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Wayanad landslides linked to 10% heavier rainfall due to climate change: Study
Researchers from India, Sweden, the US and the UK have warned that such events will become more com…
PTI
New study forecasts high chance of record-breaking heat and humidity in India in the coming months
The projected rise in wet bulb temperatures to 26.2°C carries a 68% chance of breaking existing rec…
Extreme heat is already ruining summer travel and it's only going to get worse
It's only June, but life-threatening temperatures and extreme climate events have already soured so…
Erin Snodgrass
Indo-Gangetic Plains, home to half the Indian population, to soon become hotspot of extreme climate events: study
The study suggests that the Plains could face increased risks of crop failure due to rising tempera…
May heat wave in India 1.5 degrees Celsius warmer than warmest heat wave
"The temperature changes show that similar events produce temperatures in the present climate…
PTI
Extreme weather blunts the US military's technological edge
More extreme weather due to climate change is scrambling the high-tech systems that have given the …
Michael Peck
Climate change migration: Where people are moving to escape wildfires, extreme flooding, and record heat
Climate change makes extreme weather more powerful and frequent. Some Americans are moving to avoid…
Dan Latu
The summer of 2023 was hotter than any season since the Chola Empire 2000 years ago!
Using the age rings inside tree trunks, scientists were able to extract climatic data spanning the …
NYC gets hit by the biggest snowstorm in 2 years. It's part of a growing trend of extreme weather events.
After a springlike weekend, NYC gets whiplashed by the biggest snowstorm in 2 years. Experts say it…
Ellyn Lapointe
Don't call the extreme heat, flooding, and wildfires 'the new normal'
The way the media and politicians frame extreme weather is key because most people don't connect di…
Catherine Boudreau
The dating scene in the Midwest is heating up
Over 90,000 people moved from California into the Midwest last year. They're part of the reason the…
Juliana Kaplan
Multiple dogs died of extreme heat in a truck's cargo hold en route to K-9 training
Indiana's Lake Station Police Department called the deaths a "freak event" after several dogs suffe…
Katie Balevic
Extreme heat causes more deaths than storms, fires, and floods in the US. Cities are responding by naming heat czars and looking for ways to cool urban areas.
Illness from extreme heat, like heat stroke, is the top cause of weather-related deaths in the US. …
Tim Paradis
Heat waves are dominating summer, killing thousands, and fueling wildfires. The world needs to prepare for more.
Europe is suffering its third heat wave this summer, and it's not alone. The new norm is simultaneo…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
Extreme heat is straining Texas's power grid and fueling Yosemite fires. It's forecast to last 2 more weeks.
Yosemite's giant sequoias and Texas's power grid are both under threat as a persistent heat wave mo…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
The true cost of extreme weather
Extreme weather is costing all of us money in ways we don't always see. Heat illnesses, drought, de…
Annie Fu,Morgan McFall-Johnse…
Sports scientist who ran Ironman race in 95°F shares 5 tips for exercising in extreme temperatures
Owen Jeffries, a sports physiologist who studies heat adaptation, competed in an Ironman in 2022 wh…
Marianne Guenot
Homebuyers are flocking to areas most exposed to extreme weather risk and pushing prices higher, JPMorgan says
Housing prices are actually rising in the areas most at risk of extreme weather because buyers have…
Filip De Mott
53 migrants died after being inside a trailer during a heat wave. Crossing into the US may get deadlier as climate change makes extreme heat more common.
The deaths of dozens of migrants, who were found in a sweltering tractor-trailer, highlight how cli…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
Child marriage rates in countries like India are witnessing a spike due to climate change-worsened extreme weather
The commodification of daughters often reduces them to "burdens" to be sold off when the family is …