Climate Change Update

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What is the IPCC AR6 synthesis report and why does it matter? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/19/what-is-the-ipcc-ar6-synthesis-report-and-why-does-it-matter

Solar and wind dominate India’s capacity additions in 2022 https://ember-climate.org/insights/research/india-data-story-2023/

NSW swelters in record heat as firefighters battle blazes https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/mar/19/nsw-swelters-in-record-heat-as-firefighters-battle-blazes

We’re sailing towards catastrophe, but we can still turn this ship around https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8125640/climate-change-report-says-we-can-still-turn-this-ship-around/

Tonga Eruption May Temporarily Push Earth Closer to 1.5°C of Warming https://eos.org/articles/tonga-eruption-may-temporarily-push-earth-closer-to-1-5c-of-warming

Chinese coal boom a ‘direct threat’ to 1.5C goal, analysts warn https://www.climatechangenews.com/2023/03/14/chinese-coal-boom-a-direct-threat-to-1-5c-goal-analysts-warn/

Cyclone Freddy was the most energetic storm on record. Is it a harbinger of things to come? https://theconversation.com/cyclone-freddy-was-the-most-energetic-storm-on-record-is-it-a-harbinger-of-things-to-come-201771

What Australia could do with $368 billion on the very real climate threat https://reneweconomy.com.au/what-australia-could-do-with-368-billion-on-the-very-real-climate-threat/

Samoa PM urges world to save Pacific people from climate crisis obliteration https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/19/samoa-pm-fiame-naomi-mataafa-urges-world-to-save-pacific-people-from-climate-crisis-obliteration

AR6 Synthesis Report: Climate Change 2023 https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/syr/

Scientists deliver ‘final warning’ on climate crisis: act now or it’s too late https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/20/ipcc-climate-crisis-report-delivers-final-warning-on-15c

NASA Uses 30-Year Satellite Record to Track and Project Rising Seas https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/nasa-uses-30-year-satellite-record-to-track-and-project-rising-seas

What ocean for tomorrow? Marine ecosystems in a changing climate – Insights from the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report https://ocean-climate.org/en/what-ocean-for-tomorrow-marine-ecosystems-in-a-changing-climate-insights-from-the-ipccs-sixth-assessment-report/

Leaders urged to act on Western Sydney ‘urban heat island’ crisis https://wsroc.com.au/media-a-resources/releases/leaders-urged-to-act-on-western-sydney-urban-heat-island-crisis

Australia’s 116 new coal, oil and gas projects equate to 215 new coal power stations https://theconversation.com/australias-116-new-coal-oil-and-gas-projects-equate-to-215-new-coal-power-stations-202135

UN says Australia must quit coal by 2030, reach net zero by 2040, no new coal or gas https://reneweconomy.com.au/un-says-australia-must-quit-coal-by-2030-reach-net-zero-by-2040/

Ice-sheet collapse and sea-level rise at the Bølling warming 14,600 years ago https://www.nature.com/articles/nature10902

Changing intensity of hydroclimatic extreme events revealed by GRACE and GRACE-FO https://www.nature.com/articles/s44221-023-00040-5

IPCC: ‘Severe consequences’ of further warming in disaster-hit Himalayas https://www.thethirdpole.net/en/climate/ipcc-severe-consequences-of-further-warming-in-disaster-hit-himalayas/

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EV battery recycler hits 95% recovery rate in world-first collection program https://thedriven.io/2023/03/03/ev-battery-recycler-hits-95-recovery-rate-in-world-first-collection-program/

‘Everyone should be concerned’: Antarctic sea ice reaches lowest levels ever recorded https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/04/everyone-should-be-concerned-antarctic-sea-ice-reaches-lowest-levels-ever-recorded

NSW government called out on net zero goal as own data projects coal and gas emissions until 2050 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/04/nsw-government-called-out-on-net-zero-goal-as-own-data-projects-coal-and-gas-emissions-until-2050

Beat the Heat https://www.blacktown.nsw.gov.au/Services/Health-and-safety/Beat-the-heat#section-5

Gas could make up one-third of Victoria’s climate pollution by 2035: report https://www.theage.com.au/environment/climate-change/gas-could-make-up-one-third-of-victoria-s-climate-pollution-by-2035-report-20230306-p5cprk.html

Fossil fuels kill more people than Covid. Why are we so blind to the harms of oil and gas? https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/feb/28/fossil-fuels-kill-more-people-than-covid-why-are-we-so-blind-to-the-harms-of-oil-and-gas

Revealed: 1,000 super-emitting methane leaks risk triggering climate tipping points https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/06/revealed-1000-super-emitting-methane-leaks-risk-triggering-climate-tipping-points

With global warming of just 1.2°C, why has the weather gotten so extreme? https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/03/with-global-warming-of-just-1-2c-why-has-the-weather-gotten-so-extreme/

Variability conceals emerging trend in 100yr projections of UK local hourly rainfall extremes https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-36499-9

Climate change to cost Germany up to 900 billion euros by 2050 – study https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/climate-change-cost-germany-up-900-bln-euros-by-2050-study-2023-03-06/

Threat of rising seas to Asian megacities could be way worse than we thought, study warns https://edition.cnn.com/2023/03/07/asia/rising-sea-levels-asia-cities-threat-climate-intl-hnk-scn

Intense Downpours in the UK Will Increase Due to Climate Change Says New Study https://floodlist.com/europe/united-kingdom/intense-rain-increase-climate-change

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Unpriced climate risk and the potential consequences of overvaluation in US housing markets https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-023-01594-8

Wet Bulb Globe Temperature: Indicating Extreme Heat Risk on a Global Grid https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2022GH000701

#KeepItCool infographics https://www.cleancoolingcollaborative.org/toolkits_and_data/keep-it-cool-infographics/

France goes 31 days without rainfall, unprecedented in winter https://www.france24.com/en/france/20230221-france-goes-31-days-without-rainfall-unprecedented-in-winter

Florida’s Great Displacement https://www.businessinsider.com/florida-residents-moving-leaving-climate-change-refugees-hurricanes-flood-2023-2

XDI releases world-first comparison of every state’s physical climate risk https://xdi.systems/xdi-releases-world-first-comparison-of-every-states-physical-climate-risk/

As Louisiana’s coast disappears, its historic communities are disappearing too https://grist.org/migration/louisiana-pointe-aux-chenes-great-displacement-book-excerpt-hurricane-managed-retreat/

Q&A: Cyclone Gabrielle’s biggest climate lessons for NZ https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/qa-cyclone-gabrielles-biggest-climate-lessons-for-nz/7JHOAXYNQZF2FI25T6PA7S7VOI/

Hurricanes are changing with the climate. Our words about them may need to change, too https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/02/hurricanes-are-changing-with-the-climate-our-words-about-them-may-need-to-change-too/

Record Low Ice at Great Lakes Seen in Before and After Images From Space https://www.newsweek.com/great-lakes-ice-cover-record-low-space-1782339

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Natural disasters, boosted by climate change, displaced millions of people in U.S. in 2022 https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/natural-disasters-boosted-climate-change-displaced-millions-americans-rcna69732

Myth-buster: Why two degrees of global warming is worse than it sounds https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/02/myth-why-two-degrees-of-global-warming-is-worse-than-it-sounds/

‘It’s inequality that kills’: Naomi Klein on the future of climate justice https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/feb/13/its-inequality-that-kills-naomi-klein-on-the-future-of-climate-justice

New Zealand minister decries climate crisis ‘lost decades’ in wake of Cyclone Gabrielle https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/14/new-zealand-minister-delivers-furious-speech-about-lost-decades-spent-bickering-over-climate-crisis

Wind and solar help South Australia escape tyranny of soaring gas prices https://reneweconomy.com.au/wind-and-solar-help-south-australia-escape-tyranny-of-soaring-gas-prices/

Rising seas threaten ‘mass exodus on a biblical scale’, UN chief warns https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/feb/14/rising-seas-threaten-mass-exodus-on-a-biblical-scale-un-chief-warns

Vulnerability and loss and damage following the COP27 of the UN framework convention on climate change https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10113-023-02033-2

Climate ‘teleconnections’ may link droughts and fires across continents https://www.sciencenews.org/article/climate-teleconnections-droughts-fires

Temps to approach 50C in Australia this weekend https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/temps-to-approach-50c-in-australia-this-weekend/1100905

Reversals in Temperature-Precipitation Correlations in the Northern Hemisphere Extratropics During the Holocene https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2022GL099730

Join the Cool Coalition: Cities are warming twice as fast as the global average https://coolcoalition.org/pilot-projects/nature-for-cool-cities-challenge/

New modelling shows future impacts of rising sea levels https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-15/new-modelling-shows-future-impacts-of-rising-sea/101975888

Climate Change in the American Mind: Beliefs & Attitudes, December 2022 https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications/climate-change-in-the-american-mind-beliefs-attitudes-december-2022/

Are disaster seasons real? It’s time to reframe our thinking https://disasterphilanthropy.org/blog/are-disaster-seasons-real-its-time-to-reframe-our-thinking/

Modeling the Greenland Ice Sheet’s Committed Contribution to Sea Level During the 21st Century https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2022JF006914

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Future sea level rise dominates changes in worst case extreme sea levels along the global coastline by 2100 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/acb504

New Zealand – Auckland Needs Stormwater Systems Fit for Climate Change https://floodlist.com/australia/new-zealand-auckland-floods-stormwater-systems

Arctic sea ice mass balance in a new coupled ice–ocean model using a brittle rheology framework https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/17/617/2023/

Exceptionally warm temperatures – Europe experiences third warmest January on record; Antarctic sea ice extent reached its lowest for January https://climate.copernicus.eu/copernicus-exceptionally-warm-temperatures-europe-experiences-third-warmest-january-record

Second best month for big solar in Australia as WA facility tops rankings again https://reneweconomy.com.au/second-best-month-for-big-solar-in-australia-as-wa-facility-tops-rankings-again/

How India is battling deadly rain storms as climate change bites https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00341-5

Melting Glaciers Show Why Climate Targets Below 1.5°C Are Needed https://truthout.org/articles/melting-glaciers-show-why-climate-targets-below-1-5c-are-needed/

Auckland just had its wettest month in over 170 years, and more rain is on the way https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/02/auckland-just-had-its-wettest-month-in-over-170-years-and-more-rain-is-on-the-way/

Study links record-breaking rainfall events in separate regions https://phys.org/news/2023-01-links-record-breaking-rainfall-events-regions.html#

California’s Extreme Weather Is the Future of Climate Change https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/california-floods-climate-change/

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Ocean heat shatters record with warming equal to 5 atomic bombs exploding “every second” for a year https://www.cbsnews.com/news/climate-change-ocean-heat-new-record-atomic-bombs-getting-worse-researchers/

Ancient air trapped deep below the surface could unlock secrets of the Earth’s past and help understand what lies ahead as CO2 in the atmosphere keeps rising https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/15/time-tunnel-why-an-australian-expedition-is-drilling-through-26km-of-antarctic-ice

Don’t wait for COP: the end of the fossil-fuel age must start now https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00039-8

Three issues will decide if Labor’s climate policy is a success – what the government does next is key https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/14/carbon-credits-are-about-to-play-a-central-role-in-australias-climate-response-thats-problematic

Past eight years confirmed to be the eight warmest on record https://public.wmo.int/en/media/press-release/past-eight-years-confirmed-be-eight-warmest-record

Regionalizing the sea-level budget with machine learning techniques https://os.copernicus.org/articles/19/17/2023/

Modeled storm surge changes in a warmer world: the Last Interglacial https://cp.copernicus.org/articles/19/141/2023/

Warning of unprecedented heatwaves as El Niño set to return in 2023 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/16/return-of-el-nino-will-cause-off-the-chart-temperature-rise-climate-crisis

Inter-decadal climate variability induces differential ice response along Pacific-facing West Antarctica https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-35471-3.epdf

New report shows alarming changes in the entire global water cycle https://theconversation.com/new-report-shows-alarming-changes-in-the-entire-global-water-cycle-197535

Is carbon removal delaying emission reductions? https://wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wcc.826

Extreme weather events to increase in Australia https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-30/extreme-weather-events-to-increase-in-australia/101906742

Earth is on track to exceed 1.5C warming in the next decade, study using AI finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/30/climate-crisis-global-heating-artificial-intelligence

A new study finds the biggest increases in inundation will occur after the first 2 metres (6.6 feet) of sea level rise, covering more than twice as much land as older elevation models predicted https://news.agu.org/press-release/worst-impacts-of-sea-level-rise-will-hit-earlier-than-expected/

A new study conducted with data from 93 European cities estimates that one third of deaths attributable to heat islands could be avoided if trees covered 30% of urban space https://www.isglobal.org/en/-/4-of-summer-mortality-is-attributable-to-urban-heat-islands

Climate change is already putting the heat on insurance companies – Auckland’s floods could be a turning point https://theconversation.com/climate-change-is-already-putting-the-heat-on-insurance-companies-aucklands-floods-could-be-a-turning-point-198764

Megadroughts in the Common Era and the Anthropocene https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-022-00329-1

Auckland suffers wettest month in history https://niwa.co.nz/news/auckland-suffers-wettest-month-in-history

Data-driven predictions of the time remaining until critical global warming thresholds are reached https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2207183120

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Australia could swing from three years of La Niña to hot and dry El Niño in 2023 https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jan/04/australia-could-swing-from-three-years-of-la-nina-to-hot-and-dry-el-nino-in-2023

Low amount of snow across Alps in 2022-23 winter https://www.ventusky.com/?p=46.24;10.16;6&l=snow

Debunking 3 Common Climate Change Myths https://www.discovermagazine.com/environment/debunking-3-common-climate-change-myths

Global temperatures in 2023 set to be among hottest on record https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/dec/20/global-temperatures-in-2023-set-to-be-among-hottest-on-record

Half of glaciers will be gone by 2100 even under Paris 1.5C accord, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/05/half-planets-glaciers-gone-2100-even-under-paris-15c-accord-data-finds

Warming climate means more and stronger Atlantic tropical storms https://www.news.iastate.edu/news/2023/01/04/cyclones

Climate change: Why is Europe experiencing a January heat wave? https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/01/03/climate-change-why-is-europe-experiencing-a-january-heat-wave

Large-scale dynamics moderate impact-relevant changes to organised convective storms https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-022-00669-2

Scientists Report a Dramatic Drop in the Extent of Antarctic Sea Ice https://insideclimatenews.org/news/06012023/antarctic-sea-ice-climate-change/

More than 90% of the world’s population is projected to face increased risks from the compound impacts of extreme heat and drought, potentially widening social inequalities https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2023-01-06-compound-extreme-heat-and-drought-will-hit-90-world-population-oxford-study

Relentless rain, record heat: study finds climate crisis worsened extreme weather https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/09/climate-crisis-extreme-weather-heat-rainfall-drought

Climate Change in 2022: Multiple Billion-Dollar Disasters and Unbearable Human Costs https://blog.ucsusa.org/rachel-cleetus/climate-change-2022-multiple-billion-dollar-disasters-unbearable-human-costs/

Summer 2022 was the hottest on record for Europe and, overall, last year was the second warmest year on record for Europe, while globally it was the fifth warmest https://climate.copernicus.eu/2022-saw-record-temperatures-europe-and-across-world

This report assesses the social and economic effects of extreme heat through the prism of twelve cities that are already enduring and addressing dramatic impacts of heat waves https://onebillionresilient.org/hot-cities-chilled-economies/

Australian official: Climate change making historic flooding “less natural” https://www.axios.com/2023/01/09/australia-floods-climate-change-link

NSW coal mine’s life could reach past 2050 https://au.lifestyle.yahoo.com/nsw-coal-mines-life-could-163021503.html

Chief Heat Officers — an Emergency Response to Urban Heat https://www.brinknews.com/chief-heat-officers-an-emergency-response-to-urban-heat/

Climate change and La Niña driving losses https://www.munichre.com/en/company/media-relations/media-information-and-corporate-news/media-information/2023/natural-disaster-figures-2022.html

An emerging governmentality of climate change loss and damage https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/27539687221148748#

World Scientists’ Warning of a Climate Emergency 2022 https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/72/12/1149/6764747

2022: New Zealand’s warmest year on record, again https://niwa.co.nz/climate/summaries/annual-climate-summary-2022

Better insurance could effectively mitigate the increase in economic growth losses from U.S. hurricanes under global warming https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.add6616

Extreme weather has cost the US more than $1 trillion in the past seven years, feds report https://edition.cnn.com/2023/01/10/weather/billion-dollar-weather-disasters-noaa-climate/index.html

Oceans were the hottest ever recorded in 2022, analysis shows https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/11/oceans-were-the-hottest-ever-recorded-in-2022-analysis-shows

Global droughts connected by linkages between drought hubs https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-35531-8

Explaining Extreme Events from a Climate Perspective https://www.ametsoc.org/ams/index.cfm/publications/bulletin-of-the-american-meteorological-society-bams/explaining-extreme-events-from-a-climate-perspective/

New tech to monitor climate change https://news.flinders.edu.au/blog/2023/01/10/new-tech-to-monitor-climate-change/

2022 was one of Earth’s six warmest years on record https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/01/2022-was-one-of-earths-six-warmest-years-on-record/

Climate change and extreme weather events have doctors worried https://thenewdaily.com.au/life/wellbeing/2023/01/11/health-risks-climate-change-doctors/

Four ways winter heatwaves affect humans and nature https://phys.org/news/2023-01-ways-winter-heatwaves-affect-humans.html

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Sydney hits 2.5 metres of annual rain amid record wet year https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/sydney-hits-25-metres-of-annual-rain-amid-record-wet-year/992866

Increasingly Sophisticated Climate Models Need the Out-Of-Sample Tests Paleoclimates Provide https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2022MS003389

Hot Cities, Chilled Economies https://onebillionresilient.org/hot-cities-chilled-economies-bangkok/

Antarctic Ice-Sheet Meltwater Reduces Transient Warming and Climate Sensitivity Through the Sea-Surface Temperature Pattern Effect https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2022GL101249

Laser scanning reveals potential underestimation of biomass carbon in temperate forest https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2688-8319.12197

Year in Review: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly in the Energy Transition https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/year-in-review%3A-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-in-the-energy-transition

Managing water in the Murray-Darling basin in the face of climate change https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-20/how-to-manage-water-as-climate-extremes-deepen/101769978

The implications of climate change for emergency planning https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212420922006446

A global dataset of daily maximum and minimum near-surface air temperature at 1 km resolution over land (2003–2020) https://essd.copernicus.org/articles/14/5637/2022/

When Climate Adaptation Backfires https://discovermagazine.com/environment/when-climate-adaptation-backfires

Miami-Dade County launches first-ever Extreme Heat Action Plan https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/miami-dade-county-launches-first-ever-extreme-heat-action-plan/

South Australia’s remarkable 100 per cent renewables run extends to over 10 days https://reneweconomy.com.au/south-australias-remarkable-100-per-cent-renewables-run-extends-to-over-10-days/

Incorporating non-stationarity from climate change into rainfall frequency and intensity-duration-frequency (IDF) curves https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022169422013270

Rooftop solar is eating coal and gas markets in every mainland state https://reneweconomy.com.au/rooftop-solar-is-eating-coal-and-gas-markets-in-every-mainland-state/

Argentina’s record-breaking 2022 heatwave made ‘60 times more likely’ by climate change https://www.carbonbrief.org/argentinas-record-breaking-2022-heatwave-made-60-times-more-likely-by-climate-change/

EU’s 2021 greenhouse emissions fell 22% from 2008 peak https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/eus-2021-greenhouse-emissions-fell-22-2008-peak-2022-12-21/

COP27 Resilience Hub Synthesis Report https://cop-resilience-hub.org/cop27-synthesis-report/

Ten countries making progress in climate change in 2022 https://undp-climate.exposure.co/10-countries-making-progress-on-climate-action-in-2022

NSW to turbocharge transition to net zero greenhouse gas emissions https://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/nsw-to-turbocharge-transition-to-net-zero-greenhouse-gas-emissions-20221222-p5c89b.html

What on Earth is a polar vortex? And what’s global warming got to do with it? https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2022/12/what-on-earth-is-a-polar-vortex-and-whats-global-warming-got-to-do-with-it/

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Greta Thunberg and more than 600 youths are taking Sweden to court. Here’s whyhttps://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/headed-for-a-catastrophe-greta-thunberg-more-than-600-youths-sue-sweden-for-climate-inaction/qmq64bv2j

Climate concern the main reason voters swung to independents at federal election, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/nov/28/climate-concern-the-main-reason-voters-swung-to-independents-at-federal-election-study-finds

Rising Sea Levels Besieging Africa’s Booming Coastal Cities https://africacenter.org/spotlight/rising-sea-levels-besieging-africas-booming-coastal-cities-lagos-dakar-alexandria-maputo-nile/

Unmasking the Effects of Aerosols on Greenhouse Warming Over Europe https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2021JD035889

Climate Change Impacts in Latin America https://www.wwfca.org/en/our_work/climate_change_and_energy/climate_change_impacts_la/

Climate change, driven by the burning of coal, oil and gas, was a major factor in the Great Deluge https://www.climatecouncil.org.au/resources/the-great-deluge-australias-new-era-of-unnatural-disasters/

Floods differ in a warmer future https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-022-01541-z

Reconciling disagreement on global river flood changes in a warming climate https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-022-01539-7

As strong winds and torrential rains inundate Australia’s south-eastern coast, new research suggests that high intensity bushfires might not be too far behind, with their dual effects extending damage zones and encroaching on previously low-risk residential areas https://www.unisa.edu.au/media-centre/Releases/2022/when-cyclones-and-fires-collide/

Many forests will become highly flammable for at least 30 extra days per year unless we cut emissions, research finds https://theconversation.com/many-forests-will-become-highly-flammable-for-at-least-30-extra-days-per-year-unless-we-cut-emissions-research-finds-195546

Future multivariate weather generation by combining Bartlett-Lewis and vine copula models https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/UWNYCBFCN8REQ3UKECPI/full

NASA Study: Rising Sea Level Could Exceed Estimates for U.S. Coasts https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-study-rising-sea-level-could-exceed-estimates-for-us-coasts

How an Early Oil Industry Study Became Key in Climate Lawsuits https://e360.yale.edu/features/climate-lawsuits-oil-industry-research

Triple-Dip La Niña persists, prolonging drought and flooding https://public.wmo.int/en/media/press-release/triple-dip-la-ni%C3%B1a-persists-prolonging-drought-and-flooding

Will Summer 2022-23 Result in a Season of Tropical Cyclones and Floods for Australia? https://www.rms.com/blog/2022/11/24/will-summer-2022-23-result-in-a-season-of-tropical-cyclones-and-floods-for-australia

Please find below links to recent climate change news…

This platform displays census-tract level surface urban heat island (SUHI) intensities (daytime and nighttime estimates for summer, winter, and the whole year) for US urbanized areas https://datadrivenlab.users.earthengine.app/view/usuhiapp

Cop27 is a chance to go further and faster with renewable energy https://www.climatechangenews.com/2022/10/31/cop27-is-a-chance-to-go-further-and-faster-with-renewable-energy/

‘We can do the impossible’: how key players reacted to end of Cop27 climate summit https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/20/we-can-do-the-impossible-how-key-players-reacted-to-end-of-cop27-climate-summit

A deal on loss and damage, but a blow to 1.5C – what will be Cop27’s legacy? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/20/deal-on-loss-and-damage-fund-at-cop27-marks-climbdown-by-rich-countries

‘No safe place’: Kiribati seeks donors to raise islands from encroaching seas https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/18/cop27-kiribati-donors-raise-islands-sea-level-rise

Climate change exacerbated heavy rainfall leading to large scale flooding in highly vulnerable communities in West Africa https://www.worldweatherattribution.org/climate-change-exacerbated-heavy-rainfall-leading-to-large-scale-flooding-in-highly-vulnerable-communities-in-west-africa/

The cryosphere raises a “red flag” https://public.wmo.int/en/media/news/cryosphere-raises-%E2%80%9Cred-flag%E2%80%9D

Sea level rise to dramatically speed up erosion of rock coastlines by 2100 https://phys.org/news/2022-11-sea-erosion-coastlines.html

COP27 Summit Yields ‘Historic Win’ for Climate Reparations but Falls Short on Emissions Reductions https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/cop27-summit-yields-historic-win-for-climate-reparations-but-falls-short-on-emissions-reductions/

Arctic carbon conveyor belt discovered https://phys.org/news/2022-11-arctic-carbon-conveyor-belt.html

Warming seasons! https://www.click2houston.com/weather/2022/11/18/warming-seasons/

State of the Climate 2022 Report: Australia is projected to experience continued increase in air temperatures, more heat extremes and short-duration heavy-rainfall events http://www.bom.gov.au/state-of-the-climate/

State of the climate: what Australians need to know about major new report https://theconversation.com/state-of-the-climate-what-australians-need-to-know-about-major-new-report-195136

Large parts of Europe are warming twice as fast as the planet on average https://www.su.se/english/news/large-parts-of-europe-are-warming-twice-as-fast-as-the-planet-on-average-1.636252

A climate scientist’s personal reckoning https://thebulletin.org/2022/11/a-climate-scientists-personal-reckoning

Ministers from 40+ countries join forces for the 2022 Climate and Clean Air Ministerial https://nnn.ng/ministers-from-40-countries-join-forces-for-the-2022-climate-and-clean-air-ministerial/

Forest fire threatens global carbon sinks and population centres under rising atmospheric water demandhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-34966-3

Climate change is costing trillions — and low-income countries are paying the price https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-03573-z

2021 North American heatwave amplified by climate change-driven nonlinear interactions https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-022-01520-4

COP27: Africa took climate action into own hands, Asia must too https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2022/11/24/cop27-africa-took-climate-action-into-own-hands-asia-must-too

Climate-fuelled disasters: warning people is good, but stopping the disaster is best. Here are 4 possible ways to do it https://theconversation.com/climate-fuelled-disasters-warning-people-is-good-but-stopping-the-disaster-is-best-here-are-4-possible-ways-to-do-it-194916