It feels like every day we’re seeing the kind of extreme weather events that are being referred to as the “most,” the “worst,” the “hottest,” the “driest,” the “wettest,” flooding, fires, earthquakes, tornadoes… resulting in billions of dollars in damage and lives lost. According to a report released in August of 2021 from the United […]
A study published in Nature Climate Change in February found the period from 2000 to 2021 was the driest for the Southwestern United States region in 1,200 years. Last year’s drought severity was “exceptional,” researchers said, and all indications are the extreme conditions will continue through 2022. The human-caused climate crisis has made the megadrought […]
A batch of dome-shaped ice volcanoes that look unlike anything else known in our solar system and may still be active have been identified on Pluto using data from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft, showing that this remote frigid world is more dynamic than previously known. Scientists said that these cryovolcanoes — numbering perhaps 10 or […]
The House Committee on Oversight and Reform has launched an investigation into Amazon’s labor practices around severe weather events, focusing on the company’s Illinois warehouse where six people died in a tornado strike last winter. The committee is seeking documents and communication records from Amazon within the next two weeks, according to a letter signed […]
We’ve barely made it through the first three months of 2022, and it’s already a horrible year for wildfires. As CNN reports, more than 14,781 separate wildfires have scorched over half a million acres as of this week, according to the National Interagency Fire Center, the largest number of fires year-to-date the agency has recorded […]
The climate over the past few thousand years has been unusually stable, helping bring about the rise of modern civilization. However, ice core studies reveal that the “normal” climate for Earth is one of frequent extreme jumps – like a light switch flicking on and off. So it is incorrect to think that global warming […]
If you’ve been watching the weather news lately, you’ve already noticed that tornado season is here, and it’s wreaking havoc across the country. You may also have seen “storm chasers,” or “spotters,” out trying to capture the latest event on film. Which leads one to wonder, “what do storm spotters look for?” According to the […]
The United Nations wants to make sure every person on Earth can receive early warnings ahead of disastrous weather events. It set a goal of hitting that target within five years in an announcement last week. Early warning systems are needed urgently to save lives as climate change makes extreme weather even worse, UN officials said. Such […]
The floods that devastated the east coast of Queensland and New South Wales during February and March have been completely unprecedented. As reported by the Associated Press (AP), the amounts of rainfall that have fallen over a short period are staggering, causing devastating flooding to whole communities and the death of 22 people. The repair […]
With tornado season in full-swing, it’s worthwhile to look back at the United States’ impressive tornado history. According to the NOAA, the U.S. averages over 1,000 tornadoes a year, far more than any other country in the world. Some of those tornadoes can be exceedingly deadly and destructive, hitting a 4 or 5 on the Enhanced […]