Today in climate change (10 March 2023)

A list of links to recent climate change news at…

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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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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