Today in climate change (5 September 2025)

Please find below links to recent climate change news…

Diverging trends in large floods across Europe in a warming climate https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-025-02734-y

Climate change increases supercell storms in Europe https://www.generation-nt.com/actualites/changement-climatique-orage-supercellulaire-europe-eth-zurich-2061725

Is climate change causing us to get cooler? https://www.tagesschau.de/klimawandel-kollabiert-der-golfstrom-100.html

Nepal and China agree to cooperate on glacial lake flooding, as warming hikes threat https://www.climatechangenews.com/2025/08/27/nepal-and-china-agree-to-cooperate-on-glacial-lake-flooding-as-warming-hikes-threat/

The climate case for planting trees has been overhyped — but it’s not too late to fix it https://theconversation.com/the-climate-case-for-planting-trees-has-been-overhyped-but-its-not-too-late-to-fix-it-259998

WHO, WMO issue new report and guidance to protect workers from increasing heat stress https://wmo.int/news/media-centre/who-wmo-issue-new-report-and-guidance-protect-workers-from-increasing-heat-stress

Collecting more than trash: Researchers equip local garbage trucks to gather data on urban heat island effect https://news.nd.edu/news/collecting-more-than-trash-researchers-equip-local-garbage-trucks-to-gather-data-on-urban-heat-island-effect/

Climate change is driving a silent, sinister change in Australia’s mountain ash forests https://theconversation.com/climate-change-is-driving-a-silent-sinister-change-in-australias-mountain-ash-forests-255737

Summer 2025 was hottest on record in UK, says Met Office https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/sep/01/uk-experienced-its-hottest-summer-on-record-in-2025-met-office-says

Scientists issue warning after witnessing ‘very shocking’ phenomenon in Arctic: ‘It was not just a marginal record’ https://www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/sea-ice-loss-svalbard-arctic-ice-melt-slump/

Using a systems thinking approach to assess the complex interplay between sustainable development goals, climate change, and humanitarian operations https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11625-025-01727-2

Biggest generator in New Zealand hits go on first phase of 400 megawatt solar project https://reneweconomy.com.au/biggest-generator-in-new-zealand-hits-go-on-first-phase-of-400-megawatt-solar-project/

Climate change kills, Spanish PM tells deniers at launch of plan to tackle crisis https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/01/spain-pm-pedro-sanchez-plan-tackle-climate-crisis

El Niño/La Niña Update (August 2025) https://wmo.int/publication-series/el-ninola-nina-update-august-2025

The ocean carbon sink is ailing: 10% drop in CO₂ absorption seen during record 2023 marine heat wave https://phys.org/news/2025-09-ocean-carbon-ailing-absorption-marine.html

Nature can keep up with climate change – but not at this speed https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/08/nature-can-keep-up-with-climate-change-but-not-at-this-speed/

Understanding the up-scaling mechanisms of urban energy transitions: An application of a capital-based framework to a comparative case study of two solar communities in Hong Kong https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214629625002452

Underestimating support for climate action limits political decision making, study says https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/sep/02/politicians-underestimate-support-climate-action-limiting-policies-study

Climate change intensified Hurricane Katrina; could have been a stronger storm in today’s climate https://www.climatecentral.org/report/hurricane-katrina-20-year-anniversary

Warming temperatures affect glaciers’ ability to store meltwater, contributing to rising sea levels https://theconversation.com/warming-temperatures-affect-glaciers-ability-to-store-meltwater-contributing-to-rising-sea-levels-240628

The ‘frying pan of Spain’ shows how cities can deal with extreme heat https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/seville-spain-climate-change-extreme-heat-1.7602428

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