Seth Borenstein
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UN's weather agency sums up 2022: nasty, deadly, costly and hot
The World Meteorological Organization said last year really was as bad as it seemed when people were muddling through it. And about as bad as it gets — until more warming kicks in.
As the planet warms, more ‘flash droughts’ suck soil and plants dry
Climate change is making droughts faster and more furious, especially a specific fast-developing heat-driven kind that catches farmers by surprise, a new study found.
The U.S. leads the world in weather catastrophes. Here's why
The United States is Earth's punching bag for nasty weather.
Killer tornadoes, supercells likely to hit southern U.S. more often
America will probably get more killer tornado- and hail-spawning supercells as the world warms, according to a new study that also warns the lethal storms will edge eastward to strike more frequently in the more populous Southern states, like Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee.
This year's climate report warns world on 'thin ice'
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report says the world has a chance but only if we quite oil, gas and coal
UN science report to give world a stark climate warning
A major new United Nations report being released on Monday is expected to provide a sobering reminder that time is running out if humanity wants to avoid passing a dangerous global warming threshold.
World likely to hit key warming threshold in 10 to 12 years. That’s what new AI modelling sees
The study in Monday’s journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reignites a debate on whether it's still possible to limit global warming to 1.5 C, as called for in the 2015 Paris climate agreement, to minimize the most damaging effects of climate change.
Deadly Alabama tornado a harbinger of what’s to come
Early signals, which could change, “indicate the overall pattern remains favourable for an above average tornadic year,” said Northern Illinois University meteorology professor Victor Gensini, who studies tornado patterns.
Ozone layer slowly healing and should mend by 2066
Earth’s protective ozone layer is slowly but noticeably healing at a pace that would fully mend the hole over Antarctica in about 43 years, a new United Nations report says.
Wild weather driven by unsettled Pacific, nature and warming
In a world getting used to extreme weather, 2023 is starting out more bonkers than ever and meteorologists are saying it’s natural weather weirdness with a bit of help from human-caused climate change.