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The record-breaking 252mph winds of Hurricane Melissa that devastated Caribbean islands at the end of October were made five times more likely by the climate crisis.…

In April last year, more rain fell in Dubai in a single day than would normally be expected to fall in an entire year.Credit: Giuseppe Cacace/AFP…

November 12, 20253 min readClimate Action Is Slow—But It Will Still Curb Extreme HeatTen years after the Paris climate agreement, the limited progress we’ve made in…

Concert promoter OCESA announced the cancellation of shows planned for Oct. 31 and Nov. 4 Morrissey has canceled two concerts in Mexico. One was expected to…

October 28, 20253 min readHow Hurricane Melissa Became One of the Most Intense Atlantic Storms on RecordA nearly perfect alignment of factors has enabled Hurricane Melissa…

Among the autopsy reports that made my heart skip a beat was Hannah Rose Moody.One morning last May, the 31-year-old set out on a favourite desert…

The costs of extreme weather events such as floods, bushfires and storms have nearly tripled in Australia since the 1990s, insurers have warned, with poorer communities…

blinking-dotLive updatesLive updates, Israeli attacks kill dozens more Palestinians in Gaza City as the death toll surges during its widely criticised ground invasion.Published On 18 Sep…

Human-made global heating caused two in every three heat deaths in Europe during this year’s scorching summer, an early analysis of mortality in 854 big cities…

Bud Moses is all too aware of the longer, hotter summers impacting his community in Sydney’s west.As black summer bushfires raged on 4 January 2020, Penrith…