‘Extremely scary findings’ show climate crisis is supercharging Europe’s wildfire weather

Latest study says global heating has made hot, dry and windy conditions in Spain at least 20 times more likely…

 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/31/wildfires-extreme-weather-europe-spain-france-climate-crisis-analysis

 

Heatwave scorching US west ‘virtually impossible’ without climate crisis, say scientists

"These temperatures are completely off the scale for March," said analysis co-author Ben Clarke, who is an extreme weather and climate change researcher at Imperial College London, in a statement… 

"These findings leave no room for doubt. Climate change is pushing weather into extremes that would have been unthinkable in a preindustrial world," said Friederike Otto, a climate science professor at Imperial College London, who also worked on the study.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/20/heatwave-us-west-climate-crisis

 

Mining’s toxic timebomb: dams full of poisonous waste are dotted around the world. What happens when they burst?

While tailings dams are meant to last for ever, extreme weather events are making many unstable – with devastating consequences for nature and humans…

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/13/minings-toxic-timebomb-dams-full-of-poisonous-waste-are-dotted-around-the-world-what-happens-when-they-burst-aoe

 

How do we know that the climate crisis is to blame for extreme weather?

Scientific techniques known as climate attribution can help us discern whether the rise in severe weather events is due to global heating…

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/18/how-do-we-know-that-the-climate-crisis-is-to-blame-for-extreme-weather

Oceans were the hottest ever recorded in 2022, analysis shows

"We are getting more extreme weather because of the warming oceans and that has tremendous consequences all around the world."…

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/11/oceans-were-the-hottest-ever-recorded-in-2022-analysis-shows

U.S. regulators to probe power outages during historic winter storm | Reuters

"This storm underscores the increasing frequency of significant extreme weather events and underscores the need for the electric sector to change its planning scenarios and preparations for extreme events," said NERC CEO and President Jim Robb...

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-regulators-probe-power-outages-during-historic-winter-storm-2022-12-28/