Please find below links to recent climate change news…
Bushfires one day, floods the next: why Australia can expect more ‘compound events’ https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/oct/06/bushfires-floods-australia-compound-events-gippsland
Could superpowered plants be the heroes of the climate crisis? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/15/superpower-plants-absorb-carbon-co2-climate-crisis
The toll of heat deaths in the Phoenix area soars after the hottest summer on record https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/toll-heat-deaths-phoenix-area-soars-after-hottest-103974509
How one boatshed tells the story of Victorian coastal areas preparing for sea level rises https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-17/boatshed-rising-sea-levels-concern-for-coastal-infrastructure/102969454
SUVs emit more climate damaging gas than older cars do, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/16/suvs-emit-more-climate-damaging-gas-than-older-cars-do-study-finds
A cleaner snow future mitigates Northern Hemisphere snowpack loss from warming https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-41732-6
Topping the charts: September 2023 was Earth’s warmest September in 174-year record https://www.noaa.gov/news/topping-charts-september-2023-was-earths-warmest-september-in-174-year-record
South Australia: This is what a 90 per cent wind and solar grid looks like https://reneweconomy.com.au/south-australia-this-is-what-a-90-per-cent-wind-and-solar-grid-looks-like/
Enhanced multi-year predictability after El Niño and La Niña events https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-42113-9
Interactive: Glacier retreat shows impact of climate change https://interaktiv.tagesanzeiger.ch/2022/gletscher-prognosen/
Enhancing Climate Resilience in Bangladesh’s Coastal Towns: A Collaborative Endeavor https://gca.org/enhancing-climate-resilience-in-bangladeshs-coastal-towns-a-collaborative-endeavor/
Fighting Against Time and Tropical Cyclones: the Struggle of Coastal Communities in the Pacific https://storyteller.iom.int/stories/fighting-against-time-and-tropical-cyclones-struggle-coastal-communities-pacific
Climate change isn’t just about emissions. We’re ignoring a huge part of the fight https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-10-15/climate-change-adaptation-united-states-emissions
Three decades of EU climate policy: Racing toward climate neutrality? https://wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wcc.863
Australia must urgently adapt to extreme weather or face soaring premiums, insurers warn https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/oct/18/australia-must-urgently-adapt-to-extreme-weather-or-face-soaring-premiums-insurers-warn
Labor’s EV strategy ‘hamstrung’ by delayed fuel efficiency standard, advocates say https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/oct/18/labors-ev-strategy-hamstrung-by-delayed-fuel-efficiency-standard-advocates-say
More than 200 scientists from 19 countries want to tell us the Southern Ocean is in trouble https://theconversation.com/more-than-200-scientists-from-19-countries-want-to-tell-us-the-southern-ocean-is-in-trouble-215529
‘Greater than 99% chance’ 2023 will be hottest year on record https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-greater-than-99-chance-2023-will-be-hottest-year-on-record/
ESD Ideas: Translating historical extreme weather events into a warmer world https://esd.copernicus.org/articles/14/1081/2023/
Global study warns water security threatened by droughts and heat waves worldwide https://phys.org/news/2023-10-global-threatened-droughts-worldwide.html
Will the Earth breach its 1.5C guardrail sooner than we thought? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/commentisfree/2023/oct/19/will-the-earth-breach-its-15c-guardrail-sooner-than-we-thought
Push for more workplace heat awareness ahead of El Niño summer https://www.9news.com.au/national/weather-news-forecasts-should-australia-have-a-heat-temperature-cut-off-for-outdoor-workers/c006557a-2740-4056-b4fb-0cda9dbc2f5a
Climate Network Analysis Helps Pinpoint Regions at Higher Risk of Extreme Weather https://publishing.aip.org/publications/latest-content/climate-network-analysis-helps-pinpoint-regions-at-higher-risk-of-extreme-weather/
Cracking the code of 2022’s unprecedented heat waves and droughts https://phys.org/news/2023-10-code-unprecedented-droughts.html
The dams are full for now – but Sydney will need new water supplies as rainfall becomes less reliable https://theconversation.com/the-dams-are-full-for-now-but-sydney-will-need-new-water-supplies-as-rainfall-becomes-less-reliable-214071
Status of global coastal adaptation https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-023-01834-x
Data and local knowledge key to climate resilience https://www.gndr.org/data-and-local-knowledge-key-to-climate-resilience/
Improving the quantification of climate change hazards by hydrological models: a simple ensemble approach for considering the uncertain effect of vegetation response to climate change on potential evapotranspiration https://hess.copernicus.org/articles/27/3663/2023/
Hurricanes are now twice as likely to zip from minor to whopper than decades ago, study says https://apnews.com/article/hurricanes-rapidly-intensify-climate-warm-oceans-atlantic-1d301ac6ce12946a6ff98d38b6980922
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