|
Support nonprofit, independent environmental journalism.
|
|
 Stories About: climate AND news AND scientific research AND severe weather
| Headline |
Author |
Published |
Section |
When It Rains, It Pours
Climate change will increase extreme rainfall, says study |
|
08 Aug 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 12:21 PM on 08 Aug 2008 Photo: Ali Nishan Climate change will likely lead to more powerful rainstorms, says a new study published in Science. Computer models may "substantially" underestimate the number of heavy rainfalls that will occur in a warming world, say scientists who researched naturally occurring weather events during El Niņo patterns between 1987 and 2004. "A warmer atmosphere co ... |
|
| Topics: climate, climate change impacts, news, scientific research, severe weather (all these topics) |
|
|
What Part of
Severe precipitation in U.S. significantly increased over past half-century, says report |
|
05 Dec 2007 |
News |
| "Go Away" Don't You Understand? Severe precipitation in U.S. significantly increased over past half-century, says report Posted at 5:50 PM on 05 Dec 2007 The number of severe rainfalls and snowstorms across the U.S. has increased by around 24 percent in the last 50 years, says a new report from green group Environment America. In five states -- Louisiana, Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont -- instances of heavy precipitation have jumped by more than 50 per ... |
|
| Topics: climate, climate change impacts, news, scientific research, severe weather (all these topics) |
|
|
Mon Dieu, Il Fait Chaud
European heat-wave length has doubled since 1880, study says |
|
07 Aug 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Mon Dieu, Il Fait Chaud European heat-wave length has doubled since 1880, study says The average length of Europe's sultry heat waves has doubled since 1880, researchers say, from an average of 1.5 days to an average of three days. By analyzing historical records from 54 stations across the continent -- then correcting for an upward bias in earlier decades due to thermometers not being shielded from dire ... |
|
| Topics: climate, news, scientific research, severe weather (all these topics) |
|
|
|
|
©2008. Grist Magazine, Inc. All rights reserved. Gloom and doom with a sense of humor®.