‘Hindcasting’ Study Investigates Extreme 2013 Colorado Flood July 25, 2017 In September 2013, severe storms struck Colorado with prolonged, heavy rainfall, resulting in at least nine deaths, 1,800 evacuations and...
In Odd Weather Twist, Rain Sparks Wildfire in California July 18, 2017 By Brian K. Sullivan Forest fires are picking up once again in California. The cause this time: rain and snow. Really, rain and snow?...
Weather Extremes Highlighted by Record Drought, Rainfall July 11, 2017 By Brian K. Sullivan Texas struggled through its driest year in history in 2011. Four years later was its wettest ever. The Mississippi River...
Study Finds Climate Change Has Touched Most of the World April 26, 2017 By SETH BORENSTEIN Most people on Earth have already felt extreme and record heat, drought or downpours goosed by man-made global warming, new...
More Extreme Weather Expected in 2017 March 23, 2017 Unusually warm weather in the Arctic is helping shift weather patterns this year from North America to the Middle East,...
NOAA Says Climate Change Aided Warmer Than Normal February March 13, 2017 A freakishly balmy February broke more than 11,700 local daily records for warmth in the United States, but it didn’t...
Strong January Storms Stir Destruction From Coast-to-Coast January 27, 2017 From California to the Deep South to the Northeast, millions of Americans were contending with death and destruction from damaging...
Extreme Solar Storm-Induced Blackouts May Cost U.S. More Than $40B Daily January 20, 2017 The daily U.S. economic cost from solar storm-induced electricity blackouts could be in the tens of billions of dollars, with...
Earth Sets Heat Record 3 Years in a Row January 19, 2017 Earth sizzled to a third-straight record hot year in 2016, government scientists said Wednesday. They mostly blame man-made global warming...
Inland Flooding Leads List of Climate Disasters That Cost $46B in 2016 January 13, 2017 By Brian K. Sullivan Climate-based disasters caused $46 billion in damage and killed at least 138 in the 48 contiguous U.S. states last year,...