Category: global warming

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Trillion-dollar cost of climate change will challenge federal budget https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/trillion-dollar-cost-of-climate-change-will-challenge-federal-budget-20230818-p5dxji.html

Greater Snowfall Speeds the Melting of Arctic Tundra, Study Finds https://e360.yale.edu/digest/arctic-snow-emissions-climate-change

Can we expect Atlantic hurricanes to change over the coming century due to global warming? https://www.climate.gov/news-features/blogs/can-we-expect-atlantic-hurricanes-change-over-coming-century-due-global-warming

The ocean’s fever https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-21/ocean-tempertature-records-2023/102701172

Rising methane could be a sign that Earth’s climate is part-way through a ‘termination-level transition’ https://theconversation.com/rising-methane-could-be-a-sign-that-earths-climate-is-part-way-through-a-termination-level-transition-211211

Mountain treelines are rising due to climate crisis, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/19/mountain-treelines-rising-climate-crisis-study

The Climate Crisis and Colonialism Destroyed My Maui Home. Where We Must Go From Here https://time.com/6305817/maui-wildfires-climate-change-colonialism-essay/

Climate change impacts increase in South-West Pacific https://public.wmo.int/en/media/press-release/climate-change-impacts-increase-south-west-pacific

Models suggest Grand Canyon could see increase in heat-related illnesses due to climate change https://phys.org/news/2023-08-grand-canyon-heat-related-illnesses-due.html

Throwing shade: Model maps NYC street trees’ cooling benefits https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2023/08/throwing-shade-model-maps-nyc-street-trees-cooling-benefits

The intergenerational report says climate is a ‘profound’ risk to Australia. But the full picture may be even worse https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/24/intergenerational-report-jim-chalmers-climate-change

Extreme weather events and public attention to climate change in Australia https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10584-023-03601-5

Canadian wildfires fueled by climate change, study shows https://www.dw.com/en/canadian-wildfires-fueled-by-climate-change-study-shows/a-66601298

Fossil fuels being subsidised at rate of $13m a minute, says IMF https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/24/fossil-fuel-subsidies-imf-report-climate-crisis-oil-gas-coal

Support for Australia’s UN climate bid should be linked to ceasing fossil fuel expansion, Pacific leaders say https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/24/pacific-island-leaders-say-support-for-australias-un-climate-bid-should-be-linked-to-ceasing-fossil-fuel-expansion

Massive economic pain for Australia if temperature rises exceed 2C, intergenerational report predicts https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/23/massive-economic-pain-for-australia-if-temperature-rises-exceed-2c-intergenerational-report-predicts

New modeling method helps to understand extreme heat waves https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2023/08/new-modeling-method-helps-understand-extreme-heat-waves

New test chamber created to find better ways to keep people cool https://news.wsu.edu/press-release/2023/08/17/new-test-chamber-created-to-find-better-ways-to-keep-people-cool/

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How Unusual Is the 2022 European Compound Drought and Heatwave Event? https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1029/2023GL105453

Medical experts warn hospitals need to be prepared for heatwave demands https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-14/hospitals-prepare-for-heatwave-demands/102711446

The world’s infrastructure was built for a climate that no longer exists https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/08/11/climate-change-critical-infrastructure-heat-flood-energy-transportation-housing/

Oregon facing one of its hottest five-day stretches on record, U.S. https://watchers.news/2023/08/11/oregon-facing-one-of-its-hottest-five-day-stretches-on-record-u-s/

As the Earth Gets Hotter, Can Our Cities Get Cooler? https://www.wri.org/insights/earth-gets-hotter-cool-cities-infrastructure-solutions

A recent study, built to enable local action, illustrates the extreme climate effects of 2°C of warming https://baeri.org/climate-projections-detail-future-risks

Fighting, not sinking: The Pacific plea for Australian climate action https://www.theage.com.au/environment/climate-change/fighting-not-sinking-the-pacific-plea-for-australian-climate-action-20230812-p5dw02.html

An early warning system for joint heat and ozone extremes in China https://seas.harvard.edu/news/2023/08/early-warning-system-joint-heat-and-ozone-extremes-china

Rising methane could be a sign that Earth’s climate is part-way through a ‘termination-level transition’ https://theconversation.com/rising-methane-could-be-a-sign-that-earths-climate-is-part-way-through-a-termination-level-transition-211211

August 2023 El Niño update: back to school https://www.climate.gov/news-features/blogs/august-2023-el-ni%C3%B1o-update-back-school

Australia’s chief scientist Cathy Foley tells Q+A carbon reduction must increase by eight times to curb climate change https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-15/chief-scientist-cathy-foley-carbon-reduction-climate-change-qa/102729476

Global change scenarios in coastal river deltas and their sustainable development implications https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959378023001024

Extreme bushfires pose serious threat to global climate https://www.unsw.edu.au/news/2023/08/extreme-bushfires-pose-serious-threat-to-global-climate

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A New Age of Water is Dawning https://time.com/6300886/climate-change-water/

Climate Change Responsible for Record-Breaking Heat in July, Analysis Suggests https://www.islandernews.com/news/national/climate-change-responsible-for-record-breaking-heat-in-july-analysis-suggests/video_b3748118-d06d-5195-ad0c-805ed93cdc1b.html

Extreme Heat Is Hitting Companies Where It Hurts https://time.com/6294411/extreme-heat-impacting-companies-economy/

Extreme Rain From Atmospheric Rivers and Ice-Heating Micro-Cracks Are Ominous New Threats to the Greenland Ice Sheet https://insideclimatenews.org/news/31072023/greenland-ice-sheet-microcracks-atmospheric-rivers-tipping-points/

Worsening flooding and drought as rapid warming continues https://www.reading.ac.uk/news/2023/Research-News/Worsening-flooding-and-drought-as-rapid-warming-continues

Copernicus confirms July 2023 was the hottest month ever recorded https://public.wmo.int/en/media/news/copernicus-confirms-july-2023-was-hottest-month-ever-recorded

Heat-Related EMS Activation Surveillance Dashboard https://nemsis.org/heat-related-ems-activation-surveillance-dashboard/

Scientists look beyond climate change and El Nino for other factors that heat up Earth https://apnews.com/article/hot-summer-climate-change-el-nino-9c5151f2fca2cd77d92a1c7bc61a0035

Climate statistics ‘not all doom and gloom’ – expert https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/0808/1398785-climate-report/

Daily 2-meter Air Temperature https://climatereanalyzer.org/clim/t2_daily/

Exceptional heat and rain, wildfires and floods mark summer of extremes https://public.wmo.int/en/media/news/exceptional-heat-and-rain-wildfires-and-floods-mark-summer-of-extremes

How climate change might trigger more earthquakes and volcanic eruptions https://theconversation.com/how-climate-change-might-trigger-more-earthquakes-and-volcanic-eruptions-210841

The social and cultural practices developed by First Nations people over generations, such as reducing physical exertion in hotter parts of the day, are powerful mechanisms for protecting human health https://reporter.anu.edu.au/all-stories/why-bringing-back-the-arvo-nap-could-help-us-adapt-to-extreme-heat

The intense heat sweeping much of the northern hemisphere has prompted fears about the summer to come in Australia https://www.smh.com.au/environment/weather/extreme-global-weather-prompts-fears-about-the-hot-summer-to-come-for-australia-20230810-p5dvcf.html

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Transitioning from Rhetoric to Action: Integrating Physical Climate Change and Extreme Weather Risk into Institutional Investing https://www.intactcentreclimateadaptation.ca/integrating-physical-climate-change-risk-into-institutional-investing/

Unseasonably warm winter weather sweeps eastern Australia as Sydney reaches 25C https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jul/30/unseasonably-warm-winter-weather-sweeps-eastern-australia-with-sydney-set-to-reach-24c-degrees

The baby boomer dream of tanning on the beach is fading as temperatures rise https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-07-30/record-heat-is-killing-summer-vacation-for-hotels-airlines-beaches

Climate Change – Forest Fires Feedback Loophttps://www.barrons.com/news/climate-change-forest-fires-feedback-loop-ae1afa9a

Sea Level Rise – Map Viewer https://www.climate.gov/maps-data/dataset/sea-level-rise-map-viewer

A 20-minute run in 40 C. What happens to the body in extreme heat https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/extreme-heat-affects-human-body-1.6918886

4 factors driving 2023’s extreme heat and climate disasters https://theconversation.com/4-factors-driving-2023s-extreme-heat-and-climate-disasters-209975

Heatwaves, wildfires and storms are affecting many regions of the world, especially the Mediterranean area https://www.climateforesight.eu/articles/a-summer-of-ice-and-fire/

As global temperatures rise, Central Asia needs to enhance disaster preparedness https://blogs.worldbank.org/climatechange/global-temperatures-rise-central-asia-needs-enhance-disaster-preparedness

Sydney records hottest July as unseasonably warm weather set to persist across most of Australia https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jul/31/australia-weather-august-warmth-heat-winds-tasmania

Australia’s climate has warmed by an average of 1.47 ± 0.24 °C since national records began in 1910 http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/enso/

Antarctica has a winter sea ice shortfall four times the size of Texas https://www.axios.com/2023/07/31/antarctica-texas-sized-sea-ice-missing

July 2023 marks Japan’s highest recorded temperature, surpassing 1978’s record https://watchers.news/2023/08/01/july-2023-marks-japans-highest-recorded-temperature-surpassing-1978s-record/

Antarctica is missing a chunk of sea ice bigger than Greenland – what’s going on? https://theconversation.com/antarctica-is-missing-a-chunk-of-sea-ice-bigger-than-greenland-whats-going-on-210665

Here’s how hot and extreme the summer has been, and it’s only halfway over https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/hot-extreme-summer-halfway-101867967

DSCIM-Coastal v1.1: an open-source modeling platform for global impacts of sea level rise https://gmd.copernicus.org/articles/16/4331/2023/

Drones, Reaching New Heights in Nepal’s Fight Against Climate Change https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2023/07/26/drones-reaching-new-heights-in-nepals-fight-against-climate-change

Greece wildfires: how climate change is involved, and what we can do about it https://theconversation.com/greece-wildfires-how-climate-change-is-involved-and-what-we-can-do-about-it-210404#

Extreme heat in North America, Europe and China in July 2023 made much more likely by climate changehttps://www.worldweatherattribution.org/extreme-heat-in-north-america-europe-and-china-in-july-2023-made-much-more-likely-by-climate-change/

Chief heat officers want to help cities adapt to scorching heatwaves https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66272154

More than 80% of humanity exposed to climate change-attributed heat in July 2023: Report https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/more-than-80-of-humanity-exposed-to-climate-change-attributed-heat-in-july-2023-report-301891135.html

Climate Change Yielding Bigger Waves Along the California Coast, Study Finds https://e360.yale.edu/digest/climate-change-bigger-waves-california

Journalists can help explain climate’s role in extreme weather, even before all the data comes in https://www.niemanlab.org/2023/08/journalists-can-help-explain-climates-role-in-extreme-weather-even-before-all-the-data-comes-in/

Science shows the severe climate consequences of new fossil fuel extraction https://theconversation.com/science-shows-the-severe-climate-consequences-of-new-fossil-fuel-extraction-210846

Fennoscandian tree-ring anatomy shows a warmer modern than medieval climate https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06176-4

Stay or go? Rising seas threaten to chase people from UK coasts https://www.context.news/climate-risks/stay-or-go-rising-seas-threaten-to-chase-people-from-uk-coasts

Winter heat wave in Chile offers ‘window’ to warmer world https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/winter-heat-wave-chile-offers-window-warmer-world-2023-08-03/

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Extreme heat forces US airlines to limit passengers and fuel loads https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/23/us-airlines-heat-delays-limit-passengers-fuel

Why aren’t we more scared of the climate crisis? It’s complicated https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/22/climate-crisis-fear-psychology

Notes from Tuvalu: Leading the way in adapting to sea-level rise https://www.undp.org/blog/notes-tuvalu-leading-way-adapting-sea-level-rise

The Importance of Data in Combatting Extreme Heat and Climate Change https://www.commerce.gov/news/blog/2023/07/importance-data-combatting-extreme-heat-and-climate-change

Antarctic sea ice levels dive in ‘five-sigma event’, as experts flag worsening consequences for planet https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-24/antarctic-sea-ice-levels-nosedive-five-sigma-event/102635204

Why air conditioners can be a problematic solution to extreme heat https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/air-conditioners-sustainability-heat-1.6914054

Reducing the health effects of hot weather and heat extremes: from personal cooling strategies to green cities https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)01209-5/fulltext

U.S. will continue to get warmer, weather will become more extreme, climate scientist warns https://www.cbsnews.com/video/us-will-continue-to-get-warmer-weather-will-become-more-extreme-climate-scientist-warns/

Climate science is catching up to climate change with predictions that could improve proactive response https://www.news.ucsb.edu/2023/021128/climate-science-catching-climate-change-predictions-could-improve-proactive-response

Multi-billion-dollar risk to economic activity from climate extremes affecting ports https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2023-07-20-multi-billion-dollar-risk-economic-activity-climate-extremes-affecting-ports-oxford

Together, Extreme Heat and Pollution Double the Risk of a Fatal Heart Attack, Analysis Shows https://e360.yale.edu/digest/heat-particulate-pollution-fatal-heart-attack-study

Landslides and uncertainty: As Nunavik’s permafrost thaws, locals and researchers focus on adaptation https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/permafrost-nunavik-threatens-infrastructure-traditional-practices-inuit-climate-change-1.6917564

Millions of Americans are stranded on “heat islands” https://www.axios.com/2023/07/26/heat-islands-cities-heat-wave-climate

Antarctica’s Low-Ice Winter Should Only Happen Once Every 13 Billion Years https://www.iflscience.com/antarcticas-low-ice-winter-should-only-happen-once-every-13-billion-years-69986

‘Era of global boiling has arrived,’ says UN chief as July set to be hottest month on record https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jul/27/scientists-july-world-hottest-month-record-climate-temperatures

The impacts of climate change https://thefloodhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/The-Impacts-of-Climate-Change.pdf

Joe Biden must declare a climate emergency. And he must do so now https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/27/joe-biden-climate-emergency-peter-kalmus

Climate change impacts increase in Asia https://public.wmo.int/en/media/press-release/climate-change-impacts-increase-asia

Data gaps in heatwave deaths widen as India battles record-smashing temperatures https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/climate-change/data-gaps-in-heatwave-deaths-widen-as-india-battles-record-smashing-temperatures-90839

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Paying the price: Let market forces end the fossil fuel era https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/4097446-paying-the-price-let-market-forces-end-the-fossil-fuel-era/

Past eight years confirmed to be the eight warmest on record https://public.wmo.int/en/media/press-release/past-eight-years-confirmed-be-eight-warmest-record

Brutal heat wave peaks Sunday in Southwest, but no cool down in sight https://www.axios.com/2023/07/16/brutal-heat-wave-peaks-southwest-records-set

Record heat meets record wildfires in Canada, and scientists say this is the new reality https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/13/canada-record-heat-meets-record-wildfires-new-reality-say-scientists.html

Heat-related mortality in Europe during the summer of 2022 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-023-02419-z

World experiences hottest week ever recorded and more is forecast to come https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/16/red-alert-the-worlds-hottest-week-ever-and-more-is-to-forecast-to-come

Warnings over fire risk as Italy prepares for second heatwave https://news.sky.com/video/warnings-over-fire-risk-over-second-heatwave-hits-italy-12921802

‘We are not prepared’: Disasters spread as climate change strikes https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/14/we-are-not-prepared-disasters-spread-as-climate-change-strikes-00106439

Weather forecast accuracy is crucial in a heat wave – 1 degree can mean the difference between life and death https://theconversation.com/weather-forecast-accuracy-is-crucial-in-a-heat-wave-1-degree-can-mean-the-difference-between-life-and-death-208740

Climate Threat: Rising Sea Levels and Stronger Storms Highlight the Need for Coastal Resilience https://blogs.adb.org/blog/climate-threat-rising-sea-levels-and-stronger-storms-highlight-need-coastal-resilience

Extreme heat grips three continents as wildfires rage https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/7/16/extreme-heat-grips-three-continents-as-wildfires-rage

Climate change plan will leave UK unprepared, advisors warn https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-66148239

What this summer’s weather reveals about climate change https://www.axios.com/2023/07/17/heat-waves-extreme-weather-globe-climate

Last Month Was the Hottest June Ever https://e360.yale.edu/digest/june-2023-hottest-ever-recorded

The scorching summer of 2023 reaches ‘mind-blowing’ high temperatures https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/07/the-scorching-summer-of-2023-reaches-mind-blowing-high-temperatures/

Emissions savings from equitable energy demand reduction https://www.nature.com/articles/s41560-023-01283-y

VIDEO: Global heat records exceed climate expert predictions https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-16/global-heat-records-exceed-climate-expert/102607824

European heatwave: what’s causing it and is climate change to blame? https://theconversation.com/european-heatwave-whats-causing-it-and-is-climate-change-to-blame-209653

What do the ‘supercharged’ northern hemisphere heatwaves mean for the Australian summer? https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jul/19/what-do-the-supercharged-northern-hemisphere-heatwaves-mean-for-the-australian-summer

Eight excellent books on sea level rise risk for U.S. cities https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/07/eight-excellent-books-on-sea-level-rise-risk-for-u-s-cities/

Earth, Wind, and Fire: The Transatlantic Partners Must Confront Climate Insecurity to Reinforce Global Stability https://www.policycenter.ma/publications/earth-wind-and-fire-transatlantic-partners-must-confront-climate-insecurity-reinforce

July 2023 El Niño update: learning the steps https://www.climate.gov/news-features/blogs/july-2023-el-ni%C3%B1o-update-learning-steps

“Truly world leading:” Australia heads to 100 pct renewables and new heartbeat for grid https://reneweconomy.com.au/truly-world-leading-australia-heads-to-100-pct-renewables-and-new-heartbeat-for-grid/

European heatwave July 2023 https://www.ecmwf.int/en/about/media-centre/science-blog/2023/european-heatwave-july-2023

Heat of 2023 compared to previous years https://climatereanalyzer.org/clim/t2_daily/

‘We are damned fools’: scientist who sounded climate alarm in 80s warns of worse to come https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/19/climate-crisis-james-hansen-scientist-warning

Paris When It Sizzles: The City of Light Aims to Get Smart on Heat https://e360.yale.edu/features/paris-heat-waves-climate-change

Family Trees Clarify Relationships Among Climate Models https://eos.org/research-spotlights/family-trees-clarify-relationships-among-climate-models

Northern Europe faces biggest relative increase in uncomfortable heat and is dangerously unprepared – new research https://theconversation.com/northern-europe-faces-biggest-relative-increase-in-uncomfortable-heat-and-is-dangerously-unprepared-new-research-209745

Brazilian coast is warmer and is having more frequent extreme temperature events, study shows https://phys.org/news/2023-07-brazilian-coast-warmer-frequent-extreme.html

Heatwaves show importance of health early warnings and action plans https://public.wmo.int/en/media/news/heatwaves-show-importance-of-health-early-warnings-and-action-plans

‘People need to be riled up’: meteorologist names US heatwaves after oil and gas giants https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/20/ex-meteorologist-names-us-heatwaves-after-oil-gas-firms

The European heatwave of July 2023 in a longer-term context https://climate.copernicus.eu/european-heatwave-july-2023-longer-term-context

Climate change is gendered https://givingcompass.org/partners/disaster-relief-recovery/climate-change-is-gendered-our-responses-must-be-too

As heat records fall, how hot is too hot for the human body? https://theconversation.com/as-heat-records-fall-how-hot-is-too-hot-for-the-human-body-210088

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Climate change drives disaster risk https://www.preventionweb.net/understanding-disaster-risk/risk-drivers/climate-change

The planet is getting hotter fast. This is what happens to your body in extreme heat https://edition.cnn.com/2023/07/09/health/what-happens-to-your-body-extreme-heat-xpn/index.html

Heat record after heat record will be broken in 2023. Here’s how to make sense of it all https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/07/09/2023-heat-breaking-records-climate-change/70384382007/

‘It’s not climate change, it’s everything change’: sci-fi authors take on the global crisis https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jul/09/climate-change-sci-fi-authors-global-crisis-atwood-mccarthy

Sorry, Honey, It’s Too Hot for Camp https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/archive/2023/07/sorry-honey-its-too-hot-for-camp/674621/

What makes South Asia so vulnerable to climate change? https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/7/8/what-makes-south-asia-so-vulnerable-to-climate-change

Here’s why climate change isn’t always to blame for extreme rainfall https://theconversation.com/heres-why-climate-change-isnt-always-to-blame-for-extreme-rainfall-206958

Preliminary data shows hottest week on record. Unprecedented sea surface temperatures and Antarctic sea ice loss https://public.wmo.int/en/media/news/preliminary-data-shows-hottest-week-record-unprecedented-sea-surface-temperatures-and

Adapting to climate change: Lessons for Swiss Civil Protection https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/adapting-climate-change-lessons-swiss-civil-protection

Where will sea level rise most from ice sheet melt? https://nsidc.org/learn/ask-scientist/where-will-sea-level-rise-most-ice-sheet-melt

How four cities are building resilience to extreme heat https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/how-four-cities-are-building-resilience-to-extreme-heat/

The Health Care Costs of Extreme Heat https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-health-care-costs-of-extreme-heat/

New book: The Heat Will Kill You First https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/jeff-goodell/the-heat-will-kill-you-first/9780316497572/

How fast are the seas rising? https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/07/how-fast-are-the-seas-rising/

The “new abnormal”: The rise of extreme flooding, briefly explained https://www.vox.com/climate/2023/7/11/23791452/vermont-flooding-climate-change

How climate change intensifies the water cycle, fueling extreme rainfall and flooding – the Northeast deluge was just the latest https://theconversation.com/how-climate-change-intensifies-the-water-cycle-fueling-extreme-rainfall-and-flooding-the-northeast-deluge-was-just-the-latest-209476

California launches new heat initiative ahead of next heatwave https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/state-launches-new-heat-initiative-ahead-of-next-heatwave/

Climate Change Is Making Travel That Much Harder https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2023/07/11/climate-change-is-making-travel-that-much-harder/

Biden-⁠Harris Administration Takes Action to Protect Communities from Extreme Heat Fueled by the Climate Crisis https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/07/11/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-takes-action-to-protect-communities-from-extreme-heat-fueled-by-the-climate-crisis/

Cooling the Heat: Can India Lead the World in Green Cooling Innovation https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/opinion/2023/07/11/cooling-the-heat-can-india-lead-the-world-in-green-cooling-innovation

Heat-related mortality in Europe during the summer of 2022 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-023-02419-z

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Climate graphic of the week: Deadly ‘heat dome’ takes toll on US south and Mexico https://www.ft.com/content/9a7edd5f-969d-4f24-b01d-ea1ebd550842

U.S. Wind and Solar Overtake Coal for the First Time https://e360.yale.edu/digest/us-wind-solar-coal-power-generation-2023

2023 Weather, Climate and Catastrophe Report: APAC Insights https://aoninsights.com.au/2023-weather-climate-and-catastrophe-report-apac-insights/

Pressure builds for FEMA to declare deadly heat events as disasters https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/06/29/fema-heat-waves-disasters/

Will El Niño on top of global heating create the perfect climate storm? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/03/a-perfect-storm-scientists-ponder-if-climate-has-entered-a-new-erratic-era

Wind and solar reached a record 12% of global electricity in 2022, and power sector emissions may have peaked https://ember-climate.org/insights/research/global-electricity-review-2023/

A global assessment of estuarine tidal response to sea level rise https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969723036343

Monday was hottest day for global average temperature on record, as climate crisis bites https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/04/monday-was-hottest-day-for-global-average-temperature-on-record-as-climate-crisis-bites

World Meteorological Organization declares onset of El Niño conditions https://public.wmo.int/en/media/press-release/world-meteorological-organization-declares-onset-of-el-ni%C3%B1o-conditions

Anthropogenic warming has exacerbated droughts in southern Europe since the 1850s https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-023-00907-1

Climate change is making NJ and NY into wildfire hotspots https://gothamist.com/news/climate-change-is-making-nj-and-ny-into-wildfire-hotspots

Increases in short duration (<1 h) annual maximum rainfall are greater than increases in long duration (>1 h) annual maxima across Australia from 1967 to 2021 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022169423008144

Adapting: starting from where? The case study of Venice for a multi-risk adaptation https://www.cmcc.it/article/adapting-starting-from-where-the-case-study-of-venice-for-a-multi-risk-adaptation

Ocean temperatures around Australia the hottest for any June as UN declares an El Niño https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jul/05/ocean-temperatures-around-australia-the-hottest-for-any-june-as-un-declares-an-el-nino

Three things to know: Climate change’s impact on extreme weather events https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/three-things-know-climate-changes-impact-extreme-weather-events

AI, Digital Twins to Unleash Next Wave of Climate Research Innovation https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2023/07/03/climate-research-next-wave/

FAQ 5: What strategies could increase the climate resilience of people and nature? https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg2/about/frequently-asked-questions/keyfaq5/

Earlier collapse of Anthropocene ecosystems driven by multiple faster and noisier drivers https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-023-01157-x

UK plans to drop flagship £11.6bn climate pledge https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/04/revealed-uk-plans-to-drop-flagship-climate-pledge-rishi-sunak

Humanitarians and the Climate Emergency https://gppi.net/2023/06/28/humanitarians-and-the-climate-emergency

El Niño + climate change = heat records https://edition.cnn.com/2023/07/05/politics/heat-el-nino-climate-what-matters/index.html

It’s official: Australia is set for a hot, dry El Niño. Here’s what that means for our flammable continent https://theconversation.com/its-official-australia-is-set-for-a-hot-dry-el-nino-heres-what-that-means-for-our-flammable-continent-209126

Predicting the future of coastlines https://www.cmcc.it/article/predicting-the-future-of-coastlines

Financial models on climate risk ‘implausible’, say actuaries https://www.ft.com/content/a5027391-41a4-4e21-a72d-f8189d6a7b71

Decades of less rainfall have cut replenishing of groundwater to 800-year low in WA https://theconversation.com/decades-of-less-rainfall-have-cut-replenishing-of-groundwater-to-800-year-low-in-wa-208751

It was the hottest June on record, unprecedented North Atlantic warmth, record low Antarctic sea ice https://public.wmo.int/en/media/news/it-was-hottest-june-record-unprecedented-north-atlantic-warmth-record-low-antarctic-sea-0

German citizens set up heatwave helpline amid rising temperatures https://www.euronews.com/2023/07/04/german-citizens-set-up-heatwave-helpline-amid-rising-temperatures

Coevolution of Extreme Sea Levels and Sea-Level Rise Under Global Warming https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023EF003649

Identifying loss and damage is tough – we need a pragmatic but science-based approach https://www.climatechangenews.com/2023/07/05/identifying-loss-and-damage-definition-war/

Indigenous Practice and Community-Led Climate Change Solutions https://www.routledge.com/Indigenous-Practice-and-Community-Led-Climate-Change-Solutions-The-Relevance/Datta-Muthukrishnan/p/book/9781032484365

Climate change vicious cycle spirals in Latin America and Caribbean https://public.wmo.int/en/media/press-release/climate-change-vicious-cycle-spirals-latin-america-and-caribbean

The projected costs of this summer’s extreme heat: 235,000 ER visits, 56,000 hospital admissions—and $1 billion https://thebulletin.org/2023/07/the-projected-costs-of-this-summers-extreme-heat-235000-er-visits-56000-hospital-admissions-and-1-billion/

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Protecting children from heat stress: A technical note https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/protecting-children-heat-stress-technical-note

Firefighters battle blaze at Tara as climate change and El Niño risk threaten to fan fire season ‘on steroids’ https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-26/fire-season-warning-for-australia-this-winter/102524078

Experience exceeds awareness of anthropogenic climate change in Greenland https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-023-01701-9

Why Texas Could Be As Hot As The Sahara Desert This Week https://www.forbes.com/sites/marshallshepherd/2023/06/26/why-texas-could-be-as-hot-as-the-sahara-desert-this-week/

El Niño digs in its heels https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/06/el-nino-digs-in-its-heels/

Pioneering research has confirmed that the current level of rainfall recharging groundwater in southwest WA is at its lowest for at least the last 800 years https://www.ansto.gov.au/news/pioneering-research-has-confirmed-current-level-of-rainfall-recharging-groundwater-southwest

‘It’s absolutely guaranteed’: the best and worst case scenarios for sea level rise https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/26/its-absolutely-guaranteed-the-best-and-worst-case-scenarios-for-sea-level-rise

Spring 2023 in Europe: extremes amidst a relatively wet, average season https://climate.copernicus.eu/spring-2023-europe-extremes-amidst-relatively-wet-average-season

A Climate-Resilient Future for All Canadians https://www.iisd.org/articles/statement/canada-national-adaptation-strategy

‘We could lose our status as a state’: what happens to a people when their land disappears https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/27/we-could-lose-our-status-as-a-state-what-happens-to-a-people-when-their-land-disappears

Fractured foundations: how Antarctica’s ‘landfast’ ice is dwindling and why that’s bad news https://theconversation.com/fractured-foundations-how-antarcticas-landfast-ice-is-dwindling-and-why-thats-bad-news-207814

Cities Need a Systems-change Approach to Build Climate-resilient Communities https://www.wri.org/insights/cities-systems-change-urban-transformation

In Brazil’s Favelas, Green Roofs Might Help Relieve the Heat https://undark.org/2023/05/22/in-brazils-favelas-green-roofs-might-help-relieve-the-heat/

Most Americans underestimate the popularity of policies to protect the climate https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/06/most-americans-underestimate-the-popularity-of-policies-to-protect-the-climate/

Global warming is disrupting humanity’s ‘Goldilocks zone’ on Earth https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/06/global-warming-is-disrupting-humanitys-goldilocks-zone-on-earth/

Renewables supply more than half German electricity demand in first half of 2023 https://reneweconomy.com.au/renewables-supply-more-than-half-german-electricity-demand-in-first-half-of-2023/

How is climate change impacting the world’s ocean https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/science/climate-issues/ocean-impacts

Welcome to the apocalyptic haze of the new abnormal. There is nowhere left to hide https://www.independent.co.uk/us/voices/air-quality-index-nyc-fires-smoke-b2354703.html

What makes people adapt together? An empirically grounded conceptual model on the enablers and barriers of collective climate change adaptation https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fclim.2023.1213852/full

Off the charts’: Earth’s vital signs are going haywire https://www.wfla.com/weather/climate-classroom/off-the-charts-earths-vital-signs-are-going-haywire/

Volcanoes’ Future Climate Effects May Exceed Standard Estimateshttps://eos.org/research-spotlights/volcanoes-future-climate-effects-may-exceed-standard-estimates

Mountains Vulnerable to Extreme Rain from Climate Change https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2023/06/28/mountains-vulnerable-to-extreme-rain-from-climate-change/

Enhancing Climate Change and Environmental Reporting in South-East Asia https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/enhancing-climate-change-and-environmental-reporting-south-east-asia

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Sea Level Rise – Map Viewer https://www.climate.gov/maps-data/dataset/sea-level-rise-map-viewer

Summer Heat Waves Could Cause Blackouts Across the Country https://eos.org/articles/summer-heat-waves-could-cause-blackouts-across-the-country

State of the Global Climate in 2022 https://public.wmo.int/en/our-mandate/climate/wmo-statement-state-of-global-climate

Sea Level Through a Porthole https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5114

WMO, C3S release sombre findings in joint State of the Climate in Europe 2022 report https://climate.copernicus.eu/wmo-c3s-release-sombre-findings-joint-state-climate-europe-2022-report

The Fastest-Warming Continent, Europe Has Already Heated by More Than 2 Degrees C https://e360.yale.edu/digest/europe-fastest-warming-continent-climate-change

States Greatly Underestimate Extreme Heat Hazards: Study https://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/states-greatly-underestimate-extreme-heat-hazards-study/

Protecting the Ozone Layer Is Delaying Arctic Melting https://eos.org/articles/protecting-the-ozone-layer-is-delaying-arctic-melting

Communicating future sea-level rise uncertainty and ambiguity to assessment users https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-023-01691-8

Antarctica’s sea ice growth is at record lows. But it’s more complicated than just climate change https://cosmosmagazine.com/earth/antarctic-ice-melting-record-climate/

Is climate change outpacing our ability to predict extreme heatwaves? https://theconversation.com/is-climate-change-outpacing-our-ability-to-predict-extreme-heatwaves-207925

Texas steam bath continues with record-breaking heat https://www.axios.com/2023/06/21/texas-heat-wave-continues-records

Underestimated climate risks from population ageing https://www.nature.com/articles/s41612-023-00398-z

El Niño May Break a Record and Reshape Weather around the Globe https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/el-nino-may-break-a-record-and-reshape-weather-around-the-globe/

Saving lives from extreme heat: Lessons from the deadly 2021 Pacific Northwest heat wave https://theconversation.com/saving-lives-from-extreme-heat-lessons-from-the-deadly-2021-pacific-northwest-heat-wave-206737

MONASH Simple Climate Model https://www.climate.gov/teaching/resources/monash-simple-climate-model-35756

A brief introduction to climate change and torrential rainstorms https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/06/a-brief-introduction-to-climate-change-and-torrential-rainstorms/

Himalayan glaciers on track to lose up to 75% of ice by 2100, report says https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/himalayan-glaciers-track-lose-up-75-ice-by-2100-report-2023-06-20/

Aircon wide adoption to fight the heat in India and Europe, a risk for a dramatic rise in emissions https://www.cmcc.it/article/aircon-wide-adoption-to-fight-the-heat-in-india-and-europe-a-risk-for-a-dramatic-rise-in-emissions