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News links for June

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Climate effects

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As Ocean Oxygen Levels Dip, Fish Face an

Uncertain Future - Yale E360

 

Climate change is making crabs lose their sense

of smell — and seafood may never be the

same | Salon.com

 

Five of Africa’s top 30 deadliest weather disasters have occurred since 2022 » Yale Climate Connections

 

‘No one saw this level of devastation coming’: climate crisis worsens in Somalia | Global development | The Guardian

 

Remember amid the headlines: there's no such thing as a “natural” disaster | African Arguments

 

The Upper Atmosphere Is Cooling, Prompting New Climate Concerns - Yale E360

 

UN agency: 2M killed, $4.3 trillion in damages from extreme weather over past half-century | AP News

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Drought and fire

 

Agricultural drought in the Horn of Africa was due to climate change: Scientists - Farmers Review Africa

 

At least 21 dead as wildfires rage across Urals and Siberia | Wildfires | The Guardian

 

Climate Change Made East African Drought 100 Times as Likely, Study Finds - The New York Times

 

Drought in Horn of Africa would not have occurred without climate change – World Weather Attribution

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Global projections of flash drought show increased risk in a warming climate | Communications Earth & Environment

 

Nova Scotia officials declare emergency over rare and ‘very aggressive’ wildfires | Canada | The Guardian

 

Opinion | There’s No Escape From Wildfire Smoke - The New York Times

 

Wildfires Burn Nearly 1 Million Acres in Western Canada - The New York Times

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Ecology

 

All birds are shrinking — but small birds are shrinking fastest | The Hill

 

An epic global study of moss reveals it is far more vital to Earth's ecosystems than we knew

 

Frogs in Puerto Rico croak at a higher pitch due to global heating | Amphibians | The Guardian

 

Glacier retreat reorganizes river habitats leaving refugia for Alpine invertebrate biodiversity poorly protected | Nature Ecology & Evolution

 

Melting glaciers in Alps threaten biodiversity of invertebrates, says study | Invertebrates | The Guardian

 

Prepare for plant pandemics

 

Why the climate crisis is making our insects run for the hills | Insects | The Guardian

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El Nino and La Nina

 

Global heating has likely made El Niños and La Niñas more ‘frequent and extreme’, new study shows | Climate crisis | The Guardian

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El Nino on the way, could wipe out $3 trillion of world economy | Business Insider India

 

El Niño and La Niña have become more extreme and frequent because of climate change, study finds - ABC News

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Heat and melting ice

 

15 million people at risk globally from glacial lake dam bursts, study finds » Yale Climate Connections

 

April Mediterranean heatwave ‘almost impossible’ without climate crisis | Climate crisis | The Guardian

 

Asia's April heatwaves were '30 times more likely' because of climate change, scientists say | Reuters

 

Climate change: life in ocean ‘twilight zone' at risk from warming - BBC News

 

Global warming to bring record hot year by 2028 – probably our first above 1.5°C limit

 

India scorched by extreme heat with monsoon rains delayed | AP News

 

Oceanic mesoscale eddies as crucial drivers of global marine heatwaves | Nature Communications

 

Record low Antarctic sea ice is another alarming sign the ocean's role as climate regulator is changing

 

Svalbard: the Arctic islands where we can see the future of global heating | Climate crisis | The Guardian

 

Vietnam and Laos record hottest temperatures ever as heat wave grips Southeast Asia | CNN

 

Warming-stoked tides eating huge holes in Greenland glacier | AP News

 

Western-Mediterranean heatwave ‘almost impossible’ without climate change - Carbon Brief

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California’s coastline cliffs are crumbling faster than expected - The Washington Post

 

Heavy rain, floods kill at least 136 in Rwanda and Uganda | Reuters

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Ocean currents

 

Antarctic alarm bells: observations reveal deep ocean currents are slowing earlier than predicted

 

New Research Sparks Concerns That Ocean Circulation Will Collapse - Yale E360

 

Recent reduced abyssal overturning and ventilation in the Australian Antarctic Basin | Nature Climate Change

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Rain, floods and cyclonic winds

 

Cyclone Mocha, North Indian Ocean’s strongest storm on record, hits Myanmar » Yale Climate Connections

 

Death toll from the floods in eastern DRC reaches nearly 400 | Africanews

 

Death toll mounts in Italy’s worst flooding for 100 years | Italy | The Guardian

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Italy's deadly floods just latest example of climate change's all-or-nothing weather extremes | AP News

 

‘The city was underwater’: quarter of a million Somalis flee flooded homes | Somalia | The Guardian

 

The U.S. hasn't seen an EF5 tornado in almost 10 years. What's going on? » Yale Climate Connections

 

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Emissions

 

​Eleven Chemical Plants in China and One in the U.S. Emit a Climate Super-Pollutant Called Nitrous Oxide That’s 273 Times More Potent Than Carbon Dioxide - Inside Climate News

 

Financiers' move away from coal is accelerating, report says | Reuters

 

How a campaign to keep fossil fuels underground is gaining traction | New Scientist

 

‘Mind-boggling’ methane emissions from Turkmenistan revealed | Turkmenistan | The Guardian

 

Montreal Protocol has slowed loss of Arctic sea ice, say scientists - Carbon Brief

 

World not ready yet to 'switch off' fossil fuels, COP28 host UAE says | Reuters

 

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Mitigation

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EU Parliament votes to clamp down on carbon neutral claims, early obsolescence – EURACTIV.com

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Cleaner energy

 

As the Harms of Hydropower Dams Become Clearer, Some Activists Ask, 'Is It Time to Remove Them?' - Inside Climate News

 

E-fuels: how big a niche can they carve out for cars? | Automotive industry | The Guardian

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Explained: Climate change, earthquakes and hydropower in the Himalayas

 

Geosolar engineering, vizualized and explained - The Washington Post

 

How solar farms took over the California desert: ‘An oasis has become a dead sea’ | California | The Guardian

 

Lab-grown meat could be 25 times worse for the climate than beef | New Scientist

 

Quest for coveted EV battery metals yields misery in Guinea - Washington Post

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Drawdown​

 

​Basin-wide variation in tree hydraulic safety margins predicts the carbon balance of Amazon forests | Nature

 

Factbox: Debt-for-nature swaps swell in climate finance response | Reuters

 

Finland Drained Its Peatlands. He’s Helping Bring Them Back - Yale E360

 

How an indigenous group is keeping Indonesia’s rainforest alive - The Washington Post

 

Indigenous Lands with secure land-tenure can reduce forest-loss in deforestation hotspots - ScienceDirect

 

Key UN panel casts doubt on future of carbon removal tech

 

U.N. slams carbon removal as unproven and risky - E&E News

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Offsetting

 

Carbon Removal Projects Leap Forward With New Offset Deal. Will They Actually Help the Climate? - Inside Climate News

 

CEO of biggest carbon credit certifier to resign after claims offsets worthless | Carbon offsetting | The Guardian

 

To offset or inset emissions? Australian farmers are ‘flying blind in a low-carbon world’ | Gabrielle Chan | The Guardian

 

‘Worthless’: Chevron’s carbon offsets are mostly junk and some may harm, research says | Climate crisis | The Guardian

 

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Society

 

Climate crisis deniers target scientists for vicious abuse on Musk’s Twitter | Climate crisis | The Guardian

 

Comparing the carbon footprint of private jets to owning pets is a waste of time

 

Faster and faster: The pace of climate change keeps surprising us - resilience

 

Father challenges BP at meeting after son's death - BBC News

 

Heat-Related Prison Deaths Are Rising Due to Climate Change | Time

 

‘Highwater,’ the new video game that immerses players in a dystopian world ravaged by climate change » Yale Climate Connections

 

Humanity's tipping point? How the Queen's death stole a climate warning's thunder

 

Last Earth Day, Wynn Bruce Set Himself on Fire Outside the Supreme Court. I Tried to Understand Why - Inside Climate News

 

‘Not just a problem of science’: how the environmental crisis is also cultural | Art | The Guardian

 

Proudly Mad: exploring mental health and the climate emergency with Charlie Hertzog Young — ACCIDENTAL GODS

 

The people living ultra low-carbon lifestyles - BBC Future

 

What ‘The Simpsons’ taught '90s kids about climate change » Yale Climate Connections

 

Why climate change is costing you precious hours of sleep - The Washington Post

 

Why is extreme weather killing fewer people? - BBC News

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Food and famine

 

Extreme rainfall could lead to 'big disaster' for rice yield in China | New Scientist

 

Fungal attacks threaten global food supply, say experts | Fungi | The Guardian

 

Hunger & misery in Balochistan: climate change takes a toll

 

Seaweed could avert food crisis caused by extreme weather | Environment | The Guardian

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Yes, the climate crisis is raising your grocery bills | Suzi Kerr | The Guardian

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Business

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‘Don’t F&*! The Planet’: Atlassian issues net zero guide for companies cutting climate impact | Environment | The Guardian

 

Fossil Fuel Companies Should Pay Trillions in ‘Climate Reparations,’ New Study Argues - Inside Climate News

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Global transportation infrastructure exposure to the change of precipitation in a warmer world | Nature Communications

 

How the Bezos Earth Fund Spends Its Billions - Bloomberg

 

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International Cooperation

 

African Development Bank 2023 Annual Meetings: African Development Bank chief says dearth of climate finance flows “choking” Africa | African Development Bank - Building today, a better Africa tomorrow

 

As Asian heatwaves require burning more fossil fuels, fears of a slower transition grow | News | Eco-Business | Asia Pacific

 

Cracks emerging in Europe's united front to battle climate change | AP News

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‘Green colonialism’: Indigenous world leaders warn over west’s climate strategy | Indigenous peoples | The Guardian

 

Saudi Arabia addresses climate change – with help from oil industry - CSMonitor.com

 

UN conference raises less than $1 billion for climate-wracked Horn of Africa in major disappointment | AP News

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Science research

 

How Extreme Heat Causes Cascading Crises - The New York Times

 

Safe and just Earth system boundaries | Nature

 

Scientists warn climate crisis could trigger giant killer tsunamis resulting in ‘huge loss of life’ | The Independent

 

Two trillion tonnes of greenhouse gases, 25 billion nukes of heat: are we pushing Earth out of the Goldilocks zone?

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