When it comes to extreme rainfall, it is hard for climate scientists to say what's natural and what's caused by climate change, but they do know the most extreme events are dropping more rain, more of...

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Climate change is posing an increasing threat to Europe’s water resources and exacerbating water-related risks. This majorly impacts people and the economy. Climate risks are affecting both water quality and freshwater supply for people and the environment. Extreme weather events...

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Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... On April 7, 2026, a light drizzle began to fall from the dark clouds over the forests of Michigan’s lower peninsula. A spring rain, nothing especially unusual in a region of uncommonly clean lakes, the magnificent shorelines of two Great Lakes, over a dozen rivers supporting healthy fisheries, and so many places of solitude serenaded by flowing water. Oh, there was one more ecological feature that set northern Michigan apart. It rarely suffered the extreme climate disasters – wildfire, drought, wicked storms – that seriously damaged so many other parts of the United States. The perception of being a safe haven as large as Maryland where just 800,000 people lived had begun to attract migrants from climate-wrecked states in the South and West to settle in northern Michigan, especially in the counties north and south of Traverse City, the region’s largest city. That perception ended on April 7. The light drizzle steadily built into a drenching rain that fell on forest soils saturated by the melting of the heaviest snowfall in years, including a storm in mid-March that dropped two feet of wet snow. The first flood emergency was declared for Cheboygan County, along...

Globally, across all EEZs, our analysis indicates that univariate extreme environmental conditions significantly increase the likelihood of extreme low fisheries catches (Fig. 1, Supplementary Table 1). Here, extreme events are defined as annual mean anomalies falling beyond the 10th (for NPP) or 90th (for temperature) percentile of the historical distribution (see Method). Odds ratio (OR) quantifies the strength of association between environmental extremes and the likelihood of an extreme low fisheries catch event, with OR > 1 indicating increased odds relative to baseline (non-extreme) conditions in the time-series. We estimated odds ratios using logistic regression models, where the occurrence of an extreme low catch (binary response) was modelled as a function of extreme environmental conditions. For example, OR of 1.5 indicates that the odds of occurrence of low catches are 50% higher during extreme conditions compared to non-extreme years. In contrast, OR below 1 indicates a reduced odds of low catches during extreme conditions. Two consecutive years with high TempX (i.e., concurrent and one-year lagged TempX) showed the largest estimated increase in the odds of an extreme low catch, by 40% (95% CI: odds ratio = 20–65%, Supplementary Table 1) compared to non-extreme conditions. Using the most extreme conditions in...

Want LBC stories before everyone else? Set us as your Preferred Source on Google By Flaminia Luck The Prince of Wales said “devastating” wildfires across Europe are a “stark reminder of the challenges posed by an increasingly extreme climate”. Listen to this article Loading audio... Fire crews and planes are currently attempting to bring a huge wildfire under control in south-west France, with fires also burning out of control around Madrid and in the Valencia region of Spain. The UK Government has also offered military support to tackle the Cairngorms wildfire in Scotland. In a personally signed message on social media, William wrote: “Our thoughts are with everyone affected by the devastating wildfires across France, Spain and the UK. “We are deeply grateful to the firefighters, emergency services and volunteers working tirelessly in extraordinarily difficult conditions. “These events are a stark reminder of the challenges posed by an increasingly extreme climate and the importance of protecting both people and nature.” Across the UK – and Europe, the world’s fastest warming continent – people are facing the rising risk of extreme weather such as heat and drought, fuelled by human-caused climate change, mostly as a result of burning fossil fuels. The...

As summer approaches, the world is once again bracing for extreme heat. With a powerful El Nino event taking shape and climate models indicating further intensification, unprecedented temperatures are no longer a distant projection — they are an immediate reality. Scientific records show that the 10 warmest years since modern measurements began in 1850 have all occurred within the past decade. Remarkably, 2023, 2024 and 2025 were consecutively the hottest years ever recorded. This trend reflects a broader shift: climate risk is no longer merely an environmental issue discussed in scientific journals. It has become a pressing operational, financial, and asset-related risk for businesses and governments alike. Prolonged heatwaves can halt industrial production, disrupt supply chains and dramatically increase the cost of maintaining comfortable indoor environments. Against this backdrop, a fundamental question emerges: is our energy system resilient enough to withstand increasingly frequent and prolonged climate extremes? China has prepared a solid action-based answer to this question, which is its extraordinary progress in advancing energy transition towards a cleaner and more resilient future. Over the past decade, the country has built the world's largest and most comprehensive renewable energy supply chain. Renewable energy now supplies roughly one-third of the nation's...

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