The researchers developed this checklist for designing more effective graphs for IPCC reports and other communications. The researchers recommend following graph design best practices and including ...

Few illustrations have electrified the climate movement more successfully—and globally—than Ed Hawkins’s climate stripes. Since the British climate scientist first published his graphic in 2018, the ...

When a wildfire engulfed the Canadian oil-sands boomtown of Fort McMurray two years ago, it hit insurance company Aviva PLC out of nowhere. The British firm had been active in Canada since 1835. Its ...

Every manifestation of the ­dangerous weather wreaking havoc around the world has one thing in common: water. As the Earth’s climate changes, the lack of water, or its sudden abundance, is reshaping ...

It’s winter in the north, but you wouldn’t know it in many places: Snow is MIA, much to the chagrin of everyone from ski resort managers to schoolkids hoping for a day off. Though a punishing storm is ...

Last year was the planet’s hottest year on record, and that streak is continuing into 2024. Friday, June 21 is the seventh “Show Your Stripes” day, an event dedicated to growing awareness about ...

Clouds of delicate cherry blossoms unfurl across the National Mall in Washington D.C. each year when weather conditions send a cue to the trees, but under the influence of a warming climate, the ...

A burst of unusual March heat is hitting the United States this week and into next, busting previous monthly heat records by wide margins. While heat is most acutely felt by people exposed to it, ...

Attribution researches the influence of climate change on local weather and impacts. We issues alerts in many instances when the Climate Shift Index identifies a notable extreme weather event around ...

Few illustrations have electrified the climate movement more successfully—and globally—than Ed Hawkins’s climate stripes. The problem is, “warming stripes” have only ever shown part of the ...