In Tonga, a volcano-triggered tsunami underscores islands' acute climate risk
As sea levels continue to rise in coming decades, tsunamis and storm surges will likely be reaching further inland with even more risk of damage SINGAPORE, Jan 20 (Reuters) - For the South Pacific island nation of Tonga, the tsunami unleashed by Saturday's volcanic eruption laid bare some of the wa
Australien & Ozeanien MeeresspiegelPeru says oil spill caused by Tonga waves is an 'ecological disaster'
A dead bird lies on a beach during a clean-up, following an oil spill caused by abnormal waves, triggered by a massive underwater volcanic eruption half a world away, in Tonga, in Ventanilla, Peru, January 18, 2022. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares
ÖlpestWhy oceans could face more extremes like the Pacific ‘Blob’
Prof Nicolas Gruber, professor of environmental physics at the Department of Environmental Systems Science at ETH Zurich. Prof Philip Boyd, professor of marine biogeochemistry at the Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies at the University of Tasmania.
Hitze OzeaneColorado’s Suburban Firestorm Shows the Threat of Climate-Driven Wildfires is Moving Into Unusual Seasons and Landscapes
The Marshall Fire continues to burn out of control on Dec. 30, 2021 in Broomfield, Colorado. Credit: RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images When he saw smoke in the air around Boulder, Colorado on Dec. 30, Tom Veblen walked up a trail near his home to check it out.
Trockenheit Hitze USA Wald- & BuschbrändeGlobal Risks 2022: The 'disorderly' net-zero transition is here and it’s time to embrace it
The 2022 Global Risks Report has “climate action failure” as the number one risk over the coming decade. The most documented risks associated with climate action failure are physical risks, such as an increase in the frequency and severity of severe weather.
SystemwandelState of the Climate: How the world warmed in 2021
The climate data for 2021 is now mostly in, and it has proved to be another noteworthy year across the oceans, atmosphere, cryosphere and surface temperature of the planet. In this article, Carbon Brief unpacks the different datasets, remarkable records and extreme events of last year.
HitzeLast Year’s Overall Climate Was Shaped by Warming-Driven Heat Extremes Around the Globe
Earth’s annual average temperature checkup can mask a lot of the details of the climate record over the previous year, and 2021 showed that deadly heat-related climate extremes happen, even if it’s not a record-warm year.
HitzeAustralia equals hottest day on record at 50.7C
Australia has equalled its hottest day on record after a remote coastal town reported temperatures of 50.7C (123.26F). The temperature in Onslow, Western Australia, on Thursday matched a record set in 1962 in South Australia.
Australien & Ozeanien HitzeA Trove of Old Photos Could Reveal the Future of These Arctic Glaciers
The Svalbard Islands, part of Norway, are warming seven times faster than the global average. Aerial pictures from the 1930s are helping researchers understand what that means for the region’s ice.
Arktis & Antarktis Eisschmelze FotografieGaza’s race against climate breakdown
Amid a deepening climate crisis, Palestinians in Gaza are fighting to salvage their land and livelihoods. But repeated bombardments and an unrelenting blockade are devastating efforts to build climate resilience. Ever-worsening shortages of water and electricity.
KonflikteRéchauffement climatique record sur les sept dernières années
Si 2021 n'a été "que" la cinquième année la plus chaude jamais enregistrée, elle a subi les effets dévastateurs du changement climatique: canicules exceptionnelles et meurtrières en Amérique du Nord et en Europe du Sud, incendies ravageurs au Canada ou en Sibérie, vague de froid spectaculai
HitzeFolgen des Klimawandels – Extremregen schadet vor allem dem Wohlstand der reichen Länder
Durch die Erderwärmung verschärft sich das Problem von Starkniederschlägen. Das zeigt eine aufwendige Datenanalyse. Welche verheerenden und teuren Schäden Starkniederschläge verursachen können, hat im vergangenen Juli das Tief Bernd eindrücklich vor Augen geführt.
Kosten der Klimaerwärm. ExtremwetterMöglicher Todesstoss für das Great Barrier Reef
Schon wieder bedroht eine Unterwasser-Hitzewelle das Great Barrier Riff vor Australien. «Korallen sind sehr hitzeempfindlich. Bleiben die Wassertemperaturen länger hoch, bleichen sie aus», so SRF-Mitarbeiter Urs Wälterlin in Australien.
Australien & Ozeanien Biodiversität OzeaneA Vivid View of Extreme Weather: Temperature Records in the U.S. in 2021
Temperatures in the United States last year set more all-time heat and cold records than any other year since 1994, according to a New York Times analysis of Global Historical Climatology Network data. Heat waves made up most of these records. All-time heat records were set last year at 8.
USA Extremwetter‘Help Us’: After Typhoon Rai, Miles of Destruction and the Smell of Death
Ed Boysillo, 54, a municipal worker in Ubay, in the central Philippine province of Bohol, was describing the fearsome power of Super Typhoon Rai. The storm made its first landfall on Dec. 16, bringing torrential rains and packing winds up to 168 miles per hour, comparable to a Category 5 hurricane.
Asien ExtremwetterClimate Change an ‘Emerging Threat’ to U.S. Financial Stability, Regulators Say
The Financial Stability Oversight Council issued a formal warning on the economic damage that global warming could inflict. WASHINGTON — Federal regulators warned for the first time in an annual report to Congress on Friday that climate change was an “emerging threat” to the U.S.
Kosten der Klimaerwärm. USAAlaska sets record high December temperature of 19.4C
An unusual winter warm spell in Alaska has brought daytime temperatures soaring past 15.5C (60F) and torrents of rain at a time of year normally associated with bitter cold and snow. At the island community of Kodiak, the air temperature at a tidal gauge hit 19.
Amerikas Hitze'The Fuse Has Been Blown,' and the Doomsday Glacier Is Coming for Us All
One thing that’s hard to grasp about the climate crisis is that big changes can happen fast. In 2019, I was aboard the Nathaniel B. Palmer, a 308-foot-long scientific research vessel, cruising in front of the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica.
Arktis & Antarktis Eisschmelze MeeresspiegelLe bilan du typhon Rai, aux Philippines, s'alourdit à au moins 375 morts
La branche philippine de la Croix-Rouge a fait état d'un "carnage complet" au niveau des zones côtières après le passage du typhon. La tempête a arraché des toits, déraciné des arbres, renversé des poteaux électriques, démoli des maisons en bois et inondé des villages.
Asien Extremwetter Überschwemm.Malaysia’s worst flooding in years leaves 30,000 people displaced
More than 30,000 people were evacuated from their homes in Malaysia on Sunday as the country battled some of its worst flooding in years. The tropical nation in Southeast Asia often sees stormy monsoon seasons towards the end of the year, with flooding regularly prompting mass evacuations.
Asien Extremwetter Überschwemm.Great Barrier Reef could face another mass bleaching by end of January, forecast says
Corals across large parts of the Great Barrier Reef could be hit by mass bleaching for the fourth time in just seven years by the end of January, according to a forecast from a United States government agency.
Australien & Ozeanien Biodiversität OzeaneThe Amazon is the Planet’s Counterweight to Global Warming, a Place of Stupefying Richness Under Relentless Assault
Rancher Jaim Teixeira surveys the landscape at the edge of his property, near Trairão in the Brazilian state of Pará. Teixeira lit the forest on fire to clear it so he can graze his cattle, though burning primary rainforest in the Amazon is illegal. Credit: Larry C. Price Photography by Larry C.
Amerikas Biodiversität AbholzungRisse im Eis: Klimawandel bedroht Thwaites-Gletscher in der Antarktis
Glaziologen haben Risse in der Eisplatte beobachtet, die wie ein Korken vor der Mündung des riesigen Antarktis-Gletschers sitzt. Binnen fünf Jahren könnte sie kollabieren. Einer der größten Gletscher der Antarktis, der Thwaites-Gletscher, verliert offenbar zunehmend seinen Halt.
Arktis & Antarktis Eisschmelze MeeresspiegelA rush to mine the deep ocean has environmentalists worried
In a large building overlooking the sea in Kingston, Jamaica, national members of a little known international organisation are meeting for contentious talks that could open up the planet’s deep seabed to mining as soon as July 2023.
Ozeane RohstoffeFirst Fires, Then Floods: Climate Extremes Batter Australia
WEE WAA, Australia — Two years ago, the fields outside Christina Southwell’s family home near the cotton capital of Australia looked like a dusty, brown desert as drought-fueled wildfires burned to the north and south.
Australien & Ozeanien Überschwemm. Wald- & BuschbrändeAntarktis Wichtiger Eis-Schild könnte innerhalb der nächsten Jahre zerbrechen
Im Westen der Antarktis sorgt der Thwaites-Gletscher dafür, dass das Eis vom Kontinent nicht ins Meer rutscht. Doch nun haben Wissenschaftler entdeckt: Ein Teil des Schelfeises verliert an Halt und könnte auseinanderbrechen.
Arktis & Antarktis Eisschmelze MeeresspiegelVorläufige Schadensbilanz: 2021 wird ein teures Katastrophenjahr
Das Jahr ist noch gar nicht zu Ende, doch schon jetzt summieren sich die versicherten Schäden durch Naturkatastrophen weltweit laut einer Studie auf 105 Milliarden US-Dollar - vor allem wegen Stürmen in den USA und Überschwemmungen in Europa.
Kosten der Klimaerwärm. ExtremwetterWhat Does It Mean to Save a Neighborhood?
To hear more audio stories from publications like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android. The day after the storm swallowed her neighborhood, Nancy Ortiz woke before dawn to buy ice. It was 2012, and Hurricane Sandy had reclaimed Lower Manhattan for Mother Nature.
Amerikas ExtremwetterThese 11 countries could face extreme instability from climate change, says U.S. intelligence
WASHINGTON – The nation's collective intelligence community identified 11 countries vulnerable to geopolitical instability due to climate change in its first-ever National Intelligence Estimate on Climate Change report.
KonflikteClimate change not the main driver of Madagascar food crisis, scientists find
Poverty, poor infrastructure and dependence on rain-fed agriculture are the main drivers of the ongoing food crisis in Madagascar, according to a new “rapid-attribution” study, while climate change played “no more than a small part”.
Afrika Landw. & Ernähr. TrockenheitFinding Bright Spots in the Global Coral Reef Catastrophe
Ecologist Christian Voolstra (left) and a colleague collect fragments of coral for a rapid stress test to determine their resilience. Credit: Pete West This article was originally published by Yale Environment 360. Read the original story here.
Biodiversität Ozeane‘The ice sheet is in for a wild ride’: Greenland is seeing record ice loss
Greenland had a quite a year. For the first time in its history, rain fell at its summit. In August, it experienced one of the latest-occurring melt events in recent memory. This also became the third year with major melting events in the past decade.
Arktis & Antarktis EisschmelzeLes prévisions climatiques «catastrophiques» encore trop optimistes
+1,8°C, +1,9°C, +2,7°C? Les projections du réchauffement climatique ont défilé à l’heure du bilan de la COP26. Pourtant, selon une récente étude de Nature Climate Change, ces estimations seraient beaucoup plus «incertaines» et complexes.
KlimaszenarienL’océan Arctique se serait réchauffé dès les années 1900
Les intrusions d’eaux chaudes et salées de l’Atlantique dans l’océan Arctique auraient augmenté dès le début du XXe siècle, soit plusieurs décennies plus tôt qu’on le pensait, explique une équipe internationale dans Science Advances, après avoir analysé des sédiments sous-marin
OzeaneDans le nord du Kenya, la sécheresse affame les hommes et les bêtes
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Afrika Trockenheit HungerHow bad is the Pacific north-west flooding and what caused it?
What is happening?A huge storm has dumped record rainfall across swathes of British Columbia in Canada and Washington State in the US.Thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes, others have been trapped on cut-off roads, and several towns have been completely cut off.
Amerikas Extremwetter USAGlobal heating is destroying rock art tens of thousands of years old, experts warn
Rock art that has lasted tens of thousands of years is being destroyed by the climate emergency in a matter of years. Coastal erosion, fires, floods and cyclones are among the extreme events predicted to get more severe with global heating.
KunstEn Espagne il n’y a plus assez d’eau pour l’irrigation
Poivrons, tomates, concombres, melons y prospéraient. C’était le jardin maraîcher de l’Europe. Mais la soif insatiable d’eau de l’agriculture intensive espagnole a transformé les zones humides en friches, asséché les rivières et pollué les eaux souterraines.
Landw. & Ernähr. Trockenheit EuropaBaby Born 19 Weeks Early Defies Long Odds and Astonishes Doctors
Curtis Means, now 16 months old, reflects a troubling trend of premature births across the United States, a problem that some research has associated with climate change. Michelle Butler was 21 weeks pregnant with twins — a boy and a girl — when she felt contractions.
GesundheitCop26: world on track for disastrous heating of more than 2.4C, says key report
The world is on track for disastrous levels of global heating far in excess of the limits in the Paris climate agreement, despite a flurry of carbon-cutting pledges from governments at the UN Cop26 summit. Temperature rises will top 2.
COP26Les peuples autochtones face au dérèglement climatique (3/5)
Leurs savoirs et savoir-faire ancestraux se révèlent particulièrement efficaces pour la protection de la biodiversité et des écosystèmes. Les peuples autochtones ont, aujourd'hui plus que jamais, un rôle important à jouer dans la recherche d’alternatives.
IndigeneReimagining Coastal Cities as Sponges to Help Protect Them From the Ravages of Climate Change
As an environmental officer in Samoa, Violet Wulf-Saena worked with the Lano and Saoluafata Indigenous peoples to restore coastline mangrove ecosystems that could slow incoming waves and protect communities from storm and flood damage.
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