

Tipping points: News links for ...[month]... 2019
Photo Attributions
Banner picture: Photo by: Daria Devyatkina
Hothouse earth: Photo by: Bernard Spragg. NZ
Arctic carbon: Photo by: Daxis
Brakes gone: Photo by: Marcus Pink
Particulate Pollution: Photo by: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

Tipping points: News links for ...[month]... 2019
Photo Attributions
Banner picture: Photo by: Daria Devyatkina
Hothouse earth: Photo by: Bernard Spragg. NZ
Arctic carbon: Photo by: Daxis
Brakes gone: Photo by: Marcus Pink
Particulate Pollution: Photo by: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

Ice and sea level: News links for ...[Month]... 2019
Photo Attributions
Banner : Photo by: Ian D. Keating
Melting Ice: Photo by: Ash
Sea levels: Photo by: .Martin.
Tsunamis: Photo by: yisris / Flickr

Ice and sea level: News links for ...[Month]... 2019
Photo Attributions
Banner : Photo by: Ian D. Keating
Melting Ice: Photo by: Ash
Sea levels: Photo by: .Martin.
Tsunamis: Photo by: yisris / Flickr

Ice and sea level: News links for ...[Month]... 2019
Photo Attributions
Banner : Photo by: Ian D. Keating
Melting Ice: Photo by: Ash
Sea levels: Photo by: .Martin.
Tsunamis: Photo by: yisris / Flickr

Ice and sea level: News links for ...[Month]... 2019
Photo Attributions
Banner : Photo by: Ian D. Keating
Melting Ice: Photo by: Ash
Sea levels: Photo by: .Martin.
Tsunamis: Photo by: yisris / Flickr

Ice and sea level: News links for ...[Month]... 2019
Photo Attributions
Banner : Photo by: Ian D. Keating
Melting Ice: Photo by: Ash
Sea levels: Photo by: .Martin.
Tsunamis: Photo by: yisris / Flickr

Ice and sea level: News links for ...[Month]... 2019
Photo Attributions
Banner : Photo by: Ian D. Keating
Melting Ice: Photo by: Ash
Sea levels: Photo by: .Martin.
Tsunamis: Photo by: yisris / Flickr

c l i m a t e n e w s s i n c e 2 0 1 8

N e w s f o r A u g u s t 2 0 2 2
The 100 most crucial climate change news links from July 2022
Contents of this page
Politics and International Cooperation
National progress on emissions
News links for August
Adaptation
As North Carolina warms, one farm is turning to a tropical crop: Taro | Grist
Can we hack DNA in plants to help fight climate change? | National Geographic
London Shows How Unprepared Northern Cities Are for a Warmer World - The New York Times
Misplaced positivity on climate is harmful. Preparing for breakdown could help. - Resilience
Vast sand scheme to protect Norfolk coast - BBC News
Business and Industry
Limits to economic growth | Nature Physics
What’s really behind the failure of green capitalism? | Adrienne Buller | The Guardian
Republicans threaten Wall Street over climate positions - The Washington Post
Climate effects
China's summer of extreme heat and rainfall highlights threats of climate change - CNN
U.S. plan to avoid extreme climate change is running out of time - The Washington Post
What happens to roads, bridges and railways in extreme heat - The Washington Post
Drought
Aridification kills civilizations. Is California next? - Los Angeles Times
More than 200 people die as drought ravages northeast Uganda | Reuters
Ecology
A limit on the evolutionary rescue of an Antarctic bacterium from rising temperatures
Big fish sightings are spiking. Climate change may be the cause. - The Washington Post
Increasing climatic decoupling of bird abundances and distributions | Nature Ecology & Evolution
Minnesotans help trees migrate north » Yale Climate Connections
Natural systems in Australia are unravelling. If they collapse, human society could too
What happens if the world gets too hot for animals to survive? - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Fires
Firefighters tackle southern Europe wildfires as heatwave passes 45C | Europe | The Guardian
Thousands evacuated as wildfires sweep across western Europe | Wildfires | The Guardian
A conversation with a poet whose home burned to the ground » Yale Climate Connections
‘It goes up like tinder’: unprecedented blazes envelop Alaska | Alaska | The Guardian
Heat
Extreme heat around the world in videos, photos and graphics | Climate crisis | The Guardian
Heat waves 2022: Records shattered from Japan to Italy
NASA: June 2022 tied as Earth’s warmest June on record » Yale Climate Connections
Hotter, Longer and More Widespread Heat Waves Scorch China - The New York Times
Heat – Europe
Europe Seeing More Heat Waves Than Other Parts of the World - The New York Times
Europe’s record summer of heat and fires – visualised | Climate crisis | The Guardian
Freezing point climbs to record high above Swiss Alpine summits | Climate crisis | The Guardian
How likely would Britain's 40°C heatwave have been without climate change?
Temperatures of 40C in the UK ‘virtually impossible’ without climate change - BelfastTelegraph.co.uk
Heat – North America
North-eastern US endures record-breaking heat | US weather | The Guardian
Summer in America is becoming hotter, longer and more dangerous - The Washington Post
Rain, floods and hail
Climate change could cause heavier rainfall on volcanoes | New Scientist
Extreme rainfall will be worse and more frequent than we thought, according to new studies | Grist
Flood, Evacuate, Rinse, Repeat: A Relentless Pattern Batters Australia - The New York Times
Emissions
Amsterdam Schiphol: The First Airport to Limit Flights to Combat Climate Change
Chinese court rules bitcoin mining harms the climate
Declines in soil carbon storage under no tillage can be alleviated in the long run - ScienceDirect
Q&A: What does the world’s reliance on fertilisers mean for climate change? - Carbon Brief
Fossil gas: a bridge to nowhere / Climate Analytics
Oil
Congo oil blocks auction draws warnings of environmental catastrophe | Reuters
Mitigation
Carbon-Reduction Plans Rely on Tech That Doesn't Exist - Scientific American
Nature-based solutions: How can they work for climate, biodiversity and people? - Carbon Brief
Where New Forests Are Growing | World Resources Institute
People
The Energy Transition Runs Into a Ditch in Rural Ohio - Inside Climate News
Climate change will make it harder for world’s poorest to migrate, study says - Carbon Brief
Indonesian islanders sue cement producer for climate damages | Indonesia | The Guardian
How Climate Change Is Impacting Food Supply Chain Trends | Time
Severe drought could cancel out gains in EU food production – EURACTIV.com
Religions
Extreme weather is Earth's 'chorus of anguish', Pope says | Reuters
How US and UK faith communities are addressing global warming » Yale Climate Connections
Massive divestment from fossil fuels by faith organizations - Vatican News
Media
Art, science and a reef made of sugar: an exploration of climate change | Art | The Guardian
TV to the rescue! The small screen’s battle to save the planet | Television | The Guardian
UK heatwave: Weather forecasters report unprecedented trolling - BBC News
Why Comic Books Could Be A Powerful Weapon In The Climate Fight
Politics and International Cooperation
Climate aid, war fallout feature at Berlin climate talks | AP News
National progress on emissions
Progress since COP26: Climate leaders paint gloomy picture
Canada becomes first country to issue climate income cheques
Green groups blast Europe for labeling LNG, nuclear power ‘sustainable’ | The Hill
Biden Announces Plans to Deal With Climate ‘Emergency’ - The New York Times
The Supreme Court Rules Against the E.P.A., Climate Sanity, and Physics | The New Yorker
Pacific Islands are back on the map, and climate action is not negotiable for would-be allies
China progress
China coal plant approvals surge as energy security trumps climate - Greenpeace | Reuters
China urges U.S. to fulfill climate duties after Supreme Court ruling | Reuters
Guest post: Will China’s new renewable energy plan lead to an early emissions peak? - Carbon Brief
Science research
Annual report 2020-2021 / Climate Analytics
In a paradox, cleaner air is now adding to global warming | Science | AAAS
Science offers basis for national climate damage claims -study | Reuters
Summations
Recklessness defined: breaking 6 of 9 planetary boundaries of safety » Yale Climate Connections
The nexus between the climate change and democracy crises » Yale Climate Connections
Climate Change Isn’t a Threat Multiplier. It’s the Main Threat. - Defense One