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Philippines facing ‘unprecedented’ back-to-back typhoons. Now scientists say climate crisis is to blame
1 week, 5 days ago

Philippines facing ‘unprecedented’ back-to-back typhoons. Now scientists say climate crisis is to blame

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The Philippines faced six back to back typhoons in just 23 days last month, an unprecedented onslaught of storms …

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Global Warming Made 24-Hour Downpour 10% More Intense, Say Scientists on Wayanad Disaster
4 months, 1 week ago

Global Warming Made 24-Hour Downpour 10% More Intense, Say Scientists on Wayanad Disaster

News 18  

Human-induced climate change has made short bursts of extreme rainfall events almost 10 per cent more intense in Wayanad, said a team of international scientists who analysed the devastating landslide that impacted Kerala, claiming over 231 lives while many others were reported missing. Under a future warming scenario where the global temperature is 2°C higher than pre-industrial levels, the climate …

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10% heavier rainfall led to disaster in Wayanad
4 months, 1 week ago

10% heavier rainfall led to disaster in Wayanad

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The catastrophic landslides in Kerala’s Wayanad on July 30 were caused by climate change, says a new analysis by World Weather Attribution. It says the shift in weather patterns, caused by human activities, triggered a 10% heavier rainfall burst in the region, which in turn resulted in the landslips. To mitigate the impact of such natural calamities in …

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Deadly heatwaves in US, Mexico made more likely by climate change
6 months ago

Deadly heatwaves in US, Mexico made more likely by climate change

Al Jazeera  

Deadly heat that recently blanketed the United States, Mexico and Central America was made 35 times more likely due to global warming, an international network of climate scientists has said. The World Weather Attribution group also said the extreme highs experienced across the region in May and June were four times as likely to occur today as a quarter of …

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Climate change and rapid urbanization worsened the impact of East African rains, scientists say
7 months ago

Climate change and rapid urbanization worsened the impact of East African rains, scientists say

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — The impact of the calamitous rains that struck East Africa from March to May was intensified by a mix of climate change and rapid growth of urban areas, an international team of climate scientists said in a study published Friday. Kenya Red Cross workers and volunteers, carry a man’s body retrieved from mud, after floodwater washed away …

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Climate crisis made crippling April heatwave in South Asia 45 times more likely: Scientists
7 months, 1 week ago

Climate crisis made crippling April heatwave in South Asia 45 times more likely: Scientists

The Hindu  

Ms. Annu Mishra kept her modest food stall shut as temperatures in Odisha's Bhubaneswar remained above 40° Celsius for 17 consecutive days in April. Similar heatwaves could occur once every 30 years and they have already become about 45 times more likely due to climate change, leading climate scientists said on May 15, citing historical weather data. The team of …

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Extreme heat in April made worse by climate crisis: Study
7 months, 1 week ago

Extreme heat in April made worse by climate crisis: Study

Hindustan Times  

Extreme heat events in April over large parts of South Asia were made 45 times more likely and 0.85°C hotter by the climate crisis, an analysis by World Weather Attribution, a global team of climate scientists said on Tuesday. These results align with WWA’s previous studies in 2022 and 2023 focused on the South Asia region which found that climate …

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Poacher arrested with rhino horn in Assam: Officials
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Poacher arrested with rhino horn in Assam: Officials

Hindustan Times  

Silchar: The Assam forest department in collaboration with the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau and local police busted an illegal animal body parts trade racket in Assam’s Sonitpur district and arrested one suspected rhino poacher, officials said on Friday. He was arrested from the Bharali Chapori area of Sonitpur’s Jamugurihat on Thursday evening with body parts of animals, including a rhino …

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Scientists say Oman, UAE deluge ‘most likely’ linked to climate change
8 months ago

Scientists say Oman, UAE deluge ‘most likely’ linked to climate change

Al Jazeera  

A new study has found climate change caused by fossil fuel emissions is the likely reason for the extreme weather events. Global warming caused by fossil fuel emissions “most likely” exacerbated the intense rains that lashed the UAE and Oman last week, causing deaths and widespread flooding, an expert group of scientists has found. The World Weather Attribution, an international …

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Deadly Sahel heatwave caused by ‘human-induced’ climate change: Study
8 months, 1 week ago

Deadly Sahel heatwave caused by ‘human-induced’ climate change: Study

Al Jazeera  

Human-caused climate change contributed to an unusually intense and lethal hot spell throughout West Africa’s Sahel region in April, according to a study by World Weather Attribution, an international network of scientists focusing on extreme weather events. The heatwave caused temperatures in Mali and Burkina Faso to climb to more than 45 degrees Celsius between April 1 and April 5, …

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Will the UK see a 40C heatwave again this summer?
1 year, 5 months ago

Will the UK see a 40C heatwave again this summer?

The Independent  

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Climate change made April heatwave in Western Mediterranean ‘100 times more likely’
1 year, 7 months ago

Climate change made April heatwave in Western Mediterranean ‘100 times more likely’

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A record-breaking heatwave which gripped southern Europe and North Africa last month was made “at …

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Horn of Africa drought not possible without climate change
1 year, 7 months ago

Horn of Africa drought not possible without climate change

The Hindu  

The drought that has left some 4.35 million people in the Horn of Africa in dire need of humanitarian aid - with 43,000 in Somalia estimated to have died last year - would not have been possible without climate change, according to an analysis released Thursday. But while the drivers behind the drought are complex, a team of international climate …

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How has the global warming triggered drought in Horn of Africa? Study says...
1 year, 7 months ago

How has the global warming triggered drought in Horn of Africa? Study says...

Hindustan Times  

A devastating drought that has struck the Horn of Africa could not have occurred without global warming, according to a new report released Thursday from an international team of climate scientists. "Human-caused climate change has made agricultural drought in the Horn of Africa about 100 times more likely," said a summary of the report by the World Weather Attribution group. …

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Global warming made Horn of Africa drought possible: WWA study
1 year, 7 months ago

Global warming made Horn of Africa drought possible: WWA study

Al Jazeera  

World Weather Attribution scientists say rising greenhouse gas emissions made the nearly 3-year drought at least 100 times more likely. The drought that has left some 4.35 million people in the Horn of Africa in dire need of humanitarian aid – with 43,000 in Somalia estimated to have died last year – would not have been possible without climate change, …

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Climate change-linked heat worsened Argentina drought impact
1 year, 10 months ago

Climate change-linked heat worsened Argentina drought impact

The Hindu  

Extreme high temperatures in Argentina linked to climate change exacerbated the impact of a historic drought that has hit the South American country's farm regions since last year, scientists said in a report on Thursday. Scientists affiliated with the World Weather Attribution group said that a rapid analysis showed climate change did not reduce rainfall directly, but that high temperatures …

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Cities ablaze and countries submerged: The worst climate disasters of 2022
1 year, 11 months ago

Cities ablaze and countries submerged: The worst climate disasters of 2022

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The climate crisis intensified Pakistan’s monsoon rains by 50-75 per cent, World Weather Attribution subsequently discovered. open image in …

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Climate crisis behind heat extremes in India, UK: Study
2 years, 4 months ago

Climate crisis behind heat extremes in India, UK: Study

Hindustan Times  

Climate change is impacting global atmospheric circulation patterns making unprecedented heat extremes possible across the world, an international team of leading climate scientists who are part of the World Weather Attribution network said on Thursday. WWA, which presented its analysis on the July UK heat wave spell on Friday said this was made 10 times more likely due to climate …

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South Asia: Climate change boosted heat wave
2 years, 7 months ago

South Asia: Climate change boosted heat wave

The Hindu  

Climate change has strengthened a heat wave that for several weeks has been scorching the homes of more than one billion people. The blistering heat — reported to have killed at least 90 people across India and Pakistan — would have been one degree Celsius cooler and 30 times less likely if people hadn't warmed the planet, according to a …

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