Category: Climate & Environment
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A “hundred-year flood” is not a flood that happens once a century. It is a water level with a one per cent chance in any given year — which means roughly a one-in-four chance over a thirty-year mortgage. Why the phrase misleads, and what to ask instead.
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Indiana’s governor is seeking more federal relief after flooding that broke records set in 1913. The stalled front that caused it, what a “one-in-a-thousand-year” rainfall actually means, and why the declaration is only the start.
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Indiana’s governor is asking for more federal help after historic flooding. How US disaster relief is actually triggered, why most flooded households have no insurance, and what a “hundred-year flood” does and does not mean.
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Oil from the grounded tanker is now on Omani beaches. Why shoreline oil is harder than oil at sea, why aggressive cleaning can cause more damage than the spill, and what decides whether anyone ever pays for it.
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Cows are giving less milk, winter hay is being eaten in August, and one protected cheese cannot legally switch to the obvious substitute. How a dry summer works its way from a scorched pasture to a wheel of Tête de Moine — and what Bern has done about it.
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“The climate has always changed, so current warming must be natural.” The first part is true. The second doesn’t follow. Why the argument keeps working, and what the evidence actually shows.
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Italy’s longest river has fallen to historically low levels during the fourth heatwave of the summer. Why the Po matters more than any other river in the country, and what has changed to bring it to this repeatedly.
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The White River has broken records set in the 1913 flood as Indiana counts at least six dead and 130,000 without power. What a broken century-old record actually means, and the pattern it fits.
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Datacentres are projected to consume around 8% of US electricity by 2030 and already exceed 20% in Ireland. A single hyperscale facility using evaporative cooling can withdraw as much water as a small town.
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The fourth global coral bleaching event is now the longest ever recorded, having affected reefs in 84 countries since early 2023. What bleaching is, why repeat events matter, and why the only real fix is atmospheric.