Australia’s Extreme Climate Risks Threaten to Make Home Insurance Unaffordable August 17, 2022 By Swati Pandey Australia’s mounting extreme weather events threaten to make home insurance premiums unaffordable for an estimated 1 million households. On average,...
Rhine River Water Level Hits New Low, Forcing Some Barges to Halt Transport August 16, 2022 By Jack Wittels, Laura Malsch and Rachel Graham The Rhine River’s water level at a key waypoint hit a new low, risking the transit of fuel and other...
Scientists: Climactic Hazards Aggravate Disease-Causing Pathogens August 11, 2022 By Don Jergler Here’s something to think about after two years of living in a COVID-19 reality: More than 58% of human diseases...
Historic Drought, Low River Levels Threaten to Cripple Trade Across Europe August 11, 2022 By William Wilkes, Jack Wittels and Irina Vilcu In the midst of an arid summer that set heat records across Europe, the continent’s rivers are evaporating. The Rhine...
Worst Storm in Century Floods Seoul, Killing at Least 9, With More Rain Expected August 10, 2022 By Jeong-Ho Lee and Sangmi Cha South Korean repair crews took advantage of a lull in torrential rainfall to drain flooded train stations and fix damages...
Rhine River Water Levels in Germany Keep Falling, Forcing Ships to Sail Partly Loaded August 8, 2022 Water levels on the Rhine in Germany fell again during hot dry weather over the weekend and cargo vessels cannot...
Europe’s Rhine River on Brink of Becoming Impassable as Water Levels Drop August 3, 2022 By Jack Wittels, Kwaku Gyasi and Laura Malsch Water levels on the Rhine River are set to fall perilously close to the point at which it would effectively...
England Records Driest July Since 1935 Amid Searing Heat Wave August 2, 2022 By Priscila Azevedo Rocha England had the driest July since 1935 amid a searing heat wave that pushed infrastructure to the brink and severely...
Climate Change Made Deadly UK Heat Wave at Least 10 Times More Likely: Study August 1, 2022 By Eric Roston The UK’s heat wave earlier this month fueled so many blazes in London that the city’s fire service was busier...
U.S. Financial Stability Oversight Council to ID More Climate-Related Risks July 28, 2022 By Don Jergler The Financial Stability Oversight Council convened on Thursday to identify and address climate-related financial risk. The FOC last year published...