Tag: #climatechange

Nature study warns 2°C warming could still bring extreme drought, fires and floods

A new Nature study finds that even at 2°C warming, worst-case climate models show 4°C-level risks for crops, forests and cities.

#climatechange, #globalwarming, #extremeweather, #drought, #wildfires

March Heat Dome Shatters Records in the West, Strains Water Supplies and Sends Hundreds to Medics

A rare March heat dome pushed temperatures past 100 in the West, triggered rapid snowmelt, heightened fire risk and sent hundreds for heat illness.

#heatwave, #climatechange, #west, #snowpack, #coloradoriver

Global ‘evolution gardens’ show plants can adapt to warming—until heat pushes them past a tipping point

In a five-year global experiment, Arabidopsis evolved fast in many climates—but populations in the hottest sites collapsed, revealing limits to adaptation.

#climatechange, #evolution, #plantscience, #biodiversity

Cyclone Narelle batters northern Australia in rare triple landfall as record-hot seas fuel rapid intensification

Cyclone Narelle struck Cape York, the NT Top End and WA’s North West Cape in one week, testing emergency systems and the new reinsurance pool.

#australia, #cyclone, #flooding, #climatechange, #insurance

Eid flash floods kill six in Oman, exposing risks of a wetter future

A rare March deluge turned Oman’s wadis into torrents, killing at least six and stranding motorists—testing flood defenses and public warnings.

#oman, #floods, #climatechange, #eid, #disasterresponse

Flash Floods Kill Dozens in Kenya as Nairobi’s Riverbank Settlements Bear the Brunt

A March downpour turned Nairobi roads into rivers, killing at least 88 nationwide and displacing 34,000, renewing scrutiny of warnings, drainage and riverbank housing.

#kenya, #nairobi, #flooding, #climatechange, #disasterresponse

March Heat Dome Shattered Records Across the West — and Scientists Say Climate Change Made It 800 Times More Likely

A late-March heat dome pushed Phoenix past 100°F and toppled hundreds of records. Researchers say such heat was ‘virtually impossible’ without warming.

#climatechange, #heatwave, #weather, #southwest, #extremeheat

Storm Therese Floods Canary Islands, Triggers Evacuations and School Closures

A slow-moving Atlantic low drenched the Canaries with flash floods, four-meter seas and late snow on Teide, testing emergency plans after a record storm season.

#canaryislands, #spain, #storm, #flooding, #climatechange

Climate Change Is Slowing Earth’s Spin, Study Finds—Lengthening Days by Milliseconds

New research links ice melt and sea-level rise to a measurable slowdown in Earth’s rotation, with implications for leap seconds and precision tech.

#climatechange, #earthrotation, #sealevelrise, #leapsecond, #timekeeping

A ‘Phantom’ Climate Preprint Spreads Online, Highlighting the Stakes of Sensitivity Estimates

A rumored arXiv paper touting low climate sensitivity can’t be found—raising alarms about verification, statistics, and how fast “good news” travels.

#climatechange, #arxiv, #misinformation, #statistics, #ipcc

Nairobi Floods Kill Dozens as Extreme Rains Expose the Cost of Rapid Growth

Deadly March downpours left at least 60 dead and 50,000 homeless in Kenya, underscoring how poor drainage and riverbank building amplify risk.

#kenya, #nairobi, #flooding, #climatechange, #urbanplanning

Mid-March storm lashes U.S. with blizzards, ice, tornadoes and record heat

A sprawling March 13–17 storm brought blizzards and ice to the Midwest, tornadoes to the South and East, wildfire conditions on the Plains and unusual heat in the Southwest.

#extremeweather, #blizzard, #tornadoes, #poweroutages, #climatechange

California Town Ties Nation’s Hottest March Temperature as Early Heat Wave Shatters Records

North Shore hit 108°F on March 18, tying the U.S. record for hottest March day as an early heat dome pushes extreme temperatures across the West.

#heatwave, #california, #southwest, #climatechange, #saltonsea

Climate change is measurably slowing Earth’s rotation, researchers find

A new geophysics study links ice melt and sea-level rise to a tiny but measurable lengthening of Earth’s day—at a pace unmatched in 3.6 million years.

#climatechange, #earthrotation, #icemelt, #sealevel, #timekeeping

Heatwaves Arrive Early in India, Raising Fears That Spring Is Disappearing

Temperatures surged 4–10°C above normal across India in early March, prompting heatwave alerts and new concerns for health, power demand and crops.

#india, #heatwave, #climatechange, #imd, #publichealth