Global Insured Losses From Disasters at $79 Billion in 2018: Swiss Re Sigma Estimate December 18, 2018 According to preliminary sigma estimates from Swiss Re, total economic losses from natural and man-made catastrophes in 2018 declined to...
Sweden’s Wildfires Highlight Cost of Rapidly Changing Climate in Europe December 12, 2018 By William Wilkes Hannele Arvonen, the owner of one of Sweden’s largest lumber yards, is spending the winter months planning for a new...
Extreme Weather Risk Grows as Warming Earth Disrupts High-Altitude Winds: Study August 21, 2018 By Alister Doyle Scorching summer heatwaves and downpours are set to become more extreme in the northern hemisphere as global warming makes weather...
Fires, Floods & Heatwaves on 3 Continents: Blame the Jet Stream, a Warming World July 27, 2018 By Brian K. Sullivan and Eric Roston Sweltering? Swimming? Choking on wildfire smoke? Blame it on the jet stream and a warming world. Kinked, buckled, stuck or...
Extreme Weather in Europe and Asia Sparks Wildfires, Floods July 26, 2018 By Jason Gale Extreme weather that’s gripping northern Europe and parts of Asia may persist through early August, prolonging a deadly heatwave that’s...
Climate Change Worsens Effects of Natural Disasters, Costing Farmers Billions of Dollars March 19, 2018 By Agnieszka de Sousa Natural disasters from droughts to floods are costing farmers in poorer countries billions of dollars a year in lost crops...
Paid ‘Climate Leave’ May Be Next Employee Benefit November 17, 2017 By Rebecca Greenfield Even the workplace has to adapt to the warming world. As climate change creates more intense storms, companies have started...
Extreme Rainfall Could Cost South Asian Cities Up to $215B Annually by 2030 October 20, 2017 By Archana Chaudhary and Bibhudatta Pradhan As global attention focused on hurricanes Harvey and Irma, more than 41 million people across South Asia battled floods and...
Deluges Follow Droughts as ‘Hydrological Extremes’ Become ‘New Normal’ July 10, 2017 By Brian K. Sullivan Texas struggled through its driest year in history in 2011. Four years later was its wettest ever. The Mississippi River...
Saving Coral Reefs Requires ‘War’ on Global Warming: Study March 23, 2017 By Kristen Gelineau Reducing pollution and curbing overfishing won’t prevent the severe bleaching that is killing coral at catastrophic rates, according to a...