Please find below links to recent news about climate change…
Samoa climate change resilience challenges Western perceptions https://phys.org/news/2019-11-samoa-climate-resilience-western-perceptions.html
Wild, feral and fossil-fuelled, fire lights up the globe. Is it time to declare that humans have created a Pyrocene? https://aeon.co/essays/the-planet-is-burning-around-us-is-it-time-to-declare-the-pyrocene
Making every building count in meeting Australia’s emission targets https://theconversation.com/making-every-building-count-in-meeting-australias-emission-targets-126930
It’s not just Venice. Climate change imperils ancient treasures everywhere https://grist.org/article/its-not-just-venice-climate-change-imperils-treasures-around-the-world/
Three Times Tectonics Changed the Climate https://eos.org/features/three-times-tectonics-changed-the-climate
World heritage Queensland rainforest burned for 10 days – and almost no one noticed https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/nov/24/world-heritage-queensland-rainforest-burned-for-10-days-and-almost-no-one-noticed?CMP=share_btn_tw
Experts call for more tools to help communities mitigate and adapt to climate change to curb the impacts and costs of natural disasters https://eos.org/articles/hearing-explores-resilience-to-climate-related-natural-disasters
‘No sign of slowdown’: Atmospheric greenhouse gas levels hit new high https://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/no-sign-of-slowdown-atmospheric-greenhouse-gas-levels-hit-new-high-20191125-p53e15.html
Scientists Reach 100% Consensus on Anthropogenic Global Warming https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0270467619886266?journalCode=bsta#articleShareContainer
U.S. Public Views on Climate and Energy https://www.pewresearch.org/science/2019/11/25/u-s-public-views-on-climate-and-energy/
Drier, hotter and deadlier: Stanford’s Michael Wara talks about California wildfires https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/energy-green/story/2019-11-22/drier-hotter-and-deadlier-stanfords-michael-wara-talks-about-california-wildfires
‘Maybe It Will Destroy Everything’: Pakistan’s Melting Glaciers Cause Alarm https://www.npr.org/2019/11/21/779412377/maybe-it-will-destroy-everything-pakistan-s-melting-glaciers-cause-alarm
‘Dangerously close’: Tipping points may trigger climate cascade https://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/dangerously-close-tipping-points-may-trigger-climate-cascade-20191127-p53ej7.html
As Sydney’s bushfire-induced haze shows, far from being insulated, urban areas are hugely vulnerable to the climate crisis https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/nov/28/the-big-smoke-in-cities-its-easy-to-ignore-nature-until-things-go-wrong?CMP=share_btn_tw
Climate migration myths https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-019-0633-3
UNEP: 1.5C climate target ‘slipping out of reach’ https://www.carbonbrief.org/unep-1-5c-climate-target-slipping-out-of-reach
Demands grow for ‘global justice’ on climate damage at U.N. talks http://news.trust.org/item/20191127163159-0o1a2/
Summer outlook from Bureau of Meteorology suggests hot, dry times to continue https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-11-28/bom-summer-outlook/11734828
Heat Flow in Southern Australia and Connections With East Antarctica https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/2019GC008418
Climate tipping points — too risky to bet against https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-03595-0
A changing climate, which is driving a drying trend across southern Australia and general warming across the country https://theconversation.com/a-hot-and-dry-australian-summer-means-heatwaves-and-fire-risk-ahead-127990
The Keys face huge and looming bill to survive sea rise. They’re asking Florida for help https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/environment/article237759279.html
Home by the sea: new science shows more sea-level rise impacts on small islands https://climateanalytics.org/blog/2019/home-by-the-sea-new-science-shows-more-sea-level-rise-impacts-on-small-islands/
Stabilising the global population is not a solution to the climate emergency – but we should do it anyway https://theconversation.com/stabilising-the-global-population-is-not-a-solution-to-the-climate-emergency-but-we-should-do-it-anyway-126446
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