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Displaying 75 of about 147 resultsThis document is the 2013 edition of WMO's internationally recognized series gathering together the key climate events of the year. It provides an in-depth analysis of regional trends as part of a WMO drive to provide more information at regional and national levels to support adaptation to climate variability and change.
It considers the impact of dro…
The purpose of this document is to highlight the impacts the Australian urban water industry are facing due to climate change and how the industry has adapted. It considers 'natural disasters' such as floods, droughts and bushfires, as well as changes to the average and extremes in temperatures and rainfall, sea level rise, and the risks to: (i) built a…
Climate change, ocean acidification, the role of CO2 in geological systems, CO2 storage, pollution and health, renewable resources and low-carbon energy options are among this year's central issues.
The EGU General Assembly 2009 will bring together 9000 geoscientists from all over Europe and the rest of the world into one meeting covering all disciplin…
This paper contains a literature review on polar lows (PLs), which are high-latitude intense maritime mesoscale weather systems that develop over open water near the sea ice margin or near snow-covered continents during cold air outbreaks. PLs pose a threat to coastal and island communities, transportation and offshore drilling platforms. Alth…
This provisional Statement on the State of the Global Climate provides an assessment of the state of the global climate during the period January-September of the year in question.
For more than 20 years, these reports have been published in the six official languages of the United Nations to inform governments, international agen…
This paper analyses the impact of extreme temperatures on street-level government workers charged with oversight of these same human health hazards, namely the ability of police and food safety inspectors to perform their duties related to public safety. This paper employs US data from over 70 million regulatory police stops between 2000 and 2017, from…
Climate change and extreme temperatures pose increasing challenges to individuals and their health with older adults being one of the most vulnerable groups. The aim of this paper is to better understand the roles that tangible assets (e.g., physical or financial) and intangible assets (e.g., human or social) play in the way older adults adapt to extrem…
The findings of a study highlighting the potential vulnerability of older populations in rural regions, often in coastal areas, are relevant to the whole of the UK and other parts of the world where an increase in extreme weather events coupled with population ageing are also expected, say researchers as reported by ClickGreen.
"This is a big challenge…
By Nash Rhodes and Brandon Miller, CNN
More than 400 locations across the United States reached record-breaking temperatures last week. During that same span, only about 100 areas saw record-breaking lows.
While this 4-1 record ratio can mainly be attributed to this week's heat wave, it doesn't stray too far from the 2-1 ratio of record hi…
This report presents 24 indicators, each describing trends related to the causes and effects of climate change.
The report focuses primarily on the United States, but in some cases global trends are presented to provide context or a basis for comparison. It aims to collect data and generate analyses to: (i) monitor the effects/impacts of climate change…
This annual survey on weather and climate change provides evidence that the period, 2000–2009, was the warmest decade on record, since the beginning of modern instrumental measurements around 1850, and reports on a number of extreme weather and climate events in 2009, including: heat waves in China, India and southern Europe, as well as in Australia; se…
By Mohd Imran Khan
Sudden drops in winter temperatures and extended dry spells during the monsoon have affected farm yields in this largely agrarian state in eastern India
Mahender Rai and Ramchander Yadav, smallholder farmers in India’s eastern province of Bihar, are not aware of the term climate change. But from bitter experience, they know the chan…
A new study shows extreme heat events both in the summer and in the winter are increasing across the U.S. and Canada, while extreme cold events in summer and winter are declining.
A new study in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, a publication of the American Geophysical Union, examined absolute extreme temperatures—high temper…
By Andrew King
From heatwaves to intense rainfall and severe cold weather, Europe experiences its fair share of weather extremes.
In an open access study, published in Environmental Research Letters, David Karoly and I have found that without limiting global warming, Europe is likely to see even more severe heat, less frequent extreme cold, and more i…
By Chia Evers
As a political scientist who studies the social impacts of climate change, Media Lab research scientist Nick Obradovich realized that research in the field—including his own work on how temperature affects human physical activity, sleep, and sentiment—suggested that climatic stressors might impact government workers i…