New Wildfires Break Out on Greece’s Evia Island August 24, 2021 By Elena Becatoros ATHENS, Greece (AP) – Greece’s fire department scrambled firefighting aircraft and ground forces as at least two new blazes broke...
Climate Change Exacerbated Germany’s Deadly Floods: Report August 24, 2021 By Laura Millan The heavy rains and floods that killed at least 220 people in Belgium and Germany this summer were made more...
Rain Falls at Highest Point on Greenland’s Ice Sheet for 1st Time on Record August 23, 2021 By Kate Abnett and Andrea Januta Rain fell at the highest point on the Greenland ice sheet last week for the first time on record, another...
Insured Losses from European Floods Estimated at $6 Billion-$7.7 Billion: RMS August 23, 2021 RMS, the Newark, Calif.-based catastrophe modeling company, estimates that insured losses from the Western and Central Europe flooding, which occurred...
Climate Activists Plan 2 Weeks of Protest in City of London August 20, 2021 By Michael Holden Environmental activists who caused days of traffic chaos in London two years ago said on Wednesday [Aug. 18] they would...
Groundbreaking Climate Court Victories Face Problems with Enforcement August 18, 2021 By Diederik Baazil Marjan Minnesma cheered along with her fellow climate activists in May when a judge ordered Royal Dutch Shell Plc to...
Why Snow, Hail and Wildfire Are Expensive for Insurance Industry August 17, 2021 By Leslie Kaufman If you’re having trouble wrapping your mind around the spree of natural catastrophes currently plaguing the world—from deadly July floods...
How Extreme Weather Makes Everything Harder, Except Climate-Risk Analysis August 16, 2021 By Kate Mackenzie, Bloomberg Opinion It’s been a momentous week for our understanding of the effects of greenhouse gas emissions. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate...
Concerned Scientists Outline What U.S. Should Do to Deal with Climate Change August 12, 2021 By Don Jergler Six insurers have ruled out Arctic refuge drilling, according to a report out this week from the Gwich’in Steering Committee....
Blistering Heat in Sicily May Have Just Smashed European Record August 12, 2021 By Megan Durisin The Italian island of Sicily may have just smashed continental Europe’s heat record, the latest example of how climate change...