Storms, heat waves, droughts, and other extreme weather events are occurring more frequently and with greater severity than experts predicted several years ago, causing serious health and economic consequences around the world, according to a panel of scientists convened by the United Nations in a new report released Monday. Climate experts described the report as… Continue reading U.N. Panel: Impacts of Climate Change Now Severe and Widespread
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La Nina Arrives, Threatening to Stoke Droughts and Roil Markets
A weather-roiling La Nina appears to have emerged across the equatorial Pacific, setting the stage for worsening droughts in California and South America, frigid winters in parts of the U.S. and Japan and greater risks for the world’s already strained energy and food supplies. The phenomenon—which begins when the atmosphere reacts to a cooler patch… Continue reading La Nina Arrives, Threatening to Stoke Droughts and Roil Markets