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WARMING WILL PUT MILLIONS MORE AT FLOOD RISK IN NEXT 20 YEARS, SCIENTISTS SAY
Unless countries urgently boost their flood defenses, millions more people will be at risk from river flooding in the next 20 years as global warming incre... READ MORE›
MUDSLIDES THREATEN CALIFORNIA AREAS SCORCHED BY WILDFIRES
The weather service saidthe heaviest rainfall was expected in Santa Barbara County from 10 p.m... READ MORE›
5 DEAD AS STORM WALLOPS U.S. EAST COAST
The National Weather Service received multiple reports of coastal flooding in Massachusetts, including in Boston, Lynn and Cape Cod, that made roads impassable... READ MORE›
KEVIN 'BOXER' MORAN SAYS NOW IS NOT THE TIME FOR 'BLAME GAMES' AMID COMPLAINTS OF 'INADEQUATE' FLOOD WARNINGS
Minister of State for Flood Relief, Kevin 'Boxer' Moran, said this morning that Galway was taken by surprise by rising floodwaters during Storm Eleanor... READ MORE›
FLASH FLOODS HIT MELBOURNE AS STORM MOVES ACROSS VICTORIA
Victorians are told to brace for more rain overnight, particularly in the north-east, after parts of Melbourne experience flash flooding from heavy thunderstorms... READ MORE›
'WE NEED TO THINK STRONGLY ABOUT ADAPTATION,' SAYS VICTORIA CLIMATOLOGIST
Zwiers warned warmer temperatures will increase the likelihood of extreme weather situations, such as flooding and fires... READ MORE›
DEATH TOLL FROM VIETNAM STORM TOPS 60 AND DAMS NEAR BURSTING
Typhoon Damrey tore across central Vietnam at the weekend just days before the region is due to host the APEC summit of Asia-Pacific leaders... READ MORE›
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BREAKTHROUGH AS US AND CHINA AGREE TO RATIFY PARIS CLIMATE CHANGE DEAL
G20 summit us and china ratify paris agreement in major step for climate change fight... READ MORE›
NATIONS FIGHTING POWERFUL REFRIGERANT THAT WARMS PLANET REACH LANDMARK DEAL
The talks in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, did not draw the same spotlight as the climate change accord forged in Paris last year... READ MORE›
TAX MEAT AND DAIRY TO CUT EMISSIONS AND SAVE LIVES, STUDY URGES
The researchers found climate taxes would save more than half a million early deaths every year, largely in Europe, the US, Australia and China... READ MORE›
MUMBAI BUILDING COLLAPSES AS MONSOON RAINS WREAK HAVOC
In Bihar, the death toll has reached 514, with people still living in makeshift huts days after the flooding started... READ MORE›
2016 WILL BE THE HOTTEST YEAR ON RECORD, UN SAYS
Because of climate change, the occurrence and impact of extreme events has risen, he said... READ MORE›
PARIS CLIMATE CHANGE AGREEMENT ENTERS INTO FORCE
The Paris agreement on climate change enters into force on Friday, marking the first time that governments have agreed legally binding limits to global temperature rises... READ MORE›
ITALY FLOODING KILLS SIX PEOPLE IN LIVORNO
At least six people have been killed after heavy rainstorms and flooding in the Italian city of Livorno... READ MORE›
WORLD ON TRACK FOR 3C OF WARMING UNDER CURRENT GLOBAL CLIMATE PLEDGES, WARNS UN
Mass migration as a result of climate change is hard to separate from other causes of migration, but is predicted to become a much greater problem... READ MORE›
WHAT THE DUTCH CAN TEACH THE WORLD ABOUT MANAGING FLOODS
Prior to his mission to take Dutch water management expertise around the world, Ovink was the Netherlands' chief of water management and spatial planning ... READ MORE›
DELUGE BRINGS MONTH'S RAIN IN ONE DAY, FORCING SECOND DAY OF QUEENSLAND SCHOOL CLOSURES
Intense rainfall is predicted on Thursday afternoon, before the weather is expected to clear early on Friday... READ MORE›
THE CRISIS OF RISING SEA LEVELS
Galveston Bay has lost a third of its wetlands to development since the 1950s, removing a natural buffer against flooding and storm surge... READ MORE›
PARIS CLIMATE DEAL THROWN INTO UNCERTAINTY BY US ELECTION RESULT
Trump has called climate change a hoax, placing him virtually alone among world leaders on the validity of the science... READ MORE›
'WE ARE NOT WELL PREPARED': AN EXPERT'S VIEW OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE NEXT BIG STORM
According to the Insurance Bureau of Canada, spring flooding around Ottawa cost 223 million in insured damages... READ MORE›
PERU BRACES FOR MORE FLOODING AFTER AT LEAST 67 DEATHS
Local El Ninos in Peru tend to be followed by the global El Nino phenomenon, which can trigger flooding and droughts in different countries, said Gutierrez... READ MORE›
ICE-MELTING TEMPERATURES FORECAST FOR ARCTIC MIDWINTER
Now King and colleagues have shown the recent extreme average temperatures are almost certainly caused by climate change... READ MORE›
ENVIRONMENTAL RECORDS SHATTERED AS CLIMATE CHANGE 'PLAYS OUT BEFORE US'
Temperatures, sea levels and carbon dioxide all hit milestones amid extreme weather in 2015, major international 'state of the climate' report finds... READ MORE›
POOR NATIONS WANT U.S. TO PAY REPARATIONS FOR EXTREME WEATHER
Poorer nations blame extreme weather-related disasters on climate change stemming from emission-polluting countries that have more developed and wealthier economies... READ MORE›
2016 LOCKED INTO BEING HOTTEST YEAR ON RECORD, NASA SAYS
Nasa has all but declared this year to be the hottest yet recorded, after September narrowly turned out the warmest in modern temperature monitoring... READ MORE›
GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE ACTION 'UNSTOPPABLE' DESPITE TRUMP
I am sure he will make a quick, wise decision, Ban said, saying that climate change was having severe impacts from the Arctic to Antarctica... READ MORE›
A STATE-BY-STATE LOOK AT HURRICANE MATTHEW DAMAGE
Abandoned cars sit in flood waters on Atlantic Avenue near Crabtree Creek in Raleigh, N.C., after Hurricane Matthew caused downed trees and flooding Oct. 9, 2016... READ MORE›
CLIMATE SCIENTISTS CONDEMN ARTICLE CLAIMING GLOBAL TEMPERATURES ARE FALLING
Trump to scrap nasa climate research in crackdown on 'politicized science'... READ MORE›
SEA LEVEL RISE WILL DOUBLE COASTAL FLOOD RISK WORLDWIDE
The research takes in to account the large waves and storm surges that can tip gradually rising sea levels over the edge of coastal defences... READ MORE›
CLIMATE DENIER SENATOR WANTS CSIRO INQUIRY
The CSIRO has no empirical evidence that proves carbon dioxide from our activity effects climate, none, Senator Roberts said... READ MORE›
WORLD NEEDS $90TN INFRASTRUCTURE OVERHAUL TO AVOID CLIMATE DISASTER, STUDY FINDS
These figures are estimates because the federal government stopped outlining its climate change budget in 2013... READ MORE›
CONSERVATIVES ELECTED TRUMP; NOW THEY OWN CLIMATE CHANGE
Furthermore, there are some conservatives who do take climate change seriously... READ MORE›
AS TRUMP HEADS TO WASHINGTON, GLOBAL WARMING NEARS TIPPING POINT
Because of climate change, the occurrence and impact of extreme events has risen, WMO Secretary-General Petteri Taalas said in a statement... READ MORE›
STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARED IN FORT MCMURRAY
The mayor of Fort McMurray declared a local state of emergency on Tuesday over concerns about flooding caused by Hangingstone River overrunning its banks... READ MORE›
SUPPORT FOR WORLD-LEADING ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE SKYROCKETS, ACCORDING TO NEW POLL
Support for world-leading action on climate change skyrockets, according to new poll... READ MORE›
AT LEAST 18 DEAD IN THAILAND FLOODS
Flooding from heavy rains hammering Thailand's south has left at least 18 people dead and thousands of villages partially submerged... READ MORE›
AS FLOOD WATERS RISE, IS URBAN SPRAWL AS MUCH TO BLAME AS CLIMATE CHANGE?
But others argue that urban development is as much to blame for the floods as climate change... READ MORE›