Today in climate change (11 August 2023)

Please find below links to recent climate change news…

A New Age of Water is Dawning https://time.com/6300886/climate-change-water/

Climate Change Responsible for Record-Breaking Heat in July, Analysis Suggests https://www.islandernews.com/news/national/climate-change-responsible-for-record-breaking-heat-in-july-analysis-suggests/video_b3748118-d06d-5195-ad0c-805ed93cdc1b.html

Extreme Heat Is Hitting Companies Where It Hurts https://time.com/6294411/extreme-heat-impacting-companies-economy/

Extreme Rain From Atmospheric Rivers and Ice-Heating Micro-Cracks Are Ominous New Threats to the Greenland Ice Sheet https://insideclimatenews.org/news/31072023/greenland-ice-sheet-microcracks-atmospheric-rivers-tipping-points/

Worsening flooding and drought as rapid warming continues https://www.reading.ac.uk/news/2023/Research-News/Worsening-flooding-and-drought-as-rapid-warming-continues

Copernicus confirms July 2023 was the hottest month ever recorded https://public.wmo.int/en/media/news/copernicus-confirms-july-2023-was-hottest-month-ever-recorded

Heat-Related EMS Activation Surveillance Dashboard https://nemsis.org/heat-related-ems-activation-surveillance-dashboard/

Scientists look beyond climate change and El Nino for other factors that heat up Earth https://apnews.com/article/hot-summer-climate-change-el-nino-9c5151f2fca2cd77d92a1c7bc61a0035

Climate statistics ‘not all doom and gloom’ – expert https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/0808/1398785-climate-report/

Daily 2-meter Air Temperature https://climatereanalyzer.org/clim/t2_daily/

Exceptional heat and rain, wildfires and floods mark summer of extremes https://public.wmo.int/en/media/news/exceptional-heat-and-rain-wildfires-and-floods-mark-summer-of-extremes

How climate change might trigger more earthquakes and volcanic eruptions https://theconversation.com/how-climate-change-might-trigger-more-earthquakes-and-volcanic-eruptions-210841

The social and cultural practices developed by First Nations people over generations, such as reducing physical exertion in hotter parts of the day, are powerful mechanisms for protecting human health https://reporter.anu.edu.au/all-stories/why-bringing-back-the-arvo-nap-could-help-us-adapt-to-extreme-heat

The intense heat sweeping much of the northern hemisphere has prompted fears about the summer to come in Australia https://www.smh.com.au/environment/weather/extreme-global-weather-prompts-fears-about-the-hot-summer-to-come-for-australia-20230810-p5dvcf.html

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I am a Principal Scientist 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://www.researchgate.net/profile/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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