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Storm naming competition raises idea to remind public of link between fossil fuels and extreme weather

"... If there’s no common framework, there can be no consensus commitments. ..."

In order to emphasize a speculative climate connection, the AP and NBC completely ignored glaring urban infrastructure issues that other outlets have rightly recognized as being the main factors in Nigeria’s recent floods...

Paleoclimate records reveal prehistoric floods that far exceed anything we see today — undermining claims that modern flooding is “unprecedented” or driven solely by climate change.

Certainly there is a problem with uninsurable properties, but this is due to them being built on flood plains, not climate change. Surely the Bank should be more concerned about the economic catastrophe coming our way thanks...

Naturally the media has gone into full alarmist mode. Sky News, for instance, tried to link all of this to climate change, with emotive language like “sudden rain, crashing seas and burst river banks”.

As many as 66,000 people still without electricity after gusts up to 90mph brought down power lines

Through these findings, the researchers identified how electric field variations correlate with specific weather conditions. This enhanced understanding of electric field responses to weather events could significantly improve...

Months after devastating rains displaced 420,000 people in Rio Grande do Sul, an unusual consensus has formed around the need for a faster transition to renewables

Instead of leaping to conclusions, Bloomberg and other media outlets should focus on reporting about realistic strategies like improved infrastructure, better flood management, and adaptation to natural weather variability—solutions...

By Anthony Watts and H. Sterling Burnett The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) article, titled “Scientists sure warming world made Spain’s storm more intense,” ties recent flash flooding in Spain to…

The devastating flooding should spur this month’s Cop29 climate conference to press for immediate action, not look away

Not for the first time, the BBC are using human tragedy to push their increasingly hysterical climate agenda.

There seems to be some misunderstanding about 100-year events. These almost always apply to a specific location. So, you could have 100-year events every year in the U.S., and as long they are in different locations, there...

If global warming caused this downpour, what caused the previous one 30 years ago?