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    Media reaction: Canada’s wildfires in 2023 and the role of climate change

    Hundreds of wildfires have been burning across Canada in what has been called an “unprecedented” start to the nation’s fire season. Huge clo...Read More

    Wildfires| Jun 9. 2023.

    Analysis: Africa’s unreported extreme weather in 2022 and climate change

    From deadly floods in Nigeria to devastating drought in Somalia, Africa has faced a run of severe – and sometimes unprecedented – extreme weather...Read More

    Extreme weather| Oct 26. 2022.

    Mapped: How climate change affects extreme weather around the world

    In the early 2000s, a new field of climate-science research emerged that began to explore the human fingerprint on extreme weather, such as floods, h...Read More

    Attribution| Aug 4. 2022.
    A wildfire burns through forests at the Summit Trail Fire in the Colville Reservation, Washington

    Melting Arctic sea ice linked to ‘worsening fire hazards’ in western US

    基于“增大化现实”技术ctic sea ice melt has driven an increase in “fire-favourable weather” across the western US over the past four decades, according to new resear...Read More

    Wildfires| Nov 25. 2021.
    Firefighters watch the intense flames at the Pine Gulch Fire, Colorado.

    US sees ‘alarming’ increase in combined heatwaves and droughts

    Climate change has driven an “alarming” increase in the number of years with both heatwaves and droughts across the US over the past five decades...Read More

    Extreme weather| 9月23日。2020.
    Firemen battle with the flames in Kalamos 2017.

    Explainer: How climate change is affecting wildfires around the world

    This year has seen unprecedented wildfires cause havoc across the world. Australia recently battled its largest bushfire on record, while parts of th...Read More

    Explainers| Jul 14. 2020.
    Visualisation using NASA's MERRA dataset to model the jet stream over North America, between June and July, 1988. Credit: Science History Images / Alamy Stock Photo. T81PF2

    Jet stream: Is climate change causing more ‘blocking’ weather events?

    The past few months have seen some remarkable weather, from the UK’s sunniest spring on record to Siberia’s dramatic heatwave and “zombie wildf...Read More

    Extreme weather| Jun 12. 2020.

    Explainer: Nine ‘tipping points’ that could be triggered by climate change

    The persistent march of a warming climate is seen across a multitude of continuous, incremental changes. CO2 levels in the atmosphere. Ocean heat con...Read More

    Tipping points| Feb 10. 2020.
    Amazon fires media reaction August 2019. Graphic: Carbon Brief.

    Media reaction: Amazon fires and climate change

    In recent weeks, tens of thousands of fires have been recorded across the Amazon rainforest, with dramatic images and statistics reported daily across...Read More

    Media analysis| Aug 27. 2019.
    Wildfire in Moray, Scotland, 23 April 2019. Credit: JASPERIMAGE / Alamy Stock Photo.

    Guest post: Understanding the UK’s recent spike in wildfires

    Dr Thomas Smith is assistant professor in environmental geography in the Department of Geography & Environment at the London School of Economics. ...Read More

    Guest posts| Jul 3. 2019.
    People take shelter under umbrellas during a heatwave in Moscow, 3 August 2018. Credit: ITAR-TASS News Agency / Alamy Stock Photo.

    Northern hemisphere’s extreme heatwave in 2018 ‘impossible’ without climate change

    Last summer’s unprecedented northern-hemisphere heatwave “could not have occurred without human-induced climate change”, a new study concludes. ...Read More

    Attribution| Jun 12. 2019.
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