Climate change is making flooding worse: 3 reasons the world is seeing more record-breaking deluges

Yellowstone’s destructive flooding was a taste of the risks ahead in a warming world, and it’s just one example.

Frances Davenport, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University • conversation
July 5, 2022 ~8 min

Devastating Colorado fires cap a year of climate disasters in 2021, with one side of the country too wet, the other dangerously dry

US disasters in 2021 told a tale of two climate extremes. A climate scientist explains why wet areas are getting wetter and dry areas drier.

Shuang-Ye Wu, Professor of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, University of Dayton • conversation
Dec. 21, 2021 ~9 min


2021’s climate disasters revealed an east-west weather divide, with one side of the country too wet, the other dangerously dry

US disasters in 2021 told a tale of two climate extremes. A climate scientist explains why wet areas are getting wetter and dry areas drier.

Shuang-Ye Wu, Professor of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, University of Dayton • conversation
Dec. 21, 2021 ~8 min

What's the record for how long it's ever rained without stopping?

Extended periods of rain are most likely found in locations where mountains are near oceans.

Joe Boomgard-Zagrodnik, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Crop and Soil Sciences, Washington State University • conversation
Dec. 20, 2021 ~6 min

California's water supplies are in trouble as climate change worsens natural dry spells, especially in the Sierra Nevada

The State Water Project cut its initial allocations for water agencies to 0% for 2022. A California water expert explains why.

Roger Bales, Distinguished Professor of Engineering, University of California, Merced • conversation
Dec. 7, 2021 ~9 min

Why increased rainfall in the Arctic is bad news for the whole world

Some Arctic regions will see more rain than snow decades earlier than previously thought, say scientists.

Richard Hodgkins, Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography, Loughborough University • conversation
Dec. 1, 2021 ~6 min

Can the western US avoid a future of low or no snow?

If the planet continues to warm, low-to-no-snow winters will become a regular occurrence on certain mountains in the western US in 35 to 60 years.

Harrison Tasoff-UC Santa Barbara • futurity
Nov. 9, 2021 ~10 min

Small climate changes can have devastating local consequences – it happened in the Little Ice Age

Globally, the temperature changed by half a degree Celsius, but it dramatically altered the likelihood of extreme local weather.

Dagomar Degroot, Associate Professor of Environmental History, Georgetown University • conversation
July 27, 2021 ~10 min


Extreme heat waves in a warming world don't just break records -- they shatter them

Not every extreme weather event is caused by climate change, but heat waves that were once ridiculously improbable are showing up more often. Just ask Portland.

Scott Denning, Professor of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University • conversation
July 23, 2021 ~9 min

Is climate change to blame for the recent weather disasters? 2 things you need to understand

Not every extreme weather event is caused by climate change, but heat waves that were once ridiculously improbable are showing up more often. Just ask Portland.

Scott Denning, Professor of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University • conversation
July 23, 2021 ~8 min

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