Today in climate change (19 April 2024)

Please find below links to recent climate change news…

U.S. Oil and Gas Boom Poses Challenge to Climate Goals https://oilprice.com/Energy/Crude-Oil/US-Oil-and-Gas-Boom-Poses-Challenge-to-Climate-Goals.html

Recent increase in the surface mass balance in central East Antarctica is unprecedented for the last 2000 years https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01355-1

Climate Authority says 75 pct cut in emissions “achievable” as Australia mulls 2035 target https://reneweconomy.com.au/climate-authority-says-75-pct-cut-in-emissions-achievable-as-australia-mulls-2035-target/

Study identifies increased threat to coastlines from concurrent heat waves and sea level rises https://phys.org/news/2024-04-threat-coastlines-concurrent-sea.html

What is Mexico doing about climate change? https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/04/what-is-mexico-doing-about-climate-change/

Untapped rooftop solar: Australian homes could save $9.3 billion a year, UNSW study finds  https://onestepoffthegrid.com.au/untapped-rooftop-solar-australian-homes-could-save-9-3-billion-a-year-unsw-study-finds/

The great ocean white-out https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-16/global-coral-bleaching-event-called-by-climate-agency-noaa/103649728

How to Replace Air Conditioning? Passive Strategies for Addressing Global Warming https://www.archdaily.com/1015113/how-to-replace-air-conditioning-passive-strategies-for-addressing-global-warming

Heat records shattered in northern Japan https://watchers.news/2024/04/16/heat-records-shattered-in-northern-japan/

“Borrowed time”: As we shatter temperature records, experts worry we’re in “uncharted territory” https://www.salon.com/2024/04/16/borrowed-time-as-we-shatter-temperature-records-experts-worry-were-in-uncharted-territory/

Increase in concerns about climate change following climate strikes and civil disobedience in Germany https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-46477-4

The Paradox That’s Supercharging Climate Change https://www.wired.com/story/the-paradox-thats-supercharging-climate-change/

What do Americans want to know about climate change? https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications/ask-an-expert/

38 trillion dollars in damages each year: World economy already committed to income reduction of 19 % due to climate change https://www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest-news/38-trillion-dollars-in-damages-each-year-world-economy-already-committed-to-income-reduction-of-19-due-to-climate-change

BoM declares the El Niño is over and another La Niña could be on the way https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/apr/16/bom-el-nino-weather-pattern-classification-australia-over-la-nina

Extreme Sahel heatwave that hit highly vulnerable population at the end of Ramadan would not have occurred without climate change https://www.worldweatherattribution.org/extreme-sahel-heatwave-that-hit-highly-vulnerable-population-at-the-end-of-ramadan-would-not-have-occurred-without-climate-change/

Compound dry and hot extremes: A review and future research pathways for India https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022169424005948

Rising Seas Stretch Risk Zones https://www.climatecentral.org/report/rising-seas-stretch-risk-zones

 

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