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Evolving Extreme Weather Risks Posing Unprecedented Insurance Woes for Renewables

October 18, 2022 admin Business, climate change, Extreme weather, gcube, hail damage, insurance, Markets, news, Renewables, risks, Solar, solar pv, supply chain, Wind

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2022 14:34:57 +0000

Unexpectedly steep financial losses suffered by the U.S. renewables market owing to a barrage of extreme weather events over the past summer suggest that project hardening strategies aren’t going far enough, a major renewables insurer is warning. GCube, an international insurer for wind, solar, wave, hydro, and tidal projects around the world in an update […]

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What Hurricane Ian Told Us About Climate Change & Our Future

October 6, 2022 admin carbon emissions, climate change, Extreme weather, grid, hurricanes, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Tue, 04 Oct 2022 15:40:22 +0000

One of the most visible consequences of a warming world is an increase in the intensity and frequency of extreme weather events. Most have an associated human influence, too, that doesn’t seem as if it will diminish soon.

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How to Prevent Downtime as the Temperature Heats Up

August 24, 2022 admin distributed energy, Distributed Generation, distributed power, downtime, extreme heat, Extreme weather, Heat, nerc, sun

Credit to Author: Mike Ting| Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:54:22 +0000

Climate change is continuing to drive temperatures to unprecedented levels. In just a single day in late June, the United States set or broke at least 21 high-temperature records. So, what do we do to cool down? We crank up the air conditioner. But with each surge in energy demand, our aging grid is being […]

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Extreme Weather Is Only Getting Worse. Can Cities Protect Public Transit?

August 13, 2022 admin clean transport, climate change, Extreme weather, hurricanes, mass transit / public transit

Credit to Author: Nexus Media| Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2022 03:03:49 +0000

Climate-resilient public transportation is crucial to meeting climate goals and ensuring mobility for vulnerable communities.

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Taming Tomorrow’s Wildfires

August 13, 2022 admin climate change, Extreme weather, pacific northwest national laboratory (pnnl), research, SCIENCE, Wildfires

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2022 01:52:33 +0000

As wildfire season blazes on, PNNL researchers are fighting back with science

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2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season Will Be Above Average (Again), NOAA Predicts

May 29, 2022 admin climate change, Extreme weather, hurricanes, La Niña, NOAA, research, SCIENCE

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 27 May 2022 03:50:30 +0000

Ongoing La Niña & above-average Atlantic temperatures set the stage for busy season ahead. Forecasters at NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, a division of the National Weather Service, are predicting above-average hurricane activity this year — which would make it the seventh consecutive above-average hurricane season. NOAA’s outlook for the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season, which extends from […]

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Oxfam: Every 2 Seconds Climate Change Forces A Person From Their Home

March 1, 2020 admin Agriculture, climate change, climate displacement, disasters, Extreme weather, Homelessness, Natural Disasters, Oxfam, research, SCIENCE, Water

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2020 04:14:56 +0000

Every 2 seconds, climate change is forcing someone from their homes, according to data from Oxfam International. These climate-fueled disasters are the number one cause of internal displacement globally. More than 20 million people have lost their homes. This translates to one person every two seconds

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Last Month in Climate Science: More Injury-Related Deaths, Mass Seabird Die-Off, River Ice Disappearing

February 29, 2020 admin ANIMALS, antarctica, Birds, climate change, Crime, ecosystems, Extreme weather, fires, fires and climate change, glaciers, global weirding, HEALTH, Irrigation, oceans, ozone layer, permafrost, policy & politics, research, river ice, SCIENCE, sea ice, sea level rise, temperature rise, the flu, Violent crime, Water, Wildfires

Credit to Author: World Resources Institute| Date: Sat, 29 Feb 2020 23:54:43 +0000

Every month, climate scientists make new discoveries that advance our understanding of climate change’s causes and impacts. The research gives a clearer picture of the threats we already face and explores what’s to come if we don’t reduce emissions at a quicker pace

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1,200-Year-Old Viking Runestone May Warn of Climate Change, Study Says

January 9, 2020 admin artifact, climate crisis, Extreme weather, greta thunberg, ragnarök, runes, Scandinavia, Sweden, tech-science, viking, Volcano

Credit to Author: Becky Ferreira| Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2020 19:41:16 +0000

Researchers said that the ancient inscription may be “connected to a memory of climate crisis and probably to the anxiety about a similar one occurring.”

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Dorian Is Still Not Projected to Hit Alabama, Despite Trump’s Sharpie Map

September 5, 2019 admin climate change trump, Extreme weather, hurricane dorian, hurricanes, trump climate change, trump environment

Credit to Author: Alex Lubben| Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2019 00:54:58 +0000

It’s also unclear why Trump would be showing a week-old projection during Wednesday’s “update.”