Category: heatwave

Today in climate change (11 April 2025)

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An early but interesting end to the 2024-25 polar vortex season https://www.climate.gov/news-features/blogs/polar-vortex/early-interesting-end-2024-25-polar-vortex-season

Wildfires offset the increasing but spatially heterogeneous Arctic–boreal CO2 uptake https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-024-02234-5

Global warming of more than 3°C this century may wipe 40% off the world’s economy, new analysis reveals https://theconversation.com/global-warming-of-more-than-3-c-this-century-may-wipe-40-off-the-worlds-economy-new-analysis-reveals-253032

Consecutive El Niños are happening more often and the result is more devastating – new research https://theconversation.com/consecutive-el-ninos-are-happening-more-often-and-the-result-is-more-devastating-new-research-251504

Antarctica’s hidden threat: meltwater under the ice sheet amplifies sea-level rise https://theconversation.com/antarcticas-hidden-threat-meltwater-under-the-ice-sheet-amplifies-sea-level-rise-250780

‘Thirstwaves’ are growing more common across the United States https://phys.org/news/2025-04-thirstwaves-common-states.html

We passed the 1.5C climate threshold. We must now explore extreme options https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/07/climate-solutions-extreme-options

Did climate change supercharge the ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ storm pummeling the central US? https://grist.org/climate/climate-change-supercharge-storm-atmosphere-gulf/

Extraordinary March heatwave in Central Asia up to 10 °C hotter in a warming climate https://www.worldweatherattribution.org/extraordinary-march-heatwave-in-central-asia-up-to-10-c-hotter-in-a-warming-climate/

New satellite data shows NZ’s major cities are sinking – meaning rising seas will affect them sooner https://theconversation.com/new-satellite-data-shows-nzs-major-cities-are-sinking-meaning-rising-seas-will-affect-them-sooner-252881

‘Doom loops’ are accelerating climate change – but we can break them https://theconversation.com/doom-loops-are-accelerating-climate-change-but-we-can-break-them-253457

From global to national GHG budgets: the REgional Carbon Cycle Assessment and Processes-3 (RECCAP3) https://academic.oup.com/nsr/article/12/4/nwaf037/8005396

For climate and livelihoods, Africa bets big on solar mini-grids https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/technology/2025/nigeria-bets-on-solar-minigrids-for-climate-livelihood

World surges past 40% clean power in record renewables boom https://electrek.co/2025/04/07/world-surges-past-40-percent-clean-power-in-record-renewable-boom/

Five ways to improve net zero action – our new research highlights lessons from the past https://theconversation.com/five-ways-to-improve-net-zero-action-our-new-research-highlights-lessons-from-the-past-244195

Estimating the sea level rise responsibility of industrial carbon producers https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/adb59f

Arctic sea ice hits record March low as global powers eye shipping routes https://www.ft.com/content/f8083632-e6bc-45f5-8032-0ee60e263cf6

As the debate around renewables and nuclear continues, here is what the experts say https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-10/act-solar-and-nuclear-experts/105155684

Why some storms brew up to extreme dimensions in the middle of America – and why it’s happening more often https://theconversation.com/why-some-storms-brew-up-to-extreme-dimensions-in-the-middle-of-america-and-why-its-happening-more-often-254123

Pacific sub-decadal sea surface temperature variations contributed to recent Aantarctic Sea ice decline trend https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-58788-1

Global and regional drivers for exceptional climate extremes in 2023-2024: beyond the new normal https://www.nature.com/articles/s41612-025-00996-z

Solar panels and pristine forest: how one Amazon village is adapting to protect itself – in pictures https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/gallery/2025/apr/09/brazil-amazon-environment-indigenous-capoto-jarina-kayapo-chiefs-raoni-metutkire-climate-illegal-mining-in-pictures

Clean energy’s share of world’s electricity reaches 40%, report says https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cq80ygdd3zlo

Assessing the Global Climate in March 2025 https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/global-climate-202503

Today in climate change (4 April 2025)

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China, France issue joint statement on climate change https://www.iol.co.za/news/world/china-france-issue-joint-statement-on-climate-change-4d2768c1-67d0-4e2c-9d77-22d8f4aed91f

The Growing Inequality Among Countries And The Worsening Climate Crisis https://www.eurasiareview.com/29032025-the-growing-inequality-among-countries-and-the-worsening-climate-crisis-oped/

France falling short of climate targets as emissions dip slows https://www.rfi.fr/en/environment/20250328-france-falling-short-of-climate-targets-as-emissions-dip-slows

Arctic sea ice winter peak in 2025 is smallest in 47-year record https://www.carbonbrief.org/arctic-sea-ice-winter-peak-in-2025-is-smallest-in-47-year-record/

Preserving Africa’s glaciers is protecting our future https://www.iwmi.org/blogs/preserving-africas-glaciers-is-protecting-our-future/

Understanding the health impacts of the climate crisis https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2514664525000190

Average person will be 40% poorer if world warms by 4C, new research shows https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/01/average-person-will-be-40-poorer-if-world-warms-by-4c-new-research-shows

Global warming is ‘exposing’ new coastlines and islands as Arctic glaciers shrink https://www.carbonbrief.org/global-warming-is-exposing-new-coastlines-and-islands-as-arctic-glaciers-shrink/

Higher precipitation in East Asia and western United States expected with future Southern Ocean warming https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-025-01669-5

Why our climate future depends on Antarctica https://www.astronomy.com/science/why-our-climate-future-depends-on-antarctica/

US banks predict climate goals will fail – but air conditioning firms will thrive https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/02/us-banks-climate-goals-fail-air-conditioning

Helsinki shutters last coal plant, as it turns to heat batteries and pumps https://reneweconomy.com.au/helsinki-shutters-its-last-coal-plant-as-turns-to-heat-batteries-and-pumps/

New study validates lower limits of human heat tolerance https://www.uottawa.ca/about-us/news-all/new-study-validates-lower-limits-human-heat-tolerance

An early but interesting end to the 2024-25 polar vortex season https://www.climate.gov/news-features/blogs/polar-vortex/early-interesting-end-2024-25-polar-vortex-season

‘Same shit, different year’: Australia records hottest 12 months and warmest March on record https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/03/australia-records-hottest-12-months-and-warmest-march-weather-on-record

Today in climate change (28 March 2025)

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Amplified global heating risk due to climate and carbon cycle feedbacks https://www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest-news/amplified-global-heating-risk-due-to-climate-and-carbon-cycle-feedbacks

The 2024 state of the climate report: Perilous times on planet Earth https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/74/12/812/7808595

Guardian updates style: Climate change now ‘climate emergency, crisis or breakdown’ https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/444327-guardian-updates-style-climate-change-now-climate-emergency-crisis/

Climate change making heart disease worse among Australians https://www.dw.com/en/climate-change-making-heart-disease-worse-among-australians/a-72021656

Interplay between climate and carbon cycle feedbacks could substantially enhance future warming https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/adb6be

Beijing records earliest 30°C (86°F) day in 66 years https://watchers.news/2025/03/24/beijing-records-earliest-30c-86f-day-in-66-years/

“Switzerland’s glaciers could vanish completely by 2100” https://ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth-news/news/2025/03/switzerlands-glacier-could-vanish-completely-by-2100.html

Climate-related heatwaves pushed up energy sector emissions in 2024, despite record wind and solar https://reneweconomy.com.au/climate-related-heatwaves-pushed-up-energy-sector-emissions-in-2024-despite-record-wind-and-solar/

Christians worldwide urged to take legal action on climate crisis https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/24/christians-legal-action-climate-crisis-handbook-protect-planet

A Primer On Sea Level Rise https://cleantechnica.com/2025/03/24/a-primer-on-sea-level-rise/

Video: Climate Spiral (1880-2022) https://science.nasa.gov/resource/video-climate-spiral-1880-2022/

Why aren’t we discussing the world’s hottest topic? https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2025/mar/22/why-arent-we-discussing-the-worlds-hottest-topic

Tackling climate crisis will increase economic growth, OECD research finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/26/tackling-climate-crisis-will-increase-economic-growth-oecd-research-finds

Study shows rain-soaking atmospheric rivers are getting bigger, wetter and more frequent https://apnews.com/article/atmospheric-river-downpours-california-climate-change-9e8f5608b7bed13a89ce00c7ee354dc1

The silent toll of extreme heat on child growth in Bangladesh https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/endpovertyinsouthasia/the-silent-toll-of-extreme-heat-on-child-growth-in-bangladesh

Australia: Long-range forecast overview http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/outlooks/#/overview/summary

92.5% of New Power Capacity Added Worldwide in 2024 Was from Renewables https://cleantechnica.com/2025/03/26/92-5-of-new-power-capacity-added-worldwide-in-2024-was-from-renewables/

Earth losing freshwater and may have hit irreversible tipping point due to climate change https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2025-03-28/earths-big-dry-out-freshwater-loss-irreversible-climate-change/105100272

UK greenhouse gases fall again – as renewable electricity hits 50% for the first time https://news.sky.com/story/uk-greenhouse-gases-fall-again-as-renewable-electricity-hits-50-for-the-first-time-13336741

Do we finally understand what caused record heat in 2023 and 2024? https://www.newscientist.com/article/2471676-do-we-finally-understand-what-caused-record-heat-in-2023-and-2024/

Extreme heat, hospital crowding, and the hidden health costs of climate change https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/extreme-heat-hospital-crowding-and-hidden-health-costs-climate-change

World Bank and Bangkok Metropolitan Administration Highlight Ways to Strengthen Resilience amid Rising Heat Crisis https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2025/03/26/world-bank-and-bangkok-metropolitan-administration-highlight-ways-to-strengthen-resilience-amid-rising-heat-crisis

Climate change is reshaping the Kyrgyz Republic, finds new UNEP Atlas https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/press-release/climate-change-reshaping-kyrgyz-republic-finds-new-unep-atlas

Wildfires across Japan and South Korea fueled by climate change https://www.climatecentral.org/climate-shift-index-alert/japan-march-2025

Today in climate change (21 March 2025)

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Enhancing Climate Resilience Through Urban Landscape Design: Strategies for Green Infrastructure and Adaptation https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-96-1521-6_7

The Changing Nature of Atmospheric Rivers https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/clim/38/6/JCLI-D-24-0234.1.xml

Climate resilience in the past was local https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-025-02131-7

Brazil Shares Priorities for COP 30 https://sdg.iisd.org/news/brazil-shares-priorities-for-cop-30/

What Gets Measured Gets Managed? Exploring the Climate Change Performance Index and Climate Risk Index https://ccpi.org/what-gets-measured-gets-managed-exploring-the-climate-change-performance-index-and-climate-risk-index/

NASA Analysis Shows Unexpected Amount of Sea Level Rise in 2024 https://www.nasa.gov/missions/jason-cs-sentinel-6/sentinel-6-michael-freilich/nasa-analysis-shows-unexpected-amount-of-sea-level-rise-in-2024/

Physical and biogeochemical responses of Tibetan Plateau lakes to climate change https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-025-00650-5

‘The ice melted beneath our feet’: The huskies that revealed the rapid shrinking of Greenland’s ice https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250314-the-photo-of-husky-dogs-walking-on-water-that-reveals-the-reality-of-ice-melting-and-climate-change-in-greenland

Before and after photos show the destruction of climate change https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/03/before-and-after-photos-show-the-destruction-of-climate-change/

Climate change ‘will accelerate’ owing to decline in natural carbon storage, says study https://phys.org/news/2025-03-climate-owing-decline-natural-carbon.html

Diminished contribution of spring phenology to early-season carbon uptake in a changing climate https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-025-02201-8

New Zealand heads towards 100 pct renewables https://reneweconomy.com.au/graph-of-the-day-new-zealand-heads-towards-100-pct-renewables/

More than 150 ‘unprecedented’ climate disasters struck world in 2024, says UN https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/19/unprecedented-climate-disasters-extreme-weather-un-report

State of the Global Climate 2024 https://wmo.int/publication-series/state-of-global-climate-2024

WMO report documents spiralling weather and climate impacts https://wmo.int/media/news/wmo-report-documents-spiralling-weather-and-climate-impacts

The Most Cost-Effective Approaches to Protect Against Rising Seas Are Flexible, Adaptable https://www.rutgers.edu/news/most-cost-effective-approaches-protect-against-rising-seas-are-flexible-adaptable-ones

Flooding in the Sahara, Amazon tributaries drying and warming tipping over 1.5°C – 2024 broke all the wrong records https://theconversation.com/flooding-in-the-sahara-amazon-tributaries-drying-and-warming-tipping-over-1-5-c-2024-broke-all-the-wrong-records-252490

‘Like wildfires underwater’: Worst summer on record for Great Barrier Reef as coral die-off sweeps planet https://edition.cnn.com/2024/05/04/australia/australia-great-barrier-reef-wildfires-climate-intl-hnk-dst/index.html

Increasing heat and rainfall extremes now far outside the historical climate https://www.nature.com/articles/s41612-021-00202-w

Today in climate change (14 March 2025)

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Oops, Scientists May Have Miscalculated Our Global Warming Timeline https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/a64093044/climate-change-sea-sponge/

Ditches and canals are a big, yet overlooked, source of greenhouse gas emissions – new study https://theconversation.com/ditches-and-canals-are-a-big-yet-overlooked-source-of-greenhouse-gas-emissions-new-study-250240

Yes, Climate Change is pushing Australia’s cyclones southward https://www.tempestsandterawatts.com/p/yes-climate-change-is-pushing-australias

Cascading extreme weather events unleash billions in damages globally https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/03/10/climate-change/extreme-weather-damage-globally/

The world’s glaciers have shrunk more than 5 per cent since 2000 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2469212-the-worlds-glaciers-have-shrunk-more-than-5-per-cent-since-2000/

What climate vulnerability actually looks like https://theconversation.com/what-climate-vulnerability-actually-looks-like-249422

Why business leaders should demand stronger climate adaptation policies from the federal government https://www.brookings.edu/articles/why-business-leaders-should-demand-stronger-climate-adaptation-policies-from-the-federal-government/

France rolls out plan to prepare for 4C temperature rise by end of century https://www.rfi.fr/en/environment/20250310-france-rolls-out-plan-to-prepare-for-4c-temperature-rise-by-end-of-century-climate-change

NDC Insights Series: February 2025 https://climatepromise.undp.org/research-and-reports/ndc-insights-series-february-2025

As Trump attacks US science agencies, ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred ushers in a fresh wave of climate denial in Australia https://www.theguardian.com/environment/commentisfree/2025/mar/11/ex-tropical-cyclone-alfred-climate-denial-australia-trump-attacks-us-science-agencies

Clean geothermal energy to heat and cool Chicago homes: ‘An example for the entire country’ https://techxplore.com/news/2025-03-geothermal-energy-cool-chicago-homes.html

February 2025 La Niña update: La Niña today, gone tomorrow? https://www.climate.gov/news-features/blogs/enso/february-2025-la-nina-update-la-nina-today-gone-tomorrow

Amazon forest felled to build road for climate summit https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9vy191rgn1o

The Arctic is in trouble. The consequences will be felt around the world https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/12/climate/arctic-sea-ice-heat-downward-spiral/index.html

‘Global weirding’: climate whiplash hitting world’s biggest cities, study reveals https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/12/global-weirding-climate-whiplash-hitting-worlds-biggest-cities-study-reveals

The Food System Cannot Become Another Fossil-Fuel Industry Escape Hatch https://civileats.com/2025/03/11/op-ed-the-food-system-cannot-become-another-fossil-fuel-industry-escape-hatch/

Countdown to COP30: This is our chance to bend the curve toward 2030 targets https://blogs.edf.org/climate411/2025/03/12/cop30-bend-the-curve/

The furious rise of climate whiplash https://news.sky.com/story/the-furious-rise-of-climate-whiplash-13326408

Adapting Urban Catchments to Climate Change with ARR Updates https://awschool.com.au/training/adapting-urban-catchments-to-climate-change/

How Climate Change Puts the Safety of Drinking Water at Risk https://e360.yale.edu/features/climate-change-drinking-water

A record-breaking start to 2025 extends the recent period of exceptional warmth and raises questions over the rate of ongoing climate change https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-025-01663-x

February 2025 Global Temperature Update https://berkeleyearth.org/february-2025-temperature-update/

Water and climate: Rising risks for urban populations https://washmatters.wateraid.org/publications/rising-risks-urban-populations-water-climate-change

New Study Shows how Climate Change Affects Rain and Floods https://www.tuwien.at/en/tu-wien/news/news-articles/news/nachgewiesen-so-wirkt-der-klimawandel-auf-regen-und-hochwasser

Flooding from Below: The Unseen Risks of Sea Level Rise https://eos.org/research-spotlights/flooding-from-below-the-unseen-risks-of-sea-level-rise

Today in climate change (7 March 2025)

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Australia’s second-hottest summer in 2024-25 ‘not possible without climate change’, scientist says https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/01/bureau-of-meteorology-data-shows-second-hottest-summer-on-record

Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions: September 2024 quarterly update https://www.dcceew.gov.au/about/news/au-greenhouse-gas-emissions-september-2024-quarterly-update

Coastal erosion threatens this ancient city — and others much closer to home https://today.usc.edu/coastal-erosion-threatens-this-ancient-city-and-others/

Cyclone Alfred is expected to hit southeast Queensland – the first in 50 years to strike so far south https://theconversation.com/cyclone-alfred-is-expected-to-hit-southeast-queensland-the-first-in-50-years-to-strike-so-far-south-251241

Artificial intelligence for modeling and understanding extreme weather and climate events https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/artificial-intelligence-modeling-and-understanding-extreme-weather-and-climate-events

Half of world’s CO2 emissions come from 36 fossil fuel firms, study shows https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/05/half-of-worlds-co2-emissions-come-from-36-fossil-fuel-firms-study-shows

Visualizing daily global temperatures https://www.theclimatebrink.com/p/visualizing-daily-global-temperatures

Warming Brings Heavy Snowfall to Greenland, Replenishing Some Lost Ice https://e360.yale.edu/digest/atmospheric-rivers-greenland-ice-sheet-snow-climate-change

Is climate change supercharging Tropical Cyclone Alfred as it powers towards Australia? https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/06/is-climate-change-supercharging-tropical-cyclone-alfred-as-it-powers-towards-australia

Cyclone Alfred is slowing – and that could make it more destructive. Here’s how climate change might have influenced it https://theconversation.com/cyclone-alfred-is-slowing-and-that-could-make-it-more-destructive-heres-how-climate-change-might-have-influenced-it-251594

Global sea ice levels just hit a new record low https://www.newscientist.com/article/2471049-global-sea-ice-levels-just-hit-a-new-record-low/

Fires used to terrify city residents. New research suggests climate change could see this fear return https://theconversation.com/fires-used-to-terrify-city-residents-new-research-suggests-climate-change-could-see-this-fear-return-251056

Weakening currents in the Atlantic may mean a wetter northern Australia and drier New Zealand https://theconversation.com/weakening-currents-in-the-atlantic-may-mean-a-wetter-northern-australia-and-drier-new-zealand-248679

Enhancing climate resilience with smarter data: the role of dynamic social registries https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/nasikiliza/afw-enhancing-climate-resilience-with-smarter-data-dynamic-social-registries

Today in climate change (28 February 2025)

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Rising seas are already toppling coastal cities https://www.earth.com/news/rising-seas-are-already-toppling-coastal-cities/

Extreme heat more frequent in Sydney than reported, new research suggests https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-23/extreme-heat-greater-sydney-cities-australia/104961478

Waves are getting bigger. Is the world ready? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/22/waves-are-getting-bigger-is-the-world-ready

Micro-climate of nature-based solutions in stockholm royal seaport https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772411524000971

Australia’s main grid sets new solar output record before rooftop PV takes centre stage https://reneweconomy.com.au/australias-main-grid-sets-new-solar-output-record-before-rooftop-pv-takes-centre-stage/

Scientists identify tipping point for Greenland’s ice sheet — and it’s not far off https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/climate-change/scientists-identify-tipping-point-for-greenlands-ice-sheet-and-its-not-far-off

Calculating the economic cost of climate change is tricky, even futile – it’s also a distraction https://theconversation.com/calculating-the-economic-cost-of-climate-change-is-tricky-even-futile-its-also-a-distraction-248862

Sea ice levels drop to record lows on both poles as scientists issue warning https://www.earth.com/news/sea-ice-levels-drop-to-record-lows-on-both-poles-as-scientists-issue-warning/

Frontiers in attributing climate extremes and associated impacts https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/climate/articles/10.3389/fclim.2024.1455023/full

Past hydroclimate extremes in Europe driven by Atlantic jet stream and recurrent weather patterns https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-025-01654-y

Farmers, investors, miners and parents: how unconventional climate advocates can reach new audiences https://theconversation.com/farmers-investors-miners-and-parents-how-unconventional-climate-advocates-can-reach-new-audiences-249949

Australia’s main grid ends summer with a new big solar output record https://reneweconomy.com.au/australias-main-grid-ends-summer-with-a-new-big-solar-output-record/

Computer simulations show nightmare Atlantic current shutdown less likely this century https://phys.org/news/2025-02-simulations-nightmare-atlantic-current-shutdown.html

Intense heat changes our biology and can make us age significantly faster: study https://theconversation.com/intense-heat-changes-our-biology-and-can-make-us-age-significantly-faster-study-250784

Today in climate change (21 February 2025)

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Deep ice quakes detected in Greenland’s largest ice stream https://watchers.news/2025/02/15/deep-ice-quakes-detected-in-greenlands-largest-ice-stream/

Millions in India Vulnerable to Glacial Lake Floods https://eos.org/articles/millions-in-india-vulnerable-to-glacial-lake-floods

Antarctica in 2025: Drivers of deep uncertainty in projected ice loss https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adt9619

China’s Disastrous Summer Floods Linked to Unusually Warm Spring in Tibet https://e360.yale.edu/digest/2024-china-floods-climate

Climate extremes walking together: Evidence from recent compounding climate hazards after Remal https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2212420924007362

People in a Changing Climate: From Vulnerability to Action https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/climatechange/publication/people-in-a-changing-climate-from-vulnerability-to-action

Trees Can Cool Cities, But Only with a Little Help https://eos.org/research-spotlights/trees-can-cool-cities-but-only-with-a-little-help

PolyU and international scientists utilise satellite positioning data to unveil ice sheet melt behaviour in Greenland, aiding in the assessment of sea-level rise https://www.polyu.edu.hk/media/media-releases/2025/0217_polyu-and-international-scientists-utilise-satellite-positioning-data/

Increasing heat and rainfall extremes now far outside the historical climate https://www.nature.com/articles/s41612-021-00202-w

Melting glaciers caused almost 2cm of sea level rise this century, study reveals https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/19/melting-glaciers-cause-almost-2cm-of-sea-level-rise-this-century-study-reveals

Flood risk on the rise: Climate change causes more persistent heavy rainfall https://www.uni-graz.at/en/news/flood-risk-on-the-rise-climate-change-causes-more-persistent-heavy-rainfall/

Yes, Australia needs new homes – but they must be built to withstand disasters in a warmer world https://theconversation.com/yes-australia-needs-new-homes-but-they-must-be-built-to-withstand-disasters-in-a-warmer-world-249702

The climate crisis is a cost-of-living issue for Australia. My generation will be the first to pay for it https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/20/the-climate-crisis-is-a-cost-of-living-issue-for-australia-my-generation-will-be-the-first-to-pay-for-it

Today in climate change (14 February 2025)

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Hottest January on record called ‘terrifying’ by climate scientists after defying expectations https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/hottest-january-record-global-warming-climate-change-b2693479.html

The puzzling and powerful polar vortex faces ‘big uncertainty’ as Earth warms https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/02/08/polar-vortex-climate-change-influence-weather/77897833007/

Top Scientist: We Can’t Adapt Our Way Out of This Climate Crisis https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2022/06/climate-scientist-katharine-hayhoe-crisis-adaptation-global-warming-impact/

An Arctic meltdown is accelerating global warming: How will we adapt? https://phys.org/news/2025-02-arctic-meltdown-global.html

A year above 1.5 °C signals that Earth is most probably within the 20-year period that will reach the Paris Agreement limit https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-025-02246-9

Earth is already shooting through the 1.5°C global warming limit, two major studies show https://theconversation.com/earth-is-already-shooting-through-the-1-5-c-global-warming-limit-two-major-studies-show-249133

Australia formally misses UN climate deadline, only one country makes pledge close to 1.5°C https://reneweconomy.com.au/australia-formally-misses-un-climate-deadline-only-one-country-makes-pledge-close-to-1-5c/

Record January heat suggests La Niña may be losing its ability to keep global warming in check https://theconversation.com/record-january-heat-suggests-la-nina-may-be-losing-its-ability-to-keep-global-warming-in-check-249389

Atmospheric rivers in Antarctica https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-024-00638-7

Tesla slump and global shake-up could see EV prices as low as $20,000 https://thedriven.io/2025/02/10/tesla-slump-and-global-shake-up-could-see-ev-prices-as-low-as-20000/

China’s Disastrous Summer Floods Linked to Unusually Warm Spring in Tibet https://e360.yale.edu/digest/2024-china-floods-climate

‘We left pieces of our life behind’: Indigenous group flees drowning island https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz0lg9pedz1o

Record warm seas supercharging Australia’s weather from heatwaves to floods to cyclones https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-13/australia-warm-seas-fuelling-wild-weather-floods-cyclones/104928782

Climate change review reveals flooding trend https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr5304n1313o

Today in climate change (7 February 2025)

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Fire chiefs warn UK is not prepared for climate crisis impacts https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/feb/02/fire-chiefs-warn-uk-not-prepared-climate-crisis-impacts

Climate change increased the likelihood of wildfire disaster in highly exposed Los Angeles area https://www.worldweatherattribution.org/climate-change-increased-the-likelihood-of-wildfire-disaster-in-highly-exposed-los-angeles-area/

Climate Change Increases Risk of Successive Natural Hazards in the Himalayas https://www.news.uzh.ch/en/articles/media/2025/sikkim-flood-desaster.html

Bhutan’s climate resilience: Ten years of partnership and a path forward https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/endpovertyinsouthasia/bhutan-s-climate-resilience–ten-years-of-partnership-and-a-path

Insuring Resilience: How Parametric Solutions are Transforming Climate Adaptation in the Pacific https://www.undp.org/pacific/blog/insuring-resilience-how-parametric-solutions-are-transforming-climate-adaptation-pacific

Customers will take as much wind and solar as they can “because they are the cheapest” https://reneweconomy.com.au/customers-will-take-as-much-wind-and-solar-as-they-can-because-they-are-the-cheapest-says-brookfield/

Greenland ice sheet cracking more rapidly than ever, study shows https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/03/greenland-ice-sheet-cracking-study

Mortality impacts of the most extreme heat events https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-024-00635-w

Temperatures at north pole 20C above average and beyond ice melting point https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/04/temperatures-at-north-pole-20c-above-average-and-beyond-ice-melting-point

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

Global ‘Stilling’: Is Climate Change Slowing Down the Wind? https://e360.yale.edu/features/global-stilling-is-climate-change-slowing-the-worlds-wind

How Climate Change Could Upend the American Dream https://www.propublica.org/article/climate-change-homes-insurance-housing-rent-mortgage

Ancient Climate Reconstruction Links Past and Future https://eos.org/research-spotlights/ancient-climate-reconstruction-links-past-and-future

More, bigger crevasses open up in Greenland ice sheet, threatening increased sea level rise https://news.ufl.edu/2025/02/greenland-crevasses/

Half a degree rise in global warming will triple area of Earth too hot for humans https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/half-a-degree-rise-in-global-warming-will-triple-area-of-earth-too-hot-for-humans

January 2025 was the warmest on record globally, despite an emerging La Niña https://climate.copernicus.eu/copernicus-january-2025-was-warmest-record-globally-despite-emerging-la-nina

It’s official: Australia’s ocean surface was the hottest on record in 2024 https://theconversation.com/its-official-australias-ocean-surface-was-the-hottest-on-record-in-2024-249277

Extreme heat: Where 50C temperatures could hit this week https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/extreme-heat-where-50c-temperatures-could-hit-this-week/k5h0nafly

Hottest January on record mystifies climate scientists https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/06/hottest-january-on-record-climate-scientists-global-temperatures-high