New York City storm was 20% wetter than usual due to climate change: New York City was drenched in a month’s worth of rain in a single day on Friday, The Guardian reports. A study by scientists at Climameter found that the storm that hit New York over the weekend was 10-20% wetter than it would have been if it weren’t for climate change.

This was expected: The extreme event that hit New York “aligns with climate change projections,” reads the report, citing Italy’s Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia's researcher Tommaso Alberti. “Human-driven climate change plays a dual role, both intensifying these storms and warming the atmosphere,” said Davide Faranda, a scientist at the Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace in France. “Deeper storms yield more intense phenomena, while a warmer atmosphere can accommodate a greater amount of rain,” he added. The US has recently been facing weather extremes fuelled by global heating, from long droughts to disastrous flooding, The Guardian reports.

Where are climate startups most essential? BloombergNEF earmarks three areas as it makes a call for applicants to its annual Pioneers award. The first: in clean power grids, where software startups must step in to help governments steady the flow of an increasing volume of renewable power to national grids. The second: In the building sector, where decarbonizing the production of materials like steel, concrete, and timber will rely on ideas by enterprising startups. The third: In the green fuel sector, where synthetic and alternative fuels must be innovated to help states meet targets in the pivot away from fossil fuels.