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Warming Climate Likely to Increase the Number and Intensity of Tropical Cyclones in the North Atlantic

A warming climate will increase the number of tropical cyclones and their intensity in the North Atlantic, potentially creating more and stronger hurricanes, according to simulations using a high-resolution, global climate model.

5 Jan 2023

Comprehensive Climate Risk Insurance Accelerates Economic Recovery After Hurricanes

In the US, hurricanes caused more than $400 billion in direct economic losses over the historical period 1980–2014, with losses peaking at more than $150 billion in 2005, the year when hurricane Katrina made landfall.

5 Jan 2023

The Limitations of Estimating Equilibrium Climate Sensitivity

A study performed by Robbin Bastiaansen, Anna von der Heydt, the University of Utrecht, the Netherlands, and Peter Ashwin, the University of Exeter, UK, indicates that it could still be rather difficult to precisely determine the Equilibrium Climate Sensitivity in complex climate models.

4 Jan 2023

Innovating Climate Change Communication

Climate change communication has been proven to follow trends, according to scientists from the Interactive Technologies Institute (ITI).

4 Jan 2023

New Cause of Melting Antarctic Ice Shelves Discovered

Researchers have discovered a process that can contribute to the melting of ice shelves in the Antarctic.

3 Jan 2023

Renewables Generation Up 55% Year-on-year

Renewable energy generation between July and September (2022) was up 55.3% on the same period in 2021, The Scottish Government has revealed.

23 Dec 2022

New Study Reveals Potential Underestimation of Forest Carbon Stocks

UK forests could store almost double the amount of carbon than previous calculations suggest, with consequences for our understanding of carbon stocks and humanity's response to climate change, according to a new study involving UCL researchers.

21 Dec 2022

Research Helps Understand How Land Plants Affect the Climate

Scientists have discovered that the atmosphere contained far less CO2 than previously thought when forests emerged on our planet, the new study has important implications for understanding how land plants affect the climate.

21 Dec 2022

Climate Change Played a Major Role in the Ascendancy of Early Dinosaurs

Climate change, rather than competition, played a key role in the ascendancy of dinosaurs through the Late Triassic and Early Jurassic periods.

19 Dec 2022

U.S. Cities Experiencing Spikes in Gun Violence on Warm Days, Study Shows

From Philadelphia to Portland, cities across the United States are experiencing spikes in gun violence on warm days. Researchers have begun to explore heat as a contributor to firearm violence, but current research on this subject is limited, focusing only on a few cities.

19 Dec 2022