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"Climate change could make ‘droughts’ for wind power 15% longer, study says"
#Climate #ClimateChange #Energy #Renewables

Climate change could make ‘droughts’ for wind power 15% longer, study says - Carbon Brief
Extreme “wind droughts” that reduce power output from turbines for extended periods could become 15% longer by the end of the century

Climate change made deadly wildfires in Turkey, Greece and Cyprus more fierce, study finds #Turkey

Climate change made deadly wildfires in Turkey, Greece and Cyprus more fierce, study finds
Climate change that has driven scorching temperatures and dwindling rainfall made massive wildfires in Turkey, Greece and Cyprus this summer burn much more fiercely, said a new study released Thursday.

The real crisis isn’t climate change, ecologist Sandra Diaz says | Climate | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/video/in-the-field/2025/9/2/the-real-crisis-isnt-climate-change-ecologist-sandra-diaz-says

👍 Why some climate policies are more popular than others: A psychologist explains
#climatechange

Why some climate policies are more popular than others: A psychologist explains
Despite growing concern about climate change, many countries have seen backlash against certain environmental policies, often because they are seen as costly, restrictive or unfair.

Scientists revive climate website, climate.us, to provide public-facing interpretations of climate science and promote climate literacy despite political obstacles. Optimistic yet cautious, they emphasize the importance of understanding climate change impacts.
https://www.theguardian.com/envi…

Computational Analysis of Climate Policy
Carolyn Hicks
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.22449 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2506.22449

Computational Analysis of Climate Policy
This thesis explores the impact of the Climate Emergency movement on local government climate policy, using computational methods. The Climate Emergency movement sought to accelerate climate action at local government level through the mechanism of Climate Emergency Declarations (CEDs), resulting in a series of commitments from councils to treat climate change as an emergency. With the aim of assessing the potential of current large language models to answer complex policy questions, I first bu…

Major reports about how climate change affects the US are removed from websites (Seth Borenstein/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-national-assessment-nasa-white-house-057cec699caef90832d8b10f21a6ffe8
http://www.memeorandum.com/250701/p167#a250701p167

Job, UK with Medact:
"The Campaign and Programme Lead: Climate & Health supports health workers to campaign for just and proportionate action on climate change."
Vacancy: Campaign & Programme Lead – Climate & Health (parental leave cover) - Medact

Vacancy: Campaign & Programme Lead – Climate & Health (parental leave cover) - Medact
Medact is looking for an experienced campaigner to lead our Climate Programme.

New paper published! ➡️ Climate change adaptation preferences of small enterprises
Vulnerable entrepreneurs’ preferences for climate risk management: A discrete choice experiment with micro-enterprises in the Philippines
Authors: #AnnKristin_Becker @…

"Earth is trapping much more heat than climate models forecast—and the rate has doubled in 20 years"
#Climate #ClimateChange

Earth is trapping much more heat than climate models forecast—and the rate has doubled in 20 years
How do you measure climate change? One way is by recording temperatures in different places over a long period of time. While this works well, natural variation can make it harder to see longer-term trends.

I subscribe to the European Correspondent. A daily newsletter by journalists across Europe. This morning's is really good: impact of climate change on agriculture; the 3 battles shaping up the EU's autumn's agenda (budgets, climate, migration) and deepfakes.
https://elaine.mayoris.com/go/iu73kj8tcub51gy9i9fne0apabbvanx01alcgokw04tf/2866

LLM-Supported Content Analysis of Motivated Reasoning on Climate Change
Yuheun Kim, Qiaoyi Liu, Jeff Hemsley
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.21305 https://arxiv…

LLM-Supported Content Analysis of Motivated Reasoning on Climate Change
Public discourse around climate change remains polarized despite scientific consensus on anthropogenic climate change (ACC). This study examines how "believers" and "skeptics" of ACC differ in their YouTube comment discourse. We analyzed 44,989 comments from 30 videos using a large language model (LLM) as a qualitative annotator, identifying ten distinct topics. These annotations were combined with social network analysis to examine engagement patterns. A linear mixed-effects model showed that …

Climate change kills, Spanish PM tells deniers at launch of plan to tackle crisis | Spain | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/01/spain-pm-pedro-sanchez-plan-tackle-climate-crisis
> Pedro Sšnchez says co…

ICYMI some positive news from this week: 'UK can reach net zero by 2050, climate report finds'
'Climate Change Committee says current targets could be met provided country takes ‘steps forward’ to achieve them'
https://www.theguardian.co…

Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems for Agriculture with Featural-Temporal Explanations
Boyuan Zheng, Victor W. Chu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.22962 https://

Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems for Agriculture with Featural-Temporal Explanations
Climate extremes present escalating risks to agriculture intensifying the need for reliable multi-hazard early warning systems (EWS). The situation is evolving due to climate change and hence such systems should have the intelligent to continue to learn from recent climate behaviours. However, traditional single-hazard forecasting methods fall short in capturing complex interactions among concurrent climatic events. To address this deficiency, in this paper, we combine sequential deep learning …

"The climate case for planting trees has been overhyped — but it’s not too late to fix it"
#Trees #Climate #ClimateChange

The climate case for planting trees has been overhyped — but it’s not too late to fix it
Reforestation can contribute significantly to tackling climate change, but research found its global potential is only a fraction of what’s been claimed.

A recent national study concluded that floods previously considered to be hundred-year events have become, on average, 62-year events, as a result of human-caused climate change.
And since we're still making climate change worse every day, they'll probably be back a lot sooner than that.

In an Age of Climate Change, How Do We Cope with Floods?
John Seabrook reflects on the devastating flooding of the Guadalupe River, in the Texas Hill Country, on July 4th, and reports on Vermont’s plan to counter the threat it faces.

"#Duluth as a climate refuge" #Minnesota (from 2021)
Opinion: As people flee climate change on the coasts, this Midwest city is trying to become a safe haven | CNN

As people flee climate change on the coasts, this Midwest city is trying to become a safe haven
After visiting Tracy, a woman in California who is ready to flee her dream house to escape wildfires and other effects of climate catastrophe, John Sutter traveled halfway across the country, to Duluth, Minnesota to try to answer her question: Where can she go? Is anywhere safe? It turns out, Tracy isn’t alone in asking the question.

"Fast-growing, global-south cities are ‘strikingly underrepresented’ in climate research"
#Climate #ClimateChange

Fast-growing, global-south cities are ‘strikingly underrepresented’ in climate research - Carbon Brief
Climate change research in urban areas is skewed towards large, well-established global north cities, says analysis of over 50,000 studies.

Democrats retreat on the Green New Deal (Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/01/democrats-green-new-deal-climate-change-trump
http://www.memeorandum.com/250801/p10#a250801p10

Animals boost tropical forests' carbon absorption by aiding seed dispersal #environment

Animals boost tropical forests' carbon absorption by aiding seed dispersal
A lot of attention has been paid to how climate change can drive biodiversity loss. Now, MIT researchers have shown that the reverse is also true: Reductions in biodiversity can jeopardize one of Earth's most powerful levers for mitigating climate change.

Today is house meeting day for us at DMI as we find out where the state's budget cuts will land and who will be affected (i.e. made redundant).
Coincidentally, one of our #Ukraine #AntarcticScience centre colleagues has just sent us a draft deliverable report to review.
They apologise for lack of polish (it's actually really good! And very interesting science looking at climate change impacts in Antarctica) and they appended this photo of their apartment block after a visit by a Russian drone last week.
And suddenly, Danish state budget cuts seem much less worse...
And now I am going to find someone to swear at.

Born and raised in New Mexico,
Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury
leads with determination and compassion.
She has dedicated her career to finding solutions to water issues,
poverty, and climate change
— representing New Mexico in the Legislature and now in Congress.
She is a champion of efforts to address hunger, food, and water insecurity,
conservation and climate change,
and economic development and recovery.
Rep. Stansbury worked in c…

"According to the Committee on Climate Change, the UK’s share of global emissions is approximately 1 per cent. However, the carbon budgets they have recommended, up to 2043, are equivalent to 1.79% of what they acknowledge to be the available global budget for only a 50% chance of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees. Britain is setting too large a carbon budget for itself, taking nearly twice its fair share"
From my latest piece.

Renewables, carbon and the energy crisis
Article originally published at North West Bylines, 31 July, 2025 Based on a longer, fully referenced pamphlet, jointly published by Steady State Manchester and DegrowthUK available HERE Renewables…

Planning for Cooler Cities: A Multimodal AI Framework for Predicting and Mitigating Urban Heat Stress through Urban Landscape Transformation
Shengao Yi, Xiaojiang Li, Wei Tu, Tianhong Zhao
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.23000

Planning for Cooler Cities: A Multimodal AI Framework for Predicting and Mitigating Urban Heat Stress through Urban Landscape Transformation
As extreme heat events intensify due to climate change and urbanization, cities face increasing challenges in mitigating outdoor heat stress. While traditional physical models such as SOLWEIG and ENVI-met provide detailed assessments of human-perceived heat exposure, their computational demands limit scalability for city-wide planning. In this study, we propose GSM-UTCI, a multimodal deep learning framework designed to predict daytime average Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI) at 1-meter hy…

🥵 As SoCal bakes, UCLA study shows duration of heat waves is accelerating faster than climate change
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-07-10/ucla-study-heat-wave-duration-faster-than-global-warming
🆓

Heat-wave duration accelerating faster than climate change, UCLA says
UCLA researchers have released an alarming new finding — the duration of heat waves is increasing faster than global warming itself.

"How women are confronting climate change by challenging the systems that created it"
#Women #Climate #ClimateChange

How women are confronting climate change by challenging the systems that created it
A growing global movement led by women is linking environmental harm with gender-based violence and inequality, calling for systemic change beyond traditional climate solutions.Katie Surma reports for Inside Climate News.In short:Ecofeminist leaders argue that climate change, environmental destructi...

Baby corals inherit heat tolerance from their parents, offering hope for the future of coral reefs facing climate change. #climatechange #climatesolutions #climate

Baby corals inherit a powerful climate change defense from their parents
Some corals can pass heat resistance to their offspring - giving new hope for the survival and restoration of reefs in a warming ocean.

Blue whale vocalizations have been decreasing as the animal's food sources have disappeared.
https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/blue-whales-silent-study-b2803250.html#

Blue whales have gone silent. Why that has scientists worried about Earth’s biggest animals ... and the ocean
A dense pool of warm water dubbed ‘The Blob’ drove unprecedented temperature increases in the Pacific Ocean, affecting the blue whale’s primary food source

Replaced article(s) found for physics.soc-ph. https://arxiv.org/list/physics.soc-ph/new
[1/1]:
- Multifaceted polarisation and information reliability in climate change discussions on social med...
Aleix Bassolas, Joan Massachs, Emanuele Cozzo, Julian Vicens

Century-Scale Effect of Climate Change on Meteorite Falls
Eloy Pe\~na-Asensio, Denis Vida, Ingrid Cnossen, Esteban Ferrer
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.19745 https://

Century-Scale Effect of Climate Change on Meteorite Falls
Climate change is inducing a global atmospheric contraction above the tropopause (~10 km), leading to systematic decrease in neutral air density. The impact of climate change on small meteoroids has already been observed over the last two decades, with documented shifts in their ablation altitudes in the mesosphere (~50-85 km) and lower thermosphere (~85-120 km). This study evaluates the potential effect of these changes on meteorite-dropping fireballs, which typically penetrate the stratospher…

Quantifying Carbon Cycle Extremes and Attributing Their Causes Under Climate and Land Use & Land Cover Change from 1850 to 2300
Bharat Sharma, Jitendra Kumar, Nathan Collier, Auroop R. Ganguly, Forrest M. Hoffman
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.18874

Quantifying Carbon Cycle Extremes and Attributing Their Causes Under Climate and Land Use & Land Cover Change from 1850 to 2300
Rising carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions due to human activities, such as fossil fuel burning and land use and land cover change (LULCC), are the major driver of climate change. Heatwaves, droughts, and fires have increased and are expected to accelerate with climate change in the twenty-first century and beyond. This increase in extreme climate conditions has the potential to further alter vegetation productivity (called gross primary production or GPP) and carbon uptake capacity. Here, we use a …

De verschillen tussen journalistiek en communicatie:
Journalism, Propaganda and Climate Change - Inside Climate News
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/23072025/journalism-propaganda-and-climate-change/
> Can we flood the zone wi…

"Climate change intensified weather that fuelled deadly wildfires in Türkiye, Greece and Cyprus"
#Turkey #Greece #Cyprus #Climate

Deadly wildfires in southern Europe linked to climate crisis
Researchers found that weather conditions which drove deadly fires in Türkiye, Greece and Cyprus were made more intense by climate change. They expect similar results from their ongoing analysis of blazes in Spain.

International Court of Justice says countries failing to tackle climate change risk breaking international law
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-24/icj-climate-change-advisory-opinion-handed-down/105561282

International Court of Justice says countries failing to tackle climate change risk breaking international law
The opinion of the International Court of Justice is seen by some as a turning point in international climate law, with judges finding that states affected by global warming could be eligible for reparations.

National TV news largely failed to connect the record-breaking eastern U.S. heat dome to climate change (Evlondo Cooper/Media Matters for America)
https://www.mediamatters.org/broadcast-networks/national-tv-news-largely-failed-connect-record-breaking-eastern-us-heat-dome
http://www.memeorandum.com/250702/p60#a250702p60

#Klimakrisen treffen #Frauen besonders hart, vor allem im Globalen Süden.
Sie tragen die Hauptlast bei Flucht, Versorgung und Wiederaufbau, oft unter gefährlichen Bedingungen. Gleichzeitig sind Frauen zentrale Akteurinnen der

The climate crisis has a gender
Climate change may be global, but it is not gender-neutral. And the faces most affected are not the ones most heard. Floods, droughts, wildfires, storms – climate disasters are growing in frequency and ferocity. But...

How unusual is this heatwave and is climate change to blame? #environment

How unusual is this UK heat and is climate change to blame?
Scientists are clear that global warming is making heatwaves like this hotter and more likely.

"A new aviation solidarity coalition on premium flyers (first- and business- class tickets, and private jets) has been launched today at FFD4 by France, Kenya, Barbados, Spain, Somalia, Benin, Sierra Leone and Antigua & Barbuda. It will be supported by the European Commission"
Eight countries launch solidarity coalition for levies on premium flyers | Global Solidarity Levies Task Force

Eight countries launch solidarity coalition for levies on premium flyers | Global Solidarity Levies Task Force
The Global Solidarity Levies Task Force brings together countries from around the world to advance options for international levelies that will raise much needed revenue for the fight against climate change, and to support development and nature.

Wildfire paradox: Decreased burned area but increased human exposure. Study highlights growing risk and importance of proactive mitigation strategies. #climatechange #climatesolutions #climate

Scientists uncover wildfire paradox that’s putting 440 million people in danger
A massive global study uncovered a striking paradox: even as total burned land has dropped by more than a quarter since 2002, human exposure to wildfires has skyrocketed. Africa accounts for a staggering 85% of these exposures, while California stands out as an extreme hotspot despite its relatively small share of burned land. Climate change is fueling more intense fire weather, population growth is pushing communities into fire-prone landscapes, and the overlap between people and flames is gro…

Climate-Resilient Ports and Waterborne Transport Systems: Current Status and Future Prospects
Nadia Pourmohammad-Zia, Mark van Koningsveld
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.19387 https…

Climate-Resilient Ports and Waterborne Transport Systems: Current Status and Future Prospects
The increasing challenges posed by climate change necessitate a comprehensive examination of the resilience of waterborne transport systems. This paper explores the nexus of climate resilience, and waterborne transport, addressing the challenges faced by ports and their connecting waterborne transport systems. It provides an in-depth analysis of the current status of climate-resilient infrastructure and operations while emphasizing the transformative potential of emerging technologies. Through …

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/10/fireflies-summer-climate-change not the fireflies! 😖

Environ un quart des Israéliens (24 %) affirment que le changement climatique n'est pas une menace, ce qui représente la plus grande proportion Š adopter cette position dans l'ensemble des pays étudiés.
https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2025/08

🥑 Anthropologist uncovers the 11,000-year history of avocado domestication
#avocado

Anthropologist uncovers the 11,000-year history of avocado domestication
Today's avocado industry, a multi-billion-dollar global enterprise, relies primarily on a single variety: the Hass avocado. This monoculture approach poses significant risks, as genetically identical plants are more vulnerable to disease and climate change.

Climate change intensified wildfire weather in Greece, Türkiye and Cyprus: Study https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/08/climate-change-intensified-wildfire-weather-in-greece-turkiye-and-cyprus-study/

Climate change intensified wildfire weather in Greece, Türkiye and Cyprus: Study
Hundreds of wildfires across Europe have burned at least 1 million hectares, or around 2.5 million acres, since the start of the year. That’s made 2025 the worst year for the continent since official wildfire records began in 2006. In Türkiye, Greece and Cyprus, which saw deadly fires peaking since June, weather conditions that drove […]

A key element of the administration’s proposal is to redefine what it means for air pollution to cause harm.
If a pollutant causes climate change, it would no longer count as hurting us.
This runs counter to both basic logic and a growing mountain of science documenting direct harms from greenhouse gas

Proposed Rule: Reconsideration of 2009 Endangerment Finding and Greenhouse Gas Vehicle Standards | US EPA
The proposed rule on the reconsideration of the greenhouse gas endangerment finding and motor vehicle rule

"Climate change turns Alpine glaciers into ‘Swiss cheese’, raising water and power concerns"
#Climate #ClimateChange

Climate change is turning Switzerland's glaciers into ‘Swiss cheese’
Glacier shrinkage has wide impacts on agriculture, fisheries, drinking water levels, and border tensions when it comes to cross-boundary rivers.

Asia Warming at Twice the Global Average: WMO Report #Asia

Asia Warming at Twice the Global Average: WMO Report
Asia is warming faster than the rest of the world, according to a new report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

Uncertainties within Weather Regime definitions for the Euro-Atlantic sector in ERA5 and CMIP6
Lotte Hompes, Swinda K. J. Falkena, Laurens P. Stoop
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.21701

Uncertainties within Weather Regime definitions for the Euro-Atlantic sector in ERA5 and CMIP6
Certain Weather Regimes (WR) are associated with a higher risk of energy shortages, i.e. Blocking regimes for European winters. However, there are many uncertainties tied to the implementation of WRs and associated risks in the energy sector. Especially the impact of climate change is unknown. We investigate these uncertainties by looking at three methodologically diverse Euro-Atlantic WR definitions. We carry out a thorough validation of these methods and analyse their methodological and spa…

Once upon a time, not so long ago, people tweeted about the effect that climate change would have on food and coffee prices. Now it happened big time (take olive oil and coffee prices in my country), but it doesn't seem to be attributed to climate change by the public. It's bad, but it's "inflation"
https://

Gernot Wagner (@gwagner@fediscience.org)
Attached: 1 image #climateflation graphic of the day, via @financialtimes@flipboard.com #climate #economics #inflation #us

🪤 Young forests could help to capture carbon in climate change fight
(... leave old forests alone, leave young forests alone!)
https://phys.org/news/2025-07-young-forests-capture-carbon-climate.html

Young forests could help to capture carbon in climate change fight
Young forests regrowing from land where mature woodlands have been cut down have a key role to play in removing billions of tons of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) and combating climate change, a new study reveals.

Gaat nie goed nie: we hebben nog maar drie jaar over—new study warns the world is running out of time to avoid the worst impacts of climate change
https://phys.org/news/2025-07-years-left-world-worst-impacts.html
> Bad climate news is everywhe…

Only 3 years left—new study warns the world is running out of time to avoid the worst impacts of climate change
Bad climate news is everywhere. Africa is being hit particularly hard by climate change and extreme weather, impacting lives and livelihoods.

"Tourists in Malta are supporting climate change research by sharing holiday photos of the coast"
#Malta #Climate #ClimateChange

Holiday photos are helping scientists in Malta study climate change
The CoastSnap project helps track how climate change is impacting coastlines through community photo contributions.

Park Service Forced to Report Information on Slavery, Climate Change, For Potential Erasure from National Parks · National Parks Conservation Association
https://www.npca.org/articles/9947-park-service-forced-to-report-information-on-slavery-climate-change-for

Die aktuelle #Hitzewelle in den #USA betrifft über 150 Millionen Menschen und ist ein deutliches Zeichen für den Einfluss des menschengemachten #Klimawandel​s.
Die Nächte bleiben ungewöhnlich …

Heat waves are getting more dangerous with climate change — and we may still be underestimating them
The intensifying and expansive heat wave affecting around 150 million people in the United States from Wisconsin to Washington, DC, bears the hallmarks of human-caused global warming.

"Car colours and climate change: How your car’s paint job worsens the urban heat island effect"
#Cars #Vehicles #Climate

Why the colour of your car might be heating up your city
The study found that black cars increased heat by almost 4°C on hot summer days.

The Trump administration on Monday took another step to make it harder to find major, legally mandated scientific assessments of how climate change is endangering the nation and its people.
Earlier this month, the official government websites that hosted the authoritative, peer-reviewed national climate assessments went dark.
Such sites tell state and local governments and the public what to expect in their backyards from a warming world and how best to adapt to it.
At the …

NASA website won't publish major climate change reports
The Trump administration has made it harder for people, local and state governments to find critical climate change reports. On Monday, NASA announced it would not host the National Climate Assessments, reversing earlier plans. These reports detail climate impacts across the U.S. and were previously available on government websites that went offline earlier this month. NASA stated it has no legal obligation to host the data. Critics, including scientists, accuse the administration of trying to …

Turning a paddock into a forest in just 24 hours - a filmmaker's inspiring climate action story. Individual and community efforts like tree planting can make a big impact in fighting climate change. #climatechange #climatesolutions

"ICJ: What the world court’s landmark opinion means for climate change"
#Climate #ClimateChange

ICJ: What the world court’s landmark opinion means for climate change - Carbon Brief
Carbon Brief explains the most important aspects of the ICJ’s 133-page advisory opinion and speaks to legal experts about its implications.

UN's top court says countries harmed by climate change may be entitled to reparations
https://apnews.com/article/un-court-opinion-climate-change-1ac84a94a5aaffd6…

Don't agree with everything here but it's a welcome optimistic take: there's still work to do but trajectory is clear
Cleaning Up: Leadership in an Age of Climate Change: The Inevitable End of Fossil Fuels | Ep221
https://cleaning-up-leadership-in-the-age-of-climate-change.simplecast.com/episodes/end-of-fossil-fuels-2065-tWtKAuDZ

Climate change amplifies extreme rains more than light precipitation, study finds #environment

Climate change amplifies extreme rains more than light precipitation, study finds
Climate change enhances extreme rains more than the ordinary drizzle. New research shows that frontal rain increases the most, and illustrates why extreme rains caused by other phenomena are not equally affected.

Hi, this is EDF Action Votes.
Donald Trump is ordering NASA to shut down its
carbon-monitoring satellites
— the very tools we use to track carbon emissions, plant health, wildfire risk, and extreme weather patterns.
This is not about saving money.
It’s about blinding America to the truth of climate change.
If Trump gets his way, we’ll be flying blind in the face of rising disasters
— and Big Polluters will have a free pass to keep hiding the damag…

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EDF Action votes is doing everything they can to elect environmental champions who will take climate action.

Plants are often CO₂ food now.

"As climate change hits, what might the British garden of the future look like?"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Climate #ClimateChange

As climate change hits, what might the British garden of the future look like?
Pristine lawns could become history.

"UN climate chief warns Australia not to pick a ‘bog standard’ 2035 carbon emissions target"
#UN #UnitedNations #Australia

Some of Vegas’ iconic casinos, convention centers and hotels
— and thousands of households across the city, too
— are using the sun to save money and better the planet’s odds at tackling climate change.
https://www.nytimes…

50 States, 50 Fixes
A series about local solutions, and the people behind them, to environmental problems.

Global warming is altering storms lightning, impacting tropical forests https://news.mongabay.com/2025/07/global-warming-is-altering-storms-lightning-impacting-tropical-forests/

Global warming is altering storms lightning, impacting tropical forests
A climate change-induced surge in brief but intense thunderstorms poses a growing but underrecognized threat to trees in tropical forests, a finding that could have major implications for carbon storage and tropical biodiversity under future global warming scenarios. That’s according to a recently published paper, which determines that short-lived but powerful convective storms — combining […]

The Australian government has delayed the release of highly detailed government modelling outlining the severe economic, environmental and budgetary risks posed by the effects of climate change, just weeks ahead of its decision on a new 2035 emissions reduction target.
https://www.

Australia climate risk assessment: Labor delays release of ‘dire’ climate change impact report
The government has delayed the release of a “shocking” assessment of climate change’s effect on the economy, just weeks before its 2035 target decision.

"Turkey's glaciers fall victim to climate change"
#Turkey #Glaciers #Climate #ClimateChange

Turkey's glaciers fall victim to climate change
Kemal Ozdemir looked up at the bare peaks of Mount Cilo in Turkey's Kurdish majority southeast: "There were glaciers 10 years ago," he recalled under a cloudless sky.

Western Japan sees earliest end to rainy season on record #Japan

Western Japan sees earliest end to rainy season on record
Japan's rainy season ended at the earliest date on record in the country's western regions, meteorologists said Friday, as climate change makes global weather patterns less predictable.

Four wealthy nations
—the United States, Canada, Norway, and Australia
—account for the majority of planned oil and gas expansion over the next decade,
according to new data published by Oil Change Internationalon Monday, the first day of the Bonn Climate Change Conference in Germany.
Oil Change's analysis,
titled Planet Wreckers,
notes that if those four Global North nations stopped their planned new oil and gas extraction,
32 billion tons of carb…

'Planet Wreckers': 4 Rich Nations Plotting Nearly 70% of New Oil and Gas Over Next Decade | Common Dreams
"This is not just hypocrisy," said one climate campaigner. "It is a death sentence for communities on the frontlines of the climate crisis."

Climate Change Is Making Fire Weather Worse for World’s Forests #environment

Climate Change Is Making Fire Weather Worse for World’s Forests
Forest fires are on the rise globally. An increase in severe fire weather is largely responsible.

"Animals boost tropical forests' carbon absorption by aiding seed dispersal"
#Animals #Trees #Forests

Animals boost tropical forests' carbon absorption by aiding seed dispersal
A lot of attention has been paid to how climate change can drive biodiversity loss. Now, MIT researchers have shown that the reverse is also true: Reductions in biodiversity can jeopardize one of Earth's most powerful levers for mitigating climate change.

Deadly Nordic heat wave made 10 times worse by climate change: Study https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/08/deadly-nordic-heat-wave-made-10-times-worse-by-climate-change-study/

Deadly Nordic heat wave made 10 times worse by climate change: Study
A deadly heat wave in July that left people and wildlife struggling in Norway, Sweden and Finland was made at least 10 times more likely because of human-induced climate change, a rapid analysis has found. Scientists from the World Weather Attribution (WWA), a global research network analyzing extreme weather events, said in their latest analysis […]

“Water has long been a tool of warfare,
but in recent years, the world has entered a dark new era of hydroterrorism,”
Abdoulie Ceesay, the deputy majority leader of the National Assembly of Gambia, wrote this month.
As climate change accelerates drought and flooding,
stakeholders tussle over shared water sources,
and fair-weather frameworks for governing resource management lose relevance,
water is increasingly becoming a national security flashpoint aroun…

The Water Wars Are Coming
Hydroterrorism and other water-related crises, from the Sahel to Central Asia.

"Scientists are ‘most trusted’ source of climate information in global-south survey"
#Climate #ClimateChange

Scientists are ‘most trusted’ source of climate information in global-south survey - Carbon Brief
Scientists are the most trusted source of information for climate change in some of the largest global-south countries, ranking above newspapers, friends and social media.

Top UN court says countries can sue each other over climate change #climate

Top UN court says countries can sue each other over climate change
The decision from the world's highest court has been welcomed by developing nations at most risk from climate change.

"Climate change amplifies extreme rains more than light precipitation, study finds"
#Climate #ClimateChange #Weather

Climate change amplifies extreme rains more than light precipitation, study finds
Climate change enhances extreme rains more than the ordinary drizzle. New research shows that frontal rain increases the most, and illustrates why extreme rains caused by other phenomena are not equally affected.

"Flavour of gin and tonic could be impacted by climate change, study finds"
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"Reform Council Bans All Mentions of Climate Change While Quietly Taking Green Funds From Government"
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Reform Council Bans All Mentions of Climate Change While Quietly Taking Green Funds From Government
Reform-run West Northamptonshire is removing all references to ‘climate change’ and ‘net zero’ from official documents, yet continuing to take government green grants

Overlooked climate-change danger: Wildfire smoke #environment

Overlooked climate-change danger: Wildfire smoke
Loretta Mickley first started thinking about smoke in the summer of 2002.

Only 3 years left—new study warns the world is running out of time to avoid the worst impacts of climate change #climate

Only 3 years left—new study warns the world is running out of time to avoid the worst impacts of climate change
Bad climate news is everywhere. Africa is being hit particularly hard by climate change and extreme weather, impacting lives and livelihoods.

"Only 3 years left—new study warns the world is running out of time to avoid the worst impacts of climate change"
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Only 3 years left—new study warns the world is running out of time to avoid the worst impacts of climate change
Bad climate news is everywhere. Africa is being hit particularly hard by climate change and extreme weather, impacting lives and livelihoods.

Climate change remains the defining challenge of the coming decades. https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/14397-European-Climate-Law-amendment_en

"‘A defining moment’: UN court to deliver historic ruling on countries’ climate obligations"
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World court to rule on countries’ duty to fight climate change
The case has been dubbed a ‘David versus Goliath’ battle, with vulnerable nations pushing for a more robust legal framework for climate action.

Only 3 years left: The carbon budget for 1. 5 °C is almost gone #carbon

Only 3 years left: The carbon budget for 1. 5 °C is almost gone
At current emission rates, we re just over three years away from blowing through the remaining carbon budget to limit warming to 1.5 C. This new international study paints a stark picture: the pace of climate change is accelerating, seas are rising faster than ever, and the Earth is absorbing more heat with devastating consequences from hotter oceans to intensified weather extremes.

Climate Change Degrades Nutritional Value of Crops, Study Finds #environment

Climate Change Degrades Nutritional Value of Crops, Study Finds
Climate change is decreasing crops' nutritional value, in addition to the stress crops experience from extreme heat, drought and flooding.

Climate change and depopulation confirmed as main concerns affecting mountain areas in Europe https://phys.org/news/2025-06-climate-depopulation-main-affecting-mountain.html

Climate change and depopulation confirmed as main concerns affecting mountain areas in Europe
In Europe, mountain areas account for about 36% of the total territory and are home to 16% of the population, but they are crucial for the continent as a whole. The availability of basic commodities, like water, depends on them; they play a key role in carbon sequestration, and are areas of biodiversity.

"Record-breaking heat wave due to climate change hits Iceland & Greenland: Scientists"
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Record-breaking heat wave due to climate change hits Iceland & Greenland: Scientists
In May, both Iceland and Greenland experienced record-breaking heat. A new rapid analysis has found that the heat wave in both regions was made worse and more likely in today’s warmer climate. The analysis was conducted by World Weather Attribution (WWA), a global network of researchers that evaluates the role of climate change in extreme […]

‘Unlike any other kind of fear’: wildfires leave their mark across Spain #Spain

"Endangered rays, sharks and native oysters 'could thrive' despite climate change, report claims"
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Endangered rays, sharks and native oysters 'could thrive' despite climate change, report claims

Climate change made Nordic heatwave 2C hotter: study #Nordic

Climate change made Nordic heatwave 2C hotter: study
Human-caused climate change made a recent Nordic heatwave about 2C hotter, putting a strain on healthcare, ecosystems and indigenous Sami reindeer herders in a region ill-equipped for such events, researchers said on Thursday.

"How climate change is supercharging wildfires"
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"How climate change is intensifying hurricanes"
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"NASA Pulls Back From Promise to Host Major Climate Change Reports, Citing Legal Loophole"
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NASA Pulls Back From Promise to Host Major Climate Change Reports, Citing Legal Loophole - Inside Climate News
Earlier this month, the agency said it would work to re-host information from a federal website that went dark. Now it says it will no longer do so.

"How climate change is worsening extreme heat"
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"How climate change may be affecting tornadoes"
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How climate change may be affecting tornadoes
The latest science on the link between climate change and tornados — and how they may be playing out where you live.

"How climate change is worsening flooding and heavy rainfall"
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How climate change is worsening flooding and heavy rainfall
The latest science on the link between climate change and natural disasters — and how they may be playing out where you live.