Please find below links to recent climate change news…
Wind and solar hit record share of main grid, as curtailment underscores need for more storage https://reneweconomy.com.au/wind-and-solar-hit-record-share-of-main-grid-as-curtailment-underscores-need-for-more-storage/
How is climate change impacting hurricane season? It’s complicated https://thebulletin.org/2023/09/how-is-climate-change-impacting-hurricane-season-its-complicated/
‘All ice could disappear’: Europe’s heatwaves threaten to wipe out glaciers in the Alps https://inews.co.uk/news/environment/europe-heatwaves-threaten-wipe-out-glaciers-alps-2603439
‘Minutes to midnight’: UN warns world must phase out fossil fuels https://www.theage.com.au/environment/climate-change/minutes-to-midnight-un-warns-world-must-phase-out-fossil-fuels-20230909-p5e3bf.html
Cities are advertising themselves as ‘climate havens.’ Experts say there’s no such thing https://thehill.com/changing-america/sustainability/climate-change/4190038-cities-are-advertising-themselves-as-climate-havens-experts-say-theres-no-such-thing/
UK renewables still cheaper than gas, despite auction setback for offshore wind https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-renewables-still-cheaper-than-gas-despite-auction-setback-for-offshore-wind/
Climate change and insurance: The alarm bell we can’t afford to ignore https://www.theclimatebrink.com/p/climate-change-and-insurance-the
Heat waves have a cost. Here’s why it’s important to quantify it https://theconversation.com/heat-waves-have-a-cost-heres-why-its-important-to-quantify-it-213141
Antarctic helicopter mission helps confirm Totten Glacier melting from below due to warm water https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-13/antarctic-sea-ice-probes-dropped-from-helicopter-totten-glacier/102844512
Faster disaster: climate change fuels ‘flash droughts’, intense downpours and storms https://theconversation.com/faster-disaster-climate-change-fuels-flash-droughts-intense-downpours-and-storms-213242
Lethal Heat Is Spreading across the Planet https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/lethal-heat-is-spreading-across-the-planet/
Observational and model evidence together support wide-spread exposure to noncompensable heat under continued global warming https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adg9297?
US behind more than a third of global oil and gas expansion plans, report finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/12/us-behind-more-than-a-third-of-global-oil-and-gas-expansion-plans-report-finds
Eight catastrophic floods in 11 days: What’s behind intense rainfall around the world? https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/eight-catastrophic-floods-11-days-s-intense-rainfall-world-rcna104620
We’re Thinking About Climate Risk All Wrong https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2023/09/calculating-climate-change-risk-wrong-ipcc-existential/
Climate Change Hurting Water Quality in Rivers Worldwide, Study Finds https://e360.yale.edu/digest/climate-change-water-quality-rivers
Enhancing urban resilience in Medellín through insurance protection for climate risks https://www.strategic-risk-europe.com/home/case-study-enhancing-urban-resilience-in-medellin-through-insurance-protection-for-climate-risks/1445599.article
The Libya floods: a climate and infrastructure catastrophe https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/09/the-libya-floods-a-climate-and-infrastructure-catastrophe/
Devastatingly low Antarctic sea ice may be the ‘new abnormal’, study warns https://theconversation.com/devastatingly-low-antarctic-sea-ice-may-be-the-new-abnormal-study-warns-212376
Throwing shade: Model maps NYC street trees’ cooling benefits https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2023/08/throwing-shade-model-maps-nyc-street-trees-cooling-benefits
Spring heatwave for eastern Australia ‘a heads-up’ of what’s to come, meteorologists say https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/sep/14/spring-heatwave-for-eastern-australia-a-heads-up-of-whats-to-come-bom-says
Yale Center for Earth Observation (YCEO) Surface Urban Heat Islands, v4 (2003 – 2018) includes annual, summertime, and wintertime Surface Urban Heat Island (SUHI) intensities for daytime and nighttime for over 10,000 global urban extents https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/sdei-yceo-sfc-uhi-v4
As effects of global warming continue to heat the planet, visualizing climate change’s wrath https://www.usatoday.com/story/graphics/2023/09/14/climate-change-global-warming-visual-tracker/70457785007/
Young people to take 32 European countries to court over climate policies https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/14/young-people-to-take-32-european-countries-to-court-over-climate-policies
August 2023 was Earth’s hottest August on record https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/09/august-2023-was-earths-hottest-august-on-record/
How rising water vapour in the atmosphere is amplifying warming and making extreme weather worse https://theconversation.com/how-rising-water-vapour-in-the-atmosphere-is-amplifying-warming-and-making-extreme-weather-worse-213347
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