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.
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.
Environment
Aug 5, 2025
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Concern over pollution and its impact on weather patterns continues to increase—but what if severe weather events are also impacting pollution?
Environment
Aug 5, 2025
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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.
Plants & Animals
Jul 31, 2025
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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.
Environment
Jul 31, 2025
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A heat wave scorching Europe had barely subsided in early July when scientists published estimates that 2,300 people may have died across a dozen major cities during the extreme, climate-fueled episode.
Environment
Jul 31, 2025
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From the COVID-19 pandemic to deadly flash floods and wildfires, disasters seldom occur in a vacuum, and a group of Northeastern University researchers is hammering that point home in a new study.
Environment
Jul 30, 2025
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This year, Australia has experienced record-breaking floods, tropical cyclones, heat waves on land and in the ocean, drought, coral bleaching, coastal erosion and devastating algal blooms. Over the past five years, insured ...
Environment
Jul 29, 2025
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According to the EU climate service Copernicus, 2024 was the warmest year since weather records began, and the summer season was especially noteworthy. The changing climate associated with global warming is manifesting itself ...
Environment
Jul 21, 2025
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Heat waves that already affect the population of the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona (AMB) could significantly intensify in the future, with temperature increases of up to 6ºC and a general reduction in relative humidity in ...
Environment
Jul 17, 2025
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In the fall of 2024, Hurricane Helene made landfall in the southeastern U.S., later downgrading to a tropical storm causing strong winds, flooding and major destruction throughout Appalachia. Now, researchers and public health ...
Environment
Jul 14, 2025
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