Late-season Caribbean hurricane expected to hit Cuba this week If it forms, Rafael would be the 11th hurricane of the 2024 season and could strike western Cuba as a Category 1 storm. Al Jazeera · Nov 4, 2024
Tropical Storm Rafael triggers hurricane warning for Cayman Islands Storm expected to bring heavy rain to US Gulf coast later this week The Guardian - US · Nov 4, 2024
Heatwave to turn parts of Australia into ‘one of the hottest places in the world’ this week Some of the east coast and the north will bake in a furnace of potentially life-threatening heat, the Bureau of Meteorology forecasts The Guardian - AU · Nov 4, 2024
Nations Gather For Crunch Climate Talks In Shadow Of US Vote World leaders kick off UN climate talks next week, days after a knife edge US election that could send shockwaves through global efforts to limit dangerous warming. International Business Times · Nov 4, 2024
Phoenix's extreme heat is a warning Phoenix may be getting hotter, but nowhere will escape the extreme heat of climate change Salon · Nov 3, 2024
NYC declares a drought watch and asks residents to conserve water New York’s mayor is urging residents to take shorter showers, fix leaky faucets and otherwise conserve water The Independent UK · Nov 2, 2024
A second US exit could ‘cripple’ the Paris climate agreement, warns UN chief António Guterres says treaty will endure but urges US to remain amid reports that Trump plans to withdraw from the climate negotiating framework entirely The Guardian - UK · Nov 1, 2024
Social Media Users Panic After Learning Mount Fuji Is Completely Snowless In Historic First: 'We're Going to Be Dead by Next Year' Japan's weather agency revealed that Mount Fuji has remained snowless for the longest period in 130 years, leaving social media users declaring end times. Latin Times · Oct 31, 2024
Overshooting 1.5°C is risky – that’s why we need to hedge our bets The global response to climate change has gained momentum since the 2015 Paris agreement, yet it remains inadequate to meet the scale of the challenge. That agreement established the goal of holding global warming to well below 2°C, and to pursue efforts to limit it to 1.5°C. To achieve this,… The Conversation · Oct 31, 2024
"Alarm bells" over greenhouse gases The temperature increases could spiral out into a "vicious cycle," experts say Salon · Oct 31, 2024
Boil water advisories can be confusing. Here are some safety tips from experts The city of Asheville has restored running water to most of its users nearly a month after Hurricane Helene damaged infrastructure and killed more than 200 people around the region The Independent UK · Oct 31, 2024
Earth’s climate will keep changing long after humanity hits net-zero emissions. Our research shows why The world is striving to reach net-zero emissions as we try to ward off dangerous global warming. But will getting to net-zero actually avert climate instability, as many assume? The Conversation · Oct 30, 2024
State of the Climate 2024: Australia is enduring harsher fire seasons, more ocean heatwaves and sea-level rise Worldwide, greenhouse gas emissions are still increasing, and temperatures are rising across land and sea. The Conversation · Oct 30, 2024
PHOTOS: What is DANA and Why Did This Phenomenon Turn Parts of Spain Into an Apocalyptic Scene? At least 62 people died, thousands are injured, and millions of euros in property losses have been recorded in southeastern Spain. Latin Times · Oct 30, 2024
The Guardian - AU · Oct 30, 2024 ‘Wicked problem’: five charts that show how the climate crisis is making Australia more dangerous A report by BoM and CSIRO checks ‘vital signs of Australia’s climate’ – and shows temperature trends will only worsen
The Conversation · Oct 30, 2024 Time to freak out? How the existential terror of hurricanes can fuel climate change denial As TVs across Florida broadcast the all-too-familiar images of a powerful hurricane headed for the coast in early October 2024, people whose homes had been damaged less than two weeks earlier by Hurricane Helene watched anxiously. Hurricane Milton was rapidly intensifying into a dangerous storm, fueled by the Gulf of…
Radio France Internationale · Oct 30, 2024 Climate change is driving record threats to human health, experts warn Climate change is causing unprecedented damage to human health worldwide, with the authors of a major report on Wednesday warning that "wasted time has been paid in lives".
International Business Times · Oct 30, 2024 Climate Change Driving 'Record Threats To Health': Report Climate change poses a growing threat to human health in a variety of record-breaking ways, a major report said Wednesday, the experts warning that "wasted time has been paid in lives".
The Conversation · Oct 29, 2024 New insights from Shakespeare’s England reveal striking parallels to contemporary climate change Unprecedented storms and devastating drought. Flash floods and wildfires ignited by the air’s dry heat. This is the experience for many in our modern world. But it was also the experience for those living amid England’s Little Ice Age.
The Guardian - US · Oct 29, 2024 Video shows Phoenix police burning man during arrest: ‘Like acid on my skin’ Revealed: officers appear to hold Michael Kenyon, 30, to hot pavement and give him third-degree burns in July footage
The Independent UK · Oct 29, 2024 Where has all the rain gone? Bone-dry October strikes much of US It's as if Mother Nature shut off the rain faucet in the United States in October
The Conversation · Oct 29, 2024 Climate change is making it harder for people to get the care they need The world is witnessing the consequences of climate change: long-lasting changes in temperature and rainfall, and more intense and frequent extreme weather events such as heat waves, hurricanes, typhoons, flooding and drought. All make it harder for families and communities to meet their care needs.
The Independent UK · Oct 29, 2024 Warm oceans are extending the threat of hurricanes into the holiday season Tropical activity into December could bring impacts to the travel industry during the holidays
The Independent UK · Oct 29, 2024 There is still no snow on Mount Fuji – first time in 130 years Unusually warm autumn is delaying first snowfall after hottest summer on record
The Guardian - UK · Oct 29, 2024 Climate crisis caused half of European heat deaths in 2022, says study Researchers found 38,000 fewer people – 10 times number of murders – would have died if atmosphere was not clogged with greenhouse pollutants