Browsing: Extreme Climate & Geophysical Events

The World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report 2025 reveals escalating global challenges, notably rising geopolitical tensions, climate crises, and misinformation, as surveyed by over 900 leaders…

Heat extremes are the leading weather-related cause of death in the U.S., prompting research to enhance prediction methods. A study in the Journal of Geophysical Research…

Deaths from disasters have significantly decreased over the past century, with the average number of fatalities from disasters dropping dramatically despite the world’s population quadrupling. A…

Russia’s leading climate scientist, Dr. Vladimir Kattsov, asserts that significant environmental changes are imminent this century, with Russia experiencing warming at 2.5 times the global average,…

Extreme weather events, such as droughts and floods, are increasingly affecting regions worldwide, notably in California and China. A new machine learning tool developed by Stanford…

A research project by the Universities of Bristol, Exeter, and Bath predicts sudden stratospheric warming (SSW) this week, potentially leading to snowstorms and severe weather. SSW…

The “State of the Climate in Latin America and the Caribbean 2020” report highlights severe threats from extreme weather and climate change across the region, impacting…

The “State of the Climate in Latin America and the Caribbean 2020” report by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) highlights the severe impacts of climate change…

The article highlights the challenges faced by humanitarian workers globally, noting a significant increase in threats such as shootings and kidnappings, with at least 72 workers…

The U.S. government is set to invest $80 million in supercomputing for weather and climate models, yet predicting specific weather beyond 10-15 days remains limited due…