The Latest Breaking News on Climate change

How hard will Hurricane Lee hit New England? The cold North Atlantic may decide that

New England is in the crosshairs of Hurricane Lee but is usually protected from the worst of a hurricane’s wrath by the cold waters of the North Atlantic

The Independent UK · Sep 14, 2023

How climate assemblies can help Canada tackle the climate crisis

Canada’s ongoing and record-breaking wildfire season and the recent heat waves around the world have galvanized Western public attention to the climate crisis like never before.

The Conversation · Sep 14, 2023

Hacked construction sign sends nasty message to drivers

‘Due to weather... go f*** yourself,’ read the hacked roadsign in Houston

The Independent UK · Sep 14, 2023

Water levels in three major reservoirs in Cauvery basin in Karnataka below 10-year average

Catchment areas of Cauvery river do not benefit from the north-east monsoon, and have to wait for the onset of south-west monsoon in June next year for levels to go up.

The Hindu · Sep 14, 2023

Spring heatwave for eastern Australia ‘a heads-up’ of what’s to come, meteorologists say

‘A deep, deep column of warm air’ more typical of January is expected to break records in Melbourne, Canberra and Sydney

The Guardian - AU · Sep 14, 2023

How rising water vapour in the atmosphere is amplifying warming and making extreme weather worse

This year’s string of record-breaking disasters – from deadly wildfires and catastrophic floods to record-high ocean temperatures and record-low sea ice in Antarctica – seems like an acceleration of human-induced climate change.

The Conversation · Sep 13, 2023

As Hurricane Lee churns off the eastern U.S., another danger lurks: rip currents

Over the last ten years, rip currents have killed more people in the United States than tornadoes or hurricanes. This year has already been particularly bad with 76 deaths reported through August.

WEKU · Sep 13, 2023

Summer 2023 was the hottest on record – yes, it's climate change, but don't call it 'the new normal'

Summer 2023 has been the hottest on record by a huge margin. Hundreds of millions of people suffered as heat waves cooked Europe, Japan, Texas and the Southwestern U.S. Phoenix hit 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43 degrees Celsius) for a record 54 days, including a 31-day streak in July. Large parts…

The Conversation · Sep 13, 2023

Hurricane Lee turns north on path that will take it past Bermuda as it aims for Atlantic Canada

Hurricane Lee is starting to spin away from the northern Caribbean as the Category 3 storm aims for Atlantic Canada and leaves big waves in its wake

The Independent UK · Sep 13, 2023

Most Americans experienced record heat this summer: ‘It’s just daily life now’

A new report shows that 175 of 244 US cities had extraordinarily warm temperatures made more likely by climate change

The Guardian - US · Sep 13, 2023