Today in climate change (9 June 2023)

Please find below links to recent climate change news…

Fires, floods and disappearing beaches: can Mediterranean holidays survive? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/03/fires-floods-and-disappearing-beaches-can-mediterranean-holidays-survive

Snow or Ice Extent – Graphing Tool https://www.climate.gov/maps-data/dataset/snow-or-ice-extent-graphing-tool

JMA reports warmest spring in Japan since record-keeping began in 1898 https://watchers.news/2023/06/02/jma-reports-warmest-spring-in-japan-since-record-keeping-began-in-1898/

This mannequin sweats, and it’s helping ASU researchers understand heat stress https://fronterasdesk.org/content/1848452/mannequin-sweats-and-its-helping-asu-researchers-understand-heat-stress

Resources at “breaking point” to deal with heatwaves this summer warn local authorities, first responders, utility companies and transport sector https://www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminstitute/news/resources-at-breaking-point-to-deal-with-heatwaves-this-summer-warn-local-authorities-first-responders-utility-companies-and-transport-sector/

Broken record: Atmospheric carbon dioxide levels jump again https://www.climate.gov/news-features/feed/broken-record-atmospheric-carbon-dioxide-levels-jump-again

Just resilience for Europe: Towards measuring justice in climate change adaptation https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/just-resilience-europe-towards-measuring-justice-climate-change-adaptation

Using electric water heaters to store renewable energy could do the work of 2 million home batteries – and save us billions https://theconversation.com/using-electric-water-heaters-to-store-renewable-energy-could-do-the-work-of-2-million-home-batteries-and-save-us-billions-204281

Addressing Loss and Damage: What can we learn from countries’ National Adaptation Plans? https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/addressing-loss-and-damage-what-can-we-learn-countries-national-adaptation-plans

El Niño may push heating past 1.5C but urgent action could avert catastrophe https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/02/el-nino-may-push-heating-past-15c-urgent-action-avert-catastrophe

Uninsurable America: Climate change hits the insurance industry https://www.axios.com/2023/06/06/climate-change-homeowners-insurance-state-farm-california-florida

Too late now to save Arctic summer ice, climate scientists find https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/06/too-late-now-to-save-arctic-summer-ice-climate-scientists-find

Researchers deploy sensors in Miami’s neighborhoods to provide new assessment of dangerous heat conditions https://news.miami.edu/rosenstiel/stories/2023/06/officially-reported-temperatures-underestimate-miamis-heat-burden-new-study-finds.html

The massive smoke plume choking the northeast U.S. is what climate change looks like https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/06/the-massive-smoke-plume-choking-the-northeast-u-s-is-what-climate-change-looks-like/

Locally led adaptation: Promise, pitfalls, and possibilities https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13280-023-01884-7

Flash Droughts Are Getting Flashier https://eos.org/articles/flash-droughts-are-getting-flashier

UN climate talks might avoid fossil fuel phase-out, says Cop28 official https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/07/un-climate-talks-might-avoid-fossil-fuel-phase-out-says-cop28-official

Pakistan’s Flood Problem Is Supercharged by Climate Change. Recovery Means Going Beyond Damage Control https://theglobalobservatory.org/2023/06/pakistans-flood-problem-is-supercharged-by-climate-change-the-recovery-process-will-need-to-go-beyond-damage-control/

The Climate Crisis Was Always Real. Now It’s in Your Lungs https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/canadian-wildfires-climate-crisis-east-coast-public-health-1234766771/

Global greenhouse gas emissions at all-time high, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/08/global-greenhouse-gas-emissions-at-all-time-high-study-finds

El Niño planet-warming weather phase has begun https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-65839060

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