Today in climate change (8 May 2026)

Please find below links to recent climate change news…

An unprecedented Antarctic heat wave hit in the dead of winter—what it signals for the decades ahead https://phys.org/news/2026-04-unprecedented-antarctic-dead-winter-decades.html

European State of the Climate 2025: record heatwaves from the Mediterranean to the Arctic, while glaciers shrink and snow cover declines https://wmo.int/news/media-centre/european-state-of-climate-2025-record-heatwaves-from-mediterranean-arctic-while-glaciers-shrink-and

Global Temperature Dashboard https://dashboard.theclimatebrink.com/#global

A new U.N. report maps how extreme heat is tearing through every layer of the global food system — and mostly overlooks the people at the heart of it https://grist.org/food-and-agriculture/the-world-is-getting-too-hot-to-feed-itself/

No More Dark Side of the Grid: The fossil fuel empire loses ground to renewables and storage https://reneweconomy.com.au/no-more-dark-side-of-the-grid-the-fossil-fuel-empire-loses-ground-to-renewables-and-storage/

2026 will be the hottest year on record, leading scientist predicts https://www.newscientist.com/article/2525229-2026-will-be-the-hottest-year-on-record-leading-scientist-predicts/

Factcheck: Why the recent ‘acceleration’ in global warming is what scientists expect https://www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-why-the-recent-acceleration-in-global-warming-is-what-scientists-expect/

Greenland ice melt has surged sixfold and scientists are alarmed https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/05/260504023852.htm

‘Point of no return’: New Orleans relocation must start now due to sea level, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/04/new-orleans-sea-levels-relocation-climate-crisis

Cities are rehearsing for deadly heat. Will it help when disaster comes? https://grist.org/cities/cities-are-rehearsing-for-deadly-heat-will-it-help-when-disaster-comes/

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