Research briefs

Climate change is transforming dust storms—a natural phenomenon in the Middle East—into a more frequent and widespread threat to health and economies throughout the region, a new study shows.

For this new study, the researchers focused on the history of atmospheric rivers dumping rain on California. Leonard Lake in northern California was chosen due to its relatively stable history going back thousands of years and its geographical features.

Climate change and human activities like deforestation are causing more fires in central and west africa’s wet, tropical forests, according to the first-ever comprehensive survey there. The fires have long been overlooked.

New work finds hurricanes are intensifying faster close to the coast—a trend that’s likely to ramp up in a warmer world

In a new study, data from New York City and the surrounding area was analyzed to understand how severe weather drives power outages and who is most at risk, particularly in urban areas.

Western disturbances are hanging out over India for longer, adversely affecting water security in the country.

To support national guidelines, experts say adaptation measures must be tailored to local conditions, and basic research enhanced.

A lengthy drought that caused widespread disruption to commercial ships passing through the Panama Canal in 2023 would have been “unlikely” without the influence of El Niño, according to a rapid attribution study.

A new study shows that even on days where there is no official heatwave warning, the threat from heat remains. The authors showed the association of a newly formulated India heat index (IHI) with daily all-cause mortality in the three cities.

As drought becomes a more regular occurrence, a new study looks at the U.S. Drought Monitor, the nation’s preeminent drought classifier, to see how it has reflected climate change since 2000.