Today in climate change (7 March 2025)

Please find below links to recent climate change news…

Australia’s second-hottest summer in 2024-25 ‘not possible without climate change’, scientist says https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/01/bureau-of-meteorology-data-shows-second-hottest-summer-on-record

Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions: September 2024 quarterly update https://www.dcceew.gov.au/about/news/au-greenhouse-gas-emissions-september-2024-quarterly-update

Coastal erosion threatens this ancient city — and others much closer to home https://today.usc.edu/coastal-erosion-threatens-this-ancient-city-and-others/

Cyclone Alfred is expected to hit southeast Queensland – the first in 50 years to strike so far south https://theconversation.com/cyclone-alfred-is-expected-to-hit-southeast-queensland-the-first-in-50-years-to-strike-so-far-south-251241

Artificial intelligence for modeling and understanding extreme weather and climate events https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/artificial-intelligence-modeling-and-understanding-extreme-weather-and-climate-events

Half of world’s CO2 emissions come from 36 fossil fuel firms, study shows https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/05/half-of-worlds-co2-emissions-come-from-36-fossil-fuel-firms-study-shows

Visualizing daily global temperatures https://www.theclimatebrink.com/p/visualizing-daily-global-temperatures

Warming Brings Heavy Snowfall to Greenland, Replenishing Some Lost Ice https://e360.yale.edu/digest/atmospheric-rivers-greenland-ice-sheet-snow-climate-change

Is climate change supercharging Tropical Cyclone Alfred as it powers towards Australia? https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/06/is-climate-change-supercharging-tropical-cyclone-alfred-as-it-powers-towards-australia

Cyclone Alfred is slowing – and that could make it more destructive. Here’s how climate change might have influenced it https://theconversation.com/cyclone-alfred-is-slowing-and-that-could-make-it-more-destructive-heres-how-climate-change-might-have-influenced-it-251594

Global sea ice levels just hit a new record low https://www.newscientist.com/article/2471049-global-sea-ice-levels-just-hit-a-new-record-low/

Fires used to terrify city residents. New research suggests climate change could see this fear return https://theconversation.com/fires-used-to-terrify-city-residents-new-research-suggests-climate-change-could-see-this-fear-return-251056

Weakening currents in the Atlantic may mean a wetter northern Australia and drier New Zealand https://theconversation.com/weakening-currents-in-the-atlantic-may-mean-a-wetter-northern-australia-and-drier-new-zealand-248679

Enhancing climate resilience with smarter data: the role of dynamic social registries https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/nasikiliza/afw-enhancing-climate-resilience-with-smarter-data-dynamic-social-registries

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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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