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This is an article of notable issues relating to the terrestrial environment of Earth in 2023.They relate to environmental events such as natural disasters, environmental sciences such as ecology and geoscience with a known relevance to contemporary influence of humanity on Earth, environmental law, conservation, environmentalism with major worldwide impact and environmental issues.
There were 28 climate and weather disasters that cost at least $1bn in 2023, NOAA reported on Tuesday (NOAA) US wildfires in 2023 were roughly on par with the 10-year average, NOAA said, with more ...
In December 2023, an atmospheric river caused flooding in the Pacific Northwest. [1] Rainfall and temperature records were set in the U.S. state of Washington. [2] Two deaths have been attributed to this flood. [3] One person died in Portland. [4]
On September 16th, 2023 at 12:35 UTC, a 25.5 Mm 3 (3.34 × 10 19 cu yd) rockslide occurred on the slope of Dickson Fjord in Northeast Greenland. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The rockslide impacted a gully glacier, leading to a rock and ice avalanche that entered the fjord causing an up to 200 m (660 ft) high tsunami and subsequent waves up to 110 m high, with ...
Officials in Asheville, North Carolina, have billed Helene as a “catastrophic natural disaster,” as Saturday dawned with all rivers still at “major flood status," per an 8 a.m. news release ...
On August 22, a fire started in Beauregard Parish, before spreading to numerous areas of the Parish. [20] Power outages occurred in Singer, Louisiana, and a main water line north of Singer burned due to the fires, forcing the Beauregard Parish Police Jury to shut off water from the connecting water lines, including water lines to Merryville.
Current events; Random article; ... Category: 2023 natural disasters. ... 2023–2024 El Niño event; N. March 2023 North American winter storm;
Prior to July 2023, multiple extreme rainfall events occurred in Chicago or the nearby suburbs of central Cook County at a frequency of about one to two times per decade. Notable events include flood-producing rainfall in October 1954 , July 1957, June 1967, June 1976, August 1987, July 1996, August 2001, September 2008 , July 2010, July 2011 ...