Today in climate change (19 January 2024)

Please find below links to recent climate change news…

After a Decade of Planning, New York City Is Raising Its Shoreline https://e360.yale.edu/features/new-york-city-climate-plan-sea-level-rise

People fleeing climate change disasters should be considered refugees https://www.pennlive.com/opinion/2024/01/people-fleeing-climate-change-disasters-should-be-considered-refugees-opinion.html

Climate Denial in American Politics https://www.routledge.com/Climate-Denial-in-American-Politics-ClimateBrawl/Kutney/p/book/9781032592794

Global Impact of Sea Level Rise on Coastal Fresh Groundwater Resources https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2023EF003581

Climate change fuelled extreme weather in 2023; expect more records in 2024 https://www.worldweatherattribution.org/climate-change-fuelled-extreme-weather-in-2023-expect-more-records-in-2024/

Fossil lobby claims voters want nuclear. Grid simulation shows it’s the last thing Australia needs https://reneweconomy.com.au/fossil-lobby-poll-claims-voters-want-nuclear-data-shows-its-the-last-thing-australias-grid-needs/

Clearing Skies: Opening a New Path on Climate and the Future https://e360.yale.edu/features/systemic-adaptation

‘Both sides of the ball’: Firms road-blocking climate reforms despite net-zero pledges https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/finance/finance-news/2024/01/15/climate-greenwash-australia

WMO confirms that 2023 smashes global temperature record https://wmo.int/news/media-centre/wmo-confirms-2023-smashes-global-temperature-record

Think global—act local: the challenge of producing actionable knowledge on transboundary climate risks at the sub-national level of governance https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fclim.2023.1170142/full

Ten Extreme Climate Events of 2023 https://climateadaptationplatform.com/ten-extreme-climate-events-of-2023/

Greenland losing 30m tonnes of ice an hour, study reveals https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/jan/17/greenland-losing-30m-tonnes-of-ice-an-hour-study-reveals

Role of atmospheric resonance and land–atmosphere feedbacks as a precursor to the June 2021 Pacific Northwest Heat Dome event https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2315330121

Four factors that drove 2023’s extreme heat https://source.wustl.edu/2024/01/washu-expert-four-factors-that-drove-2023s-extreme-heat/

When it comes to climate change, we should be paying more attention to our oceans https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/ocean-warming-signals-1.7086410

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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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