Today in climate change (3 April 2026)

Please find below links to recent climate change news…

Australia has to fight back against misinformation about climate change, Senate report says https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-29/senate-report-misinformation-climate-change-recommendations/106497978

1.5 Degrees C: Understanding World’s Critical Warming Threshold https://www.wri.org/insights/1-5-degrees-c-target-explained

‘Pushing extremes to new levels’: Record US heat dome made possible by climate change https://www.euronews.com/2026/03/20/pushing-extremes-to-new-levels-record-us-heat-dome-made-possible-by-climate-change

Heatwaves will be worst for rural parts of Africa – new model shows tens of millions face dangerous warming by 2100 https://theconversation.com/heatwaves-will-be-worst-for-rural-parts-of-africa-new-model-shows-tens-of-millions-face-dangerous-warming-by-2100-278570

Climate Change is Projected to Cause Ten Times More People to Die in Poor Countries Than Rich Countries https://climate.uchicago.edu/news/climate-change-is-projected-to-cause-ten-times-more-people-to-die-in-poor-countries-than-rich-countries/

Human Health: Measuring the impact of rising temperatures on mortality to target adaptation planning https://impactlab.org/research/human-health-measuring-the-impact-of-rising-temperatures-on-mortality-to-target-adaptation-planning/

Precipitation observing network gaps limit climate change impact assessment https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10300-5

What the coming El Niño climate pattern means for NZ in a warming world https://theconversation.com/what-the-coming-el-nino-climate-pattern-means-for-nz-in-a-warming-world-278201

A new paradigm for understanding Earth’s marine ice sheets https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-026-01941-2

‘Very alarming’ winter sees Arctic sea ice hit record-low for second year running https://www.carbonbrief.org/very-alarming-winter-sees-arctic-sea-ice-hit-record-low-for-second-year-running/

The West’s unprecedented winter could fuel a summer of disaster https://grist.org/climate/the-wests-unprecedented-winter-could-fuel-a-summer-of-disaster/

Ocean heat content in 2025 https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-026-00775-1

Extreme heat risk perceptions and readiness in schools https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212420926001214

Lakes forming next to Greenland’s melting ice sheet are speeding up glacier flow https://phys.org/news/2026-04-lakes-greenland-ice-sheet-glacier.html

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