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We might need a new storm scale of category six23 Feb 18 - The increasing strength, intensity and duration of tropical cyclones has climate scientists asking whether a new classification needs to be created: a category six storm. |
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We've just had the hottest month on record5 Feb 18 - New Zealand continues to tick off the climate records, with January the hottest month ever recorded. |
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2017 hottest year on record without help from El Niño22 Jan 18 - Last year was the hottest since global records began that was not given an additional boost by the natural climate cycle El Niño, according to new data. |
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Spring is second-warmest on record6 Dec 17 - This spring has set a mark as second-equal warmest on record. |
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November shapes up as record dry month24 Nov 17 - Parts of New Zealand are on track for the driest November on record. |
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Get yourself ready for a world 3deg warmer in 80 years2 Nov 17 - The UN expects a world 3deg warmer by 2100, even if countries cut their greenhouse gas emissions as they promised in 2015. |
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Thunderstorms set to grow stronger18 Oct 17 - Thunderstorms are set to become more intense throughout the tropics and subtropics this century as a result of climate change, according to new research. |
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Stormy outlook for insurance-linked securities6 Oct 17 - Recent extreme weather events highlight the significant changes have taken place in the insurance and reinsurance sectors to cope with the mounting exposure of private and public sectors to disaster... |
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Does Irma mean we need a new measure of hurricane strength?13 Sep 17 - Hurricane strength is measured on the Saffir–Simpson scale, ranging from one (the lowest) to five (the highest) After Irma, is it time to introduce a category six? |
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It’s here, it’s happening, it's time to stand up12 Sep 17 - By BILL McKIBBEN | Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane Irma, flash fires, droughts: all of them tell us one thing – we need to stand up to the fossil fuel industry and fast. |
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In an era of dire climate records the US and South Asia floods won't be the last1 Sep 17 - From the US to India and China, human impact on the climate is likely to have made droughts and storms more severe – and the trend is only set to continue. |
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It's time for cities to ready for bigger rainfall1 Sep 17 - With rainfall amounts on the rise globally, it’s crucial to examine how cities can retrofit buildings to alleviate flood damage and deal with stormwater in a more sustainable manner. |
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What links Hurricane Harvey and climate change?29 Aug 17 - The unprecedented amount of rainfall accompanying Hurricane Harvey immediately raised the question whether and to what extent climate change is to blame. |
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Crazy climate records from 2016 you might know14 Aug 17 - Last year was the hottest on record with heat-trapping greenhouse gases hitting their highest concentration ever, surpassing 400 parts per million for the first time in nearly a million years. |
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Wet weekend rewrites the record books25 Jul 17 - Climate records continue to tumble this year, with Oamaru last weekend notching up its wettest day on record. |
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Bunker down, El Nino summers will get worse25 Jul 17 - Climate change will mean more extreme El Niño summers – the weather pattern that causes droughts in the east of New Zealand and storms in the west. |
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