Blogging the End of the World™
24 May 2024 (Reuters) – Heavy rains have battered Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state since late April 2024, causing historic floods that have killed over 150 people, while nearly 100 residents are still missing and more than 500,000 have been displaced, official data shows. [more] [more] Stunning aerial photos show devastating scale of flooding […]
By John Seewer 28 May 2024 (AP News) – Strong storms with damaging winds and hail pummeled north Texas on Tuesday morning as much of the U.S. recovered from severe weather, including tornadoes, that killed at least 23 people during the Memorial Day holiday weekend. Widespread power outages were reported in the region, which includes […]
22 May 2024 (PNAS Nexus) – Extreme heat can harm human health, but so can extreme temperature swings. Large daily temperature variation (DTV) has been associated with elevated mortality in studies around the world. Trees and other vegetation can lower DTV, as trees reduce temperature through transpiration during the day and also trap long-wave radiation […]
By Jonathan Amos 21 May 2024 (BBC News) – Another big iceberg has broken away from an area of the Antarctic that hosts the UK’s Halley research station. It is the third such block to calve near the base in the past three years. This new one is not quite as large, but still measures […]
By Carlos Mureithi 23 May 2024 NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) – 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. The findings come from World Weather Attribution, […]
24 May 2024 (Reuters) – The unexpected storm surprised locals as hail accumulated up to several feet in some areas, transforming streets into icy rivers. The hailstorm caused widespread damage to some homes, blocking roads and knocking down trees. In the aftermath of the storm, residents were seen shoveling ice and mud in amazement at […]
By Jake Bittle 16 May 2024 (Grist) – The rising cost of homeowner’s insurance is now one of the most prominent symptoms of climate change in the United States. Major carriers like State Farm and Allstate have pulled back from offering fire insurance in California, dropping thousands of homeowners from their books, and dozens of small […]
By Damian Carrington 8 May 2024 (The Guardian) – “Sometimes it is almost impossible not to feel hopeless and broken,” says the climate scientist Ruth Cerezo-Mota. “After all the flooding, fires, and droughts of the last three years worldwide, all related to climate change, and after the fury of Hurricane Otis in Mexico, my country, […]
By James Hansen, Pushker Kharecha, and Makiko Sato 16 May 2024 (Columbia University) – Global temperature (12-month mean) is still rising at 1.56°C relative to 1880-1920 in the GISS analysis through April (Fig. 1). [Robert Rohde reports that it is 1.65°C relative to 1850-1900 in the BerkeleyEarth analysis.] Global temperature is likely to continue to […]
By Oliver Milman 9 May 2024 (The Guardian) – The largest ever recorded leap in the amount of carbon dioxide laden in the world’s atmosphere has just occurred, according to researchers who monitor the relentless accumulation of the primary gas that is heating the planet. The global average concentration of carbon dioxide in March this […]
