ScienceBrief

27 Oct 2021 • 4 min read

Press Release: ScienceBrief Reviews highlight consequences of failing to tackle climate change

Three ScienceBrief Reviews published 28 October 2021, reinforce the urgent need for global action to reduce the impact of climate change on vital carbon sinks, our oceans and the Arctic.

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27 Jul 2021 • 3 min read

Explaining heatwaves and extreme temperatures

A simple description of atmospheric processes that contribute to the development of heatwaves and extreme temperatures.

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23 Jul 2021 • 2 min read

ScienceBrief on marine heatwaves

The ScienceBrief on marine heatwaves shows increasingly widespread and intense events occurring throughout the oceans, due to human-caused climate change.

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6 Jun 2021 • 2 min read

Press Release: Climate change increases extreme rainfall and the chance of floods

Publication of the ScienceBrief Review: Climate change increases extreme rainfall and the chance of floods.

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26 Mar 2021 • 4 min read

Press Release: Climate change is probably increasing the intensity of tropical cyclones

The ScienceBrief Review, ‘Climate change is probably increasing the intensity of tropical cyclones’, is published today as part of a collection on critical issues in climate change science to inform the COP26 climate conference.

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26 Mar 2021 • 22 min read

Climate change is probably increasing the intensity of tropical cyclones

Climate change is probably fuelling more powerful tropical cyclones (also called hurricanes), while flooding by tropical cyclones is amplified by rising sea level.

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25 Mar 2021 • 10 min read

Independent expert advisory bodies facilitate ambitious climate policy responses

Evidence suggests that independent expert advisory bodies are emerging as strong assets that can help governments raise ambition and deliver climate objectives in practice.

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17 Oct 2020 • 1 min read

ScienceBrief on Cyclones

The ScienceBrief on climate change and cyclones has been published on ScienceBrief.org

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24 Sep 2020 • 11 min read

Climate change increases the risk of wildfires

Strengthened evidence that climate change increases the frequency and/or severity of fire weather around the world. Land management alone cannot explain recent increases in wildfires because increased fire weather from climate change amplifies fire risk where fuels remain available.

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21 Aug 2020 • 1 min read

ScienceBrief on extreme rainfall and flooding

The ScienceBrief on extreme rainfall and flooding is now published on ScienceBrief.org

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21 Aug 2020 • 2 min read

ScienceBrief on Arctic warming

The ScienceBrief on Arctic amplification is now published on ScienceBrief.org

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21 Aug 2020 • 1 min read

ScienceBrief on heatwaves

The ScienceBrief on Heatwaves and extreme temperatures is now published on ScienceBrief.org

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31 Jul 2020 • 1 min read

Strategy and oversight

First online meetings of the ScienceBrief topic 'Critical Issues in Climate Change Science' Advisory Board and Editorial Board, help to plan new and upcoming content.

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9 Jun 2020 • 1 min read

Critical issues in climate change science

ScienceBrief launches the topic 'Critical Issues in Climate Change Science' discussing issues highly relevant to the UNFCCC process.

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14 Jan 2020 • 9 min read

Climate change increases the risk of wildfires

Human-induced climate change promotes the conditions on which wildfires depend, enhancing their likelihood and challenging suppression efforts. Human-induced warming has already led to a global increase in the frequency and severity of fire weather, increasing the risks of wildfire.

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