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Climate science at a glance
A climate change attribution study looking at Cyclone Fani's intensity found that warming air and sea surface temperatures have significantly intensified cyclones in the Bay of Bengal, especially in the pre-monsoon month of May.
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Almost an entire monthly average of rainfall fell on French capital Paris from Friday to Saturday, May 10 into 11, 2019.
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A stationary front dumped extremely heavy rain on the island Yonugani, Japan's southernmost province of Okinawa on Monday, May 13, 2019. An evacuation advisory was issued for the entire island.
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Cairo is expected to see rising temperature degrees over the course of this week, as a scorching heat wave hitting the country. Temperature records 37°C Monday, and will rise to 38°C on Tuesday, according to the official forecast authority.
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It was another cold season full of records in Alaska, mostly of the abnormally warm kind. The state is in the midst of a five-plus-year onslaught of extreme warmth, only infrequently broken by the customary cold. This year’s warm season has begun on the same foot.
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The Mississippi River annexed Jerry and Sue Eller’s backyard, invaded their basement and converted their street into a boat ramp.
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The difficulties of insuring Africa as climate change accelerates continue to mount. Cyclone Kenneth, following hard on the heels of March’s Cyclone Idai, hit Mozambique on Thursday and has flattened villages in the north of the country, leaving an estimated 700,000 people at risk.
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Ottawa is fighting massive spring floods that hit areas along the Ottawa River on Friday, April 26, 2019. A state of emergency has been declared in at least 14 communities in the region.
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Climate science at a glanceGlobal warming is increasing water vapor in the air, which in turn is fueling extreme rainfall, increasing the threat of flooding.[1]Global warming is also heating up sea surface tempe
