extreme weather
Extreme weather events threatening food security
Since May last year, Bangladesh faced more than a dozen extreme weather events -- four cyclones, nine incidents of floods, and multiple spells of heavy rains, heatwaves, and cold waves -- and now they threaten food security..These events not only harmed individual farmers and food security
16 October 2024, 01:01 AM
What's the link between global heating and extreme weather?
Heavy snowfall und subzero temperatures have wreaked havoc on the United States this holiday season. Deutsche Welle takes a closer look at how this and other types of extreme weather link back to climate change.
31 December 2022, 06:13 AM
Extreme weather 'to rise even if Paris goals met'
The risk of extreme weather such as heat waves, floods and drought will rise significantly even if the commitments in the 2015 Paris climate accord are met, a study warns.
15 February 2018, 05:53 AM
21st Century US 'dustbowl' risk assessed
US scientists have modelled how a 1930s-like "dustbowl" drought might impact American agriculture today, and found it to be just as damaging.
13 February 2016, 04:46 AM