28 July 2018, World Weather Attribution Heatwave in northern Europe, summer 2018. The summer of 2018 has been remarkable in northern Europe. A very persistent high-pressure anomaly over Scandinavia caused high temperature anomalies and drought there from May to (at least) July. Southern … Continue reading →
Yearly Archives: 2018
26 July 2018, The Conversation, It’s a savage summer in the Northern Hemisphere – and climate change is slashing the odds of more heatwaves. In Australia we know about sweltering summer heat. We all remember the images of burned koala paws, collapsing tennis players and, far … Continue reading →
26 July 2018, UnDark, Ted Nordhaus Is Wrong: We Are Exceeding Earth’s Carrying Capacity. The co-founder of the Breakthrough Institute has a cheery vision of the future. If only that vision were plausible. In his article, “The Earth’s Carrying Capacity for Human … Continue reading →
30 July 2018, Nature, Droughts, heatwaves and floods: How to tell when climate change is to blame. Weather forecasters will soon provide instant assessments of global warming’s influence on extreme events. he Northern Hemisphere is sweating through another unusually hot summer. Japan has … Continue reading →