A high-pressure system over southern England has expanded to cover much of the UK since the start of the week beginning June 16th, bringing calm, sunny days and gradually rising temperatures.
In late May, Iceland and Greenland saw record-breaking heat.
From May 19-23, heavy rains caused widespread flooding across eastern New South Wales.
Researchers from World Weather Attribution assessed the influence of human-caused climate change on dangerous heat waves over the past 12 months, in collaboration with Climate Central and the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre. Published ahead of Heat Action Day on June 2, the study found that 4 billion people (about 49% of the global population) … Continue reading “Heat Action Day Report: Climate Change and the Escalation of Global Extreme Heat”
In early April, a number of severe storms hit the Central Mississippi river valley in the United States, marked by extreme rainfall and a record number of tornado warnings.