Worldwide Extreme Floods (2015)
Recent flooding in Japan, India, Brazil, UK (Northern England / Wales / Scotland / Cumbria), Florida United States.
Recent flooding in Japan, India, Brazil, UK (Northern England / Wales / Scotland / Cumbria), Florida United States.
If we burn all fossil fuels , the carbon dioxide added to the air will have enormous effects. Sea level will rise many meters, submerging thousands of coastal cities.
Follow National Geographic photographer James Balog across the Arctic as he deploys time-lapse cameras designed for one purpose: to capture a multi-year record of the world's changing glaciers.
The World Ocean accounts for approximately 93% of the warming of the earth system that has occurred since 1955.
The year just past confirmed the Earth’s warming trend, which will continue and is reason for concern, says the World Meteorological Organisation.
The report also highlights the impact of extreme weather events on populations worldwide and the urgent need for improved early warning systems.
The Atlas of mortality and economic losses from weather, climate and water extremes (1970–2012).
A powerful Nor'Easter off the East Coast of the U.S., while temperatures in Florida outpace those in Anchorage, Alaska.
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