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Climate forecasters are predicting that the recent heatwave in the United Kingdom and North America will become a normal summer occurrence by 2050. The researchers identified the three atmospheric circulation patterns—the North Pacific pattern, Arctic-Pacific Canada pattern, and the North America pattern—that coincided to produce the 2021 heatwave. “From the CMIP6 models, we found that… Continue reading Brutal Heatwaves in USA, Europe will be regular occurrences by 2050

New Finnish-Norwegian research published Thursday shows Arctic global warming is happening nearly four times as fast as the entire globe. This is known as Arctic amplification. “We show that during 1979-2021, the Arctic has warmed nearly four times faster than the globe, and provide evidence that climate models struggle to simulate this four-fold Arctic amplification… Continue reading New Research shows Arctic Warming nearly 4 times as fast as rest of Globe

Many cities across the United States have never recorded levels of heat and drought like those of this summer. Large areas of the country experienced above-average temperatures, and in some cases, the extreme heat has been unusually sustained. Texas has felt the brunt of the heat, enduring its hottest July, May-July and April-July periods on… Continue reading Americans endure scorching heat amid a summer for the record books

As global temperatures have risen in recent decades, so have the number of outbreaks of infectious diseases. SARS, MERS, Zika, West Nile, COVID-19, and now clusters of monkeypox and polio have all recently threatened public health. Increasing global temperatures mean that the geographic range for many pathogen-carrying animals—including insects like mosquitoes—is expanding rapidly. “As they… Continue reading A Hotter World Means more Disease Outbreaks in our Future

Two studies published Aug. 10 and led by researchers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California reveal unexpected new data about how the Antarctic Ice Sheet has been losing mass in recent decades. The researchers found that the edge of the ice sheet has been shedding icebergs faster than the ice can be replaced.… Continue reading New Research Doubles the Previous Estimates of Ice Loss from Antarctic Ice Shelves

Much of Europe is experiencing severe disruptions to major waterways, including the Rhine, Danube, Rhone, and Garonne Rivers, in Germany and France. The historic drought much of Europe is suffering through has reduced water levels and river flows to the point where the transport of coal, diesel, and other goods is in danger of being… Continue reading Historic Drought Threatens to Cripple European Trade

Dwindling snow levels — a trend that’s extremely unlikely to reverse as temperatures keep rising — will demand hard choices if the 11 states in the Western US are to continue to thrive. Climate models predict that even when the current drought ends, the region will get less precipitation overall in the coming decades than… Continue reading The end of snow threatens to upend 76M American lives

Portions of Eastern Kentucky experienced massive flooding this past week, believed to be the worst flood in Kentucky’s recorded history. “Kentucky’s climate is getting notably warmer and wetter,” said Kentucky’s state climatologist Megan Schargorodski in an email. All that moisture has to go somewhere eventually. “For every Fahrenheit degree the atmosphere warms, it can hold… Continue reading Massive Kentucky flooding this past week linked to climate change

Through July of this year (2022), Alaska has experienced a record 530 wildires, burning an area about the size of Connecticut. And the worst of the fire season is usually in August/September, so the acreage burned is certain to go much higher. Even areas in the normally fireproof SW part of the state have experienced… Continue reading Alaska is experiencing wildfires on a scale never seen before; climate change is likely responsible