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How Wildfire Smoke from Australia Affected Climate Events Around the World

New research implicates emissions from the 2019-2020 Australian fires in the emergence of a three-year super La Niña that fueled droughts in Africa and hurricanes in the Atlantic.

By Bob Berwyn

Wildfire smoke hovers over the Pacific coast of northern New South Wales, Australia in September 2019. Credit: Orbital Horizon/Copernicus Sentinel Data/Gallo Images via Getty Images
Crew members land a boat in front of residential homes after surveying floodwaters in Windsor on March 9, 2022 during flooding in Sydney, Australia. Credit: Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images

Shifts in El Niño May Be Driving Climates Extremes in Both Hemispheres

By Bob Berwyn

Icebergs near Ilulissat, Greenland. Climate change is having a profound effect in Greenland with glaciers and the Greenland ice cap retreating.

Many Scientists Now Say Global Warming Could Stop Relatively Quickly After Emissions Go to Zero

By Bob Berwyn

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