Flood-Stricken British Columbia Weighs Cost of Climate-Proofing Infrastructure November 24, 2021 By Nia Williams CALGARY, Alberta – Flood-stricken British Columbia is considering major upgrades to its highway network to make it more resilient to...
Climate Change Could Fuel Atmospheric Rivers, Which Caused Recent Canada Floods November 22, 2021 By Nichola Groom Atmospheric rivers of the kind that drenched California and flooded British Columbia in recent weeks will become larger — and...
‘Extraordinary’ Storms Cut Off Road, Rail Access to Vancouver November 18, 2021 By Marcy Nicholson and Natalie Obiko Pearson Vancouver, Canada’s third-largest city, is cut off from the rest of the country by land after days of storms caused...
‘Storm of Century’ Halts Traffic at Canada’s Biggest Port, Adding to Supply Chain Woes November 17, 2021 By Marcy Nicholson and Natalie Obiko Pearson Traffic at Canada’s largest port has been cut off by what local officials are calling the storm of the century,...
Canadian Storms Force Shut-Down of Trans Mountain Oil Pipeline November 16, 2021 By David Ljunggren and Nia Williams OTTAWA/CALGARY, Alberta – Canada’s Trans Mountain oil pipeline has been shut down temporarily because of rainstorms pounding parts of the...
Climate-Fueled Disasters Spur UN Plan to Fund Weather Forecasting in Vulnerable Nations November 4, 2021 By Andrea Januta and Kanupriya Kapoor GLASGOW – As climate change triggers deadly heatwaves, droughts and floods, three U.N. agencies on Wednesday rolled out funding plans...
Climate Swat Team Aims to Identify When Global Warming Causes Extreme Weather October 11, 2021 By Eric Roston When weather disaster strikes, observers near and far ask the same question: Climate change—is it or isn’t it? The simplest...
What Smart People Get Wrong About Climate Change Extremes: Opinion September 14, 2021 By Kate Mackenzie, Bloomberg Opinion If anyone should be attuned to the real-world impacts of global warming, it’s the policy makers and business heads that...
China’s Cities Aren’t Prepared for Extreme Weather Caused by Climate Change August 25, 2021 By Bloomberg News Climate change is making China’s annual summer floods worse, and cities housing millions of people aren’t prepared to handle the...
Rain Falls at Highest Point on Greenland’s Ice Sheet for 1st Time on Record August 23, 2021 By Kate Abnett and Andrea Januta Rain fell at the highest point on the Greenland ice sheet last week for the first time on record, another...