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If there was a moment of true emergency in the fight to preserve our climate, it is now

As we cope with these events, questions invariably arise about what role climate change may have played. Has a particular extreme been made worse because of our changing climate? How will these extremes change in the future?

The August 10, 2020 derecho event caused an estimated 40 million acres of nearly-mature corn crop to be significantly damaged or destroyed, mainly in Iowa, but also in portions of Nebraska, South Dakota, Illinois, Minnesota,...

California is burning and smoke has covered the northern half of the state and is spreading across the U.S. Most of the fires were started by a huge "lightning siege" that started on August 15th. How unusual was this massive...

On Sunday, August 16, the U.S. National Weather Service recorded the highest temperature reading ever on Earth in Death Valley, California. High temperatures in Death Valley are the norm, but the new high beats previous temperature...

The UN's weather agency announced Thursday the longest lightning bolt on record—a single flash in Brazil on October 31, 2018 that cut the sky across more than 700 kilometers.

Russ Schumacher, Colorado State University Thunderstorms are common across North America, especially in warm weather months. About 10% of them become severe, meaning they produce hail 1 inch or greater in diameter, winds...

Guest News Brief by Kip Hansen  —  23 May 2020   In keeping with the NY Times’ Editorial Narrative on climate change (“every story is a climate story”), Henry Fountain writes this piece:  ‘Expect More’:...

Authorities warn that the unprecedented ferocity of Australia’s wildfires can produce extreme weather systems — dangerous and unpredictable conditions known as cumulonimbus flammagenitus, or pyrocumulonimbus...

Australian government refuses to rule out new coal-fired generation as it ticks off gas plants in Queensland and Victoria

Winning! The 1896 heatwave story is going viral and the  ABC is reduced to weak, late excuses Australians are realizing that our hot history has been hidden from us...

With extreme weather wreaking havoc around the world, there is a need for resilient shelters more than ever before. EEMY Architecture and Design has created a sustainable and resilient structure that can withstand nearly...

What a bombshell. The original data at 60 of the oldest sites across Australia shows there are no more Very Hot Days now than there were early last century. That’s no trend in 40 degree days for 100 years.

Here’s an inconvenient fact: Australia had the highest number of very hot days in 1952, back when CO2 levels were 311ppm and humans had not yet emitted 87% of our carbon dioxide emissions...

University of Washington The lightning season in the Southeastern U.S. is almost finished for this year, but the peak season for the most powerful strokes of lightning won’t begin until November, according to a newly...