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Scientists identify heat wave at bottom of ocean
A new study has generated the first broad assessment of bottom marine heat waves in the productive continental shelf waters surrounding North America.
- Climate
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Sea level rise poses particular risk for Asian megacities
Sea level rise this century may pose especially major risks to such Asian megacities as Chennai, Kolkata, Yangon, Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh City, and Manila.
- Climate
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Climate change, natural variability combine to create extreme events
An analysis of high sea levels off Indonesia demonstrates the extent to which the compounding impacts of warming temperatures and natural variability can create extreme events.
- Climate
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1930s Dust Bowl affected extreme heat around Northern Hemisphere
Scientists find link between the extreme heat of the Great Plains in the 1930s and soaring temperatures far beyond the United States.
- Climate,
- Weather
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Paris Agreement goal would mitigate sea level rise
High-end projections show sea level rise this century would not exceed three feet if society meets the goals of the Paris Agreement.
- Climate