A major forecast group is out with their Atlantic hurricane season outlook and it, like previous warnings from others, is calling for an extremely active to even "hyperactive" season.
The big picture: The Weather Company and Atmosphere G2's outlook calls for a season with 24 named storms, 11 hurricanes, and 6 major hurricanes at or above Category 3 intensity.
The record "rain bomb" that struck Dubai and other nearby Gulf states on Tuesday dumped more than two years' worth of rain on the global financial and transportation hub.
Why it matters: By bringing the city to a standstill, the floods demonstrated how inadequate existing infrastructure is for withstanding extreme weather events that are becoming more common and severe due to climate change.
Climeworks, one of the earliest and most prominent companies trying to draw carbon out of the air for a profit, is branching out via a carbon removal portfolio company called Climeworks Solutions.
Why it matters: This move, announced Wednesday, allows companies to pay Climeworks for verifiable carbon removals from a range of technologies.
Australia's Great Barrier Reef has been hit by a major bleaching event affecting 73% of the iconic ecosystem, according to a new Australian government report.
The big picture: A "perfect storm of threats" including climate change and the related hottest year on record in 2023 and warmer ocean temperatures, coupled with El Niño, contributed to the bleaching, said Anna Marsden, managing director of the Great Barrier Reef Foundation nonprofit, in a Wednesday interview.
