Today in climate change (13 February 2026)

Please find below links to recent climate change news…

Chance of El Niño forming in Pacific Ocean may push global temperatures to record highs in 2027 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/08/global-weather-el-nino-pacific-ocean-high-temperatures-2027

Australia urged to release “terrifying” climate security analysis after UK report flags ecosystem collapse by 2030 https://reneweconomy.com.au/australia-urged-to-release-terrifying-climate-security-analysis-after-uk-report-flags-ecosystem-collapse-by-2030/

Scientists explain why methane spiked in the early 2020s https://phys.org/news/2026-02-scientists-methane-spiked-early-2020s.html

Weakening ice shelf has caused crucial Antarctic glacier to accelerate https://www.newscientist.com/article/2514697-weakening-ice-shelf-has-caused-crucial-antarctic-glacier-to-accelerate/

How technology is helping communities across the globe adapt to climate change https://www.unep.org/technical-highlight/how-technology-helping-communities-across-globe-adapt-climate-change

A new and better way to keep tabs on El Niño and La Niña https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/02/a-new-and-better-way-to-keep-tabs-on-el-nino-and-la-nina/

In graphs: How extreme heat will affect urban health https://dialogue.earth/en/climate/in-graphs-how-extreme-heat-will-affect-urban-health/

Weakening ice shelf has caused crucial Antarctic glacier to accelerate https://www.newscientist.com/article/2514697-weakening-ice-shelf-has-caused-crucial-antarctic-glacier-to-accelerate/

Overheated and underprepared: Europeans’ experience of living with climate change https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/documents-and-publications/overheated-and-underprepared-europeans-experience-living

Can neighbourhood interventions strengthen collective climate action? https://journals.plos.org/climate/article?id=10.1371/journal.pclm.0000571

China’s emissions policies are helping climate change but also creating a new problem https://phys.org/news/2026-02-china-emissions-policies-climate-problem.html

Why 1.5°C failed and setting a new limit would make things worse https://www.newscientist.com/article/2515030-why-1-5c-failed-and-setting-a-new-limit-would-make-things-worse/

The risk of a hothouse Earth trajectory https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2590332225003914

Scientists See Growing Risk of ‘Hothouse Earth’ as Warming Gains Pace https://e360.yale.edu/digest/hothouse-earth-study

Melting glaciers as symbols of tourism paradoxes https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-025-02544-2

This state’s power prices are plummeting as it nears 100% renewables https://www.newscientist.com/article/2514985-this-states-power-prices-are-plummeting-as-it-nears-100-renewables/

Pitches in peril: a landmark climate report ahead of the 2026 World Cup https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/documents-and-publications/pitches-peril-landmark-climate-report-ahead-2026-world-cup

Multi-year La Niña–El Niño transition influenced Earth’s extreme energy uptake in 2022–2023 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-026-01921-6

Effects of Human-Caused Greenhouse Gas Emissions on U.S. Climate, Health, and Welfare https://www.nationalacademies.org/read/29239/chapter/1

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