25 January 2019, The Conversation, The stubborn high-pressure system behind Australia’s record heatwaves
If you think the weather this month has been like Groundhog Day (albeit much hotter), you’d probably be right! Much like a stuck record, weather systems seem to have stalled over most of the country. …… These weather patterns across the country are largely due to a stubborn blocking high-pressure system that has remained over the Tasman Sea since early January, affecting weather on both sides of the ditch. This type of strong high-pressure system typically forms further south than usual, and remains almost stationary for an extended period, thus blocking the west-to-east progression of weather systems across southern Australia. Read more here
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22 January 2019, BusinessGree, Extreme weather cost global economy $215bn in 2018, AON estimates. Global cost of extreme weather last year higher than previous estimates, making 2017-18 costliest two-year period on record. The global economic costs of extreme weather hit … Continue reading →
18 January 2019, Politico, Pentagon: Climate change threatens military installations. Flooding, drought and wildfires driven by climate change pose threats to two-thirds of the U.S. military’s installations, the Defense Department said in a new report required by Congress. The authors of the … Continue reading →
10 December 2018, Washington Post. Climate change was behind 15 weather disasters in 2017. A drought scorched the Great Plains, causing wildfires and $2.5 billion in agriculture losses. Catastrophic floods submerged more than a third of Bangladesh. Record-shattering heat waves killed … Continue reading →