Ocean Warming Intensifies Power of Typhoons
The violence of typhoons that devastate Asian coastal regions is being magnified by rising sea surface temperatures caused by greenhouse gas emissions, reports Tim Raford for Climate News Network. LONDON,…
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UK Floods – Climate Change Confusion Over Government’s Flooding Review
The UK government has unveiled its long-awaited review (PDF) of the risk the UK faces from heavy rain and flooding. Prompted by severe flooding during the wettest December on record…
Surging Seas Spell Trouble for Coastal Wildlife and Nature-Loving Humans
Rising sea levels along the eastern United States seaboard will have devastating impact on a wide variety of species, including humans, according to a new report issued this month by…
USA – Village in Alaska Votes to Relocate Due to Threat of Rising Seas
A Native American village in Alaska has voted to relocate its entire population of some 600 people due to the threat of rising seas, by Sebastien Malo for the Thomson…
Can a Single Region in Florida Show the State How to Adapt to Climate Change?
With every passing year, Southeast Florida faces more pressure to adapt to climate change. The region already experiences the effects of climate change, such as flooding on sunny days during…
Threatened by Climate Change, Mozambique’s Beira Bets on Urban Renewal
Mozambique’s second-largest city is in a race against time to protect itself from cyclones, floods and rising sea levels, reports Astrid Zweynert. Daviz Simango is one of Mozambique’s most influential…
Initiative to Raise Awareness on Climate Change Impacts
An initiative has been formed to help African and Asian societies understand climate change-related impacts such as extreme weather events and prepare for future ones, reports Isaac Odhiambo for SciDev.Net. The…
Europe’s Floods Come as No Surprise
Scientists have warned that the extra moisture in warmer air will mean more intense rainfall, but floods still leave governments unprepared, reports Alex Kirby for Climate News Network. LONDON, 5…
In Cities, Flooding and Rainfall Extremes to Rise as Climate Changes
Cities face harsher, more concentrated rainfall as climate change not only intensifies storms, but draws them into narrower bands of more intense downpours, University Of New South Wales engineers have…
US Faces Floods of Climate Refugees
New research warns that more than 13 million American citizens could be at risk of being forced to move away from vulnerable coastal zones because of sea level rise. LONDON,…
Western Europe Coasts Face a Pounding
Extreme weather caused by global warming could lead to more violent and more frequent storms devastating beaches on exposed Atlantic coastlines in Europe, reports Tim Radford for Climate News Network.…
Global Warming Increases Rain in World’s Driest Areas
Global warming will increase rainfall in some of the world’s driest areas over land, with not only the wet getting wetter but the dry getting wetter as well. New research…
(Rain)cloud Computing: Researchers Work to Improve How We Predict Climate Change
Rao Kotamarthi and Jiali Wang spend their days looking at a future Earth. At the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory, the two scientists work on simulations and…
Sea Level Rise Could Put 13 Million Americans at Risk of Flooding by 2100
Rising sea levels and growing coastal populations could put millions of people in the US at risk of flooding, a new study suggests. Sea level rise of 1.8m could inundate…
When Sea Levels Rise, Damage Costs Rise Even Faster
A team of scientists from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) in Germany have developed a method to quantify monetary losses from coastal flooding caused by sea-level rise.…
“Greenhouse Century” Pushes Up Sea Levels
Geological data reveals that humans have contributed to rising sea levels since the Bronze Age, but fossil fuel emissions have led to the current record-breaking increases, reports Tim Radford for…
