The New Normal: Extreme Weather

Extreme weather has become more frequent and severe as a result of climate change. From hurricanes to heat waves, Scientific American shares some of the most recent news about these dangerous and deadly events. Trending Now How Fires, Floods and Hurricanes Create Deadly Pockets of Information Isolation Telecommunications grids are vulnerable to worsening climate disasters—which highlights the importance of one age-old survival system. Read More   How Hurricanes Jova and Lee Rapidly Exploded into Category 5 Storms Within days of each other, Hurricane Jova in the Pacific and Hurricane Lee in the Atlantic rapidly ballooned into Category 5 storms. Read More   Heat Waves May Be Slow, but They Are Just as Destructive as Faster Disasters After weeks at 100 degrees F, the drought and heat wave in Texas are taking their toll. Read More   Is Climate Change Causing More Record-Breaking Hail? Enormous hailstones raise the question of whether global warming will intensify hailstorms. Read More   Working in Extreme Heat Is Dangerous. We Must Make It Safer Extreme heat is becoming more common across the U.S. The federal government and employers owe workers better safety measures. Read More

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