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News links for May

Climate effects

Global warming is disrupting an Antarctic current

system that life on Earth relies on | Salon.com

 

 

Cold weather

 

How Climate Change and the Polar Vortex

Influenced This Week’s Harsh Winter Storms -

Inside Climate News

 

‘Miraculous’ snowpack alone won’t save Great Salt Lake, but it’s a start - The Washington Post

 

Snow, floods and wildlife in peril: grueling winter leaves Yosemite scarred | California | The Guardian

 

What the science says about California’s record–setting snow

 

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Drought and fire

 

A global transition to flash droughts under climate change | Science

 

Climate change making ‘flash droughts’ more common: study | The Hill

 

Climate models warn of possible ‘super El Niño’ before end of year | Australia weather | The Guardian

 

El Niño forecasting a hard task during unpredictable autumn, climate scientists say - ABC News

 

‘Flash’ droughts are besieging the planet | Science & Tech | EL PAÍS English

 

France heading towards worse summer drought than 2022, geological service says | Reuters

 

Tunisia drought threatens 'catastrophic' grain harvest

 

UN warns 'vampiric overconsumption' is draining world's water | Reuters

 

What happens when we run out of water? Thanks to climate change, a dystopian premise is coming true | Salon.com

 

Wildfires ravage Spain's Asturias as temperatures hit record highs | Reuters

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Ecology

 

Continent-wide declines in shallow reef life over a decade of ocean warming | Nature

 

Okavango: In Africa's Okavango, oil drilling disrupts locals, nature - Times of India

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Heat and melting ice

 

A quantitative analysis of marine heatwaves in response to rising sea surface temperature - ScienceDirect

 

Antarctic ice sheet retreat could happen faster than previously thought - The Washington Post

 

For Uganda’s Vanishing Glaciers, Time Is Running Out - Yale E360

 

‘Headed off the charts’: world’s ocean surface temperature hits record high | Oceans | The Guardian

 

Ice sheets can collapse at 600 metres a day, far faster than feared, study finds | Ice | The Guardian

 

Opinion | Trump's Indictment Was Not the Biggest Story of the Week | Common Dreams

 

‘Slipping through our fingers’: New Zealand scientists distraught at scale of glacier loss | New Zealand | The Guardian

 

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​Rain, floods and cyclonic winds

 

After floods in California and Pakistan comes a scale for ‘atmospheric rivers’ | Extreme weather | The Guardian

 

At least 18 dead as tornadoes hit Arkansas, Illinois, central U.S. - The Washington Post

 

Climate change may drive more hurricanes towards the US east coast | New Scientist

 

Cyclone Ilsa hits Western Australia coast after setting wind speed record of 218kmh | Western Australia | The Guardian

 

Cyclone Ilsa just broke an Australian wind speed record. An expert explains why the science behind this is so complex

 

Foot of rain causes severe flooding in South Florida in ‘1-in-1,000 year event’ | Florida | The Guardian

 

‘Tornado alley’ is shifting farther into the US east, climate scientists warn | Tornadoes | The Guardian

 

‘Unprecedented’ Flooding In Australia Brings Crocodile Threat, Swimming Cows - Videos from The Weather Channel

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Sea level rise

 

Global survey shows planners use widely varying sea-level rise projections for coastal adaptation | Communications Earth & Environment

 

Miami and New Orleans face greater sea-level threat than already feared | Sea level | The Guardian

 

Record rise in China's sea levels from global warming threatens coastal cities like Shanghai | CNN

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Sea level rise along southern U.S. happening faster than previously thought - The Washington Post

 

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Emissions

 

Emissions from global electricity generation may have now peaked | New Scientist

 

G7 climate ministers drop language on growing LNG demand in draft | Reuters

 

Global banks pledged to cut emissions – but still invest billions on US gas exports | Gas | The Guardian

 

Greenhouse gas emissions rose at ‘alarming’ rate last year, US data shows | Climate crisis | The Guardian

 

Phaseout of coal power far too slow to avoid ‘climate chaos’, report finds | Coal | The Guardian

 

Record clean-power growth in 2023 to spark ‘new era’ of fossil fuel decline - Carbon Brief

 

Revealed: UAE plans huge oil and gas expansion as it hosts UN climate summit | Cop28 | The Guardian

 

What can be done to cut carbon emissions from aircraft contrails? | Air transport | The Guardian

 

 

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Mitigation

 

Cleaner energy

 

Australia aims to boost critical minerals processing to hedge against China’s dominance | Energy | The Guardian

 

Biden to remake U.S. auto industry with toughest emissions limits ever - The Washington Post

 

Biden unveils push to send electric car sales into overdrive - POLITICO

 

Concentrated solar power is an old technology making a comeback. Here's how it works - ABC News

 

ICVCM - Build integrity and scale will follow

 

Japanese-funded $500m project to extract hydrogen from Victorian coal is at risk, sources say | Energy | The Guardian

 

Japan's Inpex says Australia risks unintended consequences as it 'quietly quits' LNG - ABC News

 

Meet the micro nuclear reactor company hoping to decarbonise UK manufacturing

 

Opinion | Before We Invest Billions in This Clean Fuel, Let’s Make Sure It’s Actually Clean - The New York Times

 

Small Modular Reactors: the last-chance saloon for the nuclear industry? | SGR: Responsible Science

 

Tesla's dominance fades as EV adoption grows

 

The Rising Chorus of Renewable Energy Skeptics - resilience

 

Value of Australian lithium exports tipped to match thermal coal in five years | Business | The Guardian

 

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Drawdown​

 

Carbon dioxide removal is not a current climate solution — we need to change the narrative

 

Cash, Cattle and the Gran Chaco: How financiers turned a blind eye to Paraguay’s deforestation crisis | Global Witness

 

 High economic costs of reduced carbon sinks and declining biome stability in Central American forests | Nature Communications

 

How plants react to climate change could make floods a whole lot worse - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

 

Q&A: What does the EU’s new deforestation law mean for climate and biodiversity? - Carbon Brief

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Society

 

Australia’s climate battle has moved on – leaving deniers behind | Michael Mann | The Guardian

 

Bubble trouble: Climate change is creating a huge and growing U.S. real estate bubble » Yale Climate Connections

 

Can Climate Change Make for Good TV? - The New York Times

 

Challenges resulting from urban density and climate change for the EU energy transition | Nature Energy

 

Climate change compounding inequalities faced by women in agriculture, FAO says - Carbon Brief

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Climate emergency is the biggest health crisis of our time – bigger than Covid | Pascal Soriot | The Guardian

 

Climate is a key factor in Central American conflict

 

Climate misinformation group infiltrates convention of science teachers | The Independent

 

Eight things the world must do to avoid the worst of climate change | Climate crisis | The Guardian

 

Expect more home runs in baseball because of climate change | Grist

 

Forgotten food crops in sub-Saharan Africa for healthy diets in a changing climate | PNAS

 

How to fix the global rice crisis | The Economist

 

‘It’s my calling’: Mikaela Loach, rising star of the climate crisis campaign | Environment | The Guardian

 

Living with density: will Australia’s housing crisis finally change the way its cities work? | Urban planning | The Guardian

 

Low emissions wheat promises to slice the carbon footprint of bread | BusinessGreen News

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Opinion: Spanish-language climate misinformation spreads like wildfire in U.S. - Los Angeles Times

 

UN chief Guterres says Somalia needs 'massive' humanitarian aid - The East African

 

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Business

 

​Exxon climate boss sees a multi-trillion-dollar market

 

‘Gone wrong’: Doubts on carbon-credit program in Peru forest | AP News

 

Got the minerals? How Glencore's failed takeover reflects urgency of green push

 

'Incredibly Disturbing' Docs Reveal Oil Giant Shell Knew About Climate Impacts Even Earlier

 

Japan's three megabanks to face votes on climate change | Reuters

 

Quality standards to hold carbon offsetting industry to account | Greenhouse gas emissions | The Guardian

 

Rise of the Climate Rating Agencies - The American Prospect

 

The Guardian view on carbon offsetting: an overhaul is overdue | Editorial | The Guardian

 

The real reason trucks have taken over U.S. roadways - The Washington Post

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UN to start taking deep-sea mining applications this July | Reuters

 

Zurich Insurance becomes second firm to quit climate alliance | Reuters

 

 

 

International Cooperation

 

Africa needs a loss and damage fund, but with real vision

 

​China and France: Combat climate change together - CGTN

 

Europe's green hydrogen rush in Africa risks energy 'cannibalisation'

 

First global water conference in 50 years yields hundreds of pledges, zero checks | United Nations | The Guardian

 

How Vanuatu’s Climate Campaign Could Save the World | The Nation

 

Japan wants G7 agreement to accelerate decarbonisation efforts | Reuters

 

Road-building spree will derail UK’s net zero targets, warn campaigners | Environment | The Guardian

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Several countries in Latin America and Africa come together to restore rivers and lakes

 

The Carbon Brief Interview: ‘Loss-and-damage’ finance pioneer Robert Van Lierop - Carbon Brief

 

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Science research

 

A Golden Spike Would Mark the Earth’s Next Epoch: But Where? - Yale E360

 

Carbon Brief’s definitive guide to the entire IPCC sixth assessment cycle - Carbon Brief

 

Carbon Dioxide as a Risky Asset by Adam Michael Bauer, Christian Proistosescu, Gernot Wagner :: SSRN

 

The Future of Supercells in the United States in: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society Volume 104 Issue 1 (2023)

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