Today in climate change (13 October 2023)

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Scientists Examine Dangerous Global Warming ‘Accelerators’ https://insideclimatenews.org/news/17022023/climate-feedback-loop-accelerators/

Dubai Civil Defence Programme Maps Impact Of Fires On Climate Change https://menafn.com/1107208475/Dubai-Civil-Defence-Programme-Maps-Impact-Of-Fires-On-Climate-Change

Impact of 2050 tree shading strategies on building cooling demands https://journal-buildingscities.org/articles/10.5334/bc.353

Revising the Bureau’s ENSO Alert System: Adapting Indices in a Changing Climate http://www.bom.gov.au/research/publications/researchreports/BRR-083.pdf

Influence of urban extent discrepancy on the estimation of surface urban heat island intensity: A global-scale assessment in 892 cities https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652623031906

Climate crisis costing $16m an hour in extreme weather damage, study estimates https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/09/climate-crisis-cost-extreme-weather-damage-study

Misogyny, authoritarianism, and climate change https://spssi.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/asap.12347

Rebalance attention from global target setting toward national climate politics and policy https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adk7428

Study finds that US 143 billion per year of the costs of extreme events is attributable to climatic change https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-41888-1

Climate Endgame: Exploring catastrophic climate change scenarios https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2108146119

Bureau of Meteorology says more heatwaves and fewer cyclones forecast for Queensland during severe weather season https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-09/queensland-severe-weather-forecast-bureau-of-meteorology/102952726

The U.S. just had its 7th-warmest September on record https://www.noaa.gov/news/us-just-had-its-7th-warmest-september-on-record

Recent Increase in a Recurrent Pan-Atlantic Wave Pattern Driving Concurrent Wintertime Extremes https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/bams/104/9/BAMS-D-21-0295.1.xml

Positive IOD keeps getting stronger https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/positive-iod-keeps-getting-stronger/1554561

Greatly enhanced risk to humans as a consequence of empirically determined lower moist heat stress tolerance https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2305427120#

Impact of 2050 tree shading strategies on building cooling demands https://journal-buildingscities.org/articles/10.5334/bc.353

Climate target overshoot could lead to centuries-long global fish habitat loss: study https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2023-10-11/climate-overshoot-loss-fish-habitat-irreversible-warming/102940790

Sectoral water use responses to droughts and heatwaves: analyses from local to global scales for 1990–2019 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/acf82e

Why Australia urgently needs a climate plan and a Net Zero National Cabinet Committee to implement it https://theconversation.com/why-australia-urgently-needs-a-climate-plan-and-a-net-zero-national-cabinet-committee-to-implement-it-213866

Climate-driven extreme heat may make parts of Earth too hot for humans https://www.psu.edu/news/health-and-human-development/story/climate-driven-extreme-heat-may-make-parts-earth-too-hot-humans/

Climate hazards aren’t restricted by borders – African countries have taken a big step to address this https://theconversation.com/climate-hazards-arent-restricted-by-borders-african-countries-have-taken-a-big-step-to-address-this-213779

Glacial lake outburst floods in Alaska and the Himalayas show evolving hazards in a warming world https://theconversation.com/glacial-lake-outburst-floods-in-alaska-and-the-himalayas-show-evolving-hazards-in-a-warming-world-214829

Globally, September 2023 was the warmest September — and the largest monthly anomaly of any month — since records began in 1850 https://berkeleyearth.org/september-2023-temperature-update/

El Niño active; positive Indian Ocean Dipole strengthens http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/enso/

Stockholm to ban petrol and diesel cars from centre from 2025 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/11/stockholm-ban-petrol-and-diesel-cars-city-centre-2025-swedish-capital-pollution

Quantifying Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Human Deaths to Guide Energy Policy https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/16/16/6074

Observational and model evidence together support wide-spread exposure to noncompensable heat under continued global warming https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adg9297

Thermal and Optical Remote Sensing: Evaluating Urban Green Spaces and Urban Heat Islands in a Changing Climate https://www.mdpi.com/books/book/6691

New modeling method helps scientists understand extreme heat waves https://new.nsf.gov/news/new-modeling-method-helps-scientists-understand

Scientists have proposed a new ocean–sea ice–atmosphere observing system between the Ross Sea and Casey station https://www.antarctica.gov.au/news/2023/new-antarctic-observing-system-proposed/

October 2023 El Niño update: big cats https://www.climate.gov/news-features/blogs/october-2023-el-nino-update-big-cats

Australia’s resources minister sees a gas-fired future just as international experts chart the fossil fuel’s decline https://www.theguardian.com/environment/commentisfree/2023/oct/12/australias-resources-minister-sees-a-gas-fired-future-just-as-international-experts-chart-the-fossil-fuels-decline

Three ex-hurricanes hit Ireland in recent weeks. What’s going on? https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2023/1012/1409210-ex-hurricanes-ireland-storm-agnes-ophelia-nigel-tropical-cyclones/

Today in climate change (6 October 2023)

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Type of storm that drenched New York is up to 20% wetter due to climate crisis https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/02/new-york-city-flooding-rain-storm-climate-change

Can Florida’s Coast Survive Its Reliance on Development? https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01944363.2023.2249866

Faced with more frequent flooding and worse to come, the Philadelphia environmental justice community of Eastwick is grappling with difficult questions about its future https://e360.yale.edu/features/chronic-flooding-eastwick-philadelphia

A warming planet is creating a booming, and dangerous, disaster-restoration industry https://grist.org/accountability/a-warming-planet-is-creating-a-booming-and-dangerous-disaster-restoration-industry/

The loss of our glaciers over the 21st century: a future we can control https://www.thesciencebreaker.org/breaks/earth-space/the-loss-of-our-glaciers-over-the-21st-century-a-future-we-can-control

Too hard basket: why climate change is defeating our political system https://theconversation.com/too-hard-basket-why-climate-change-is-defeating-our-political-system-214382

DeBriefed 29 September 2023: Focus on carbon offsets; UK expands oil and gas; IEA’s path to 1.5C unpacked https://www.carbonbrief.org/debriefed-29-september-2023-focus-on-carbon-offsets-uk-expands-oil-and-gas-ieas-path-to-1-5c-unpacked/

How lessons from Earth’s past can help us save the planet https://www.kalw.org/show/your-call/2023-10-02/how-lessons-from-earths-past-can-help-us-save-the-planet

Annual Twin Cities Marathon canceled due to extreme heat https://edition.cnn.com/2023/10/01/us/twin-cities-marathon-canceled-weather/index.html

Lessons from California on how to adapt to sea level rise https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/09/26/lessons-from-california-on-how-to-adapt-to-sea-level-rise

As the world warms, intense tropical cyclones are starting earlier, study finds https://phys.org/news/2023-09-world-intense-tropical-cyclones-earlier.html

Australia’s national area-average mean temperature was 2.43 °C warmer than the 1961–1990 average, the third-warmest on record (since 1910) for September http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/current/month/aus/summary.shtml

Japan experiences hottest September on record https://watchers.news/2023/10/03/japan-experiences-hottest-september-on-record/

The global costs of extreme weather that are attributable to climate change https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-41888-1

Climate change is narrowing and shifting prescribed fire windows in western United States https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-023-00993-1

Ice cores reveal Antarctica is warming twice as fast as global average https://www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-ice-cores-reveal-antarctica-is-warming-twice-as-fast-as-global-average/

Australia’s emissions must decline more steeply to reach climate commitment: OECD https://theconversation.com/australias-emissions-must-decline-more-steeply-to-reach-climate-commitment-oecd-214851

‘Absolutely perverse’: climate scheme could reward Australian coalmines while emissions rise https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/03/labor-coalmine-safeguard-mechanism-climate-scheme-emissions-benefits

Climate solutions are necessary. So we’re dedicating a week to highlight them https://www.npr.org/2023/10/02/1197590139/climate-change-solutions

Researchers call for urgent emissions cuts as Antarctic sea ice ‘drops off a cliff’ https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/499335/researchers-call-for-urgent-emissions-cuts-as-antarctic-sea-ice-drops-off-a-cliff

Are we making progress towards a net zero future? https://www.climateforesight.eu/articles/are-we-making-progress-towards-a-net-zero-future/

Apostolic Exhortation Laudate Deum of the Holy Father Francis to all people of good will on the climate crisis https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2023/10/04/231004a.html

New Zealand records hottest September on record https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/04/new-zealand-october-temperature-record-heat-september

Deep learning shows how global warming affects daily rainfall https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02803-2

Heat Islands https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-26588-4_36

Can AI help build climate resilience in the Caribbean? Let’s look at housing https://blogs.worldbank.org/sustainablecities/can-ai-help-build-climate-resilience-caribbean-lets-look-housing

Study Identifies Jet-Stream Pattern That Locks in Extreme Winter Cold, Wet Spells https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2023/10/04/study-identifies-jet-stream-pattern-that-locks-in-extreme-winter-cold-wet-spells/

Today in climate change (29 September 2023)

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A Record Number of Billion-Dollar Disasters Show U.S. Isn’t Ready for Climate Change https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-record-number-of-billion-dollar-disasters-show-u-s-isnt-ready-for-climate-change/

Rooftop solar meets all of South Australia demand in major new milestone https://reneweconomy.com.au/rooftop-solar-meets-all-of-south-australia-demand-in-major-new-milestone/

We need urban trees more than ever – here’s how to save them from extreme heat https://theconversation.com/we-need-urban-trees-more-than-ever-heres-how-to-save-them-from-extreme-heat-211414

Sherry Rehman: “It is high time Pakistan learns from its climate-induced challenges” https://www.thethirdpole.net/en/climate/sherry-rehman-high-time-pakistan-learns-from-climate-challenges/

Understanding the recent increase in multiyear La Niñas https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-023-01801-6

Exclude fossil fuel firms from Cop28 if they only want to obstruct, says ex-UN chief https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/21/un-cop28-fossil-fuel-firms-climate-action

Barbados’ Blueprint for Climate Resilience https://ifc.shorthandstories.com/barbados-blueprint-for-climate-resilience/index.html

Climate change is coming for America’s property market https://www.economist.com/leaders/2023/09/21/climate-change-is-coming-for-americas-property-market

Was the freak ‘medicane’ storm that devastated Libya a glimpse of North Africa’s future? https://theconversation.com/was-the-freak-medicane-storm-that-devastated-libya-a-glimpse-of-north-africas-future-213680

Long-lasting La Niña events more common over past century https://www.soest.hawaii.edu/soestwp/announce/news/long-lasting-la-nina-more-common/

How do we raise trillions of dollars to fight the climate crisis? The answer is staring us in the face https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/25/we-need-trillions-of-dollars-to-fight-the-climate-crisis-this-is-my-plan-to-raise-it

Visualizing a summer of extremes in 7 charts https://www.theclimatebrink.com/p/visualizing-a-summer-of-extremes

American football season is getting hotter. Young players are dying https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/24/football-player-heat-deaths-athlete

‘Our Fragile Moment’ finds modern lessons in Earth’s history of climate https://www.sciencenews.org/article/fragile-moment-book-earth-history-climate

How scientists are grappling with the uncertain future of Antarctica’s melting ice https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-023-01764-8.epdf

‘Off-the-charts records’: has humanity finally broken the climate? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/28/crazy-off-the-charts-records-has-humanity-finally-broken-the-climate

Swiss glaciers get 10% smaller in two years https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66950328

Energy agency says 1.5C climate goal still within reach due to record growth in solar power and EVs https://www.sbs.com.au/news/podcast-episode/energy-agency-says-1-5c-climate-goal-still-within-reach-due-to-record-growth-in-solar-power-and-evs/52iz27690

Handbook on European Union Climate Change Policy and Politics https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/handbook-on-european-union-climate-change-policy-and-politics-9781789906974.html

Why Rain Is Getting Fiercer on a Warming Planet https://www.wired.com/story/why-rain-is-getting-fiercer-on-a-warming-planet/

Global warming is advancing the season for intense tropical cyclones https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02800-5

Temperatures to soar 8C above average as ‘heat bubble’ brings scorcher to Australia’s east coast this weekend https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/sep/29/australia-east-coast-weekend-weather-heatwave-sydney-melbourne-brisbane

New research reveals extreme heat likely to wipe out humans and mammals in the distant future https://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2023/september/nature-geoscience-extreme-heat.html

Today in climate change (22 September 2023)

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French ski resort closes permanently because there’s not enough snow https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/travel/france-ski-resort-closes-la-sambuy-climate-scn/index.html

Antarctic sea-ice at ‘mind-blowing’ low alarms experts https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-66724246

Record Heat Deaths in Arizona Spur Push for Disaster Assistance https://www.wsj.com/us-news/climate-environment/record-heat-deaths-in-arizona-spur-push-for-disaster-assistance-86352a62

‘Medicane’ storms to increase as climate change heats Mediterranean https://www.inkl.com/news/medicane-storms-to-increase-as-climate-change-heats-mediterranean/WMRYqATNkmy

Young people to take 32 European countries to court over climate policies https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/14/young-people-to-take-32-european-countries-to-court-over-climate-policies

Climate change undermines nearly all sustainable development goals https://public.wmo.int/en/media/press-release/climate-change-undermines-nearly-all-sustainable-development-goals

The Libya floods: a climate and infrastructure catastrophe https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/09/the-libya-floods-a-climate-and-infrastructure-catastrophe/

Earth’s land masses have a higher chance of becoming wetter than drier as temperatures rise https://news.agu.org/press-release/as-earth-heats-up-rain-pours-down/

Seven megatrends that will shape the next 20 years https://www.csiro.au/en/news/All/News/2022/July/Seven-megatrends-that-will-shape-the-next-20-years

Monitoring El Nino in a warming climate https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/monitoring-el-nino-in-a-warming-climate/1512801

Intense September heat toppling records in SE Australia https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/intense-september-heat-toppling-records-in-se-australia/1513224

Wind and solar remain the lowest cost new build electricity generation sources despite inflationary pressures https://www.csiro.au/en/news/all/news/2023/july/gencost

California sues five of the world’s largest oil companies — ExxonMobil, Shell, BP, ConocoPhillips and Chevron https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-17/california-sues-oil-exxonmobil-shell-bp-conocophillips-chevron/102866110

Rooftop solar eats up all demand in South Australia, world’s most renewable grid https://reneweconomy.com.au/rooftop-solar-eats-up-all-demand-in-south-australia-worlds-most-renewable-grid/

People who work from home all the time ‘cut emissions by 54%’ against those in office https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/18/people-who-work-from-home-all-the-time-cut-emissions-by-54-against-those-in-office

The BoM has finally declared an El Niño. What does it mean – and why did it take so long? https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/sep/19/what-is-el-nino-weather-pattern-climate-event-australia-bushfires-temperature-summer

Governments must step up to fund methane-hunting space camera https://www.context.news/net-zero/opinion/governments-must-step-up-to-fund-methane-hunting-space-camera

Libya floods: how climate change intensified the death and devastation https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02899-6

Climate-induced rising sea levels are forcing residents of this tiny Panama island to leave https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-11/carti-sugtupu-residents-leave-panama-island-hit-by-rising-seas/102839860

How weather ‘blocks’ have triggered more extreme heatwaves and floods across Europe https://theconversation.com/how-weather-blocks-have-triggered-more-extreme-heatwaves-and-floods-across-europe-213304

Germany to Surpass 50 Percent Renewable Power This Year, Official Says https://e360.yale.edu/digest/germany-50-percent-renewable-power

Mission Zero: How Today’s Climate Choices will shape Australia https://www.climatecouncil.org.au/resources/missionzero/

Climate change played major role in Libya floods https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-66854670

“We should lead:” Australia urged to fast track net zero to 2035, as El Niño declared https://reneweconomy.com.au/we-should-lead-australia-urged-to-fast-track-net-zero-to-2035-as-el-nino-declared/

NT desert ranger groups call for extension of carbon credits program to support fire mitigation https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-21/savanna-carbon-credits-market-traditional-fire-mitigation-nt/102870062

Net zero by 2035 would be ‘monumentally’ hard for Australia to achieve. But these experts argue it’s critical https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-21/experts-say-net-zero-should-be-by-2035-for-australia/102881722

Interplay of climate change-exacerbated rainfall, exposure and vulnerability led to widespread impacts in the Mediterranean region https://www.preventionweb.net/news/interplay-climate-change-exacerbated-rainfall-exposure-and-vulnerability-led-widespread

From Carbon Sink to Source: The Stark Changes in Arctic Lakes https://e360.yale.edu/features/greenland-lakes-climate-change

Australia should wipe out climate footprint by 2035 instead of 2050, scientists urge https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/20/australia-should-wipe-out-climate-footprint-by-2035-instead-of-2050-scientists-urge

Climate scientists and Pacific activists call on Australia to ramp up ambitions ahead of UN summit https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-20/australia-called-to-ramp-up-climate-ambitions-nyt-ad/102876940

Today in climate change (15 September 2023)

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Wind and solar hit record share of main grid, as curtailment underscores need for more storage https://reneweconomy.com.au/wind-and-solar-hit-record-share-of-main-grid-as-curtailment-underscores-need-for-more-storage/

How is climate change impacting hurricane season? It’s complicated https://thebulletin.org/2023/09/how-is-climate-change-impacting-hurricane-season-its-complicated/

‘All ice could disappear’: Europe’s heatwaves threaten to wipe out glaciers in the Alps https://inews.co.uk/news/environment/europe-heatwaves-threaten-wipe-out-glaciers-alps-2603439

‘Minutes to midnight’: UN warns world must phase out fossil fuels https://www.theage.com.au/environment/climate-change/minutes-to-midnight-un-warns-world-must-phase-out-fossil-fuels-20230909-p5e3bf.html

Cities are advertising themselves as ‘climate havens.’ Experts say there’s no such thing https://thehill.com/changing-america/sustainability/climate-change/4190038-cities-are-advertising-themselves-as-climate-havens-experts-say-theres-no-such-thing/

UK renewables still cheaper than gas, despite auction setback for offshore wind https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-renewables-still-cheaper-than-gas-despite-auction-setback-for-offshore-wind/

Climate change and insurance: The alarm bell we can’t afford to ignore https://www.theclimatebrink.com/p/climate-change-and-insurance-the

Heat waves have a cost. Here’s why it’s important to quantify it https://theconversation.com/heat-waves-have-a-cost-heres-why-its-important-to-quantify-it-213141

Antarctic helicopter mission helps confirm Totten Glacier melting from below due to warm water https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-13/antarctic-sea-ice-probes-dropped-from-helicopter-totten-glacier/102844512

Faster disaster: climate change fuels ‘flash droughts’, intense downpours and storms https://theconversation.com/faster-disaster-climate-change-fuels-flash-droughts-intense-downpours-and-storms-213242

Lethal Heat Is Spreading across the Planet https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/lethal-heat-is-spreading-across-the-planet/

Observational and model evidence together support wide-spread exposure to noncompensable heat under continued global warming https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adg9297?

US behind more than a third of global oil and gas expansion plans, report finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/12/us-behind-more-than-a-third-of-global-oil-and-gas-expansion-plans-report-finds

Eight catastrophic floods in 11 days: What’s behind intense rainfall around the world? https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/eight-catastrophic-floods-11-days-s-intense-rainfall-world-rcna104620

We’re Thinking About Climate Risk All Wrong https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2023/09/calculating-climate-change-risk-wrong-ipcc-existential/

Climate Change Hurting Water Quality in Rivers Worldwide, Study Finds https://e360.yale.edu/digest/climate-change-water-quality-rivers

Enhancing urban resilience in Medellín through insurance protection for climate risks https://www.strategic-risk-europe.com/home/case-study-enhancing-urban-resilience-in-medellin-through-insurance-protection-for-climate-risks/1445599.article

The Libya floods: a climate and infrastructure catastrophe https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/09/the-libya-floods-a-climate-and-infrastructure-catastrophe/

Devastatingly low Antarctic sea ice may be the ‘new abnormal’, study warns https://theconversation.com/devastatingly-low-antarctic-sea-ice-may-be-the-new-abnormal-study-warns-212376

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

Spring heatwave for eastern Australia ‘a heads-up’ of what’s to come, meteorologists say https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/sep/14/spring-heatwave-for-eastern-australia-a-heads-up-of-whats-to-come-bom-says

Yale Center for Earth Observation (YCEO) Surface Urban Heat Islands, v4 (2003 – 2018) includes annual, summertime, and wintertime Surface Urban Heat Island (SUHI) intensities for daytime and nighttime for over 10,000 global urban extents https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/sdei-yceo-sfc-uhi-v4

As effects of global warming continue to heat the planet, visualizing climate change’s wrath https://www.usatoday.com/story/graphics/2023/09/14/climate-change-global-warming-visual-tracker/70457785007/

Young people to take 32 European countries to court over climate policies https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/14/young-people-to-take-32-european-countries-to-court-over-climate-policies

August 2023 was Earth’s hottest August on record https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/09/august-2023-was-earths-hottest-august-on-record/

How rising water vapour in the atmosphere is amplifying warming and making extreme weather worse https://theconversation.com/how-rising-water-vapour-in-the-atmosphere-is-amplifying-warming-and-making-extreme-weather-worse-213347

Today in climate change (8 September 2023)

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After Australia’s warmest winter on record, the government approves more coal mining https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/australia-approves-more-coalmining-while-recording-its-hottest-winter-on-record/49vkmf8ns

The Climate Crisis Could Mean the Twilight of the American West https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/historic-draught-colorado-river-california-nevada-arizona-water-crisis-1234816087/

The world’s highest navigable lake is drying out https://edition.cnn.com/2023/09/03/americas/lake-titicaca-water-levels-intl

Climate crisis poses greatest risk to people with respiratory illnesses, experts warn https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/04/climate-crisis-poses-greatest-risk-to-people-with-respiratory-illnesses-experts-warn

Sensitivity of South American tropical forests to an extreme climate anomaly https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-023-01776-4

We studied more than 1,500 coastal ecosystems – they will drown if we let the world warm above 2℃ https://theconversation.com/we-studied-more-than-1-500-coastal-ecosystems-they-will-drown-if-we-let-the-world-warm-above-2-211431

Abrupt, climate-induced increase in wildfires in British Columbia since the mid-2000s https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-023-00977-1

Envisioning a future with climate change https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-023-01784-4.epdf

A need for actionable climate projections across the Global South https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-023-01778-2

Climate change boosts risk of explosive wildfire growth in California by 25%, study says https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-09-04/climate-change-boosts-california-wildfire-risk-by-25

Selwyn Snow Resort’s first season since Black Summer bushfires cut short by low snowfall https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-05/selwyn-resort-closes-early-after-poor-snow-season/102816702

Australia has highest per capita CO2 emissions from coal in G20, analysis finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/05/australia-has-highest-per-capita-co2-emissions-from-coal-in-g20-analysis-finds

The dynamics and changes of the world’s monsoons https://pubs.aip.org/physicstoday/article-abstract/76/9/32/2908397/The-dynamics-and-changes-of-the-world-s

Earth had hottest three-month period on record, with unprecedented sea surface temperatures and much extreme weather https://public.wmo.int/en/media/press-release/earth-had-hottest-three-month-period-record-unprecedented-sea-surface

Rural Australia is pockmarked with small dams. Researchers say they could also be ‘batteries’ https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2023-09-07/rural-australia-is-pockmarked-with-small-dams-batteries/102799756

When, where, and which climate activists have vandalized museums https://www.nature.com/articles/s44168-023-00054-5

‘A harrowing summer’: extreme weather costs hit US as 60m under heat alerts https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/06/a-relatively-new-challenge-why-us-heatwaves-dont-receive-disaster-funds

Betting against worst-case climate scenarios is risky business https://thebulletin.org/2023/09/betting-against-worst-case-climate-scenarios-is-risky-business/

‘Smashed’: summer of 2023 the hottest ever recorded https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/06/summer-of-2023-hottest-recorded-in-wake-up-call-to-cut-carbon-emissions

Antarctica warming much faster than models predicted in ‘deeply concerning’ sign for sea levels https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/08/antarctica-warming-much-faster-than-models-predicted-in-deeply-concerning-sign-for-sea-levels

From fatal allergies to heart attacks and cholera – the devastating health effects of global warming in Africa https://theconversation.com/from-fatal-allergies-to-heart-attacks-and-cholera-the-devastating-health-effects-of-global-warming-in-africa-212564

Today in climate change (1 September 2023)

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South-east Australia marine heatwave forecast to be literally off the scale https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/27/south-east-australia-marine-heatwave-forecast-to-be-literally-off-the-scale

After America’s summer of extreme weather, ‘next year may well be worse’ https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/26/us-summer-extreme-heat-wildfires-climate-crisis

More than half of European ski resorts facing ‘very high risk’ from climate change, study finds https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-29/ski-resorts-under-threat-from-climate-change/102778814

‘Off-the-charts records’: has humanity finally broken the climate? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/28/crazy-off-the-charts-records-has-humanity-finally-broken-the-climate

Dramatic climate action needed to curtail ‘crazy’ extreme weather https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/28/dramatic-climate-action-needed-curtail-extreme-weather

Climate change will raise sea levels, cause apocalyptic floods and displace almost a billion people https://www.salon.com/2023/08/28/climate-change-will-raise-sea-levels-cause-apocalyptic-floods-and-displace-almost-a-billion-people/

Climate crisis to create ‘acute’ challenges for Australia’s economy, incoming RBA governor says https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/29/rba-governor-michele-bullock-climate-change-economy-challenges

Offshore wind readies for take off in Australia and Asia, despite near term problems https://reneweconomy.com.au/offshore-wind-readies-for-take-off-in-australia-and-asia-despite-near-term-problems/

New Air-Conditioning Technology Could Be the Future of Cool https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-air-conditioning-technology-could-be-the-future-of-cool/

Children’s voices must be heard on climate crisis, says UN rights body https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/28/childrens-voices-must-be-heard-on-climate-crisis-says-un-rights-body

Climate change makes wildfires in California more explosive https://www.npr.org/2023/08/30/1196637141/climate-change-makes-wildfires-in-california-more-explosive

‘Blissonance’ effect as Melbourne’s early spring signals hot, dry summer https://www.theage.com.au/environment/climate-change/blissonance-effect-as-melbourne-s-early-spring-signals-hot-dry-summer-20230829-p5e07z.html

As our forests burn, oil companies are doubling down on their old business modeL https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-as-our-forests-burn-oil-companies-are-doubling-down-on-their-old/

The big and small ways I made my home energy-efficient and fully electric https://www.abc.net.au/everyday/ways-i-made-home-energy-efficient-fully-electric/102783982

How drought in Central America is pushing up the cost of living in Australia https://theconversation.com/how-drought-in-central-america-is-pushing-up-the-cost-of-living-in-australia-211999

Seville Turns to 1,000-Year-Old Technology to Cool Public Spaces https://www.theenergymix.com/2023/08/28/seville-turns-to-1000-year-old-technology-to-cool-public-spaces/

Risk of heat-related deaths has ‘increased rapidly’ over past 20 years https://www.carbonbrief.org/risk-of-heat-related-deaths-has-increased-rapidly-over-past-20-years/ Australia’s greenhouse emissions are a national disgrace that are destroying the planet and costing households https://www.theguardian.com/business/grogonomics/2023/aug/30/australia-quarterly-greenhouse-emissions-data-survey

Today in climate change (25 August 2023)

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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/

Today in climate change (18 August 2023)

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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

Today in climate change (11 August 2023)

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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