Today in climate change (6 February 2026)

Please find below links to recent climate change news…

Anatomy of a heatwave: how a cyclone, humid air and atmospheric waves drove brutal heat in the southeast https://theconversation.com/anatomy-of-a-heatwave-how-a-cyclone-humid-air-and-atmospheric-waves-drove-brutal-heat-in-the-southeast-274511

Extreme heat resilience https://www.undrr.org/our-work/extreme-heat-resilience

Australia’s grid now relies on renewable energy as much as coal https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/31/australias-grid-now-relies-on-renewable-energy-as-much-as-coal-those-who-doubted-it-look-foolish

Climate change is accelerating, scientists find in ‘grim’ report https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/09/climate-change-is-accelerating-scientists-find-in-grim-report/

Heatwaves are changing the way Australians live and spend their money, study finds https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-02/heatwaves-changing-australians-spending-habits-study-finds/106287812

Climate change is not making extreme cold more common https://www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-climate-change-is-not-making-extreme-cold-more-common/

Extreme heat, cold, precipitation and fires mark the start of 2026 https://wmo.int/media/news/extreme-heat-cold-precipitation-and-fires-mark-start-of-2026

Unexpected Climate Feedback Links Antarctic Ice Sheet With Reduced Carbon Uptake https://lamont.columbia.edu/news/unexpected-climate-feedback-links-antarctic-ice-sheet-reduced-carbon-uptake

China to See Solar Capacity Outstrip Coal Capacity This Year https://e360.yale.edu/digest/china-solar-coal-2026

Climate change and La Niña made ‘devastating’ southern African floods more intense https://www.carbonbrief.org/climate-change-and-la-nina-made-devastating-southern-african-floods-more-intense/

Global population living with extreme heat to double by 2050 – Oxford study https://www.smithschool.ox.ac.uk/news/global-population-living-extreme-heat-double-2050-oxford-study

Parts of the tropics may warm more than expected as CO2 rises, study finds https://www.brown.edu/news/2026-02-02/tropical-warming-co2

Extreme Heatwaves Across the Caribbean Are Becoming More Frequent and Severe https://www.albany.edu/news-center/news/2026-study-extreme-heatwaves-across-caribbean-are-becoming-more-frequent-and

Climate Change Responses in the Pacific: Just Transformation or Transforming Justice? https://rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/geo2.70058

Climate ‘fingerprints’ mark human activity from the top of the atmosphere to the bottom of the ocean https://theconversation.com/climate-fingerprints-mark-human-activity-from-the-top-of-the-atmosphere-to-the-bottom-of-the-ocean-274659

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