One of global warming’s more colorful dangers is the possibility that melting permafrost will revive prehistoric diseases and trigger horrific pandemics. But the more immediate candidates for a disastrous, climate-fueled comeback are newer and man-made. A hotter and more chaotic atmosphere is making it harder to build nuclear weapons and store waste safely in an...
The frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, such as droughts and large-scale floods, and other climate change impacts are increasing in Asia, which is warming faster than the global average, the World Meteorological Organization said in a report published Thursday. Asia is the world’s most disaster-impacted region, with 81 weather, climate and water-related disasters...
The floods, droughts, wildfires and extreme heat sweeping the globe are offering a dose of the climate future that scientists have warned about for decades — and all the ways the world is not ready. From a nearly depleted federal disaster fund to state insurance markets that are faltering under the weight of multiple catastrophes, extreme weather is testing the ability of...