Please find below links to recent climate change news…
The El Niño has ended. Will Australia get a La Niña next – and what weather could that bring? https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/apr/21/el-nino-weather-pattern-over-australia-la-nina
Last Interglacial subsurface warming on the Antarctic shelf triggered by reduced deep-ocean convection https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01383-x
Solomon Islands Tribes Sell Carbon Credits, Not Their Trees https://e360.yale.edu/features/solomon-islands-sirebe-carbon-credits
Heatwave in Telangana, India claims five lives and sets record temperatures https://watchers.news/2024/04/19/heatwave-in-telangana-india-claims-five-lives-and-sets-record-temperatures/
UN livestock emissions report seriously distorted our work, say experts https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/19/un-livestock-emissions-report-seriously-distorted-our-work-say-experts
Powering down: end times for the UK’s final coal-fired station https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/apr/21/end-times-for-the-uks-final-coal-fired-power-station
What do Florida’s climate challenges mean for the nation’s most expensive home? https://www.theinvadingsea.com/2024/04/18/naples-hurricane-ian-climate-change-most-expensive-home-flooding-rain-storm-surge-sea-rise/
Renewable energy passes 30% of world’s electricity supply https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/08/renewable-energy-passes-30-of-worlds-electricity-supply
We asked 380 top climate scientists what they felt about the future… https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2024/may/08/hopeless-and-broken-why-the-worlds-top-climate-scientists-are-in-despair
Africa dramatically dried out 5,500 years ago – our new study may warn us of future climate tipping points https://theconversation.com/africa-dramatically-dried-out-5-500-years-ago-our-new-study-may-warn-us-of-future-climate-tipping-points-229323
World’s top climate scientists expect global heating to blast past 1.5C target https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/08/world-scientists-climate-failure-survey-global-temperature
Venezuela loses its last glacier as it shrinks down to an ice field https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/08/venezuela-loses-its-last-glacier-as-it-shrinks-down-to-an-ice-field
Scientists sound alarm as growing threat looms over coastal states: ‘We are preparing for the wrong disaster’ https://www.yahoo.com/news/scientists-sound-alarm-growing-threat-020000701.html
Methane emissions: Australian cattle industry suggests shift from net zero target to ‘climate neutral’ approach https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/may/08/methane-emissions-australian-cattle-industry-suggests-shift-from-net-zero-target-to-climate-neutral-approach
Record-breaking global atmospheric moisture in April https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/recordbreaking-global-atmospheric-moisture-in-april/1889397
Climate change: World’s oceans suffer from record-breaking year of heat https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-68921215
Vermont poised to become first US state to charge big oil for climate damage https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/09/vermont-charge-oil-industry-climate-crisis
Global temperature heat streak continues with April officially the hottest on record https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-08/global-temperature-heat-streak-record-continues/103819432
Over 10 million children affected by high heat in Thailand https://www.unicef.org/thailand/press-releases/over-10-million-children-affected-high-heat-thailand-unicef
Supercharged thunderstorms: have we underestimated how climate change drives extreme rain and floods? https://theconversation.com/supercharged-thunderstorms-have-we-underestimated-how-climate-change-drives-extreme-rain-and-floods-228896
El Niño and climate change impacts slam Latin America and Caribbean in 2023 https://wmo.int/news/media-centre/el-nino-and-climate-change-impacts-slam-latin-america-and-caribbean-2023