The study of climate variability and extremes analysis centres on understanding fluctuations in climate parameters and the changing behaviour of rare, high-impact events. Variability refers to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dianne Plummer is an Energy Consultant and Certified Energy Manager. Climate change as defined by the United Nations refers to ...

Antarctic ice cores revealed a hidden greenhouse effect that explains why some parts of Antarctica warm more dramatically ...

One of the most pervasive misunderstandings of climate — even among some who publish on climate — is the belief that any long-term trend in a measured climate variable indicates a change in climate, ...

A decade ago, Bradley Markle, an assistant professor at the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research at the University of ...

To mitigate risks, solar industry professionals must adopt better planning strategies and more granular datasets to improve accuracy. Image: Solargis. The financial and technological impact of weather ...

Estimating past global temperature is important for understanding the history of life on Earth and for predicting future climate. Now, a new reconstruction of Earth’s temperature history over the past ...

A comprehensive new study extending the U.S. Historical Climatology Network (USHCN) record back to 1899 finds that both hot and cold temperature extremes across the contiguous United States have ...

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“I saw a lot of smoke and the whole hillside on fire,” said Jake Novitsky, a fire forester with the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources’ (DCNR) Bureau of Forestry. Novitsky was among the ...

Higher ambient temperatures significantly amplify physiological stress reactivity, affecting the HPA axis and autonomic nervous system activity. Physiological stress markers increased at warmer ...