Mixed rainfall trends highlight the importance of climate adaptation in coastal New South Wales
From May 19-23, heavy rains caused widespread flooding across eastern New South Wales...
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Sam Fraser-Baxter
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When Risks Become Reality: Extreme Weather In 2024
When Risks Become Reality: Extreme Weather in 2024 is our annual report, published this year for the first time...
Sam Fraser-Baxter
13:20
Effective emergency management prevented larger catastrophe after climate change fueled heavy rains in Central Mississippi river valley
In early April, a number of severe storms hit the Central Mississippi river valley in the United States, marked by
Sam Fraser-Baxter
20:24
Climate change made weather conditions leading to deadly South Korean wildfires about twice as likely
In March 2025, southeastern Korea experienced its largest and most destructive wildfires on record...
Sam Fraser-Baxter
06:23
Climate change increased the likelihood of wildfire disaster in highly exposed Los Angeles area
Starting on January 7 2025 two large wildfires (the Palisades and Eaton wildfires) erupted in Los Angeles, California. The fires
Sam Fraser-Baxter
20:31
Extreme downpours increasing in southeastern Spain as fossil fuel emissions heat the climate
From October 29-30, 2024, eastern Spain was hit by exceptionally heavy rainfall...
Sam Fraser-Baxter
01:19
Extraordinary March heatwave in Central Asia up to 10 °C hotter in a warming climate
In March 2025, Central Asia experienced an unusually intense heatwave, with temperatures reaching record highs across the region, reaching maxima
Sam Fraser-Baxter
10:20
Can we come up with a meaningful number?
Today, three years after his death, and before the 10-year anniversary of World Weather Attribution, the last paper Geert Jan
Sam Fraser-Baxter
11:19
Climate change supercharged late typhoon season in the Philippines, highlighting the need for resilience to consecutive events
The 2024 typhoon season in the Philippines was extraordinary, with six typhoons affecting the country within just 30 days, several
Sam Fraser-Baxter
08:20
10 years of rapidly disentangling drivers of extreme weather disasters
In the summer of 2003, a devastating heatwave killed more than 70,000 people across Europe...
