Today in climate change (2 February 2024)

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Do we want a wind farm outside our window? What Australians think about the net zero transition https://theconversation.com/do-we-want-a-wind-farm-outside-our-window-what-australians-think-about-the-net-zero-transition-214712

India’s Clean Energy Sector is Booming https://oilprice.com/Alternative-Energy/Renewable-Energy/Indias-Clean-Energy-Sector-is-Booming.html

Financial Armageddon a risk as climate disasters leave insurers on the ropes https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/finance/consumer/2024/01/27/natural-disasters-australia-risk

Climate change, not El Niño, main driver of exceptional drought in highly vulnerable Amazon River Basin https://www.worldweatherattribution.org/climate-change-not-el-nino-main-driver-of-exceptional-drought-in-highly-vulnerable-amazon-river-basin/

New series of educational videos on climate change and health from the ENBEL project https://www.enbel-project.eu/news-page/educational-videos

Natural Hydrogen: A Potential Clean Energy Source Beneath Our Feet https://e360.yale.edu/features/natural-geologic-hydrogen-climate-change

Marshall Brain: How overheating in the Arctic Circle will cause the collapse of civilization https://wraltechwire.com/2024/01/26/marshall-brain-how-overheating-in-the-arctic-circle-will-cause-the-collapse-of-civilization/

Why summers are getting more humid and how that can be dangerous https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-27/why-summers-are-getting-more-humid/103390388

To avoid the worst of climate change we have to change how we travel https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/life/2024/01/29/air-travel-climate-net-zero

How YouTube is profiting from a new kind of climate change denial https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/life/tech/2024/01/29/youtube-climate-denial

Renewable projects are getting built faster – but there’s even more need for speed https://theconversation.com/renewable-projects-are-getting-built-faster-but-theres-even-more-need-for-speed-221874

Move to sustainable food systems could bring $10tn benefits a year, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/jan/29/sustainable-food-production-economic-benefits-study

Australia’s black summer bushfires ripped billions from the tourism industry. Is global warming making the cost of natural disasters worse? https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/jan/31/black-summer-bushfires-australia-tourism-industry-impact

The highest temperature ever recorded in Europe https://watchers.news/2024/01/30/the-highest-temperature-ever-recorded-in-europe/

Quantifying the Impact of Climate Change on Human Health https://www.weforum.org/publications/quantifying-the-impact-of-climate-change-on-human-health/

Already stretched hospitals take on more ambulance call-outs in heatwaves, new Griffith University research finds https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-30/qld-heatwave-death-ambulance-natural-disasters-hot-weather-humid/103400540

Perth heatwave continues as temperatures forecast to hit 45C in Midland, Ellenbrook on Thursday https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-31/perth-swelters-through-summer-heatwave-/103410824

The Weather of Hell: Experience of Italian Red Cross During 2023 Heat waves https://preparecenter.org/story/the-weather-of-hell-experience-of-italian-red-cross-during-2023-heatwaves/

Scotland’s Renewable Output More Than 100 Percent of Demand https://e360.yale.edu/digest/scotland-renewable-energy-100-percent

Climate change can put the planet’s largest reserves of drinking water at risk https://phys.org/news/2024-01-climate-planet-largest-reserves.html

10,000 people a year could die as a result of heatwaves, MPs warn https://news.sky.com/story/10-000-people-a-year-could-die-as-a-result-of-heatwaves-mps-warn-13060463

Saskatchewan shatters January temperature record with 21.1 °C (70 °F) in Maple Creek, Canada https://watchers.news/2024/01/31/saskatchewan-shatters-january-temperature-record-with-21-1-c-70-f-in-maple-creek-canada/

Texas just broke a record for how much power it got from the sun https://www.kut.org/energy-environment/2024-01-29/texas-just-broke-a-record-for-how-much-power-it-got-from-the-sun

Today in climate change (12 January 2024)

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Climate change likely to drive more floods in some parts of the U.S., fewer in others https://engineering.princeton.edu/news/2024/01/08/climate-change-likely-drive-more-floods-some-parts-u-s-fewer-others

The climate papers most featured in the media in 2023 https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-the-climate-papers-most-featured-in-the-media-in-2023/

2023 was the hottest year on record — by a long shot https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/2023-hottest-year-on-record-1.7077959

How 2023’s record heat worsened droughts, floods and bushfires around the world https://theconversation.com/how-2023s-record-heat-worsened-droughts-floods-and-bushfires-around-the-world-220836

Adaption solutions for improved climate change resilience https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/article/adaption-solutions-for-improved-climate-change-resilience/171980/

Traditional construction knowledge of the Blue City (Jodhpur): Paving way for a cooler future https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/traditional-construction-knowledge-blue-city-jodhpur-paving-way-cooler-future

Nigeria Prioritizes Climate Action to Mitigate Natural Disasters https://www.ipsnews.net/2024/01/nigeria-prioritizes-climate-action-mitigate-natural-disasters/

World’s renewable energy capacity grew at record pace in 2023 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/jan/11/worlds-renewable-energy-capacity-grew-at-record-pace-in-2023

Wind power turbine fleet output grows 25 pct in Germany over five years https://reneweconomy.com.au/wind-power-turbine-fleet-output-grows-25-pct-in-germany-over-five-years/

‘Astounding’ ocean temperatures in 2023 intensified extreme weather, data shows https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/jan/11/ocean-warming-temperatures-2023-extreme-weather-data

Climate change is shrinking snowpack in many places, study shows. And it will get worse https://apnews.com/article/snow-melt-climate-change-snowpack-ski-aef30ad98817df71913bad660f97fb40