Today in climate change (1 November 2024)

Please find below links to recent climate change news…

Overconfidence in climate overshoot https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08020-9#ref-CR1

Would abandoning false hope help us to tackle the climate crisis? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/24/we-need-a-dash-of-hope-but-is-too-much-diverting-our-gaze-from-the-perils-of-the-climate-crisis

Subtle Coastal Sinking Raises Storm Surge Risks https://eos.org/research-spotlights/subtle-coastal-sinking-raises-storm-surge-risks

Democratising knowledge for transformative climate action https://cdkn.org/story/democratising-knowledge-transformative-climate-action

Mapped: Renewable Energy as a Percentage of Power Generation, by Country https://www.visualcapitalist.com/cp/mapped-renewable-energy-by-country-in-2022/

Climate change reshapes cities, both environmentally and financially https://thehill.com/future-america/future-of-cities/4934071-cities-climate-change-insurance-heat-waves/

Planet-heating pollutants in atmosphere hit record levels in 2023 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/28/planet-heating-pollutants-in-atmosphere-hit-record-levels-in-2023

Will climate change put the Chicago area at heightened risk for hurricanes? https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/helene-milton-climate-change-chicago-risk/

World way off target in tackling climate change – UN https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce8yyle2eq2o

Principles for satellite monitoring of vegetation carbon uptake https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-024-00601-6

New NASA Instrument for Studying Snowpack Completes Airborne Testing https://science.nasa.gov/science-research/science-enabling-technology/new-nasa-instrument-for-studying-snowpack-completes-airborne-testing/

Nature and climate on the line: COP16 must deliver on both https://impact.economist.com/sustainability/ecosystems-resources/nature-and-climate-on-the-line-cop16-must-deliver-on-both

44 Scientists Just Warned Us About a Catastrophic Ocean Current Collapse https://www.vice.com/en/article/atlantic-meridional-overturning-circulation-amoc-tipping-point-climate-change/

How unusual was Australia’s 2017–2019 Tinderbox Drought? https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212094724000951

Declining tropical cyclones and east coast lows lead to major shift in Australia’s rainfall https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-30/declining-tropical-cyclone-ecl-southern-ocean-rainfall/104533506

10 new insights in climate science 2024: Heat surges risk ecosystem collapse https://www.preventionweb.net/news/10-new-insights-climate-science-2024-heat-surges-risk-ecosystem-collapse

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