Please find below links to recent climate change news…
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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