Category Archives: Climate

An aggregation of recent climate news feeds:

Inside Climate News→ Conservative Justices Express Some Support for Limiting Biden’s Ability to Curtail Greenhouse Gas Emissions

2022-03-01 Before the Supreme Court, red states and the coal industry invoked the “major questions” doctrine, arguing that the administration lacks authority from Congress to counter climate change.By Marianne LavelleThe U.S. Supreme Court on Monday showed so …›

Climate crisis | The Guardian→ California debates naming heatwaves to underscore deadly risk of extreme heat

2022-03-01 Experts and advocates are also exploring new ranking systems to add urgency to the growing disaster of rapidly warming landscapesClimate scientists from around the world issued dire warnings on Monday, in the latest IPCC report on the dangers posed in …›

Climate : NPR→ Thousands evacuate worst Australian floods in decades

2022-03-01 Local authorities have placed up to 300,000 people under evacuation warnings in one of the country's worst flooding incidents. (Image credit: AP) …›

Climate crisis | The Guardian→ How do we force our leaders to lead and ourselves to take action in the face of multiple crises? | Jess Harwood

2022-03-01 Honestly, it feels like A LOT for us all right now Continue reading... …›

Climate crisis | The Guardian→ Gang-gang cockatoo to become threatened species after large drop in bird numbers

2022-03-01 Cockatoo populations reduced after 2019-20 bushfires with decline expected to continue as climate crisis causes increased heatwavesGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesThe gang-g …›

Climate crisis | The Guardian→ In Lismore, this is more than a flood, it is a catastrophe – and I am still praying we will be saved | Sue Higginson

2022-03-01 Australia needs to decide how much worse we want these disasters to get and take the climate action needed to keep people safeNSW and Qld floods live news – latest eastern Australia flood updatesGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingIn …›

The Independent Climate→ Climate crisis poses global risk to biodiversity causing mass mortality events and threatening food shortages, IPCC report warns

2022-03-01 Safeguarding the natural world is vital for creating a ‘liveable future’, landmark climate assessment warns …›

NYT > Climate and Environment→ Chinese Company Removed as Operator of Cobalt Mine in Congo

2022-03-01 A court has given the Congolese control of one of the world’s largest sources of cobalt while allegations against the mine’s Chinese owners are investigated. …›

Climate – Science News→ A UN report shows climate change’s escalating toll on people and nature

2022-02-28 Neither adaptation by humankind nor mitigation alone is enough to reduce the risk from climate impacts, hundreds of the world’s scientists say. Nothing less than a concerted, global effort to both drastically curb carbon emissions and proactively …›

The Independent Climate→ San Andreas fault line could cause greater earthquakes than first thought, researchers say

2022-02-28 The central section of the fault line has not had a major earthquake in 2,000 years, but that doesn’t mean it can’t produce one …›

Climate Central - News→ Storied Maine ski resort bets future on reining in high costs of warmer winters

2022-02-28 By Lori Valigra and Elizabeth Miller A skier jumps into the air in front of a large snow-making machine at Shawnee Peak in Bridgton on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022. Modern advances in snow-mak …›

Climate : NPR→ Some effects of climate change are irreversible, but there’s still hope

2022-02-28 NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with earth scientist Brian O'Neill about a new major United Nations report on climate change. …›

The Independent Climate→ Supreme Court weighs threat to US emission cuts as UN releases ‘atlas of human suffering’ climate report

2022-02-28 Lawyers representing West Virginia, along with 19 other Republican-led states and coal companies, urged the court to restrict the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to reduce carbon emissions from power plants …›

Climate News -- ScienceDaily→ Indian Ocean warming could weaken Summer Monsoon rainfall in South Asia

2022-02-28 Paleoclimate data retrieved from ocean sediment cores dating back 130,000 years show that sustained warming in the Indian Ocean during the Last Interglacial increased convective rainfall above the ocean, but weakened Indian Summer Monsoon rainfall on l …›

Climate News -- ScienceDaily→ Chemical link between wildfire smoke and ozone depletion

2022-02-28 Atmospheric chemists have found that the smoke from Australia's 'Black Summer' wildfires set off chemical reactions in the stratosphere that contributed to the destruction of ozone. The study is the first to establish a chemical link between wildfire s …›

Climate crisis | The Guardian→ Martin Rowson on the IPCC’s bleak report on the planet’s future – cartoon

2022-02-28 Continue reading... …›

Climate crisis | The Guardian→ Smoke from Black Summer bushfires depleted ozone layer, study finds

2022-02-28 More intense bushfires due to climate change will slow recovery of ozone layer, scientist saysFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingSmoke injected high into the atmosphere by the …›

NYT > Climate and Environment→ Supreme Court Will Hear Biggest Climate Change Case in a Decade

2022-02-28 The court could handcuff President Biden’s climate change agenda — and restrict federal agencies from enacting new regulations governing health, workplace safety and more. …›

Climate crisis | The Guardian→ The Guardian view on the IPCC report: inaction has cost the world dearly | Editorial

2022-02-28 It is past time to take on the ‘arsonists’ of the fossil fuel industry which refuse to manage their own declineWhat are the chances of humanity avoiding a full-scale disaster, given that history suggests civilisational collapse has been mostly the …›

Climate crisis | The Guardian→ The IPCC climate report is grim – but there is still room for hope | Alice Bell

2022-02-28 There is only a small window in which to mitigate the worst effects. So make a change now, and make it one you can stick toIf the prospect of nuclear war wasn’t enough, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) picked this week to drop its …›

NYT > Climate and Environment→ Supreme Court Considers Limiting E.P.A.’s Ability to Address Climate Change

2022-02-28 Members of the court’s conservative majority voiced skepticism that Congress had authorized the agency to decide what they said were major political and economic questions. …›

Climate News -- ScienceDaily→ Climate change: A threat to human wellbeing and health of the planet

2022-02-28 Human-induced climate change is causing dangerous and widespread disruption in nature and affecting the lives of billions of people around the world, despite efforts to reduce the risks. People and ecosystems least able to cope are being hardest hit, s …›

Inside Climate News→ ‘Delay is Death,’ said UN Chief António Guterres of the New IPCC Report Showing Climate Impacts Are Outpacing Adaptation Efforts

2022-02-28 The findings show the urgency of immediate climate action, but some scientists worry that the conflict in Ukraine may be distracting from the gravity of its message.By Bob BerwynToday’s report on climate impacts, vulnerabilities and adaptation from t …›

The Independent Climate→ UN report paints bleak picture of climate danger ‘already upon us’

2022-02-28 UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres describes the report as ‘an atlas of human suffering and a damning indictment of failed climate leadership’. …›

Climate crisis | The Guardian→ As extreme weather ravages the Pacific, there is much to do and no time to waste | Mark Howden and Ofa Ma’asi-Kaisamy

2022-02-28 Climate change is already pushing some human systems and ecosystems beyond their adaptation limitsIn the past decade the two most intense cyclones recorded to date in the southern hemisphere ripped through the Pacific. Tropical Cyclone Pam, the second …›

Climate crisis | The Guardian→ Deforestation emissions far higher than previously thought, study finds

2022-02-28 Carbon emissions from felling of tropical forest doubled in just two decades and are accelerating, research saysCarbon emissions from tropical deforestation this century are far higher than previously thought, doubling in just two decades and continuin …›

Climate News -- ScienceDaily→ Gas flares tied to premature deaths

2022-02-28 Engineers suggest that flaring of natural gas at oil and gas fields in the United States, primarily in North Dakota and Texas, contributed to dozens of premature deaths in 2019. …›

The Independent Climate→ What to know about the Supreme Court threat to Biden’s climate agenda

2022-02-28 Ruling in favour of plaintiffs could kneecap EPA’s ability to cut emissions in US power sector …›

NYT > Climate and Environment→ Climate Change’s Effects Outpacing Ability to Adapt, I.P.C.C. Warns

2022-02-28 Countries aren’t doing nearly enough to protect against the disasters to come as the planet keeps heating up, a major new scientific report concludes. …›

The Independent Climate→ IPCC report calls out misinformation as barrier to tackling climate crisis in North America

2022-02-28 ‘Denial and delay are not strategies, they are a recipe for disaster,’ says US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry …›

Climate crisis | The Guardian→ US supreme court hears case that could limit Biden’s bid to fight climate crisis

2022-02-28 Mostly Republican states challenge whether EPA has authority to limit carbon emissions from US power plantsOpinion: the supreme court has climate change in its sightsThe US supreme court was on Monday hearing a case its conservative majority could use …›

Climate News -- ScienceDaily→ Seismic study reveals key reason why Patagonia is rising as glaciers melt

2022-02-28 Geologists have discovered a link between recent ice mass loss, rapid rock uplift and a gap between tectonic plates that underlie Patagonia. …›

The Independent Climate→ IPCC report: Seven key findings for Asia, from sea level rise to glacial flooding

2022-02-28 Rising heat and humidity could drive temperatures beyond human tolerance, warn scientists …›

NYT > Climate and Environment→ 5 Takeaways From the U.N. Report on Climate Hazards

2022-02-28 Global warming is affecting every part of the planet. Humans should have started preparing yesterday. …›

The Independent Climate→ Widespread, unavoidable, irreversible: UN report spells out climate impact

2022-02-28 The new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change also sets out options for – and limits to – adapting to rising temperatures. …›

Climate crisis | The Guardian→ The rightwing US supreme court has climate change in its sights | Laurence H Tribe and Jeremy Lewin

2022-02-28 The court is breaking with precedent, procedure and prudence to achieve the ultra-conservative majority’s policy preferencesGranting a petition by several states and coal companies, the supreme court on 28 February will address what appears to be a t …›

The Independent Climate→ Heat-related deaths in Europe may treble if world warms 3C, warns IPCC report

2022-02-28 Mortality and morbidity due to heat one of key risks for continent, scientists say …›

Climate : NPR→ Billions of people are in danger from climate change, a U.N. report warns

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The Independent Climate→ Cities facing flooding and ‘unbearable’ heat but key to tackling climate crisis, UN report says

2022-02-28 Making urban environments greener can support both climate action and fairer society, IPCC author says …›

The Independent Climate→ Dealing with the climate crisis offers a path to peace and stability

2022-02-28 Analysis: The new IPCC report states that threats to peace are reduced through climate adaption. Even as it is under attack, Ukraine is recognising this, writes Harry Cockburn …›