Scientists Tally Oil Majors’ Climate Damage With Eye to Legal Liability May 1, 2025 By Eric Roston Over the last decade, scientists have rapidly developed the field of climate attribution research, teasing out the role played by...
Climate Change Made LA 35% More Primed to Burn, Scientists Say January 29, 2025 By Eric Roston Climate change made Southern California’s dangerous wildfire conditions in early January 35% more likely than they would have been before...
Update: Hottest Year Ever Sees World Breach 1.5C Global Warming Target January 10, 2025 By Eric Roston Earth’s warming exceeded 1.5C on an annual basis for the first time in 2024, according to three major climate science...
AI Weather Models Have Shown Promise This Hurricane Season November 19, 2024 By Eric Roston When Hurricane Beryl was rushing across the Atlantic basin in July, the weather forecasting tool made by Google Deepmind, the...
Global Warming Is Already on the Cusp of 1.5C, New Research Finds November 12, 2024 By Eric Roston A newly proposed method for calculating the global temperature suggests that countries may have already failed their main climate goal:...
Record-Breaking Temperatures Mask a Subtler Threat: Chronic Heat October 22, 2024 By Eric Roston Phoenix has become a nerve-wracking bellwether for extreme heat. Arizona’s capital recently endured a three-week stretch when every day broke...
Thousands of Fires Are Burning in the Drought-Wracked Amazon September 23, 2024 By Barbara Nascimento, Eric Roston and Simone Iglesias Much of Brazil is burning as tens of thousands of fires rage around the country, half of them in the...
Extreme Rain Is a Growing Climate Threat to the Northeastern US August 28, 2024 By Eric Roston As high temperatures break records around the US and wildfires rip through the West, another climate-driven weather hazard — extreme...
The Era of Runaway Heat Records Is Here August 20, 2024 By Eric Roston, Matthew Griffin and Alexander Battle Abdelal Las Vegas set a heat record of 117 degrees Fahrenheit (47.2C) in 1942, and for 82 years no weather system...
Clashing Risk Predictions Cast Doubt on Black Box Climate Models August 12, 2024 By Eric Roston Many companies offer detailed climate projections tailored to property-level precision. These tools can allow owners and investors to better anticipate...