Climate change causes more severe weather, report finds : NPR
Jan 9, 2023 · A sweeping new report by top climate scientists and meteorologists describes how climate change drove unprecedented heat waves, floods and droughts in recent years. The annual report from the ...
How climate change makes hurricanes worse : NPR
Oct 8, 2024 · The back-to-back storms illustrate potential dangers as human-caused climate change makes hurricanes more intense. Below, we break down how warming temperatures are changing hurricane season.
Why the U.S. is leading the world in extreme weather catastrophes
Apr 2, 2023 · The U.S. is by far the king of tornadoes and other severe storms. READ MORE: How California is tackling the increasing threat of mudslides. “It really starts with kind of two things. Number...
2023: A historic year of U.S. billion-dollar weather and climate ...
Jan 8, 2024 · The costliest hazard overall was severe storm events with $54.0 billion in damage. Dozens of states across the nation sustained relatively high levels of damage from hail, derechos and tornadoes. Four separate billion-dollar flood events also were impactful across California, Florida and the Northeast.
There has been a lot of extreme weather lately. What's the cause ... - NPR
Aug 22, 2023 · Wildfires, hurricanes, heat waves and droughts are exacerbated by human-caused climate change. MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: There is no ignoring this - extreme weather events that are disrupting so many...
Hurricanes are getting more dangerous, but may not be more …
Jul 13, 2021 · Climate change is helping Atlantic hurricanes pack more of a punch, making them rainier, intensifying them faster and helping the storms linger longer even after landfall. But a new...
A NASA scientist explains why the weather is becoming more …
Aug 10, 2021 · A NASA scientist and author of a landmark new United Nations report on climate change explains why the world is headed into “uncharted territory” when it comes to extreme weather.
Extreme Weather and Climate Change - Science@NASA
As Earth’s climate changes, it is impacting extreme weather across the planet. Record-breaking heat waves on land and in the ocean, drenching rains, severe floods, years-long droughts, extreme wildfires, and widespread flooding during hurricanes are all …
Climate and weather related disasters surge five-fold over 50 …
Sep 1, 2021 · Climate change and increasingly extreme weather events, have caused a surge in natural disasters over the past 50 years disproportionately impacting poorer countries, the World Meteorological...
Thunderstorms, Wind and Climate Change: Here’s What to Know
May 17, 2024 · Global warming creates conditions more favorable to severe storms. As the planet warms, severe storms of all kinds are likely to deliver even bigger payloads of rain. The reason: Warmer air...