Thawing Permafrost Could Damage Up to 50% of Arctic Infrastructure: Report January 12, 2022 By Gloria Dickie Thawing permafrost could put as much as 50% of Arctic infrastructure at high risk of damage by 2050, requiring tens...
Climate Crisis Is Top Risk Facing World for Next Decade: World Economic Forum Survey January 11, 2022 By Alessandra Migliaccio There’s little faith in the global economic recovery accelerating, with officials and business leaders citing climate change and rising social...
New Research Warns Rare Winter Tornadoes May Get More Intense December 16, 2021 By Seth Borenstein Nasty winter tornadoes — like the deadly ones last week that hit five states — are likely to be stronger...
Arctic Region Broke Heat Record in 2020, U.N. Agency Confirms December 15, 2021 An Arctic temperature record of more than 100 Fahrenheit (38 Celsius) was reached in a Siberian town last year during...
Extreme Weather in 2021 Brings Above-Average Claims to Global Insurers: Swiss Re December 14, 2021 Extreme weather events in 2021, including a deep winter freeze, floods, severe thunderstorms, heatwaves and a major hurricane, resulted in...
Extreme Winds in Ontario Knock Down Trees, Power Lines, Cutting Electricity for 80,000 December 13, 2021 By Robert Tuttle More than 80,000 customers in Canada’s most populous province remain without electricity after extreme winds swept through several Ontario cities...
From Wildfires to Floods, Climate Change Worsens Extreme Weather Across Globe December 13, 2021 By Lisa Shumaker and Andrea Januta Extreme weather events in 2021 shattered records around the globe. Hundreds died in storms and heatwaves. Farmers struggled with drought,...
Meteorologists Say Unusually Warm Weather Is Due to Stuck Jet Stream, La Nina December 6, 2021 By Seth Borenstein America’s winter wonderland is starting out this season as anything but traditional. The calendar says December but for much of...
Hundreds of Thousands of Farm Animals Perish in Canada Floods December 3, 2021 By Marcy Nicholson Hundreds of thousands of livestock have perished in floodwaters in Canada’s westernmost province, the British Columbia government said Thursday. Back-to-back...
Western Canada Braces for Another Deluge From ‘Atmospheric River’ December 1, 2021 By Marcy Nicholson British Columbia, home to Canada’s biggest port, is bracing for its most intense deluge after a series of damaging rain...