Today in climate change (8 August 2025)

Please find below links to recent climate change news…

Climate change made Florida’s heat wave five times more likely, experts say https://www.wusf.org/environment/2025-07-30/climate-change-made-florida-heat-wave-five-times-more-likely

Australian scientists record accelerating glacier loss on sub-Antarctic Heard Island https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-04/scientists-record-accelerating-glacier-loss-on-heard-island/105605246

Living With Extreme Heat? These Cities Are Taking Action https://time.com/7305946/cities-tackling-extreme-heat/

‘Sponge City’: How Copenhagen Is Adapting to a Wetter Future https://e360.yale.edu/features/copenhagen-sponge-cities

Climate disasters are killing small businesses https://grist.org/extreme-weather/climate-disasters-are-killing-small-businesses/

Nordic countries hit by ‘truly unprecedented’ heatwave https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/02/nordic-countries-hit-by-truly-unprecedented-heatwave

Politicians are betraying Gen Z on climate https://www.theinvadingsea.com/2025/07/18/gen-z-climate-change-crocheting-knitting-thrifting-big-beautiful-bill-trump-gop-carbon-footprint/

Is ‘heat dome’ overhyped? Why some meteorologists dislike this term https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/08/is-heat-dome-overhyped-why-some-meteorologists-dislike-this-term/

Weekend heat wave was made more likely by global warming, experts say https://www.cityviewnc.com/stories/weekend-heat-wave-was-made-more-likely-by-global-warming-experts-say/

Quantifying effects of solar power adoption on CO2 emissions reduction https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adq5660

World’s biggest coral survey confirms sharp decline in Great Barrier Reef after heatwave https://theconversation.com/worlds-biggest-coral-survey-confirms-sharp-decline-in-great-barrier-reef-after-heatwave-260563

Extreme heat streaks on the rise in Philadelphia https://www.axios.com/local/philadelphia/2025/07/30/heat-waves-philly-pennsylvania-common

EU, China Chart Path Forward on Climate Action https://sdg.iisd.org/news/eu-china-chart-path-forward-on-climate-action/

Renewables will be world’s top power source ‘by 2026’ https://www.carbonbrief.org/iea-renewables-will-be-worlds-top-power-source-by-2026/

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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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