Extreme heat and stock market activity
Empirical analyses show that, on average, trading volumes fall significantly (between 4% and 10%) when maximum daily temperatures exceed 30 °C (86 °F).Read More →
Press Release: 16 Million Children Affected by Massive Flooding in South Asia, with Millions More at Risk
This article describes how monsoon rains and catastrophic flooding in Nepal, India, and Bangladesh left 16 million children and their families were in urgent need of life-saving support. Read More →
Human contribution to the record-breaking June and July 2019 heatwaves in Western Europe
This peer-reviewed study examined two extreme heatwaves in Western Europe in 2019, finding that their frequency and intensity were influenced by climate change.Read More →
World Weather Attribution Project
The World Weather Attribution (WWA) Project is an international effort to analyze and communicate the possible influence of climate change on extreme weather events, such as storms, extreme rainfall, heatwaves, cold spells, and droughts.Read More →
State of the Climate: National Climate Report
This report provides a comprehensive overview of the climate in the United States by month, including data on precipitation, drought, and temperature and how it compares to national averages. Read More →
Increasing trends in regional heatwaves
Trends in heatwave frequency, duration and cumulative heat have accelerated since the 1950s.Read More →
Extreme Runoff Generation From Atmospheric River Driven Snowmelt During the 2017 Oroville Dam Spillways Incident
This study suggests that unusually warm temperatures during winter atmospheric river storms in the Western United States are associated with flood risk due to substantial rainfall and snowmelt. Read More →
Human influence has intensified extreme precipitation in North America
This study finds robust results for anthropogenic influence on extreme precipitation at continental scales.Read More →
Verification of extreme event attribution: Using out-of-sample observations to assess changes in probabilities of unprecedented events
This study presents a framework for independent verification of anthropogenic influence on specific extreme climate events.Read More →
Forecasted attribution of the human influence on Hurricane Florence
Advance forecasted conditional attribution statements, using a numerical model, were made about the anthropogenic climate change influence on an individual tropical cyclone, Hurricane Florence.Read More →