These are just a few of 2023’s most notable examples of what a warming planet’s extreme weather can look like. Off-the-charts rapid intensification Record heat wasn’t just in the air, it made it to the oceans too, which absorb most of Earth’s excess heat. ...
1The United States experienced some of the most extreme weather events in its history this spring, including deadly outbreaks of tornadoes(龙卷风), near- record flooding, drought and wildfires. Damages from these (62) have already passed $ 32 billion, and the hurricane season, which is just be...
The United States experienced some of the most extreme weather events in its history this spring, including deadly outbreaks of tornadoes(龙卷风), near- record flooding, drought and wildfires. Damages from these (62) have already passed $ 32 billion, and the hurricane season, which is just begi...
Extreme & Weird Weather of the World - Repeat Offenders This web page displays world cities having the most unique weather during the past three hours. Change the weather category through the links to the left. Currently using 35196 observations from 5111 unique global stations over the past 3 ...
July 2023 was the hottest July on record. August 2023 followed the trend, with Maui being struck by the most devastating US wildfire of the century. In my time working with Foursquare Studio, I constantly turn to a topic almost all of us understand and experience to create examples – the...
In the period between 1998 and 2017, Puerto Rico also suffered the greatest overall impact from extreme weather with 4,000 of its inhabitants losing their lives and damage equating to 4 percent of its GDP. When it comes to fatalities, Myanmar is far ahead of all other countri...
In a true weather geek moment, the Bermuda Weather Service launched a weather balloon in the eye. They described the "suspended salt spray," with a "smell of ripped vegetation hanging in the heavy, hot air." Perhaps most bizarre is this was the second time they've done this in the past...
We used the Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) as the primary data to evaluate the distinct responses of major crops to weather extremes. Our results suggest that while the probability of simultaneous extreme events is small, most regions of South Asia (more than half) have experienced extreme ...
A long spell of extreme hot and dry weather is affecting energy, water supplies and food production across China