How climate change intensifies the water cycle, fueling extreme rainfall and flooding – the Northeast deluge was just the latest

Parts of New York’s Hudson Valley were hit with 10 inches of rain, and the mountains of Vermont – where runoff can quickly turn deadly – saw some its worst flooding since Hurricane Irene.

Mathew Barlow, Professor of Climate Science, UMass Lowell • conversation
July 11, 2023 ~5 min

Human exposure to wildfires has more than doubled in two decades – who is at risk might surprise you

Nearly 22 million people lived within 3 miles of a US wildfire in the past two decades. A new study tracking their locations flips the script on who is at risk.

Mojtaba Sadegh, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, Boise State University • conversation
July 3, 2023 ~7 min


Human exposure to wildfires has more than doubled in two decades – read this if you're planning fireworks on July 4

Nearly 22 million people lived within 3 miles of a US wildfire in the past two decades. A new study tracking their locations flips the script on who is at risk.

Mojtaba Sadegh, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, Boise State University • conversation
July 3, 2023 ~7 min

Meltwater is hydro-fracking Greenland’s ice sheet through millions of hairline cracks – destabilizing its internal structure

Glaciologists are discovering new ways surface meltwater alters the internal structure of ice sheets, and raising an alarm that sea level rise could be much more abrupt than current models forecast.

Alun Hubbard, Professor of Glaciology, Arctic Five Chair, University of Tromsø • conversation
June 29, 2023 ~11 min

Why Labour is right to stop future UK oil and gas development

Keir Starmer pledges to end new UK oil and gas exploration – an expert’s take on why this is the right move.

David Waltham, Professor of Geophysics, Royal Holloway University of London • conversation
June 21, 2023 ~7 min

Hurricanes push heat deeper into the ocean than scientists realized, boosting long-term ocean warming, new research shows

Currents can carry that deep ocean heat hundreds of miles to surface again at distant shores.

Sally Warner, Associate Professor of Climate Science, Brandeis University • conversation
June 20, 2023 ~8 min

Saving lives from extreme heat: Lessons from the deadly 2021 Pacific Northwest heat wave

A new report lays out steps communities can take to help their residents survive heat waves as the risk of dangerous temperatures rises.

Brian G. Henning, Professor of Philosophy and Environmental Studies, Gonzaga University • conversation
June 20, 2023 ~10 min

Aviation turbulence soared by up to 55% as the world warmed -- new research

Turbulence strong enough to pose an injury risk could be set to double or triple in frequency in the future.

Mark Prosser, PhD Student in the Department of Meteorology, University of Reading • conversation
June 14, 2023 ~7 min


Limiting global warming to 2℃ is not enough -- why the world must keep temperature rise below 1℃

Temperature rise of more than 1℃ pushes us towards irreversible climate tipping points, yet Earth is 1.2℃ warmer than in pre-industrial times.

Christian Breyer, Professor of Solar Economy, Lappeenranta University of Technology • conversation
June 14, 2023 ~8 min

Farmers face a soaring risk of flash droughts in every major food-growing region in coming decades, new research shows

If greenhouse gas emissions continue at a high rate, breadbaskets of Europe and North America will see a 50% chance of a flash drought each year by the end of this century.

Jordan Christian, Postdoctoral Researcher in Meteorology, University of Oklahoma • conversation
May 25, 2023 ~8 min

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