Can 2018’s extreme weather persuade skeptics that the climate is changing? The Washington Post
Monstrous weather events have crowded 2018. While many coastal residents in the East were still recovering from Hurricanes Florence and Michael, raging …
Eureka Times Standard |
Arcata extreme weather shelter opens up for first time this year
Eureka Times Standard The Arcata House Partnership opened its “extreme weather shelter” Monday night for the first time this year, according to Executive Director Darlene Spoor. “There were several hundred people sleeping in tents or in cars last night that we're aware of … |
The Weather Channel |
As Meteorological Winter Begins, Here Are 5 Extreme Weather Patterns to Look For Over the Next Few Months
The Weather Channel The most extreme and long-lasting cold weather patterns in the central and eastern states coincide with the aforementioned negative phase of the NAO. When the NAO is negative, the same atmospheric blocking described in the section above keeps a … |
Smithsonian |
Extreme Weather Is Turning the Arctic Brown, Signaling Ecosystem's Inability to Adapt to Climate Change
Smithsonian The Arctic is warming twice as fast as the global average, triggering extreme weather events that threaten to transform the icy tundra into a desolate landscape of dead vegetation. But the consequences of this phenomenon, known as “Arctic browning … The Arctic is turning brown due to extreme weather and melting Extreme weather turning Arctic brown, may impact climate change: Study Extreme weather 'turning the Arctic brown' by killing off plant life |
Honolulu Star-Advertiser |
New federal report warns of more extreme weather disasters in the US
Honolulu Star-Advertiser Firefighter Jose Corona sprays water as flames from the Camp Fire consume a home in Magalia, Calif. A massive new federal report warns that extreme weather disasters, like California's wildfires and 2018's hurricanes, are worsening in the United States. Climate Change Puts US Economy and Lives at Risk, and Costs Are Rising, Federal Agencies Warn Climate report warns of grim economic consequences, worsening weather disasters in US National Climate Assessment Warns Of Worse Extreme Weather Disasters, Contradicts President Trump |
Newsday |
Extreme weather and climate change
Newsday Flames from Camp Fire consume The Screen & Window Shop in Paradise, Calif., on Nov. 8. Photo Credit: AP / Noah Berger. A sheriff's deputy looks for human remains at Nation Rain could hinder search for victims of California wildfire. PARADISE, Calif. |
The New Yorker |
How Extreme Weather Is Shrinking the Planet | The New Yorker
The New Yorker With wildfires, heat waves, and rising sea levels, large tracts of the earth are at risk of becoming uninhabitable, but the fossil-fuel industry continues its assault on … |
Facility Executive Magazine |
Facilities Designed To Be FORTIFIED Against Extreme Weather
Facility Executive Magazine Following more than 20 years of scientific research and real-world testing, IBHS developed a set of building guidelines and standards designed to provide additional protection from extreme weather events such as hurricane-force winds, rain and hail. |
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It's not rocket science: Climate change was behind this summer's extreme weather
Washington Post Summer 2018 saw an unprecedented spate of extreme floods, droughts, heat waves and wildfires break out across North America, Europe and Asia. The scenes played out on our television screens and in our social media feeds. This is, as I stated at the … |
Northwestern University NewsCenter |
Making Chicago more prepared for extreme weather
Northwestern University NewsCenter We may not be able control the timing or severity of extreme weather, but we can control how well we're prepared. With funding from the National Science Foundation, a multidisciplinary research team from Northwestern University, University of Illinois … |