Heatwaves in Europe, China and America could not have occurred without climate change: study
1 year, 4 months ago

Heatwaves in Europe, China and America could not have occurred without climate change: study

The Hindu  

The fingerprints of climate change are all over the intense heat waves gripping the globe this month, a new study finds. “Had there been no climate change, such an event would almost never have occurred,” said study lead author Mariam Zachariah, a climate scientist at Imperial College of London. Since the advent of industrial-scale burning, the world has warmed 2.2 degrees Fahrenheit, so “they are not rare in today’s climate and the role of climate change is absolutely overwhelming,” said Imperial College climate scientist Friederike Otto, who leads the team of volunteer international scientists at World Weather Attribution who do these studies. Phoenix has had a record-shattering 25 straight days of temperatures at or above 110 degrees Fahrenheit and more than a week when the nighttime temperature never dropped below 90 degrees Fahrenheit The heat in Spain, Italy, Greece and some Balkan states is likely to reoccur every decade in the current climate, the study said. The way scientists do these rapid analyses is by comparing observations of current weather in the three regions to repeated computer simulations of “a world that might have been without climate change,” said study co-author Izidine Pinto, a climate scientist at the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute.

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Climate change made killer heat wave in Mexico, Southwest US even warmer and 35 times more likely
6 months ago

Climate change made killer heat wave in Mexico, Southwest US even warmer and 35 times more likely

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Human-caused climate change dialed up the thermostat and turbocharged the odds of this month’s killer heat that has been baking the Southwestern United States, Mexico and Central America, a new flash study found. And it was even worse at night, which is what made this heat wave so deadly, said Imperial College of London climate scientist Friederike Otto, …

Freak April heatwave in Southeast Asia ‘virtually impossible’ without climate crisis
7 months, 1 week ago

Freak April heatwave in Southeast Asia ‘virtually impossible’ without climate crisis

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 The brutal heatwaves sweeping across Asia this year were made much more extreme due to …

Study says since 1979 climate change has made heat waves last longer, spike hotter, hurt more people
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Study says since 1979 climate change has made heat waves last longer, spike hotter, hurt more people

Associated Press  

Climate change is making giant heat waves crawl slower across the globe and they are baking more people for a longer time with higher temperatures over larger areas, a new study finds. “This paper sends a clear warning that climate change makes heat waves yet more dangerous in more ways than one,” said Lawrence Berkeley National Lab climate scientist Michael …

Scientists look beyond climate change and El Nino for other factors that heat up Earth
1 year, 4 months ago

Scientists look beyond climate change and El Nino for other factors that heat up Earth

Associated Press  

Scientists are wondering if global warming and El Nino have an accomplice in fueling this summer’s record-shattering heat. THE CLEANER AIR POSSIBILITY Florida State University climate scientist Michael Diamond says shipping is “probably the prime suspect.” Maritime shipping has for decades used dirty fuel that gives off particles that reflect sunlight in a process that actually cools the climate and …

A relentless heat wave that refuses to let up brings danger to California, Southwest
1 year, 4 months ago

A relentless heat wave that refuses to let up brings danger to California, Southwest

LA Times  

Mariah Barnett, 9, and her father, Troy, recline in a pool while trying to beat the 109-degree heat at the McMurtrey Aquatic Center in Bakersfield. “We would not see the kinds of temperatures globally that we’re seeing without climate change — it’s virtually impossible to explain these changes in the absence of climate change,” said Katharine Jacobs, director of the …

Human-induced climate crisis responsible for killer heatwaves sweeping planet, scientists say
1 year, 4 months ago

Human-induced climate crisis responsible for killer heatwaves sweeping planet, scientists say

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 researchers evaluated the role of climate crisis in these extreme heat events using peer-reviewed methods, weather station data …

Climate change leaves fingerprints on July heat waves around the globe, study says
1 year, 4 months ago

Climate change leaves fingerprints on July heat waves around the globe, study says

Associated Press  

The fingerprints of climate change are all over the intense heat waves gripping the globe this month, a new study finds. Since the advent of industrial-scale burning, the world has warmed 2.2 degrees Fahrenheit, so “the role of climate change is absolutely overwhelming,” said Imperial College climate scientist Friederike Otto, who leads the team of volunteer international scientists at World …

Heat waves in US and Europe would have been ‘virtually impossible’ without climate change, new report finds
1 year, 5 months ago

Heat waves in US and Europe would have been ‘virtually impossible’ without climate change, new report finds

CNN  

CNN — Extreme heat waves across three continents this month were made significantly more likely by the human-caused climate crisis, according to a new analysis released Tuesday as temperatures are still blazing in parts of the Northern Hemisphere. The “heat hell” searing parts of the United States and southern Europe would have been “virtually impossible” without climate change, while climate …

Climate change leaves fingerprints on July heat waves around the globe, study says
1 year, 5 months ago

Climate change leaves fingerprints on July heat waves around the globe, study says

LA Times  

Charles Johnson, 51, who lives in a homeless encampment in Blythe, Calif., tries to get relief from the heat by pouring cold water on his head. The fingerprints of climate change are all over the intense heat waves gripping the globe this month, a new study finds. Since the advent of industrial-scale burning, the world has warmed 2.2 degrees, so …

Tourists and residents warned to stay inside as deadly heat hits Europe during peak travel season
1 year, 5 months ago

Tourists and residents warned to stay inside as deadly heat hits Europe during peak travel season

Associated Press  

MILAN — Officials warned residents and tourists packing Mediterranean destinations on Tuesday to stay indoors during the hottest hours as the second heat wave in as many weeks hits the region and Greece, Spain and Switzerland battled wildfires. “We are experiencing hotter and hotter temperatures for longer stretches of time every single summer here in Europe.” The new heat wave …

World reels from wildfires, floods as US, China discuss climate crisis
1 year, 5 months ago

World reels from wildfires, floods as US, China discuss climate crisis

Firstpost  

With scientists saying the target of keeping global warming within 1.5 degrees Celsius of pre-industrial levels is moving beyond reach, evidence of the crisis was everywhere Global temperatures headed towards alarming highs and extreme weather proliferated as the world’s two biggest polluters, China and the United States, sought on Monday to reignite climate talks. ‘VERY SCARY’ The high temperatures are …

Heat waves in Europe killed more than 61,600 people last summer, a study estimates
1 year, 5 months ago

Heat waves in Europe killed more than 61,600 people last summer, a study estimates

NPR  

Heat waves in Europe killed more than 61,600 people last summer, a study estimates Enlarge this image toggle caption Andreas Solaro/AFP via Getty Images Andreas Solaro/AFP via Getty Images Heat waves in Europe killed more than 61,000 people — most of them women — last summer, according to an estimate published in the journal Nature on Monday. "The fact that …

Recent events that indicate Earth’s climate has entered uncharted territory
1 year, 5 months ago

Recent events that indicate Earth’s climate has entered uncharted territory

Associated Press  

As a warming Earth simmered into worrisome new territory this week, scientists said the unofficial records being set for average planetary temperature were a clear sign of how pollutants released by humans are warming their environment. Some other recent “firsts” and events that indicate climate change has entered uncharted territory: FILE - This January 2017 photo provided by Ted Scambos …

Heat waves which used to occur once in a century are now expected once in five years: study
1 year, 7 months ago

Heat waves which used to occur once in a century are now expected once in five years: study

The Hindu  

An international team comprising leading climate scientists, which studied the extremely humid heat in South and Southeast Asia in April 2023, said that heat waves in India and Bangladesh which used to occur less than once a century on average can now be expected around once in five years. According to rapid attribution analysis by the team as part of …

Heat wave in Asia made 30 times more likely because of climate change, scientists say
1 year, 7 months ago

Heat wave in Asia made 30 times more likely because of climate change, scientists say

Associated Press  

BENGALURU, India — A searing heat wave in parts of southern Asia in April this year was made at least 30 times more likely by climate change, according to a rapid study by international scientists released Wednesday. The World Weather Attribution group uses established models to quickly determine whether climate change played a part in extreme weather events. “We see …

Heat wave in Asia made 30 times more likely because of climate change, scientists say
1 year, 7 months ago

Heat wave in Asia made 30 times more likely because of climate change, scientists say

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A searing heat wave in …

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 …

Spain’s April heat nearly impossible without climate change
1 year, 7 months ago

Spain’s April heat nearly impossible without climate change

Associated Press  

MADRID — Record-breaking April temperatures in Spain, Portugal and northern Africa were made 100 times more likely by human-caused climate change, a new flash study found, and would have been almost impossible in the past. Study lead author Sjoukje Philip of the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute said in a briefing that a weather event this extreme “would have been almost …

Burning Hot: These regions are likely to witness record-smashing heat waves
1 year, 7 months ago

Burning Hot: These regions are likely to witness record-smashing heat waves

Firstpost  

Afghanistan is the most at-risk region for reporting extreme temperatures, says a new study. It also says that no region is safe from the threat, noting that “statistically implausible” extreme heat waves have occurred between 1959 and 2021 in 31 per cent of regions examined. Papua New Guinea and parts of Central America – Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa …

The Severe Implications Of Heatwaves On The Climate
1 year, 9 months ago

The Severe Implications Of Heatwaves On The Climate

News 18  

Today, we live in a world where global warming and climate change are serious threats. With the average global temperatures rising, the probability of extreme hot temperature anomalies is also increasing, further leading to long, frequent and intense heatwaves. The possible solutions to deal with heatwaves’ impact With the rise in global warming, industry reports predict heatwaves will become all …

Europe kicks off 2023 with a record-setting heat wave
1 year, 11 months ago

Europe kicks off 2023 with a record-setting heat wave

Salon  

Europe broke heat records last year, and 2023 is shaping up to be no different. A winter heat dome descended on the continent right just in time for New Year's Day, crushing thousands of standing high-temperature records. Climatologist Maximiliano Herrera told CNN it's "the most extreme heat wave in European history." Climate researchers say the science linking climate change to …

Heat waves cost poor countries the most, exacerbating inequality
2 years, 1 month ago

Heat waves cost poor countries the most, exacerbating inequality

The Hindu  

Heat waves, intensified by climate change, have cost the global economy trillions of dollars in the last 30 years, a study published Friday found, with poor countries paying the steepest price. "The cost of extreme heat from climate change so far has been disproportionately borne by the countries and regions least culpable for global warming," Dartmouth College professor Justin Mankin, …

Heatwaves are getting worse - what role does climate change play?
2 years, 4 months ago

Heatwaves are getting worse - what role does climate change play?

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. In the past 100 years, heatwaves have become hotter and more frequent across the world, according to the latest …

DC Edit | Heatwaves are the new normal
2 years, 4 months ago

DC Edit | Heatwaves are the new normal

Deccan Chronicle  

Conspiracy theories on climate change have almost ceased to gain currency as real events have forced people to accept what they are now experiencing year after year. Two latest studies point to the possibility of climate change making extreme weather events happen. The Met Office, Britain’s national meteorological service, says climate change made the current heatwave a whopping 100 times …

Climate crisis made UK heatwave at least ten times more likely, scientists say
2 years, 4 months ago

Climate crisis made UK heatwave at least ten times more likely, scientists say

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 The climate crisis made this month’s record-breaking heatwave in the UK at least 10 times …

Study: Climate change made UK heat wave hotter, more likely
2 years, 4 months ago

Study: Climate change made UK heat wave hotter, more likely

Associated Press  

Human-caused climate change made last week’s deadly heat wave in England and Wales at least 10 times more likely and added a few degrees to how brutally hot it got, a study said. They said Thursday that temperatures were 2 to 4 degrees Celsius warmer in the heat wave than they would have been without climate change, depending on which …

Is South Asia's intense heat wave a 'sign of things to come'?
2 years, 7 months ago

Is South Asia's intense heat wave a 'sign of things to come'?

Firstpost  

If global heating increases to 2 degrees Celsius more than pre-industrial levels, then heat waves like this could occur twice in a century and up to once every five years The devastating heat wave that has baked India and Pakistan in recent months was made more likely by climate change and is a glimpse of the region’s future, international scientists …

Climate crisis made South Asia heatwaves ’30 times more likely’
2 years, 7 months ago

Climate crisis made South Asia heatwaves ’30 times more likely’

Al Jazeera  

Study says heatwaves in India and Pakistan should be ‘extraordinarily rare’ but current level of global warming made them 30 times more likely. The devastating heatwave that has baked India and Pakistan in recent months was made more likely by climate change and is a glimpse of the region’s future, says a study by international scientists. But the current level …

Heat wave a glimpse of climate change's impact in North America
2 years, 9 months ago

Heat wave a glimpse of climate change's impact in North America

India Today  

The US Pacific Northwest was in the throes of a record-shattering heat wave last summer when a woman in her 70s was wheeled into an emergency room with symptoms of a life-threatening heat stroke. “Twenty years ago, it seems like we would talk about climate change as something that would happen over the coming generations — and all of a …

Did Climate Change Make That Freak Weather Even Worse?
3 years ago

Did Climate Change Make That Freak Weather Even Worse?

Wired  

In June 2003, while he was still a graduate student, Noah Diffenbaugh attended a scientific conference with his adviser in Trieste, Italy. Diffenbaugh, now a climate scientist at Stanford University, had caught the leading edge of the 2003 heat wave—the hottest European summer since the 16th century. Averaging temperature measurements over the entire world helps scientists ignore the random vicissitudes …

This year’s summer of climate extremes hits wealthier places
3 years, 4 months ago

This year’s summer of climate extremes hits wealthier places

Live Mint  

As the world staggers through another summer of extreme weather, experts are noticing something different: 2021′s onslaught is hitting harder and in places that have been spared global warming’s wrath in the past. What happens with U.S. hurricane and fire seasons drives the end-of-year statistics for total damage costs of weather disasters, said Ernst Rauch, chief climate and geo scientist …

This summer’s disasters show climate change is very much ‘a rich-country problem’ now
3 years, 4 months ago

This summer’s disasters show climate change is very much ‘a rich-country problem’ now

LA Times  

A man stands under a spray of water to beat the heat at a splash park in Calgary, Alberta, in June. Canada and the Pacific Northwest of the U.S. had what climate scientist Zeke Hausfather called “scary” heat that soared well past triple digits on the thermometer, shattering records and accompanied by unusual wildfires. What happens with U.S. hurricane and …

Extreme weather events renew focus on climate change as scientists update forecasts
3 years, 4 months ago

Extreme weather events renew focus on climate change as scientists update forecasts

India Today  

As scientists gather online to finalize a long-awaited update on global climate research, recent extreme weather events across the globe highlight the need for more research on how it will play out, especially locally. "It's not so much that climate change itself is proceeding faster than expected -- the warming is right in line with model predictions from decades ago," …

Heatwave in US and Canada ‘impossible’ without climate change
3 years, 5 months ago

Heatwave in US and Canada ‘impossible’ without climate change

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. This type of extreme heat “would go from essentially virtually impossible to relatively commonplace,” said study co-author Gabriel Vecchi, …

Study: Northwest heat wave impossible without climate change
3 years, 5 months ago

Study: Northwest heat wave impossible without climate change

Associated Press  

The deadly heat wave that roasted the Pacific Northwest and western Canada was virtually impossible without human-caused climate change that added a few extra degrees to the record-smashing temperatures, a new quick scientific analysis found. This type of extreme heat “would go from essentially virtually impossible to relatively commonplace,” said study co-author Gabriel Vecchi, a Princeton University climate scientist. “Without …

Editorial: Record-setting heat wave shows that climate change is creating hell on Earth
3 years, 5 months ago

Editorial: Record-setting heat wave shows that climate change is creating hell on Earth

LA Times  

Carlos Ramos hands out bottles of water and sack lunches Monday as he works at a hydration station in front of Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission. The record-breaking heat wave baking the West Coast is another painful sign that climate change is here, and we have to adapt. If it wasn’t already clear that climate change is fueling more extreme weather …

EXPLAINER: What’s behind the heat wave in the American West?
3 years, 6 months ago

EXPLAINER: What’s behind the heat wave in the American West?

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Much of the American West has been blasted with sweltering heat this week as a high pressure dome combines with the worst drought in modern history to launch temperatures into the triple digits, toppling records even before the official start of summer. “Very dangerous record breaking heat should continue today across the deserts with well above normal highs,” …

Climate change makes freak Siberian heat 600 times likelier
4 years, 5 months ago

Climate change makes freak Siberian heat 600 times likelier

Associated Press  

Nearly impossible without man-made global warming, this year’s freak Siberian heat wave is producing climate change’s most flagrant footprint of extreme weather, a new flash study says. They found that without climate change the type of prolonged heat that hit Siberia would happen once in 80,000 years, “effectively impossible without human influence,” said study lead author Andrew Ciavarella, a scientist …

Climate change makes freak Siberian heat 600 times likelier
4 years, 5 months ago

Climate change makes freak Siberian heat 600 times likelier

LA Times  

Children play in a lake near the Siberian town of Verkhoyansk, where the temperature reached 100.4 degrees last month. Nearly impossible without man-made global warming, this year’s freak Siberian heat wave is producing climate change’s most flagrant footprint of extreme weather, a new flash study says. They found that without climate change, the type of prolonged heat that hit Siberia …

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