‘Gobsmackingly bananas’: scientists stunned by planet’s record September heat
The carbon emissions driving the climate crisis and rapid arrival of an El Niño event are to blame, researchers say...
Swiss glaciers are melting at alarming rate, losing 10% volume in just two years
The findings have been described as “catastrophic” https://www.techspot.com/news/100328-swiss-glaciers-melting-alarming-rate-losing-10-volume.html
New York sees wettest day since Hurricane Ida as heavy rain causes severe flooding – live
Schools, roads, public transport and airports affected; New Jersey declares state of emergency; reports emerge of raw sewage flooding New...
‘Even Lucifer was using a fan’: Brazil bakes as mercilessly hot spring begins- after major flooding in September
Having just emerged from its warmest winter since 1961, the country is sweltering amid unforgiving and unseasonal temperatures https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/26/brazil-temperature-spring-heatwave-weather-climate-change
Underground heat from climate change will cause cities to sink
Beneath Chicago’s streets, underground heat caused by climate change is creating a silent hazard that is affecting the city’s infrastructure....
Earth beyond six of nine planetary boundaries
This planetary boundaries framework update finds that six of the nine boundaries are transgressed, suggesting that Earth is now well...
Antarctic sea ice shrinks to lowest annual maximum level on record, data shows- this is the begining of the end
Scientists fear global heating may have shifted region into new era of disappearing ice with far-reaching consequences https://www.techspot.com/news/100260-china-reports-zero-exports-vital-tech-materials-gallium.html
Scientists found the most intense heat wave ever recorded — in Antarctica
By Kasha Patel September 24, 2023 at 6:00 a.m. EDT In March 2022, temperatures near the eastern coast of Antarctica...
The Era of Climate Migration Is Here, Leaders of Vulnerable Nations Say
Heads of climate-vulnerable nations gathered on the sidelines of a United Nations climate summit to call for new policies and...
The least we can do is care for their children’: Libyans rally to protect Derna’s orphans
Hundreds of traumatised children are thought to have lost their families in disaster https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/22/orphans-children-derna-libya-floods
I’m finally saying what I’ve been told not to say about climate change
Veteran BBC analyst Roger Harrabin was encouraged not to ‘sap the will of the public’ by reporting the full extent...
Los Angeles Times Says it is almost too late -Editorial: There’s little time left to save Earth from climate catastrophe. What U.S. politicians can do now
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2022-04-08/us-climate-action-end-fossil-fuels
Tens of thousands in NYC march against fossil fuels as AOC hails powerful message
Tens of thousands of climate activists took to the streets of New York City on Sunday in a “march to...
Conditions on Earth may be moving outside the ‘safe operating space’ for humanity, according to dozens of scientists
By Laura Paddison, CNN Published 2:00 PM EDT, Wed September 13, 2023 https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/13/world/planetary-boundaries-humanity-climate/index.html Cracked earth in an area once under...
New files shed light on ExxonMobil’s efforts to undermine climate science
Executives privately sought to downplay link between fossil fuels and climate change despite public pronouncements, WSJ reports ExxonMobil executives privately...
Libya protesters set fire to mayor’s home in anger over Derna flood deaths
Hundreds have demonstrated demanding ‘urgent’ international investigations into the disaster that left thousands dead https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/19/libya-protesters-set-fire-to-mayors-home-in-anger-over-derna-flood-deaths Protests broke out in the...
Antarctic sea-ice at ‘mind-blowing’ low alarms experts
By Georgina Rannard, Becky Dale and Erwan Rivault BBC News Climate & Science and Data Journalism Team The sea-ice surrounding...
Netherlands police use water cannon, detain 2,400 climate activists
THE HAGUE, Sept 9 (Reuters) – Police deployed water cannon to disperse thousands of climate activists protesting on a highway...
What happened when a scientist denounced his own climate change research
Patrick Brown said that, in a quest for a “clean narrative,” editors and reviewers ignore factors beyond climate change https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/09/11/patrick-brown-climate-wildfires-breakthrough/
Flash flooding in Massachusetts town leaves residents trapped, submerged vehicles as more rain expected across swaths of southeast New England
Dangerous flooding in the city of Leominster, Massachusetts, has trapped residents, submerged vehicles and sent water gushing through the streets...