Chile risks repeat of deadly wildfires because of climate change, report says
Santiago, Chile Reuters Deadly wildfires like those that burned through central Chile and killed at least 133 people this month will become more likely in the South American country as climate change makes the world hotter and drier, according to a report released on Thursday. The fires were Chile’s deadliest natural disaster since a 2010 […]
Climate change drove deadly winter heat wave in South America, study says
Sao Paulo, BrazilReuters Global warming was the main driver of the heat wave that scorched South America for most of August and September and raised temperatures by as much as 4.3 degrees Celsius, according to a study published on Tuesday. Temperatures soared above 40 degrees Celsius across large parts of Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia and Argentina […]
Climate change made Libya’s deadly rainfall up to 50 times more likely – study
Berlin, GermanyReuters Climate Change made the heavy rainfall that led to deadly floods in Libya up to 50 times more likely, scientists said on Tuesday. The powerful 10th September storm caused two dams to break, inundating Libya’s eastern city of Derna and killing thousands of people. Residential blocks built along a typically dry riverbank toppled, […]
Death toll in Pakistan floods nears 1,500; hundreds of thousands sleep in open
Karachi/Islamabad, Pakistan Reuters Unprecedented floods that have submerged huge swathes of Pakistan have killed nearly 1,500 people, data showed on Thursday, as authorities said hundreds of thousands of people were still sleeping in the open air after the disaster. The deluge, brought by record monsoon rains and glacial melt in northern mountains, has impacted 33 […]
Explainer – How climate change drives heatwaves and wildfires in Europe
Brussels, BelgiumReuters Europe is in the grip of a record-breaking heatwave and wildfires are raging across the Mediterranean. Here’s how climate change drives these events… Hotter, more frequent heatwavesClimate change makes heatwaves hotter and more frequent. This is the case for most land regions, and has been confirmed by the UN’s global panel of climate […]
Climate change is driving 2022 extreme heat and flooding
London, UKReuters Extreme weather events – from scorching heatwaves to unusually heavy downpours – have caused widespread upheaval across the globe this year, with thousands of people killed and millions more displaced. In the last three months, monsoon rains unleashed disastrous flooding in Bangladesh, and brutal heatwaves seared parts of South Asia and Europe. Meanwhile, […]
Madagascar food crisis caused more by poverty, natural weather than climate change – study
Reuters Poverty, poor infrastructure and natural weather variability are bigger contributors to Madagascar’s food crisis than climate change, according to a study released on Thursday by international research collective World Weather Attribution. But the crisis still highlights vulnerabilities that will only worsen as global temperatures continue to rise, scientists for the organisation said. Malagasy children […]
Europe’s July heatwave ‘extremely unlikely’ without climate change – scientists
Barcelona, SpainThomson Reuters Foundation Global warming turbo-charged July’s record-breaking heatwave in Europe by 1.5 to three degrees Celsius, scientists said on Friday, adding that the intensity in some countries would have been “extremely unlikely” without climate change. The heatwaves in France and the Netherlands last month would have had a chance of happening only once […]