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U.S. Geological Survey scientists will deploy to the active South Fork and Salt fires today to increase water data transmission from streamgages within the burn area.

Researchers from the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) created a new tool that will allow forecasting of El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) by up to 18 months.

By analysing 56-million-year-old sediments, a UNIGE team has measured the increase in soil erosion caused by global warming, synonymous with major flooding.

Too hot, too dry, too wet; as extreme weather threatens food security, the race is on to get new seed varieties in the ground

The Climate Risk and Early Warning Systems initiative (CREWS) supported new or improved forecasting and warning services for 125 million people in 19 countries in 2023, according to its new annual report.

People who live in cities are particularly vulnerable to heat stress. More than half of the world’s population and 83 percent of the United States’ population lives in urban areas.

In Saudi Arabia, 1.8 million Muslims, many of them elderly, endured 51°C days while attempting Hajj, a pilgrimage from one's home to the holy city of Mecca.

A record number of days with 'extreme heat stress' - a 'feels-like' temperature of more than 46°C - were recorded across Europe in 2023. And it's all due to climate change, affirms the State of the UK Climate report released in summer 2023.

In 2023 alone, wildfires in Europe scorched an area around twice the size of Luxembourg, causing more than €4 billion in damages and releasing the equivalent to nearly a third of all annual emissions from international aviation in the EU.

The hyperactive season has been due to an abundance of two key ingredients for tornadoes: wind shear and instability.