Today: September 21, 2024
Today: September 21, 2024

Latest From Shuang-Ye Wu, Professor of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, University of Dayton

Environment|Science|World

What the jet stream and climate change had to do with the hottest summer on record − remember all those heat domes?

As a record-hot summer comes to a close, an atmospheric scientist explains how global warming drove long periods of extreme heat.

September 18, 2024
Environment

2023's extreme storms, heat and wildfires broke records – a scientist explains how global warming fuels climate disasters

The US saw a record number of billion-dollar disasters in 2023, even when accounting for inflation. The number of long-running heat waves like the Southwest experienced is also rising.

December 19, 2023
2023's extreme storms, heat and wildfires broke records – a scientist explains how global warming fuels climate disasters
Environment

2023's billion-dollar disasters list shattered the US record with 28 big weather and climate disasters amid Earth's hottest year on record

An atmospheric scientist explains how rising temperatures are helping to fuel extreme storms, floods, droughts and devastating wildfires.

January 09, 2024
2023's billion-dollar disasters list shattered the US record with 28 big weather and climate disasters amid Earth's hottest year on record

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