Currently, the Horn of Africa, which includes Djibuti, Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritria and Kenya, is facing a horrific food and water crisis. The consequences are catastrophic for the people of the region. It is estimated that 1.1 million people have already been displaced...
A recent study published in Nature Climate Change used new techniques to determine that melting of the Greenland ice sheet will contribute at minimum 27cm (about ten-and-a-half inches) of sea-level rise as 10 trillion tons of ice melt. That guaranteed minimum is twice...
Pakistan is facing an extreme level of rain and floods. Pakistan usually has multiple cycles of monsoon rain, but this year it’s already in its eighth cycle, with another cycle possible in September. Two of the hardest hit provinces have received 400 percent more rain...
For weeks, about half of China has been in the grips of extreme heatwaves and droughts. The country is in a red alert, facing a dire situation with unprecedented temperatures and little to no rainfall. The places most affected have been the Yangtze River and the...
In just a week’s time, the news of flash floods and monsoon flooding around the world is showing us again that the effects of climate change are not just a fear for the future, but rather an immediate threat to all of us. Flash floods plagued wide areas of the United...
