Today in climate change (8 March 2024)

Please find below links to recent climate change news…

Ski resorts’ era of plentiful snow may be over due to climate crisis, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/02/ski-resorts-snow-global-warming-study

High resolution climate change observations and projections for the evaluation of heat-related extremes https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-024-03074-w

Australia sweats through third-hottest summer on record with hot and dry autumn predicted https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/mar/01/australia-sweats-through-third-hottest-summer-on-record-with-hot-and-dry-autumn-predicted

EU countries already hitting some of their sustainable energy targets for 2030 https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/feb/28/eu-countries-already-hitting-some-of-their-sustainable-energy-targets-for-2030

While many parts of the U.S. are seeing their water tables recede as the climate warms, much of New England is witnessing water levels rise https://www.umass.edu/news/article/umass-amherst-researchers-need-massachusetts-citizen-scientists-help-model-rising

Man, it’s a hot one: Trends and extremes in Florida autumn heat stress https://rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/joc.8415

This L.A. neighborhood’s ‘cool pavements’ help it beat the intense heat https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/reflective-payments-cooling-heat-latinos-california-rcna141458

El Niño weakens but impacts continue https://wmo.int/media/news/el-nino-weakens-impacts-continue

72 per cent of First Nations respondents struggled to cool their homes https://www.acoss.org.au/media-releases/?media_release=people-becoming-severely-ill-at-home-due-to-heat

Ice-free summers in Arctic possible within next decade, scientists say https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/05/ice-free-summers-in-arctic-possible-within-next-decade-scientists-say

Rich countries found to use six times more resources, generate 10 times the climate impact https://phys.org/news/2024-03-rich-countries-resources-generate-climate.html

These are the ‘climate grannies’ — and they’ll do whatever it takes to protect their grandchildren https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/climate-grannies-environmental-activism

Antarctica Is Undergoing a “Regime Shift” – New Research Uncovers Fundamental Changes in Polar Climates https://scitechdaily.com/antarctica-is-undergoing-a-regime-shift-new-research-uncovers-fundamental-changes-in-polar-climates/

Anthropogenic climate change has influenced global river flow seasonality https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adi9501

Enhancing climate resilience and water security for communities in Timor Leste https://www.sprep.org/news/enhancing-climate-resilience-and-water-security-for-communities-in-timor-leste

Can Volcanic Super Eruptions Lead to Major Cooling? Study Suggests No https://www.nasa.gov/earth/can-volcanic-super-eruptions-lead-to-major-cooling-study-suggests-no/

Global warming may be behind an increase in the frequency and intensity of cold spells https://theconversation.com/global-warming-may-be-behind-an-increase-in-the-frequency-and-intensity-of-cold-spells-223153

Green roofs can cool cities and save energy: modelling https://www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/news/2024/02/green-roofs-can-cool-cities-and-save-energy-modelling

UN chief appeals for greater support for small islands fighting climate change https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/03/1147177

Climate Disaster Impacts https://www.abc.net.au/btn/classroom/climate-disaster-impacts/103542506

Regime shifts in Arctic terrestrial hydrology manifested from impacts of climate warming https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/18/1033/2024/

Scientists Vote Down Proposal to Declare Anthropocene Has Begun https://e360.yale.edu/digest/anthropocene-not-begun

Australia’s Tinderbox Drought: An extreme natural event likely worsened by human-caused climate change https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adj3460

February was warmest on record globally, say scientists https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/07/february-warmest-on-record-globally-copernicus-climate-change-service

Underestimation of personal carbon footprint inequality in four socio-economically diverse countries https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/3agzk

The weather records that fell in Queensland during the summer of 2023-24 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-06/queensland-summer-weather-records-rainfall-heat/103552060

Solar records round out summer, all across the country https://reneweconomy.com.au/solar-records-round-out-summer-all-across-the-country/

Arizona’s health department has named the first statewide heat officer to address extreme heat https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/arizonas-health-department-has-named-the-first-statewide-heat-officer-to-address-extreme-heat

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