Venice Floods to Cost St. Mark’s Cathedral at Least $5.5 Million in Damage December 30, 2019 By Colleen Barry “Every stone is a treasure,” says the technical director of St. Mark’s Basilica’s vestry board, indicating the prized gold-leaf mosaics...
Venice Hotels Suffer Nearly $34M in Damages from November’s Floods December 23, 2019 Venice’s hoteliers association estimates that the city’s hotels suffered about 30 million euros ($34 million) worth of structural damage during...
Venice Suffers 2nd High Tide in a Week as Italy Declares State of Emergency November 15, 2019 By Alessandro Speciale Venice suffered its second exceptionally high tide in a week, with waters rising 154 centimeters (61 inches) above their benchmark...
Venice Floods, Australia Wildfires Blamed on Climate Change November 14, 2019 By Robert Birsel Extreme floods in Venice, fires in Australia and even an outbreak of plague in China have been attributed to climate...
Higher Arctic Temperatures Likely to Shift Global Weather in 2017: WMO March 22, 2017 By Joe Ryan Unusually warm weather in the Arctic is helping shift weather patterns this year from North America to the Middle East,...
Global Temperatures Hit Record High for 3rd Year in Row in 2016 January 19, 2017 By Alister Doyle World temperatures hit a record high for the third year in a row in 2016, creeping closer to a ceiling...
Earth on Track to Hit Warmest Year on Record: NOAA November 18, 2016 The earth is on track for its warmest year on record after October temperatures equaled the third-warmest for the month...
Earth’s Temperatures Hit Record Highs Between 2011 and 2015 November 9, 2016 By Jessica Shankleman Earth experienced its hottest half-decade on record between 2011 and 2015 and the floods, droughts and storms unleashed by rising...
Report Says Seas May Rise over 7+ feet Per Degree Celsius of Global Warming July 16, 2013 By Erik Kirschbaum Sea levels could rise by 2.3 meters [app. 7.66 feet] for each degree Celsius [1.8°F] that global temperatures increase and...