Today in climate change (28 July 2023)

Please find below links to recent climate change news…

Extreme heat forces US airlines to limit passengers and fuel loads https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/23/us-airlines-heat-delays-limit-passengers-fuel

Why aren’t we more scared of the climate crisis? It’s complicated https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/22/climate-crisis-fear-psychology

Notes from Tuvalu: Leading the way in adapting to sea-level rise https://www.undp.org/blog/notes-tuvalu-leading-way-adapting-sea-level-rise

The Importance of Data in Combatting Extreme Heat and Climate Change https://www.commerce.gov/news/blog/2023/07/importance-data-combatting-extreme-heat-and-climate-change

Antarctic sea ice levels dive in ‘five-sigma event’, as experts flag worsening consequences for planet https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-24/antarctic-sea-ice-levels-nosedive-five-sigma-event/102635204

Why air conditioners can be a problematic solution to extreme heat https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/air-conditioners-sustainability-heat-1.6914054

Reducing the health effects of hot weather and heat extremes: from personal cooling strategies to green cities https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)01209-5/fulltext

U.S. will continue to get warmer, weather will become more extreme, climate scientist warns https://www.cbsnews.com/video/us-will-continue-to-get-warmer-weather-will-become-more-extreme-climate-scientist-warns/

Climate science is catching up to climate change with predictions that could improve proactive response https://www.news.ucsb.edu/2023/021128/climate-science-catching-climate-change-predictions-could-improve-proactive-response

Multi-billion-dollar risk to economic activity from climate extremes affecting ports https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2023-07-20-multi-billion-dollar-risk-economic-activity-climate-extremes-affecting-ports-oxford

Together, Extreme Heat and Pollution Double the Risk of a Fatal Heart Attack, Analysis Shows https://e360.yale.edu/digest/heat-particulate-pollution-fatal-heart-attack-study

Landslides and uncertainty: As Nunavik’s permafrost thaws, locals and researchers focus on adaptation https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/permafrost-nunavik-threatens-infrastructure-traditional-practices-inuit-climate-change-1.6917564

Millions of Americans are stranded on “heat islands” https://www.axios.com/2023/07/26/heat-islands-cities-heat-wave-climate

Antarctica’s Low-Ice Winter Should Only Happen Once Every 13 Billion Years https://www.iflscience.com/antarcticas-low-ice-winter-should-only-happen-once-every-13-billion-years-69986

‘Era of global boiling has arrived,’ says UN chief as July set to be hottest month on record https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jul/27/scientists-july-world-hottest-month-record-climate-temperatures

The impacts of climate change https://thefloodhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/The-Impacts-of-Climate-Change.pdf

Joe Biden must declare a climate emergency. And he must do so now https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/27/joe-biden-climate-emergency-peter-kalmus

Climate change impacts increase in Asia https://public.wmo.int/en/media/press-release/climate-change-impacts-increase-asia

Data gaps in heatwave deaths widen as India battles record-smashing temperatures https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/climate-change/data-gaps-in-heatwave-deaths-widen-as-india-battles-record-smashing-temperatures-90839

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