Global warming to make extreme coastal events far more common: Study
3 years, 3 months ago

Global warming to make extreme coastal events far more common: Study

India Today  

Extreme coastal events happening every 100 years currently are expected to occur, on average, every year by the end of this century due to global warming, according to a study. The researchers predict that because of rising temperatures, extreme sea levels along coastlines globally will become 100 times more frequent by the end of the century in about half of the 7,283 locations studied. The changes are likely to come sooner than the end of the century, with many locations experiencing a 100-fold increase in extreme sea level events by 2070, they said. The new study mirrors the assertion of the 2019 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, which stated that extreme sea level events would become much more common worldwide by the end of the century due to global warming.

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Dwindling Antarctic sea ice driving more storms, study warns
4 days, 23 hours ago

Dwindling Antarctic sea ice driving more storms, study warns

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Dwindling Antarctic sea ice is driving more storms in the Southern Ocean, a new study …

The climate future: We're entering a world of falling GDP and overheated seas
1 week, 4 days ago

The climate future: We're entering a world of falling GDP and overheated seas

Live Mint  

Sitting down to write this newsletter, I was thinking about a way to introduce it that would chime in with the fact that we are in December. According to the November data of the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service, the average global surface temperature was 1.62 degrees Celsius hotter than pre-industrial levels. View Full Image In May, a working …

Scientists sound alarm about terrifying ocean event that could bring global devastation
3 weeks ago

Scientists sound alarm about terrifying ocean event that could bring global devastation

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. New research from the University of New South Wales is warning that the impact of that water could make …

Antarctic researchers warn of possible 'catastrophic' sea level rise within our lifetime in group statement
1 month ago

Antarctic researchers warn of possible 'catastrophic' sea level rise within our lifetime in group statement

ABC  

Hundreds of polar researchers have issued an emergency statement calling for urgent action to deal with the impacts of climate change in Antarctica. "Nowhere on Earth is there a greater cause of uncertainty in sea level rise projections than from East Antarctica, in Australia's backyard," the statement says. The statement says "recent research has shown record-low sea ice, extreme heatwaves …

NASA data provides crucial insights for tackling rising sea levels globally
1 month, 1 week ago

NASA data provides crucial insights for tackling rising sea levels globally

India TV News  

Coastal communities across the world are facing the harsh realities of rising sea levels, threatening infrastructure and daily life. NASA Collaborates with Global Agencies for Sea-Level Data NASA has released a comprehensive tool designed to help governments and organizations around the world combat the challenges posed by rising sea levels. Collaborating with institutions like the US Department of Defense, the …

New research forecasts a future of freakier weather, but experts say the risks may be downplayed
3 months, 1 week ago

New research forecasts a future of freakier weather, but experts say the risks may be downplayed

Salon  

The effects of climate change are being felt more and more each year. "Our study shows that extreme temperature and rainfall will increase rapidly over many regions of the world over the next two decades compared to the changes we have experienced in the past due to natural variations in the climate," lead author Dr. Carly Iles from the CICERO …

Damning climate change report reveals how records were smashed for greenhouse gas concentrations, global temperatures and sea level rise last year - as experts warn '2023 will linger long in the memor
4 months ago

Damning climate change report reveals how records were smashed for greenhouse gas concentrations, global temperatures and sea level rise last year - as experts warn '2023 will linger long in the memor

Daily Mail  

A damning climate change report has confirmed that 2023 was a year of new climate records. The report, titled State of the Climate, shows that greenhouse gas concentrations were the highest on record last year, with carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide all reaching their highest measured atmospheric levels. It highlights six key climate change records that were smashed in …

Hurricanes, heatwaves and rising seas: The impacts of record ocean heat
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Hurricanes, heatwaves and rising seas: The impacts of record ocean heat

BBC  

Hurricanes, heatwaves and rising seas: The impacts of record ocean heat Getty Images Excessive phytoplankton growth can choke the sea surface with a jelly-like layer of slime known as "sea snot" as ocean temperatures increase Record ocean temperatures suggest the seas are warming faster than expected, and the impacts will be felt from polar ice shelves to coastal cities across …

The accelerating chaos of the climate crisis
9 months ago

The accelerating chaos of the climate crisis

Live Mint  

The World Meteorological Organization’s annual State Of The Global Climate reports serve as an important snapshot of the different indicators for a warming world. During the 2015 Paris Agreement, the world’s nations had agreed to work together to limit global temperature rise to 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. According to the report, in 2023, the global average temperature was …

The World Meteorological Organization's State of the Global Climate report confirms 2023 broke every single climate indicator
9 months ago

The World Meteorological Organization's State of the Global Climate report confirms 2023 broke every single climate indicator

ABC  

There's an ominous new significance to the phrase 'off the charts', according to the World Meteorological Organization, with 2023 breaking every single climate indicator. The UN agency's annual State of the Global Climate report confirmed it wasn't just the hottest year on record, ocean heat reached its highest level since records began, global mean sea level also reached a record …

UN weather agency issues ‘red alert’ on climate change after record heat
9 months ago

UN weather agency issues ‘red alert’ on climate change after record heat

Al Jazeera  

The World Meteorological Organization warns there is a ‘high probability’ that 2024 will be another record-hot year. The United Nations’ weather agency is sounding a “red alert” about global warming, citing record-breaking increases last year in greenhouse gases, land and water temperatures and the melting of glaciers and sea ice. “Never have we been so close – albeit on a …

Study says 2023’s crazy Atlantic ocean heat, low Antarctic sea ice give glimpse of much hotter world
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Study says 2023’s crazy Atlantic ocean heat, low Antarctic sea ice give glimpse of much hotter world

Associated Press  

Off the charts “crazy” heat in the North Atlantic ocean and record-smashing Antarctic sea ice lows last year are far more severe than what Earth’s supposed to get with current warming levels. A study in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society charted the North Atlantic sea temperature and the Antarctic sea ice halfway across the globe against long-accepted computer …

Study says 2023's crazy Atlantic ocean heat, low Antarctic sea ice give glimpse of much hotter world
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Study says 2023's crazy Atlantic ocean heat, low Antarctic sea ice give glimpse of much hotter world

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Off the charts “crazy” heat …

Data Munching | The numbers don’t lie: the Earth is warming, and rapidly
10 months ago

Data Munching | The numbers don’t lie: the Earth is warming, and rapidly

Hindustan Times  

Earth is running a fever, and the latest temperature readings aren’t offering much comfort. Last week, climate data released by Europe’s Copernicus Climate Change Service, better known as C3S, presented another warning about the impending climate crisis hovering over humanity — for the first time in recorded human history, 12 consecutive months saw temperatures 1.5 degrees Celsius hotter than pre-industrial …

Data from sea sponges suggest the world has overshot a climate limit, new study says
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Data from sea sponges suggest the world has overshot a climate limit, new study says

CNN  

CNN — Using sponges collected off the coast of Puerto Rico in the eastern Caribbean, scientists have calculated 300 years of ocean temperatures and concluded the world has already overshot one crucial global warming limit and is speeding toward another. “The big picture is that global warming, and the urgent need for emission reductions to minimize the risk of dangerous …

Data Munching | We can't turn a blind eye to climate change when sea surface temperatures rise
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Data Munching | We can't turn a blind eye to climate change when sea surface temperatures rise

Hindustan Times  

Much has been written about how 2023 was the warmest year in the world in recorded history. On January 11, data from Copernicus Climate Change Service of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts confirmed that 2023 was the warmest ever year on record and by a massive margin. Sea surface temperatures — the temperature of the ocean’s surface layer …

Iconic 100-year-old fishing shacks washed into sea as Maine high tide breaks record
11 months, 1 week ago

Iconic 100-year-old fishing shacks washed into sea as Maine high tide breaks record

Raw Story  

From New York City to the coast of Maine, record-breaking high tides in part fueled by the climate crisis brought destruction to the U.S. northeast on Saturday with roads flooded, infrastructure destroyed, and historic buildings washed out to sea—a horrifying preview of what scientists say will become all the more frequent if humanity continues its refusal to end the era …

2023 was officially the hottest year on RECORD - with global temperatures close to the 1.5°C limit, scientists warn
11 months, 2 weeks ago

2023 was officially the hottest year on RECORD - with global temperatures close to the 1.5°C limit, scientists warn

Daily Mail  

Scientists are increasingly linking extreme weather events with the warming of the planet, which is being largely caused by carbon emissions from fossil fuels. Pictured, a man pulls a bag of goods salvaged from a building as he wades through floodwaters on August 5, 2023 in Zhuozhou, Hebei Province south of Beijing, China A man cools off at a temporary …

What climate records were broken in 2023
11 months, 3 weeks ago

What climate records were broken in 2023

Al Jazeera  

The year 2023 has been the hottest on record, according to scientists. 2023 has now had six record-breaking months and two record-breaking seasons,” Samantha Burgess, deputy director of Copernicus Climate Change Service, said in a statement this month. The strong weather pattern, responsible for higher global temperatures, has contributed to the catastrophic extremes seen in 2023. "As long as greenhouse …

Past decade was the hottest on record as climate change ‘surged alarmingly,’ WMO reports
1 year ago

Past decade was the hottest on record as climate change ‘surged alarmingly,’ WMO reports

CNN  

CNN — The decade between 2011 and 2020 was the hottest on record for the planet’s land and oceans as the rate of climate change “surged alarmingly,” according to a new report from the World Meteorological Organization. Climate pollution from all fossil fuel types — coal, oil, and natural gas — increased around the world, the Global Carbon Project found, …

Researchers release animated models of rising sea levels drowning coastal cities
1 year ago

Researchers release animated models of rising sea levels drowning coastal cities

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Climate scientists with Climate Central have curated a collection of animated models showing us what 196 cities will look …

2023 on track to be world's hottest year on record, temperatures exceed 1.5C above pre-industrial levels for first time
1 year, 3 months ago

2023 on track to be world's hottest year on record, temperatures exceed 1.5C above pre-industrial levels for first time

ABC  

This year is now almost certain to become Earth's warmest on record after a hot July and August saw global temperatures reach the Paris Agreement target of 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. "If current 2023 temperature anomalies are maintained, or increase, over the last four months of the year that would be sufficient for an annual record to be …

Climate change will raise sea levels, cause apocalyptic floods and displace almost a billion people
1 year, 3 months ago

Climate change will raise sea levels, cause apocalyptic floods and displace almost a billion people

Salon  

When climatologist Dr. Twila Moon described a future of climate change-caused horrors as "baked in," she may not have intended to create a darkly apt pun for global warming. "Sea level rise from our past of heat trapping emissions is really baked in for the next few decades," Moon, who is the deputy lead scientist at NASA's National Snow and …

Climate scientists warn nature's 'anaesthetics' have worn off, now Earth is feeling the pain as ocean heating hits record highs
1 year, 4 months ago

Climate scientists warn nature's 'anaesthetics' have worn off, now Earth is feeling the pain as ocean heating hits record highs

ABC  

Satellites, ships and buoys monitoring the Earth have captured a significant rise in global ocean temperatures since the early 1980s. Georgia Institute of Technology climate scientist Annalisa Bracco said what made this year's ocean temperatures especially "peculiar" were how widespread the heat was. Dr Bracco said it was "very plausible" these warm ocean temperatures aided extreme weather events in 2023, …

How climate scientists feel about seeing their dire predictions come true
1 year, 4 months ago

How climate scientists feel about seeing their dire predictions come true

LA Times  

It is, in fact, extremely unusual to be on hurricane watch in Southern California. It’s been 35 years since an explicit reference to climate change first appeared on the front page of a U.S. newspaper, after James Hansen, then director of NASA’s Institute for Space Studies, testified before the Senate that “the greenhouse effect has been detected, and it is …

Even frozen Antarctica is being walloped by climate extremes, scientists find
1 year, 4 months ago

Even frozen Antarctica is being walloped by climate extremes, scientists find

Associated Press  

Even in Antarctica — one of the most remote and desolate places on Earth — scientists say they are finding shattered temperature records and an increase in the size and number of wacky weather events. The continent “is not a static giant frozen in time,” they said, but instead feels climate change’s wrath and extremes “sporadically and unpredictably.” Anna Hogg, …

Even frozen Antarctica is being walloped by climate extremes, scientists find
1 year, 4 months ago

Even frozen Antarctica is being walloped by climate extremes, scientists find

LA Times  

Penguins walk on the shore of Bahia Almirantazgo in Antarctica on Jan. 27, 2015. The continent “is not a static giant frozen in time,” they said, but instead feels climate change’s wrath and extremes “sporadically and unpredictably.” Anna Hogg, a co-author on the paper and professor at the University of Leeds, said that their work illustrates complex and connected changes …

World’s oceans set new temperature record as global warming intensifies
1 year, 4 months ago

World’s oceans set new temperature record as global warming intensifies

Al Jazeera  

The average ocean temperature has beat seasonal records since April of this year. The world’s oceans have set a new temperature record with the potential to threaten Earth’s climate, marine life and coastal communities. The temperature of the oceans’ surface hit 20.96 degrees Celsius on Friday, according to European Union climate observatory data. “While there are certainly short-term factors, the …

Big waves becoming more common off California as Earth warms, new research finds
1 year, 4 months ago

Big waves becoming more common off California as Earth warms, new research finds

Associated Press  

SAN DIEGO — Waves are getting bigger and surf at least 13 feet tall is becoming more common off California’s coast as the planet warms, according to innovative new research that tracked the increasing height from historical data gathered over the past 90 years. As sea levels rise and storms intensify, bigger waves will cause more flooding in coastal communities, …

Opinion: Florida’s sea temperature hit 101. What does that mean for the world’s oceans?
1 year, 4 months ago

Opinion: Florida’s sea temperature hit 101. What does that mean for the world’s oceans?

LA Times  

“Who hears the fishes when they cry?” — Henry David Thoreau Until I was 15, I thought I was born too soon to explore alien worlds. Ocean temperatures around the Florida Keys hit an unprecedented 101.1 degrees this July, resulting in the worst coral bleaching in the reef system’s history. A new report in Nature Communications projects that with the …

UK’s 40C summer of 2022 ‘will seem cool’ as extreme weather events become frequent, Met Office warns
1 year, 4 months ago

UK’s 40C summer of 2022 ‘will seem cool’ as extreme weather events become frequent, Met Office warns

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The sweltering 40C summer in Britain last year “will be considered cool” by the turn …

Ocean currents vital for distributing heat could collapse by midcentury, study says
1 year, 4 months ago

Ocean currents vital for distributing heat could collapse by midcentury, study says

Associated Press  

A system of ocean currents that transports heat northward across the North Atlantic could collapse by mid-century, according to a new study, and scientists have said before that such a collapse could cause catastrophic sea-level rise and extreme weather across the globe. “There are large uncertainties in this study, in many prior studies, and in climate impact assessment overall, and …

World hits record land, sea temperatures as climate change fuels 2023 extremes
1 year, 5 months ago

World hits record land, sea temperatures as climate change fuels 2023 extremes

India Today  

The target of keeping long-term global warming within 1.5 degrees Celsius is moving out of reach, climate experts say, with nations failing to set more ambitious goals despite months of record-breaking heat on land and sea. As envoys gathered in Bonn in early June to prepare for this year's annual climate talks in November, average global surface air temperatures were …

Global ocean temperatures hit record level for April and May
1 year, 6 months ago

Global ocean temperatures hit record level for April and May

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. This year we have seen Antarctic sea ice shrink to a record low-point for the time of year, following …

The likelihood that Earth briefly hits key warming threshold grows bigger and closer, UN forecasts
1 year, 7 months ago

The likelihood that Earth briefly hits key warming threshold grows bigger and closer, UN forecasts

Associated Press  

There’s a two-out-of-three chance that the world will temporarily hit a key warming limit within the next five years, the United Nations weather agency said Wednesday. Maybe it’ll be next year or the year after” that a year averages 1.5 degrees Celsius, said report lead author Leon Hermanson, a climate scientist at the United Kingdom’s Met Office. The temporary warming …

There Is 98% Chance That 2023-2027 Will Be Warmest Five-Year Period On Record: UN
1 year, 7 months ago

There Is 98% Chance That 2023-2027 Will Be Warmest Five-Year Period On Record: UN

ABP News  

The United Nations has said that there is a 98 per cent chance that 2023-2027 will be the warmest five-year-period on record. The UN also said in a statement that dated May 17, 2023, that there is a 98 per cent probability that at least one of the next five years will be the warmest ever. According to the UN, …

Global warming now more likely to breach 1.5°C threshold by 2027, scientists warn
1 year, 7 months ago

Global warming now more likely to breach 1.5°C threshold by 2027, scientists warn

The Hindu  

For the first time ever, global temperatures are now more likely than not to breach 1.5°C of warming within the next five years, the World Meteorological Organization said on May 17. With a 66% chance of temporarily reaching 1.5°C by 2027, "it's the first time in history that it's more likely than not that we will exceed 1.5°C," said Adam …

'Sounding the alarm…next five years may be hottest ever': UN weather agency
1 year, 7 months ago

'Sounding the alarm…next five years may be hottest ever': UN weather agency

Hindustan Times  

It is near-certain that 2023-2027 will be the warmest five-year period ever recorded, the United Nations warned Wednesday as greenhouse gases and El Nino combine to send temperatures soaring. Global temperatures are soon set to exceed the more ambitious target set out in the Paris climate accords, with a two-thirds chance that one of the next five years will do …

Flirting with climate danger: UN forecasts 2 in 3 chance of briefly hitting key heat limit soon
1 year, 7 months ago

Flirting with climate danger: UN forecasts 2 in 3 chance of briefly hitting key heat limit soon

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy There’s a two-out-of-three chance …

UN report says there's a 98 per cent chance one of the next five years will be the hottest ever
1 year, 7 months ago

UN report says there's a 98 per cent chance one of the next five years will be the hottest ever

ABC  

Global temperatures are set to break records in the next five years, with a 98 per cent chance one will be the warmest ever recorded, according to a new report from the UN's meteorological agency. Key points: The WMO report predicts that at least one of the next five years will be the hottest on record An El Niño pattern …

Global warming likely to breach 1.5C threshold for first time
1 year, 7 months ago

Global warming likely to breach 1.5C threshold for first time

Al Jazeera  

World Meteorological Organization raises alarm, saying at least one of the next five years will be the hottest on record. For the first time, global temperatures are now more likely than not to breach 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming until 2027, the World Meteorological Organization said on Wednesday. How can we accept this growing number year on year and wonder …

Explained | How rising sea levels threaten agriculture, rainfall, and the social fabric
1 year, 7 months ago

Explained | How rising sea levels threaten agriculture, rainfall, and the social fabric

The Hindu  

The World Meteorological Organization has found in a new report that the world’s sea level is rising at an unprecedented rate, portending potentially disastrous consequences for the weather, agriculture, the extant groundwater crisis, and social disparities. The press release also said, “The rate of global mean sea-level rise has doubled between the first decade of the satellite record and the …

‘A year of extremes’: What World Meteorological Organization’s 2022 report says about the state of global climate
1 year, 8 months ago

‘A year of extremes’: What World Meteorological Organization’s 2022 report says about the state of global climate

Firstpost  

The UN agency’s 2022 report has some worrying findings about climate change that has fuelled extreme weather events. Published on Friday, the State of Global Climate 2022 report by the World Meteorological Organization makes some worrying revelations about record-high temperatures, melting glaciers and rising pollution. What have the findings of WMO’s report on the state of global climate revealed about …

‘Off the charts’: UN report highlights rapid climate breakdown
1 year, 8 months ago

‘Off the charts’: UN report highlights rapid climate breakdown

Al Jazeera  

Record levels of greenhouse gases have caused “planetary scale changes on land, in the ocean and in the atmosphere”, a UN agency says in a report that shows the past eight years were the hottest ever recorded on Earth. Global sea levels are rising at more than double the pace they did in the first decade of measurements from 1993 …

World could face record temperatures in 2023 as El Nino returns
1 year, 8 months ago

World could face record temperatures in 2023 as El Nino returns

Live Mint  

The world could breach a new average temperature record in 2023 or 2024, fuelled by climate change and the anticipated return of the El Nino weather phenomenon, climate scientists say. Climate models suggest that after three years of the La Nina weather pattern in the Pacific Ocean, which generally lowers global temperatures slightly, the world will experience a return to …

Extreme weather events are becoming more severe, not less
54 years, 11 months ago

Extreme weather events are becoming more severe, not less

Associated Press  

CLAIM: Climate, weather or meteorological events that we would classify as “extreme” have declined in severity over the last 20 or 30 years. Scientific research has documented how events including extreme precipitation, droughts and forest fires have become more frequent and severe as a result of climate change. THE FACTS: A podcast clip shared on Instagram this week falsely claims …

THESE two Indian cities may be submerged within a few decades: Study
1 year, 9 months ago

THESE two Indian cities may be submerged within a few decades: Study

Live Mint  

A report published on Nature Climate Change has now shown that several Asian megacities run the risk of getting submerged within the next few decades owing to the threat of rising levels. While many shoreline Asian megacities were already at risk of flooding, the study suggests that previous analysis underestimated the degree of sea level rise and subsequent flooding caused …

Chennai, Kolkata, in India, at particular risk due to sea level rise
1 year, 9 months ago

Chennai, Kolkata, in India, at particular risk due to sea level rise

The Hindu  

Sea level rise this century may disproportionately affect certain Asian megacities as well as western tropical Pacific islands and the western Indian Ocean, according to a new research. The study showed that internal climate variability could increase sea level rise in some locations by 20-30% more than what would result from climate change alone, exponentially increasing extreme flooding events, it …

Global temperatures ‘likely’ to see another spike as chances of El Nino increase
1 year, 9 months ago

Global temperatures ‘likely’ to see another spike as chances of El Nino increase

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. La Nina refers to the large-scale cooling of the ocean surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific …

UN chief: Rising seas risk ‘death sentence’ for some nations
1 year, 10 months ago

UN chief: Rising seas risk ‘death sentence’ for some nations

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations chief warned Tuesday that global sea levels have risen faster since 1900 and their relentless increase puts countries like Bangladesh, China, India and the Netherlands at risk and acutely endangers nearly 900 million people living in low-lying coastal areas. In a grim speech to the Security Council’s first-ever meeting on the threat to international …

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