Page 28: Research news on Extreme Weather

Summer 2025 already a cavalcade of climate extremes

Record heat, massive fires, deadly floods... August has barely begun, but the summer of 2025 is already marked by a cascade of destructive and deadly weather in the Northern Hemisphere.

Micro refugia could be key to survival of insect populations

Microclimates—as opposed to large-scale regional or even global scale macroclimate models—may hold the key to offsetting the negative impacts of extreme weather events on already vulnerable insect populations.

Tanzanian climate research forecasts weather extremes

Extreme wet weather and rising temperatures will likely become the norm for parts of Tanzania, demanding early preparedness and stronger national climate policies to protect vulnerable communities, says a leading meteorologist.

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