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Climate change is turning snow to rain and raising risk of floods

28 June 2023

Warmer temperatures increase the amount of precipitation that falls as rain instead of snow, leading to more extreme rainfall in snowy places
TOPSHOT - An aerial photo taken on February 14, 2023 shows flooding caused by Cyclone Gabrielle in Awatoto, near the city of Napier. - New Zealand declared a national state of emergency on February 14 as Cyclone Gabrielle swept away roads, inundated homes and left more than 100,000 people without power. - New Zealand OUT (Photo by AFP) / New Zealand OUT (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images)

Do back-to-back disasters show first climate tipping point is upon us?

8 March 2023

Compound and cascading catastrophes, like two hurricanes striking within days, are becoming more common. Does this mean we have crossed the first climate tipping point, an irreversible shift in Earth’s natural systems, asks Graham Lawton
A mangrove forest in Shenzhen Bay, China

Mangroves near Chinese cities can reduce storm surges by over 2 metres

23 February 2023

A 600-metre-wide patch of mangrove forest can reduce the water level during a tropical storm by 2.8 metres, according to modelling of the Pearl river delta in China
A road damaged by flood waters following heavy monsoon rains in Madian, Pakistan

Deadly Pakistan floods are a climate catastrophe, says UN chief

30 August 2022

Eight weeks of torrential rain during a severe monsoon season have left a third of Pakistan underwater, in the worst flooding since 2010

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