California Heads into its Peak Fire Season with State-Sized Burn Scar October 8, 2018 By Brian K. Sullivan and Mark Chediak California is poised to set an annual record it never wanted to break: the amount of earth scorched by wildfires....
July’s Droughts, Wildfires, Floods Caused Billions in Global Economic Losses: Aon August 10, 2018 Many countries across the globe saw worsening in drought-related and wildfire conditions during July, which have led to hundreds of...
NOAA Expects Sea Level Rise to Produce Record Coastal Flooding This Year June 7, 2018 By Don Jergler Break out the galoshes. The projected increase in high tide flooding in 2018 may be as much as 60 percent...
La Niña Has 55% Chance of Waning During March-May, Says National Weather Service March 8, 2018 The current La Niña phase of the climate cycle will most likely transition during the March-May season to ENSO-neutral conditions,...
Scientists Blame Extreme Weather, Heat on Man-Made Climate Change December 14, 2017 By Jim Efstathiou Jr. Some of last year’s crazy weather — including extreme heat around the world to unusually warm waters in the Bering...
Catastrophes Cost Insurers $22B in 1H 2017; Economic Losses Totaled $53B: Aon July 20, 2017 Global insured losses from natural disasters during the first half of 2017 are estimated at US$22 billion with 76 percent...
Active Atlantic Hurricane Season Looms – as Odds Drop of El Niño Formation June 9, 2017 By Brian K. Sullivan Forecasters again lowered the odds of El Niño forming by year’s end, a scenario that may mean more Atlantic hurricanes...
U.S. Weather Remains Biggest Driver of Global Insurance Losses in 2017: Aon May 10, 2017 Severe weather in the U.S. remains the largest contributor to global insurance losses in 2017 after April continued the trend...
Rising Sea Temperatures Could Kill 90% of Coral Reefs by 2050: Scientists March 14, 2017 By Elena Becatoros There were startling colors here just a year ago, a dazzling array of life beneath the waves. Now this Maldivian...
Global Temperatures Hit Record High for 3rd Year in Row in 2016 January 19, 2017 By Alister Doyle World temperatures hit a record high for the third year in a row in 2016, creeping closer to a ceiling...