Today in climate change (18 August 2023)

Please find below links to recent climate change news…

How Unusual Is the 2022 European Compound Drought and Heatwave Event? https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1029/2023GL105453

Medical experts warn hospitals need to be prepared for heatwave demands https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-14/hospitals-prepare-for-heatwave-demands/102711446

The world’s infrastructure was built for a climate that no longer exists https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/08/11/climate-change-critical-infrastructure-heat-flood-energy-transportation-housing/

Oregon facing one of its hottest five-day stretches on record, U.S. https://watchers.news/2023/08/11/oregon-facing-one-of-its-hottest-five-day-stretches-on-record-u-s/

As the Earth Gets Hotter, Can Our Cities Get Cooler? https://www.wri.org/insights/earth-gets-hotter-cool-cities-infrastructure-solutions

A recent study, built to enable local action, illustrates the extreme climate effects of 2°C of warming https://baeri.org/climate-projections-detail-future-risks

Fighting, not sinking: The Pacific plea for Australian climate action https://www.theage.com.au/environment/climate-change/fighting-not-sinking-the-pacific-plea-for-australian-climate-action-20230812-p5dw02.html

An early warning system for joint heat and ozone extremes in China https://seas.harvard.edu/news/2023/08/early-warning-system-joint-heat-and-ozone-extremes-china

Rising methane could be a sign that Earth’s climate is part-way through a ‘termination-level transition’ https://theconversation.com/rising-methane-could-be-a-sign-that-earths-climate-is-part-way-through-a-termination-level-transition-211211

August 2023 El Niño update: back to school https://www.climate.gov/news-features/blogs/august-2023-el-ni%C3%B1o-update-back-school

Australia’s chief scientist Cathy Foley tells Q+A carbon reduction must increase by eight times to curb climate change https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-15/chief-scientist-cathy-foley-carbon-reduction-climate-change-qa/102729476

Global change scenarios in coastal river deltas and their sustainable development implications https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959378023001024

Extreme bushfires pose serious threat to global climate https://www.unsw.edu.au/news/2023/08/extreme-bushfires-pose-serious-threat-to-global-climate

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