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Simultaneous climate events risk damaging entire socioeconomic systems

The cascading effects of extreme weather—such as recent heatwaves which combine heat and drought—and the interconnectedness of critical services and sectors has the potential...

Chances of climate catastrophe are ignored, scientists say

Experts are ignoring the worst possible climate change catastrophic scenarios, including collapse of society or the potential extinction of humans, however unlikely, a group...

Reconstructing volcanic eruptions to help scientists predict climate risks

University of Saskatchewan (USask) researcher Dr. Matthew Toohey (Ph.D.) and University of Bern researcher Dr. Michael Sigl (Ph.D.) were part of the research team...

Hot on trail of causes of rapid ice sheet instabilities in climate history

Extreme cooling events during the last glacial period, known as Heinrich events in the North Atlantic, are a good example of how local processes...

Supervolcano study finds CO2 emissions key to avoiding climate disasters

Lead researcher Dr. Qiang Jiang, a Curtin Ph.D. graduate from Curtin's School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, said the findings were vital to understanding...

Pacific Islands ask international court to rule on climate

Climate-threatened Pacific islands called on Monday for the International Court of Justice to rule on countries' legal duties to stop climate change, a move...

Pioneering climate change research reveals long-term global carbon cycle impacts

A new study in Nature Geoscience, co-authored by Dr. Heather Ford from Queen Mary's School of Geography, uses a unique research model to illustrate...

Frequent occurrence of climate extremes in the Three Gorges region in 2021

As a key project for the governance and protection of the Yangtze River, the Three Gorges Hydropower Complex Project is the world's largest water...

Climate evolution in the Southeast Indian Ocean during the Miocene

The Miocene, 23 to 5 million years ago, was an important period for the formation of the Antarctic ice sheets (AIS). The mid-latitudes in...

Yellowstone flooding reveals forecast flaws as climate warms

The Yellowstone National Park area's weather forecast the morning of June 12 seemed fairly tame: warmer temperatures and rain showers would accelerate mountain snow...

Australia’s new climate promise meets mining reality

Flood, fire and drought-battered Australia is trying to clean up its act on climate change, but dependence on fossil fuel riches could stymie the...

Floods, fires, heat waves: US struggles with climate catastrophes

Raging floods, devastating fires, powerful thunderstorms and a dangerous heat wave affecting a third of the population: the United States was being walloped Tuesday...

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