How climate change intensifies the water cycle, fueling extreme rainfall and flooding
A powerful storm system that hit the U.S. Northeast on July 9 and 10, 2023, dumped close to 10 inches of rain on New York’s Lower Hudson Valley in less than a d…
Climate change is intensifying the water cycle, bringing more powerful storms and flooding
Powerful storm systems triggered flash flooding across the U.S. in late July, killing at least 28 people in eastern Kentucky as floodwater engulfed homes and se…
How Arctic warming can trigger cold waves in North America – a new study makes the connection
Mathew Barlow, University of Massachusetts Lowell and Judah Cohen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) In February 2021, in the midst of rapidly warming…
The water cycle is intensifying as the climate warms, IPCC report warns
The world watched in July 2021 as extreme rainfall became floods that washed away centuries-old homes in Europe, triggered landslides in Asia and inundated subw…