Research briefs

Extreme weather events have increased in frequency and severity. A study shows that one proposed partial explanation may not be capable of explaining any of this increase in severe weather events.

Climate change is making southern Africa hotter. While much attention has focused on climate impacts like droughts, floods and food insecurity, another crisis is unfolding quietly inside classrooms.

Nearly a quarter of the land in Ethiopia is degraded. It has lost its quality and can no longer grow crops, support plant life, or hold water as it used to.

Two new studies shed light on how hail might change as the world warms.

Researchers at University of Tsukuba have discovered that influenced by global warming and the strengthening of the North Pacific Subtropical High, the intensity of water vapor transport in ARs has increased by approximately 8% over the past 42 years.

By calculating the value of wetlands in reducing flood damage, findings can inform federal and state land use decisions, wetland protection, benefit-cost analysis and flood insurance policy.

Cities around the world are planting more trees to cope with rising urban heat. But our research shows trees alone are often not enough.

A study published in Nature predicts that climate change could produce larger, more damaging hailstones in some regions. The editors of Nature have also published a Research Briefing in the same issue summarizing the work.