Enlarge / Damaged left behind by flooding in the Ahr valley. (credit: Picture Alliance / Getty Images) The backdrop of a steadily warming climate has frequently raised questions about whether any given extreme weather event could have been influenced by climate change. It’s a natural question to ask, but answering it in peer-reviewed detail usually […]
A TV reporter in Germany was caught red-handed faking a move to make it look like she’d been helping with a massive flood cleanup effort before a live TV hit in the European nation. Susanna Ohlen (pictured above) is going through the worst kind of viral infamy right now after a social media video purported to […]
Enlarge Our warming planet is melting lots of ice and heating the waters of the oceans, creating a clear trend of rising oceans. In some areas of the US, this is starting to cause what’s called nuisance flooding, where high tides cause coastal flooding even in the absence of storms. As the oceans continue to […]
Expand / Flooding at Midland, Michigan in May 2020 following heavy rains resulted in the collapse of 2 dams. Climate change entails direct impacts about the cycling of water throughout our surroundings. The warmer air holds more moisture, which makes extreme rainstorms ditch more water than they ever used to. On the reverse side, warmer […]