The Alps with very little snow this winter. Photo credit: EPA-EFE / Laurent Gillieron. By Anders Lorenzen Scientists from the European Union have announced that this last winter is the second-warmest in Europe on record ever. Data published by the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) shows that the average temperature in Europe from December 2022 to February 2022 was […]
A boat is seen on the dry banks of the partially dry Lake Montbel at the foot of the Pyrenees Mountains as France faces a records winter dry spell. Photo credit: Reuters / Sarah Meyssonnier. By Anders Lorenzen At the base of the French side of the iconic Pyrenees mountain chain, a famous and critically important water source, Lake Montbel, […]
A man and a girl use a makeshift raft as they cross a flooded street, following rains during the monsoon season in Hyderabad, Pakistan on August 24 the 24th 2022. Photo credit: Reuters / Yasir Rajput. By Anders Lorenzen As the amount of climate-fueled extreme weather events increase, attention has turned to mitigating the consequences through insurance. In 2022 extreme […]
climate change A farmer walks past a cow that died from the drought in Argentina. Photo credit: Reuters / Agustin Marcarian By Anders Lorenzen Argentina is currently going through the worst drought in 60 years. Its hugely important agricultural sector, the grain industry in particular, is being hit hard by the long-running drought which started in May last year and […]
Ski slopes in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina pictured in early January with barely any snow. Photo credit: Reuters / Kirsten Donovan. By Anders Lorenzen 2022 was dominated by extreme weather events, and if the start of 2023 is anything to go by, this trend is set to continue. As 2022 turned into 2023, record-high temperatures swept across the European […]