall Extremes Intensifying Under Climate Change, Study Finds

8 December, 2022

Researchers from the University of New South Wales in Australia have found that rainfall extremes at sub-hourly timescales are intensifying as a result of climate change much faster than those…

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Pakistan Floods: What Role Did Climate Change Play?

Pakistan Floods: What Role Did Climate Change Play?

5 September, 2022

Ben Clarke, University of Oxford; Friederike Otto, Imperial College London, and Luke Harrington, University of Waikato, consider the role of climate change in the recent catastrophic floods in Pakistan. This…

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Water Cycle Is Intensifying as Climate Warms

Water Cycle Is Intensifying as Climate Warms

14 August, 2021

The world watched in July 2021 as extreme rainfall became floods that washed away centuries-old homes in Europe, triggered landslides in Asia and inundated subways in China. More than 900…

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Bleak Future Feared for Asia’s Disaster-Prone Poor After UN Climate Report

Bleak Future Feared for Asia’s Disaster-Prone Poor After UN Climate Report

14 August, 2021

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 10 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – At-risk communities in disaster-prone Asia are warning that they have “no hope” of coping with more climate catastrophes and some even fear…

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UN Climate Report Depicts Fast-Warming World Where ‘Nobody Is Safe’

UN Climate Report Depicts Fast-Warming World Where ‘Nobody Is Safe’

11 August, 2021

Aug 9 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A flagship U.N. science report on Monday showed no one is safe from the accelerating effects of climate change and there is an urgent…

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UK’s Climate Is Getting Warmer and Wetter Says Met Office

UK’s Climate Is Getting Warmer and Wetter Says Met Office

2 August, 2021

The Met Office says the UK is getting warmer and sunnier but also wetter as a result of climate change. 2020 was third warmest, fifth wettest and eighth sunniest on…

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Germany Floods: Can We Tell if Extreme Weather Is Linked to Climate Change?

Germany Floods: Can We Tell if Extreme Weather Is Linked to Climate Change?

21 July, 2021

More than 100 people have died and at least 1,000 are missing following floods in Germany and Belgium that swept away buildings, cut phone communications and forced thousands to flee…

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Global Evidence Links Rise in Extreme Precipitation to Human-Driven Climate Change

Global Evidence Links Rise in Extreme Precipitation to Human-Driven Climate Change

20 July, 2021

Human activities, such as burning fossil fuels for transportation and electricity, have worsened the intensity of extreme rainfall and snowfall over land in recent decades, not just in a few…

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New Research Shows Emissions Cause Delay in Rainfall

New Research Shows Emissions Cause Delay in Rainfall

1 July, 2021

New research led by the US Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has found that increases in emissions have triggered an approximate four-day delay in seasonal rainfall over tropical…

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Sea Level Rise Is Killing Trees Along the Atlantic Coast, Creating ‘Ghost Forests’ That Are Visible From Space

Sea Level Rise Is Killing Trees Along the Atlantic Coast, Creating ‘Ghost Forests’ That Are Visible From Space

15 April, 2021

Sea level rise is killing trees along the Atlantic coast, creating ‘ghost forests’ that are visible from space, writes Emily Ury, Ph.D. Candidate, Duke University. Trekking out to my research…

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Third of Antarctic Ice Shelf Area at Risk of Collapse as Planet Warms

Third of Antarctic Ice Shelf Area at Risk of Collapse as Planet Warms

14 April, 2021

More than a third of the Antarctic’s ice shelf area could be at risk of collapsing into the sea if global temperatures reach 4°C above pre-industrial levels, according to new…

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Climate Change Influences River Flow Says Study

Climate Change Influences River Flow Says Study

14 March, 2021

Climate change is affecting the water balance of our planet: depending on the region and the time of year, this can influence the amount of water in rivers potentially resulting…

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Record-Breaking Rain 10 Times More Likely Due to Climate Change Says UK’s Met Office

Record-Breaking Rain 10 Times More Likely Due to Climate Change Says UK’s Met Office

13 March, 2021

Record-breaking rainfall like that seen on 3 October 2020 could be 10 times more likely by 2100, according to a recent study by the UK’s Met Office. The study by…

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Step Up Adaptation to Climate Change Now or Risk ‘Enormous Toll’, Scientists Warn

Step Up Adaptation to Climate Change Now or Risk ‘Enormous Toll’, Scientists Warn

28 January, 2021

BARCELONA, Jan 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – More than 3,000 scientists on Friday (22 January 2021) called for a far bigger global push to protect people and nature from the…

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USA – Climate Change Has Caused Billions of Dollars in Flood Damages, Says Study

USA – Climate Change Has Caused Billions of Dollars in Flood Damages, Says Study

21 January, 2021

In a new study, Stanford researchers report that intensifying precipitation contributed one-third of the financial costs of flooding in the United States over the past three decades, totaling almost $75…

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