Browsing: Extreme Climate & Geophysical Events
In 2018, Cape Town faced a severe drought termed ‘Day Zero’, with water storage for 3.7 million residents dropping below 20%. This critical situation led to…
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A leaked internal budget memo reveals that the Trump Administration plans to terminate climate research at NOAA and NASA, an action that critics argue would harm…
The article by Moberg and Jones (2005) analyzes trends in extreme daily temperature and precipitation indices in Central and Western Europe from 1901 to 1999. They…
A recent study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres highlights the significant impact of updating climate baselines on the assessment of extreme weather events…
Extreme weather events pose significant risks to life and economies, and while the physical causes are known, the impact of climate change on these events remains…
Climate scientists at Utah State University contributed to a Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society supplement examining the snowpack drought in Washington State during 2014-2015. This…
As Earth’s climate warms, scientists predict less frequent rain but more extreme precipitation events, complicating predictions due to conflicting climate models. A significant challenge lies in…
The article discusses the emerging field of “event attribution,” which examines the links between extreme weather events and climate change, aiming to improve predictions of such…
Disasters, including earthquakes, storms, floods, and droughts, result in approximately 40,000 to 50,000 deaths annually, with extreme events sometimes causing hundreds of thousands of fatalities. Beyond…