Today in climate change (7 October 2022)

Please find below links to recent climate change news…

Shifting ocean currents are pushing more and more heat into the Southern Hemisphere’s cooler waters https://theconversation.com/shifting-ocean-currents-are-pushing-more-and-more-heat-into-the-southern-hemispheres-cooler-waters-189122

Satellites Can Accurately Take Earth’s Temperature https://eos.org/research-spotlights/satellites-can-accurately-take-earths-temperature

Heat Action Platform https://onebillionresilient.org/heat-action-platform/

Chief Heat Officers Face Rising Temperatures — and Expectations https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-10-03/urban-heat-officers-fight-rising-temps-and-slow-bureaucracy

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

Stunning week of early coal closures opens path to 100 pct renewables https://reneweconomy.com.au/stunning-week-of-early-coal-closures-opens-path-to-100-pct-renewables/

Observations confirm model of sea-level change from Greenland melt https://discover.lanl.gov/news/0929-sea-level-change

Hurricane Ian: how climate change is making North Atlantic tropical storms worse https://theconversation.com/hurricane-ian-how-climate-change-is-making-north-atlantic-tropical-storms-worse-191547

Flooding ‘Calamity’ in Pakistan Prompts Call for Reparations https://www.theenergymix.com/2022/10/02/flooding-calamity-in-pakistan-prompts-call-for-reparations/

Ancient ice age valleys offer clues to future ice sheet change https://phys.org/news/2022-10-ancient-ice-age-valleys-clues.html

New oil and gas at odds with green goals https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-63149957.amp

Solar and wind farms can hurt the environment. A new study offers solutions https://www.latimes.com/environment/newsletter/2022-10-06/solar-and-wind-farms-can-hurt-the-environment-a-new-study-offers-solutions-boiling-point

Megadroughts helped topple ancient empires. We’ve found their traces in Australia’s past, and expect more to come https://theconversation.com/megadroughts-helped-topple-ancient-empires-weve-found-their-traces-in-australias-past-and-expect-more-to-come-191770

US wind, solar tripled over the past decade: analysis https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/3675708-us-wind-solar-tripled-over-the-past-decade-analysis/

Northern Hemisphere’s extreme summer drought ‘virtually impossible’ without human-made climate change https://edition.cnn.com/2022/10/05/world/northern-hemisphere-drought-climate-intl/index.html

Seasonal land-ice-flow variability in the Antarctic Peninsula https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/16/3907/2022/

Climate simulation more realistic with Artificial Intelligence https://www.tum.de/en/news-and-events/all-news/press-releases/details/realistischere-klimasimulation-dank-kuenstlicher-intelligenz

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I am a Principal at Water Technology Pty Ltd, an Australian-based coastal, environment and natural hazards company - see https://www.watertech.com.au/. I specialise in the community aspects of disaster risk reduction and emergency management. Samples of my research and projects can be accessed at https://works.bepress.com/neil_dufty/ Check out my latest book 'Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement' at https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1119569796/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i6 I am also a published fiction writer specialising in short stories and poems - see https://neilduftyfiction.com/

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