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News links for July

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Acceleration and

the hope-doom schism

Ecological doom-loops: Why ecosystem collapses

may occur much sooner than expected

From the oceans to ‘net zero’ targets, we’re in

denial about the climate crisis |

Adam Morton | The Guardian

Global Heat Records Are Falling. A Little Panic

Might Be in Order. - The Washington Post

Is climate change outpacing our ability to predict extreme heatwaves?

James Hansen Warns of a Short-Term Climate Shock Bringing 2 Degrees of Warming by 2050 - Inside Climate News

The Rising Chorus of Renewable Energy Skeptics | The Tyee

UN Chief: World Needs to Wake Up to Impending Climate Disaster

We Can See Clearly Now - by Bill McKibben

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Drought, fire and wet-dry intensification

Air pollution in US from wildfire smoke is worst in recent recorded history | Air pollution | The Guardian

California wildfires are nearly all due to climate change, study says

Canada’s wildfire carbon emissions hit record high in first six months of 2023 | Canada | The Guardian

Canadian wildfires have ushered in a new fire era, the ‘Pyrocene’ - The Washington Post

‘Drought is on the verge of becoming the next pandemic’ | Water | The Guardian

Indonesia braces for forest fires, crop loss from severe dry season | Reuters

Many Future Storms May Dump 50% More Rain, Overwhelming City Drains - The New York Times

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Ecology, farming and natural sinks

Amazon deforestation has begun to slow since Lula took over in Brazil | New Scientist

Blue carbon: could a solution to the climate challenge be buried in the depths of fiords?

Climate change: Deforestation surges despite pledges - BBC News

Earth is 'really quite sick now' and in danger zone in nearly all ecological ways, study says | AP News

Hidden carbon: Fungi and their 'necromass' absorb one-third of the carbon emitted by burning fossil fuels every year

Rewetting England’s lowland peat could help meet emissions target, says study | Environment | The Guardian

The world's fish are shrinking as the climate warms. We're trying to figure out why

Wildfires across Canada have emitted record-breaking amounts of carbon | New Scientist

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Heat, ice and oceans

A Summer Without Arctic Sea Ice Could Come a Decade Sooner Than Expected - The New York Times

Chinese cities break heat records, stressing electricity grid | Reuters

Global ocean temperatures hit record level for April and May | The Independent

‘It’s absolutely guaranteed’: the best and worst case scenarios for sea level rise | Sea level | The Guardian

May Ocean Temperatures Hottest on Record, NOAA Reports - The New York Times

Meltwater is hydro-fracking Greenland’s ice sheet through millions of hairline cracks – destabilizing its internal structure

Nearly 100 die as India struggles with a sweltering heat wave in two most populous states - The Globe and Mail

Opinion | The Ocean Is Looking More Menacing - The New York Times

Rising seas have flooded this Lagos town three times. It may not survive a fourth | Nigeria | The Guardian

Siberia swelters in record-breaking temperatures amid its 'worst heat wave in history' | CNN

Spain weathers scorching temperatures as heatwaves become more frequent | Reuters

The 'harshest heat wave' in its history caught Southeast Asia off guard | CNN

The Mercury is Off the Charts - by Bill McKibben

Too late now to save Arctic summer ice, climate scientists find | Climate crisis | The Guardian

‘Unheard of’ marine heatwave off UK and Irish coasts poses serious threat | Marine life | The Guardian

Why 40°C is bearable in a desert but lethal in the tropics

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Rain, snow and wind

Brazil: 11 dead and 20 missing after cyclone strikes in south | Brazil | The Guardian

Extreme, destructive rain is becoming more common in the US. Here’s where - The Washington Post

How climate change is making hurricanes more dangerous » Yale Climate Connections

Warming causes more extreme rain, not snow, over mountains. Scientists say that’s a problem | AP News

Why Cyclone Biparjoy is a rude global warming reminder - India Today

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Climate – general

Amount of warming triggering carbon dioxide in air hits new peak, growing at near-record fast rate

As temperatures increase, India's solar sector feels the heat

NOAA says El Niño is back; scientists project record heat, extreme weather - The Washington Post

What is El Nino and how it impacts the monsoon | Explained News, The Indian Express

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Emissions

Concrete has a huge impact on climate. Why is it so hard to fix? - The Washington Post

Exclusive: Accounting for war - Ukraine's climate fallout | Reuters

Gas prices rise on surging summer demand for air conditioning

How $4trn of global road projects threaten net-zero pledges

In Uganda, a recent ban on charcoal making disrupts a lucrative but destructive business - ABC News

Renewables growth did not dent fossil fuel dominance in 2022, report says | Reuters

Ships to use propellers that mimic whale tails to cut carbon emissions

Turkmenistan moves towards plugging massive methane leaks | Greenhouse gas emissions | The Guardian

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Mitigation and adaptation

Analysis: Asia heatwaves put renewable power fleet to the test | Reuters

China's installed non-fossil fuel electricity capacity exceeds 50% of total | Reuters

Climate Change: Get Ready for Carbon Capture's Second Coming - Bloomberg

EU doubles firefighting fleet in preparation for climate change impacts | Reuters

Europe’s sleeper train awakens – POLITICO

Explainer: Why the wind power industry has hit turbulence | Reuters

Opinion | The Climate Solution That’s Horrible for the Climate - The New York Times

Why the U.S. Electric Grid Isn’t Ready for the Energy Transition - The New York Times

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Society

A couple’s quixotic quest to save their drowning island – one rock at a time | Florida | The Guardian

 By fighting the ozone hole, we accidentally saved ourselves » Yale Climate Connections

Climate Crisis Has Stranded 600 Million Outside Most Livable Environment — ProPublica

Climate crisis: rich nations undermining work to help poor countries, research suggests | Climate crisis | The Guardian

Global warming is disrupting humanity’s ‘Goldilocks zone’ on Earth » Yale Climate Connections

How climate change is raising the cost of food - CBS News

Increasing heat is already a factor in human migration – new study

Iowa meteorologist Chris Gloninger steps down after receiving threats - The Washington Post

It's not just climate – we've already breached most of the Earth's limits. A safer, fairer future means treading lightly

Nervous flyers face ‘stuff of nightmares’ with severe turbulence on the rise

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Business, politics and international relations

Climate change is fueling an insurance crisis. There’s no easy fix. - The Washington Post

‘Climate change poses biggest threat to security in Indian Ocean’ - The Hindu

Explainer: How can climate finance be increased from 'billions to trillions'? - Carbon Brief

Global initiative launched to rate corporate carbon offset claims | Reuters

Guest post: New indicators will track climate change between IPCC reports - Carbon Brief

Japan 'left behind' by world over its lack of climate change measures - The Mainichi

‘No bullshit,’ Germany is failing on climate change, says vice chancellor – POLITICO

Paris climate finance summit fails to deliver debt forgiveness plan | Debt relief | The Guardian

Policy Watch: World dangerously lagging on plugging methane emissions | Reuters

Political scientist: ‘Climate change will make us adopt conservative reflexes’ – EURACTIV.com

Q&A: How the EU wants to race to net-zero with ‘Green Deal Industrial Plan’ - Carbon Brief

Reintroduction of endangered vulture in Spain paused over planned windfarm | Spain | The Guardian

The hard right and climate catastrophe are intimately linked. This is how | George Monbiot | The Guardian

US climate change lawsuit seeks $50 billion, citing 2021 heat wave | Reuters

Vast fossil fuel and farming subsidies causing ‘environmental havoc’ | Climate crisis | The Guardian

West Africa: NGO Raises Alarm in Sahel As Conflict, Climate Change Claim More Victims - allAfrica.com

World Bank offers developing countries debt pauses if hit by climate crisis | Climate crisis | The Guardian

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Peer-reviewed science

BG - The potential of an increased deciduous forest fraction to mitigate the effects of heat extremes in Europe

Loss and damage finance should apply to biodiversity loss | Nature Ecology & Evolution

Rapid Decadal Acceleration of Sea Level Rise along the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts during 2010–22 and Its Impact on Hurricane-Induced Storm Surge in: Journal of Climate Volume 36 Issue 13 (2023)

Safe and just Earth system boundaries | Nature

The Impact of Stratospheric Aerosol Injection on Extreme Fire Weather Risk - Touma - 2023 - Earth's Future - Wiley Online Library

Historical DNA reveals climate adaptation in an endangered songbird | Nature Climate Change

A warming-induced reduction in snow fraction amplifies rainfall extremes | Nature

Changes in global food consumption increase GHG emissions despite efficiency gains along global supply chains | Nature Food