

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 J a n u a r y 2 0 2 2
The 100 most crucial climate change news links from December 2021...
Contents of this page
1. Business and Industry
1.1 Carbon pricing
2. Climate effects
2.1 Cyclones / Hurricanes / Typhoons
2.2 Drought
2.3 Ecology
2.4 Fires
2.4.1 Fires – North America
2.5 Heat
2.6 Ice
2.6.1 Antarctic
2.6.2 Arctic
2.6.3 Mountains
2.7 Oceans
2.7.1 Changes to currents
2.8 Rain, floods and hail
2.9 Secondary climate effects
2.10 Tornadoes
2.11 Wet-dry extremes
3 Emissions
3.1 Coal
3.2 Land based emissions
3.2.1 Agriculture
3.3 Oil
4 Mitigation
4.1 Cleaner energy
4.2 Negative emissions activities
4.2.1 Agricultural drawdown
4.2.2 Forest and habitat drawdown
4.2.3 Oceans
4.3 Nuclear power
5 People
5.1 Activism
5.2 Belief systems about climate
5.3 Community
5.4 Food and crops
5.5 Health and safety
5.6 Indigenous peoples
5.7 Media
6 Politics
6.1 Climate Justice
6.2 National progress on emissions
7 Science
7.1 Summations
7.2 Tipping points
News links for December
1 Business and Industry
Investor group warns livestock industry needs to do
Carbon-Neutral Product Labels Are Proliferating. Will
Fires, Landslides, Lack of Snow: The Ski Industry
Girds for Battle - The New York Times
Full article: The appallingly bad neoclassical economics of climate change
Global warming of 3C could cost $1.6 trillion a year in lost labour | Reuters
U.S. tornadoes push insurers 2021 bill over $105 bln as climate change impact grows | Reuters
1.1 Carbon pricing
COP26 agreed rules on trading carbon emissions – but they're fatally flawed
2 Climate effects
2.1 Cyclones / Hurricanes / Typhoons
Philippine supertyphoon Rai 'exceeded all predictions' - forecaster | Reuters
Plains mega-cyclone shreds December weather history » Yale Climate Connections
This Surprise Super Typhoon Is Further Proof the Climate Crisis Is Here
2.2 Drought
Changing climate parches Afghanistan, exacerbating poverty | AP News
2.3 Ecology
BG - Not all biodiversity rich spots are climate refugia
2.4 Fires
2.4.1 Fires – North America
From Siberia to the U.S, wildfires broke emissions records this year | Reuters
2.5 Heat
Rain to replace snow in the Arctic as climate heats, study finds | Polar regions | The Guardian
‘This new snow has no name’: Sami reindeer herders face climate disaster | Arctic | The Guardian
2.6 Ice
Climate change has destabilized the Earth’s poles, putting the planet in peril - The Washington Post
2.6.1 Antarctic ice
Ice shelf holding back keystone Antarctic glacier within years of failure | Science | AAAS
Opinion | Humanity should not test whether Antarctica’s ice will hold out - The Washington Post
2.6.2 Arctic ice
Trends in Arctic Report Card: ‘Consistent, Alarming and Undeniable’ - The New York Times
2.6.3 Mountain ice
Himalayan glaciers melting at 'exceptional' rate: research | TheHill
2.7 Oceans
2.7.1 Changes to currents
World’s strongest ocean current is speeding up — and humans are to blame - The Washington Post
2.8 Rain, floods and hail
‘Heartbreaking’ clean-up of animal corpses as Canada floodwaters ebb | Canada | The Guardian
Death toll rises, thousands displaced after floods batter Brazilian state of Bahia
Flooding Rains--And Blizzard Conditions--Hit Hawaii - Scientific American
Spanish floods claim first victim as towns are engulfed - BBC News
2.9 Secondary climate effects
Why climate change could make flights a whole lot bumpier | The Independent
UN chief: Climate change aggravates conflict and terrorism | AP News
2.10 Tornadoes
‘Really abnormal’ storms and tornadoes tear through Great Plains and midwest | Iowa | The Guardian
December tornado record crushed by historic onslaught of storms - The Washington Post
Study: Winter tornadoes to get more powerful as world warms
2.11 Wet-dry extremes
3 Emissions
Indian demand for air-conditioning heats up climate fears | Financial Times
3.1 Coal
Half of global coal companies continue to develop new assets
3.2 Land based emissions
3.2.1 Agriculture
Nitrogen fertiliser use could ‘threaten global climate goals’
3.3 Oil
How 'Big Oil' works the system and keeps winning » Yale Climate Connections
Oil companies blame clean energy transition for market volatility | Oil | The Guardian
What Big Oil knew about climate change, in its own words
4 Mitigation
4.1 Cleaner energy
On the edge of greenness: Can we make green hydrogen commercially viable? | BusinessGreen Opinion
The wind farms angering renewable energy fans - ABC News
Using a City’s Excess Heat to Reduce Emissions - The New York Times
4.2 Negative emissions activities
Q&A: Can ‘nature-based solutions’ help address climate change? - Carbon Brief
4.2.1 Agricultural drawdown
Opinion: Agro-ecology holds the key to fighting climate change - Farmers Weekly
4.2.2 Forest and habitat drawdown
Multidimensional tropical forest recovery
4.2.3 Oceans
To draw down carbon and cool off the planet, ocean fertilization gets another look | Science | AAAS
4.3 Nuclear power
Dutch explore nuclear 'taboo' as part of energy transition | Reuters
Nuclear power has no business case and could make climate change worse | TheHill
5 People
See the climate change-inspired art put together by Utah musicians, poets and researchers
5.1 Activism
5.2 Belief systems about climate
In Deep Adaptation’s Focus on Societal Collapse, a Hopeful Call to Action - Inside Climate News
The “Selling” of Degrowth - Resilience
Climate change: Small army of volunteers keeping deniers off Wikipedia - BBC News
5.3 Community
Why climate-change gardening means breaking all the rules | Gardens | The Guardian
5.4 Food and crops
Native Americans farming practices hold potential amid climate change - Washington Post
5.5 Health and safety
Climate change and the right to health of people with disabilities - The Lancet Global Health
Deforestation making outdoor work unsafe for millions, says study | Deforestation | The Guardian
5.6 Indigenous peoples
Marooned by Morakot: Indigenous Taiwanese typhoon survivors long to return home
Quannah Chasinghorse Is Fighting to Save the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge | Teen Vogue
5.7 Media
Changing the world with words? Euphemisms in climate change issues - ScienceDirect
Netflix's 'Don't Look Up' Movie Review
6 Politics
Rich Countries' Climate Policies Are Colonialism in Green
The case for going to war against climate change - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
6.1 Climate Justice
Equity implications of net zero visions | SpringerLink
In this pivotal year, rich nations failed woefully on climate justice | New Scientist
Who Has The Most Historical Responsibility for Climate Change? - The New York Times
6.2 National progress on emissions
The Millions of Tons of Carbon Emissions That Don’t Officially Exist | The New Yorker
Who will be the judge of countries' climate plans?
In Brazil, an agribusiness haven’s green pivot leaves many skeptical
The dark side of the Nordic model | Environment | Al Jazeera
Biden orders U.S. to stop financing new carbon-intense projects abroad | Reuters
7 Science
Earth Is Getting a 'Black Box' Because of Climate Change - The New York Times
Guest post: How weather forecasts can spark a new kind of extreme-event attribution - Carbon Brief
How will our warming climate stabilize? Scientists look to the distant past | Ars Technica
The Man Who Predicted Climate Change | The New Yorker
7.1 Summations
Opinion | Climate Change’s Effects on 193 Countries - The New York Times
7.2 Tipping points
The Amazon is turning into savannah – we have 5 years to save it | New Scientist