Reuters • 2021-12-13

From heatwaves to floods, climate change worsened weather extremes in 2021

Extreme weather events in 2021 shattered records around the globe. Hundreds died in storms and heatwaves. Farmers struggled with drought, and in some cases with locust plagues. Wildfires set new records for carbon emissions, while swallowing forests, towns and homes.

CNBC • 2021-12-06

Wildfires produced record-breaking emissions this year from U.S. to Turkey

Blazes also devastated Greece, Italy, Albania, North Macedonia, Spain, Algeria and Tunisia this year, according to the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service.

The New York Times • 2021-12-11

First Fires, Then Floods: Climate Extremes Batter Australia

Many of the same areas that suffered through horrific bush fires in 2019 and 2020 are now dealing with prodigious rainfall that could leave some people stranded for weeks.

CNN • 2021-12-07

The world's newest nation is both drying up and drowning

The worst floods in six decades have swallowed not only the very roads that people need to escape, but also their farms, homes and markets.