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Is sea-level rise exaggerated? https://www.whoi.edu/oceanus/feature/is-sea-level-rise-exaggerated-ocean-fact-check/

Disaster risk is magnified by climate change; it can increase the hazard while at the same time decreasing the resilience of households and communities https://www.preventionweb.net/understanding-disaster-risk/risk-drivers/climate-change

El Nino watch has been issued by NOAA https://www.severe-weather.eu/long-range-2/el-nino-watch-noaa-forecast-seasonal-weather-impact-summer-winter-united-states-canada-europe-fa/

How is climate change affecting wildfires? Expert discusses link, concerns https://www.silive.com/news/2023/04/how-is-climate-change-affecting-wildfires-expert-discusses-link-concerns.html

Drastic climate action is the best course for economic growth, new study finds https://reneweconomy.com.au/drastic-climate-action-is-the-best-course-for-economic-growth-new-study-finds/

Antarctica’s heart of ice has skipped a beat. Time to take our medicine https://theconversation.com/antarcticas-heart-of-ice-has-skipped-a-beat-time-to-take-our-medicine-202729

Wave Climate Variability and Trends in Tuvalu Based on a 44-Year High-Resolution Wave Hindcast https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2022JC019523

The next El Niño: when is it coming and how strong might this one be for Australia? https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/apr/18/the-next-el-nino-when-is-it-coming-and-how-strong-might-this-one-be-for-australia

Human-induced weakening of the Northern Hemisphere tropical circulation https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-05903-1

Florida lawmakers set aside $2.5M to buy out homes on St. Johns County beach with severe erosion https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news/local/florida-lawmakers-set-aside-25m-to-buyout-homes-st-johns-county-beach/77-6ef2d4eb-e9eb-4133-960c-d89f21289459

AGL juggles closure times as NSW waves goodbye to Australia’s oldest coal plant https://reneweconomy.com.au/agl-juggles-closure-times-as-nsw-waves-goodbye-to-australias-oldest-coal-plant/

Ocean conditions in uncharted territory as water temperatures reach record high https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-19/nsw-warm-oceans-waters-earth-el-nino-beach/102236916

New Research Sparks Concerns That Ocean Circulation Will Collapse https://e360.yale.edu/features/climate-change-ocean-circulation-collapse-antarctica

Sprawling heat wave envelops large swath of Asia https://www.axios.com/2023/04/18/deadly-heat-wave-large-swath-of-asia-china-india

More Heat Waves and fewer Cold Waves are the new normal in India http://herald.uohyd.ac.in/more-heat-waves-and-fewer-cold-waves-are-the-new-normal-in-india/

Faster than forecast, climate impacts trigger tipping points in the Earth system https://thebulletin.org/2023/04/faster-than-forecast-climate-impacts-trigger-tipping-points-in-the-earth-system/

Accelerating melt of ice sheets now ‘unmistakable’ https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-65317469

‘Frightening’: record-busting heat and drought hit Europe in 2022 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/apr/20/frightening-record-busting-heat-and-drought-hit-europe-in-2022

European State of the Climate 2022 https://climate.copernicus.eu/esotc/2022

Fear and Wonder podcast: how climate change is affecting rainfall, droughts and floods https://theconversation.com/fear-and-wonder-podcast-how-climate-change-is-affecting-rainfall-droughts-and-floods-203900

Killer heatwaves endanger India’s development https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/986678

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Wind and solar power generators wait in yearslong lines to put clean electricity on the grid, then face huge interconnection fees they can’t afford https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/06/outdated-us-energy-grid-tons-of-clean-energy-stuck-waiting-in-line.html

Heat-driven shifts in wind patterns could increase hurricane risks along US coastlines, researchers say https://abcnews.go.com/US/heat-driven-shifts-wind-patterns-increase-hurricane-risks/story

‘Headed off the charts’: world’s ocean surface temperature hits record high https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/apr/08/headed-off-the-charts-worlds-ocean-surface-temperature-hits-record-high

Washington state’s 2021 heat wave contributed to 159 excess injury deaths over three weeks https://www.washington.edu/news/2023/04/06/washington-states-2021-heat-wave-contributed-to-159-excess-injury-deaths-over-three-weeks/

“We must work for water, for water to work for us” – UN Climate Change Executive Secretary addresses water-climate challenge https://unfccc.int/news/we-must-work-for-water-for-water-to-work-for-us-un-climate-change-executive-secretary-addresses

Climate models warn of possible ‘super El Niño’ before end of year https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/apr/12/climate-models-warn-of-possible-super-el-nino-before-end-of-year

The suite of substances that can tackle carbon dioxide https://cosmosmagazine.com/science/electrocatalysts-carbon-dioxide-bonds/

NOAA says methane is now over 2.5 times pre-industrial levels https://cosmosmagazine.com/earth/noaa-methane-climate-carbon-dioxide/

Does climate breakdown mean we’re doomed? No: if we’re brave, big change can happen fast https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/apr/11/climate-breakdown-climate-crisis-solutions-idea

Global warming is disrupting an Antarctic current system that life on Earth relies on https://www.salon.com/2023/04/11/global-warming-is-disrupting-an-antarctic-current-system-that-life-on-earth-relies-on/

Getting real: what would serious climate action look like? https://www.sgr.org.uk/resources/getting-real-what-would-serious-climate-action-look

Simulated volcanic eruptions may be blowing up our ability to predict near-term climate https://news.ucar.edu/132890/predictive-power-climate-models-may-be-masked-volcanoes

New study reveals ‘invisible’ glacier loss in the greater Himalaya https://news.st-andrews.ac.uk/archive/new-study-reveals-invisible-glacier-loss-in-the-greater-himalaya/

How cities use energy to regulate temperature – just like mammals https://news.arizona.edu/story/how-cities-use-energy-regulate-temperature-%E2%80%93-just-mammals

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Australia has a carbon price for industry – and it may infuse greater climate action https://reneweconomy.com.au/australia-has-a-carbon-price-for-industry-and-it-may-infuse-greater-climate-action/

‘Slipping through our fingers’: New Zealand scientists distraught at scale of glacier loss https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/01/slipping-through-our-fingers-new-zealand-scientists-distraught-at-scale-of-glacier-loss

Back-to-Back Hurricanes Could Become Common by 2100 https://eos.org/articles/back-to-back-hurricanes-could-become-common-by-2100

‘Losing your home is a massive thing’: how the climate crisis came to Norfolk https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/apr/03/losing-your-home-is-a-massive-thing-how-the-climate-crisis-came-to-norfolk

‘Tornado alley’ is shifting farther into the US east, climate scientists warn https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/04/us-tornadoes-global-heating-climate-science?CMP=share_btn_tw

Climate risks could prompt a rethink of planned SEQ dam upgrades https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/politics/queensland/climate-risks-could-prompt-a-rethink-of-planned-seq-dam-upgrades-20230329-p5cwfk.html

Underestimated mass loss from lake-terminating glaciers in the greater Himalaya https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-023-01150-1

For Uganda’s Vanishing Glaciers, Time Is Running Out https://e360.yale.edu/features/rwenzoris-mount-stanley-africa-glaciers-climate-change

In Fiji, the climate crisis is no longer off in the future – it’s a daily reality https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-06/fiji-climate-change-moving-villages-vunidogoloa/102186670

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Forget geoengineering. We need to stop burning fossil fuels. Right now https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/24/ipcc-report-we-must-stop-burning-fossil-fuels

While you fight climate wars, we lose the climate battle https://www.theage.com.au/environment/climate-change/while-you-fight-climate-wars-we-lose-the-climate-battle-20230323-p5cune.html?js-chunk-not-found-refresh=true

Fortescue hails “green iron” breakthrough as own coal-free tech moves to pilot phase https://reneweconomy.com.au/fortescue-hails-green-iron-breakthrough-as-own-coal-free-tech-moves-to-pilot-phase/

Confirmed: Global floods, droughts worsening with warming https://apnews.com/article/drought-rainfall-climate-change-flooding-satellite-51ba64f58528e5db93e846765b2da9f3

10 countries at risk of climate disaster https://www.rescue.org/article/10-countries-risk-climate-disaster

Why Western Sydney is feeling the heat from climate change more than the rest of the city https://theconversation.com/why-western-sydney-is-feeling-the-heat-from-climate-change-more-than-the-rest-of-the-city-201477

Impact of Accelerated Climate Change on Maximum Temperature Differences between Western and Coastal Sydney https://www.mdpi.com/2225-1154/11/4/76

Rooftop solar’s dominant summer: Homes and businesses outpower brown coal https://reneweconomy.com.au/rooftop-solars-dominant-summer-homes-and-businesses-outpower-brown-coal/

The South Australia grid, the world’s leader with a 70 per cent share of wind and solar power over the past 12 months, is about to take another big step towards running on a truly fossil fuel free grid https://reneweconomy.com.au/south-australia-about-to-take-another-big-step-towards-fossil-free-grid/

How Is India Adapting to Heatwaves?: An Assessment of Heat Action Plans With Insights for Transformative Climate Action https://cprindia.org/briefsreports/how-is-india-adapting-to-heatwaves-an-assessment-of-heat-action-plans-with-insights-for-transformative-climate-action/

Abyssal ocean overturning slowdown and warming driven by Antarctic meltwater https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-05762-w

Fear and Wonder podcast: how scientists know the sea is rising https://theconversation.com/fear-and-wonder-podcast-how-scientists-know-the-sea-is-rising-202512

Landmark study projects ‘dramatic’ changes to Southern Ocean by 2050 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-30/dramatic-south-ocean-circulation-changes-study/102154690

‘A win of epic proportions’: World’s highest court can set out countries’ climate obligations after Vanuatu secures historic UN vote https://edition.cnn.com/2023/03/29/world/un-advisory-opinion-vanuatu-climate-change

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What is the IPCC AR6 synthesis report and why does it matter? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/19/what-is-the-ipcc-ar6-synthesis-report-and-why-does-it-matter

Solar and wind dominate India’s capacity additions in 2022 https://ember-climate.org/insights/research/india-data-story-2023/

NSW swelters in record heat as firefighters battle blazes https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/mar/19/nsw-swelters-in-record-heat-as-firefighters-battle-blazes

We’re sailing towards catastrophe, but we can still turn this ship around https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8125640/climate-change-report-says-we-can-still-turn-this-ship-around/

Tonga Eruption May Temporarily Push Earth Closer to 1.5°C of Warming https://eos.org/articles/tonga-eruption-may-temporarily-push-earth-closer-to-1-5c-of-warming

Chinese coal boom a ‘direct threat’ to 1.5C goal, analysts warn https://www.climatechangenews.com/2023/03/14/chinese-coal-boom-a-direct-threat-to-1-5c-goal-analysts-warn/

Cyclone Freddy was the most energetic storm on record. Is it a harbinger of things to come? https://theconversation.com/cyclone-freddy-was-the-most-energetic-storm-on-record-is-it-a-harbinger-of-things-to-come-201771

What Australia could do with $368 billion on the very real climate threat https://reneweconomy.com.au/what-australia-could-do-with-368-billion-on-the-very-real-climate-threat/

Samoa PM urges world to save Pacific people from climate crisis obliteration https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/19/samoa-pm-fiame-naomi-mataafa-urges-world-to-save-pacific-people-from-climate-crisis-obliteration

AR6 Synthesis Report: Climate Change 2023 https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/syr/

Scientists deliver ‘final warning’ on climate crisis: act now or it’s too late https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/20/ipcc-climate-crisis-report-delivers-final-warning-on-15c

NASA Uses 30-Year Satellite Record to Track and Project Rising Seas https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/nasa-uses-30-year-satellite-record-to-track-and-project-rising-seas

What ocean for tomorrow? Marine ecosystems in a changing climate – Insights from the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report https://ocean-climate.org/en/what-ocean-for-tomorrow-marine-ecosystems-in-a-changing-climate-insights-from-the-ipccs-sixth-assessment-report/

Leaders urged to act on Western Sydney ‘urban heat island’ crisis https://wsroc.com.au/media-a-resources/releases/leaders-urged-to-act-on-western-sydney-urban-heat-island-crisis

Australia’s 116 new coal, oil and gas projects equate to 215 new coal power stations https://theconversation.com/australias-116-new-coal-oil-and-gas-projects-equate-to-215-new-coal-power-stations-202135

UN says Australia must quit coal by 2030, reach net zero by 2040, no new coal or gas https://reneweconomy.com.au/un-says-australia-must-quit-coal-by-2030-reach-net-zero-by-2040/

Ice-sheet collapse and sea-level rise at the Bølling warming 14,600 years ago https://www.nature.com/articles/nature10902

Changing intensity of hydroclimatic extreme events revealed by GRACE and GRACE-FO https://www.nature.com/articles/s44221-023-00040-5

IPCC: ‘Severe consequences’ of further warming in disaster-hit Himalayas https://www.thethirdpole.net/en/climate/ipcc-severe-consequences-of-further-warming-in-disaster-hit-himalayas/

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EV battery recycler hits 95% recovery rate in world-first collection program https://thedriven.io/2023/03/03/ev-battery-recycler-hits-95-recovery-rate-in-world-first-collection-program/

‘Everyone should be concerned’: Antarctic sea ice reaches lowest levels ever recorded https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/04/everyone-should-be-concerned-antarctic-sea-ice-reaches-lowest-levels-ever-recorded

NSW government called out on net zero goal as own data projects coal and gas emissions until 2050 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/04/nsw-government-called-out-on-net-zero-goal-as-own-data-projects-coal-and-gas-emissions-until-2050

Beat the Heat https://www.blacktown.nsw.gov.au/Services/Health-and-safety/Beat-the-heat#section-5

Gas could make up one-third of Victoria’s climate pollution by 2035: report https://www.theage.com.au/environment/climate-change/gas-could-make-up-one-third-of-victoria-s-climate-pollution-by-2035-report-20230306-p5cprk.html

Fossil fuels kill more people than Covid. Why are we so blind to the harms of oil and gas? https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/feb/28/fossil-fuels-kill-more-people-than-covid-why-are-we-so-blind-to-the-harms-of-oil-and-gas

Revealed: 1,000 super-emitting methane leaks risk triggering climate tipping points https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/06/revealed-1000-super-emitting-methane-leaks-risk-triggering-climate-tipping-points

With global warming of just 1.2°C, why has the weather gotten so extreme? https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/03/with-global-warming-of-just-1-2c-why-has-the-weather-gotten-so-extreme/

Variability conceals emerging trend in 100yr projections of UK local hourly rainfall extremes https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-36499-9

Climate change to cost Germany up to 900 billion euros by 2050 – study https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/climate-change-cost-germany-up-900-bln-euros-by-2050-study-2023-03-06/

Threat of rising seas to Asian megacities could be way worse than we thought, study warns https://edition.cnn.com/2023/03/07/asia/rising-sea-levels-asia-cities-threat-climate-intl-hnk-scn

Intense Downpours in the UK Will Increase Due to Climate Change Says New Study https://floodlist.com/europe/united-kingdom/intense-rain-increase-climate-change

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Unpriced climate risk and the potential consequences of overvaluation in US housing markets https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-023-01594-8

Wet Bulb Globe Temperature: Indicating Extreme Heat Risk on a Global Grid https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2022GH000701

#KeepItCool infographics https://www.cleancoolingcollaborative.org/toolkits_and_data/keep-it-cool-infographics/

France goes 31 days without rainfall, unprecedented in winter https://www.france24.com/en/france/20230221-france-goes-31-days-without-rainfall-unprecedented-in-winter

Florida’s Great Displacement https://www.businessinsider.com/florida-residents-moving-leaving-climate-change-refugees-hurricanes-flood-2023-2

XDI releases world-first comparison of every state’s physical climate risk https://xdi.systems/xdi-releases-world-first-comparison-of-every-states-physical-climate-risk/

As Louisiana’s coast disappears, its historic communities are disappearing too https://grist.org/migration/louisiana-pointe-aux-chenes-great-displacement-book-excerpt-hurricane-managed-retreat/

Q&A: Cyclone Gabrielle’s biggest climate lessons for NZ https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/qa-cyclone-gabrielles-biggest-climate-lessons-for-nz/7JHOAXYNQZF2FI25T6PA7S7VOI/

Hurricanes are changing with the climate. Our words about them may need to change, too https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/02/hurricanes-are-changing-with-the-climate-our-words-about-them-may-need-to-change-too/

Record Low Ice at Great Lakes Seen in Before and After Images From Space https://www.newsweek.com/great-lakes-ice-cover-record-low-space-1782339

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Natural disasters, boosted by climate change, displaced millions of people in U.S. in 2022 https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/natural-disasters-boosted-climate-change-displaced-millions-americans-rcna69732

Myth-buster: Why two degrees of global warming is worse than it sounds https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/02/myth-why-two-degrees-of-global-warming-is-worse-than-it-sounds/

‘It’s inequality that kills’: Naomi Klein on the future of climate justice https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/feb/13/its-inequality-that-kills-naomi-klein-on-the-future-of-climate-justice

New Zealand minister decries climate crisis ‘lost decades’ in wake of Cyclone Gabrielle https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/14/new-zealand-minister-delivers-furious-speech-about-lost-decades-spent-bickering-over-climate-crisis

Wind and solar help South Australia escape tyranny of soaring gas prices https://reneweconomy.com.au/wind-and-solar-help-south-australia-escape-tyranny-of-soaring-gas-prices/

Rising seas threaten ‘mass exodus on a biblical scale’, UN chief warns https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/feb/14/rising-seas-threaten-mass-exodus-on-a-biblical-scale-un-chief-warns

Vulnerability and loss and damage following the COP27 of the UN framework convention on climate change https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10113-023-02033-2

Climate ‘teleconnections’ may link droughts and fires across continents https://www.sciencenews.org/article/climate-teleconnections-droughts-fires

Temps to approach 50C in Australia this weekend https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/temps-to-approach-50c-in-australia-this-weekend/1100905

Reversals in Temperature-Precipitation Correlations in the Northern Hemisphere Extratropics During the Holocene https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2022GL099730

Join the Cool Coalition: Cities are warming twice as fast as the global average https://coolcoalition.org/pilot-projects/nature-for-cool-cities-challenge/

New modelling shows future impacts of rising sea levels https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-15/new-modelling-shows-future-impacts-of-rising-sea/101975888

Climate Change in the American Mind: Beliefs & Attitudes, December 2022 https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications/climate-change-in-the-american-mind-beliefs-attitudes-december-2022/

Are disaster seasons real? It’s time to reframe our thinking https://disasterphilanthropy.org/blog/are-disaster-seasons-real-its-time-to-reframe-our-thinking/

Modeling the Greenland Ice Sheet’s Committed Contribution to Sea Level During the 21st Century https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2022JF006914

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Future sea level rise dominates changes in worst case extreme sea levels along the global coastline by 2100 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/acb504

New Zealand – Auckland Needs Stormwater Systems Fit for Climate Change https://floodlist.com/australia/new-zealand-auckland-floods-stormwater-systems

Arctic sea ice mass balance in a new coupled ice–ocean model using a brittle rheology framework https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/17/617/2023/

Exceptionally warm temperatures – Europe experiences third warmest January on record; Antarctic sea ice extent reached its lowest for January https://climate.copernicus.eu/copernicus-exceptionally-warm-temperatures-europe-experiences-third-warmest-january-record

Second best month for big solar in Australia as WA facility tops rankings again https://reneweconomy.com.au/second-best-month-for-big-solar-in-australia-as-wa-facility-tops-rankings-again/

How India is battling deadly rain storms as climate change bites https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00341-5

Melting Glaciers Show Why Climate Targets Below 1.5°C Are Needed https://truthout.org/articles/melting-glaciers-show-why-climate-targets-below-1-5c-are-needed/

Auckland just had its wettest month in over 170 years, and more rain is on the way https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/02/auckland-just-had-its-wettest-month-in-over-170-years-and-more-rain-is-on-the-way/

Study links record-breaking rainfall events in separate regions https://phys.org/news/2023-01-links-record-breaking-rainfall-events-regions.html#

California’s Extreme Weather Is the Future of Climate Change https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/california-floods-climate-change/

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Ocean heat shatters record with warming equal to 5 atomic bombs exploding “every second” for a year https://www.cbsnews.com/news/climate-change-ocean-heat-new-record-atomic-bombs-getting-worse-researchers/

Ancient air trapped deep below the surface could unlock secrets of the Earth’s past and help understand what lies ahead as CO2 in the atmosphere keeps rising https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/15/time-tunnel-why-an-australian-expedition-is-drilling-through-26km-of-antarctic-ice

Don’t wait for COP: the end of the fossil-fuel age must start now https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00039-8

Three issues will decide if Labor’s climate policy is a success – what the government does next is key https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/14/carbon-credits-are-about-to-play-a-central-role-in-australias-climate-response-thats-problematic

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

Regionalizing the sea-level budget with machine learning techniques https://os.copernicus.org/articles/19/17/2023/

Modeled storm surge changes in a warmer world: the Last Interglacial https://cp.copernicus.org/articles/19/141/2023/

Warning of unprecedented heatwaves as El Niño set to return in 2023 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/16/return-of-el-nino-will-cause-off-the-chart-temperature-rise-climate-crisis

Inter-decadal climate variability induces differential ice response along Pacific-facing West Antarctica https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-35471-3.epdf

New report shows alarming changes in the entire global water cycle https://theconversation.com/new-report-shows-alarming-changes-in-the-entire-global-water-cycle-197535

Is carbon removal delaying emission reductions? https://wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wcc.826

Extreme weather events to increase in Australia https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-30/extreme-weather-events-to-increase-in-australia/101906742

Earth is on track to exceed 1.5C warming in the next decade, study using AI finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/30/climate-crisis-global-heating-artificial-intelligence

A new study finds the biggest increases in inundation will occur after the first 2 metres (6.6 feet) of sea level rise, covering more than twice as much land as older elevation models predicted https://news.agu.org/press-release/worst-impacts-of-sea-level-rise-will-hit-earlier-than-expected/

A new study conducted with data from 93 European cities estimates that one third of deaths attributable to heat islands could be avoided if trees covered 30% of urban space https://www.isglobal.org/en/-/4-of-summer-mortality-is-attributable-to-urban-heat-islands

Climate change is already putting the heat on insurance companies – Auckland’s floods could be a turning point https://theconversation.com/climate-change-is-already-putting-the-heat-on-insurance-companies-aucklands-floods-could-be-a-turning-point-198764

Megadroughts in the Common Era and the Anthropocene https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-022-00329-1

Auckland suffers wettest month in history https://niwa.co.nz/news/auckland-suffers-wettest-month-in-history

Data-driven predictions of the time remaining until critical global warming thresholds are reached https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2207183120