From extreme temperatures, to fires and floods, 2021 was a year of extremes. This may have been the year the world finally began to pay attention to the mayday calls for climate change and the harmful ...

The devastating impact of Winter Storm Uri in February 2021 fundamentally transformed how the electric power industry approaches cold weather preparedness, exposing critical Bulk Electric System ...

The stronger the weather event, the more likelihood of power outages. Extreme weather is causing power grids across the country to fail -- sometimes at massive scales -- putting residents at increased ...

Matthew Wright receives funding from the National Environmental Research Council, grant number NE/S007474/1. Matthew also holds a Science Engagement Fellowship at the Royal Meteorological Society.

Extreme weather can have negative, minimal, or even positive effects on business performance—creating significant uncertainty about outcomes for those businesses. Financial markets show heightened ...

In 2022, a record-breaking wildfire scorched 341,471 acres in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of northern New Mexico, forcing the evacuation of pets at the City of Las Vegas Animal Care Center. In 2024 ...

Winter could turn cold this season. ERCOT's top meteorologist Chris Coleman predicts above-normal temperatures this winter, but with a “greater-than-average” chance of extreme cold weather events, the ...

Add tornadoes, wildfires and floods to the already lengthy list worries for U.S. homeowners. More than a quarter of homeowners (26%) say they are not financially prepared to handle the costs if ...