How Wildfire Smoke from Australia Affected Climate Events Around the World – InsideClimate News

The aerosol fallout from wildfires that burned across more than 70,000 square miles of Australia in 2019 and 2020 was so persistent and widespread that it brightened a vast area of clouds above the subtropical Pacific Ocean.  Beneath those clouds,…

Climate scientists first laughed at a ‘bizarre’ campaign against the BoM – then came the harassment

For more than a decade, climate science deniers, rightwing politicians and sections of the Murdoch media have waged a campaign to undermine the legitimacy of the Bureau of Meteorology’s temperature records. Those records say Australia has warmed by 1.4C since…

Harvard climate expert draw fire for serving on Willow oil company board – The Washington Post

A Harvard scholar who sits on the board of ConocoPhillips — the company spearheading the contentious Willow oil drilling project in northern Alaska — has become the flash point of a debate on the merits of environmentalists trying to change…

Methane may not warm the Earth quite as much as previously thought – Science News Magazine

Methane is a greenhouse gas with dual personalities. It heats Earth’s atmosphere 28 times as potently as carbon dioxide, gram for gram. But its absorption of the sun’s radiation high in the atmosphere also alters cloud patterns — casting a…

Global warming risks ‘pushing’ fiercer hurricanes into the U.S.—especially Florida, new study says – Fortune

Changes in air patterns as the world warms will likely push more and nastier hurricanes up against the United States’ east and Gulf coasts, especially in Florida, a new study said. While other studies have projected how human-caused climate change will probably alter the frequency, strength…

Is Tornado Alley shifting due to climate change? Scientists explain how warming climate affects tornado activity – ABC News

As the earth’s temperature climbs, so does the threat of extreme weather events such as drought, wildfire, hurricanes and tornadoes — all occurring more frequently at higher strengths, according to climate scientists. More violent and widespread tornado activity — like…

Tornadoes hard to forecast, but predictions improving

Meteorologists are making improvements in forecasting tornadoes. New tools, such as drones and computer modeling, are aiding improvements.

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Planes, Shipping Lanes, and Automobiles: Surprising Ways Climate … – NASA Climate Change

By Alan Buis,NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory The effects of global climate change are broad and impact everyone, as well as Earth’s natural systems. Much has been written about the major impacts of climate change. Effects such as rising global surface…

Atmospheric rivers now have intensity rankings

Scientists are pushing an intensity scale for atmospheric rivers, much like the hurricane intensity scale. They think it’ll help keep people safer.

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Smoke from Australian bushfires depleted ozone layer by up to 5% in 2020, study finds

Particles in bushfire smoke can activate molecules that destroy the ozone layer, according to new research that suggests future ozone recovery may be delayed by increasingly intense and frequent fires. A study published in the journal Nature has found that…