

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

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The 100 most crucial climate change news links from January 2022......
Contents of this page
1. Adaptation
2. Business and Industry
2.1 Carbon offsetting
3. Climate effects
3.1 Cyclones / Hurricanes / Typhoons
3.2 Drought
3.3 Ecology
3.4 Economic effects
3.5 Fires
3.5.1 Fires – North America
3.6 Heat
3.6.1 Wet-bulb (humid heat) extremes
3.7 Ice
3.7.1 Arctic Ice
4 Emissions
4.1 Coal
4.2 Fluorocarbons
4.3 Internet emissions contributions
4.4 Methane
5 Mitigation
5.1 Albedo (reflectivity) interventions
5.2 Carbon capture technologies
5.3 Cleaner energy
5.4 Negative emissions activities
5.4.1 Agricultural drawdown
5.4.2 Blue carbon
5.4.3 Forest and habitat drawdown
5.4.4 Oceans
6 People
6.1 Activism
6.2 Belief systems about climate
6.2.1 Degrowth
6.3 Community
6.4 Food and crops
6.4.3 Famine
6.5 Health and safety
6.6 Law
6.7 Media
7 Politics
7.1 Climate Justice
7.2 National progress on emissions
7.2.1 China
7.2.2 Europe
7.2.3 Russia
8 Science
8.1 Summations
N e w s f o r F e b r u a r y 2 0 2 2
News links for February
1. Adaptation
False banana: Is Ethiopia's enset a 'wondercrop' for climate change? - BBC News
In Tonga, a volcano-triggered tsunami underscores islands' acute climate risk | Reuters
Technology has made buildings less climate-friendly: but we can look back in time for solutions
The Maldives is being swallowed by the sea. Can it adapt?
2. Business and Industry
Brussels Airlines makes 3,000 unnecessary flights to maintain airport slots | The Bulletin
Decarbonise or die, world’s biggest investor warns business chiefs
2.1 Carbon offsetting
Norway underpaid Indonesia for forest protection results, study argues
3. Climate effects
Human-caused long-term changes in global aridity | npj Climate and Atmospheric Science
3.1 Cyclones / Hurricanes / Typhoons
Future hurricanes will roam over more of the Earth, study predicts
Swapna - - Geophysical Research Letters - Wiley Online Library
‘Swept away in their sleep’: relentless cycle of climate shocks plague southern Africa
3.2 Drought
Beekeepers arrested in protest as Chile megadrought hits honey production | The Independent
Scientists warn of widespread drought in the 21st century
3.3 Ecology
How the speed of climate change is unbalancing the insect world | | The Guardian
The effects of defaunation on plants’ capacity to track climate change
3.4 Economic effects
The rain in Spain causes financial pain – POLITICO
U.S. crop insurance payouts rise sharply as climate change worsens droughts, floods | Reuters
WEF_The_Global_Risks_Report_2022.pdf
Why Climate Change Is Pushing Up Lumber Prices - The Atlantic
3.5 Fires
US plans $50B wildfire fight where forests meet civilization | AP News
Wildfire Risk in California Drives Insurers to Pull Policies for Pricey Homes - WSJ
3.6 Heat
2021 Was Earth’s Fifth-Hottest Year, Scientists Say - The New York Times
‘Drastic’ rise in high Arctic lightning has scientists worried | Climate crisis | The Guardian
3.6.1 Wet-bulb (humid heat) extremes
How climate change is making parts of the world too hot and humid for humans - Washington Post
3.7 Ice
TC - Brief communication: Increased glacier mass loss in the Russian High Arctic (2010–2017)
4 Emissions
Plane Company To Operate 18,000 Empty Flights To Keep Landing Slots | IFLScience
Why the Luster on Once-Vaunted ‘Smart Cities’ Is Fading - Inside Climate News
4.1 Coal
Activists demand stop to Japan-funded coal plant in climate-vulnerable Bangladesh | Reuters
China’s coal production hit record levels in 2021 | Coal | The Guardian
4.2 Fluorocarbons
4.3 Internet emissions contributions
Offsetting Bitcoin's carbon footprint would require planting 300 million new trees | Fortune
Why the climate-wrecking craze for crypto art really is beyond satire | John Naughton | The Guardian
4.4 Methane
Methane in the atmosphere is at an all-time high – here's what it means for climate change
5 Mitigation
5.1 Albedo (reflectivity) interventions
Analysis: After sun-dimming setback, geoengineers seek a diplomatic fix | Reuters
Dimming Sun's rays should be off-limits, say experts
5.2 Carbon capture technologies
Shell’s Massive Carbon Capture Plant Is Emitting More Than It’s Capturing
5.3 Cleaner energy
From Fertilizer to Fuel: Can ‘Green’ Ammonia Be a Climate Fix? - Yale E360
5.4 Negative emissions activities
5.4.1 Agricultural drawdown
Off-season 'cover' crops expand as U.S. growers eye low-carbon future | Reuters
5.4.2 Blue carbon
A conversation with blue carbon researcher Ariane Arias-Ortiz | NOAA Climate.gov
5.4.3 Forest and habitat drawdown
Protect, manage and then restore lands for climate mitigation | Nature Climate Change
5.4.4 Oceans
BG - Climate pathways behind phytoplankton-induced atmospheric warming
Climate change brings record ocean warmth in 2021 - The Washington Post
6 People
Climate change: Children push parents to be more conscious about global warming, research finds
Solving Climate Change Requires A New Social Contract | Time
The 1.5 degrees goal: Beware of unintended consequences » Yale Climate Connections
6.1 Activism
Activists Target Public Relations Groups For Greenwashing Fossil Fuels - Inside Climate News
6.2 Belief systems about climate
6.2.1 Degrowth
‘Degrowth’ Isn't Just About the Economy. It’s About Culture.
Germany’s green-on-green wind power battle – POLITICO
6.3 Community
Amid climate change and a housing crisis, Earthships offer a solution - The Washington Post
Berlin is planning a car-free area larger than Manhattan
Climate change will limit choice for Winter Games hosts, says study | Reuters
6.4 Food and crops
UN report: The world’s farms stretched to ‘a breaking point’ » Yale Climate Connections
6.4.3 Famine
Liberia: Farmers Say Food Crisis is Looming from Climate Change – FrontPageAfrica
6.5 Health and safety
6.6 Law
COP 26: The teenagers suing 33 countries - BBC News
6.7 Media
As Storms Intensify, the Job of TV Weather Person Gets More Serious - The New York Times
Don’t Look Up: four climate experts on the polarising disaster film | Don't Look Up | The Guardian
Scientists' letter to ad agencies: 'Drop your fossil fuel clients' | Ad Age Agency News
7 Politics
7.1 Climate Justice
Inaction on global warming amounts to racism – let me tell you why | Elise Yarde | The Guardian
7.2 National progress on emissions
Chile Writes a New Constitution, Confronting Climate Change Head On - The New York Times
7.2.1 China
Study forecasts China investment of $75 trillion in carbon neutrality - Asia Times
7.2.2 Europe
Germany spells out ‘gigantic’ effort to cut emissions and boost renewables – POLITICO
7.2.3 Russia
8 Science
How ‘proxy’ data reveals the climate of the Earth’s distant past
The meaning of net zero and how to get it right | Nature Climate Change
8.1 Summations
Climate change: Huge toll of extreme weather disasters in 2021 - BBC News
Global Temperature Report for 2021 – Berkeley Earth
Hottest ocean temperatures in history recorded last year | Oceans | The Guardian
NOAA, NASA name 2021 sixth-hottest year on record » Yale Climate Connections