Climate Signals

We're Climate Signals & we track the climate-weather connection. Did you know that extreme Atlantic hurricanes are twice as likely to occur than they were a couple of decades ago? Scientists point to ocean warming as a cause. Explore more at climatesignals.org/pillars/climat….

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A new documentary takes a different approach, with a specific eye toward how animals are reacting to climate change. salon.com/2023/09/14/a-n…

This year’s marine heat waves and spiking ocean temperatures foretell big changes in the future for some of the largest fish in the sea, such as sharks, tunas and swordfish. apnews.com/article/climat…

Storms like Daniel are considered rare, and are expected to remain rare, but higher sea surface temperatures fueled by climate change can supercharge medicanes and make them more forceful. grist.org/extreme-weathe…

Climate scientists agree: Hurricanes are becoming stronger 💨 More dangerous ⚠️ And causing more damage ❤️‍🩹. Climate Signals has the latest on the link between hurricanes and #ClimateChange: climatesignals.org/pillars/climat…

Scientists have long predicted that intense floods would come with rising temperatures. washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/0…

A bill in New York could soon require people selling their homes to disclose whether their properties are at risk for future flooding—a move supporters argue is necessary as rising sea levels and intense storms with climate change lead to more flooding. apnews.com/article/new-yo…

Tropical cyclones offer the planet one way to move energy from the tropics to higher latitudes both in the atmosphere and in the ocean. washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

Scientists don’t believe #ClimateChange causes hurricanes but research has shown the gradual warming of the Earth’s surface may play a role in the intensity and frequency of the strongest ones. apnews.com/article/fact-c…

How a Lahaina mom gained a piece of herself back through a project to help fire survivors carry on a Hawaiian tradition. washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

Florida is used to heat. But a future full of extreme heat means places like Tampa Bay have to think about how to adjust living conditions. axios.com/local/tampa-ba…

Climate change is melting the ice on Mount Rainier. The environmental effects will be widespread, a Park Service study warned. nytimes.com/2023/09/12/cli…

The massive wildfires can be linked to fire hazards — drought, wind, human-caused climate change — that have accelerated over recent decades. washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/0…

Dozens of places from Arizona to Florida had their hottest months on record during one of the most scorching stretches in U.S. history, a disaster cataloged in the national climate summary for summer 2023 released by NOAA on Monday. yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/09/summer…

This summer was the hottest on record, globally. Pennsylvania did not set records, but a new analysis shows it is still feeling the effects of climate change. stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2…

From rising temperatures to intense droughts to more frequent heatwaves, ClimateSignals.org has the latest science proving the link between wildfires and #ClimateChange.

Most of the US population, 326 million people, have experienced at least one unusually hot summer day this summer, according to a new report by non-profit Climate Central. theguardian.com/world/2023/sep…

Nearly everyone in the U.S. experienced hotter temperatures driven by human-caused #ClimateChange this summer, per a new Climate Central analysis. axios.com/2023/09/13/cli…

Wildfires, hurricanes, and extreme heat used to follow seasonal rules. They increasingly don’t. vox.com/climate/238705…

#ClimateChange is expanding the list of areas at risk for the worst wildfires. vox.com/climate/238685…