During a year of extremes

During a year of extremes, carbon dioxide levels surge faster than ever

When combined with 2023's increase of 3.0 ppm, the period from 2022 to 2024 has seen the largest two-year jump in the May peak in the NOAA ...

2023 - A year of unprecedented heat and climate extremes

The daily temperature records offer a vivid depiction of the ongoing warming trend, marking the first time in recorded history in which every ...

2023 – a year of climate extremes - Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

At the same time, there were exceptional heatwaves and droughts, extreme storms and catastrophic rainfall. Studies by the European consortium ...

Extreme weather events driven by climate change, including flooding and heat waves, have cost the global economy more than $2 trillion since ...

Climate change indicators reached record levels in 2023: WMO

Towards the end of 2023, over 90% of the ocean had experienced heatwave conditions at some point during the year. ... extreme melt in both western ...

Extreme Weather and Climate Change - NASA Science

Record-breaking heat waves on land and in the ocean, drenching rains, severe floods, years-long droughts, extreme wildfires, and widespread flooding during ...

The year's most extreme weather shows what a warming planet is ...

In the hottest year on record, the fingerprints of a changing climate in a warming world were all over dozens of extreme weather events in ...

2023: A historic year of U.S. billion-dollar weather and climate ...

The increase in disasters creates 'compound extremes' (e.g., billion-dollar disaster events that occur at the same time or in sequence), which ...

Extreme Weather and Climate Change - C2ES

One of the most visible consequences of a warming world is an increase in the intensity and frequency of extreme weather events. ... In California, the 5-year ...

Mapped: How climate change affects extreme weather around the ...

The extreme event in question was the European heatwave in the summer of 2003. Week upon week of extreme heat had a devastating impact, killing ...

Extreme weather - World Meteorological Organization WMO

An extreme weather event is rare at a particular place and time of year, with unusual characteristics in terms of magnitude, location, timing, or extent.

Extreme weather events in the last year | The Week

March 2023. Cyclone Freddy lasted over a month and was one of the longest-lived tropical cyclones ever. It killed at least 400 people in both ...

Climate change fuelled extreme weather in 2023

News · After six consecutive months of record-breaking heat, 2023 is poised to become the hottest year on record. · These are just a few examples ...

How Climate Change Is Fueling Extreme Weather - Earthjustice

Wildfires burn longer and wider. Larger fires in hot, dry years.

How are extreme weather events and the climate evolving in the ...

“Unusually high” means it has maximum temperatures among the warmest 10% of years since the early 1900s. Over the last few decades, you can see ...

2023: A Summer of Extreme Weather - Council on Foreign Relations

June through August marked the world's hottest three-month period in recorded history, and the average global temperature in July was more than ...

Observer: ESOTC 2023 - Europe experienced an extraordinary year ...

An increase in extreme rainfall is leading to catastrophic events, such as the widespread flooding seen in Italy, Greece, Slovenia, Norway and ...

Extreme Precipitation and Climate Change - C2ES

Increases in heavy precipitation may not always lead to an increase in total precipitation over a season or over the year. ... Extreme rainfall in the ...

Explaining Extreme Events from a Climate Perspective: AMS Special ...

Regional Perspectives: Analyzing region-specific vulnerabilities, impacts, and adaptation strategies in the face of extremes related to climate variability and ...

Ten extreme climate events of 2023 - PreventionWeb.net

The year 2023 has also broken many heat records. Here Eco-Business looks back at 2023 and lists the year's ten extreme weather events.