BOM and CSIRO State of the Climate report 2024 predicts more extreme weather as warming increases
2 months, 1 week ago

BOM and CSIRO State of the Climate report 2024 predicts more extreme weather as warming increases

ABC  

Overseeing Australia's two-yearly report card on the State of the Climate might seem like demoralising work, with the outlook heading in one direction – hotter, more extreme and more unpredictable. "I'm a bit like a doctor and I just have to say, 'hey, this is what's going on … You need to get to net zero as quickly as possible,'" Dr Braganza says. "It means that climate change and the rate of change in particular is probably holding some surprises in terms of the impacts that it has across Australia," Dr Braganza says. "The rate of change in this graph also points to how rapidly our climate system is changing," Dr Braganza says. Dr Braganza says "2023 was one of Australia's biggest bushfire seasons in terms of area burned, and that's largely due to the fuel growth that we've seen in some of the northern parts of the continent over the years preceding last year."

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What is the latest science telling us about climate change?
1 day, 22 hours ago

What is the latest science telling us about climate change?

The Hindu  

After another record-breaking year for global temperatures in 2024, pressure is rising on policymakers to step up efforts to curb climate change. The last global scientific consensus on the phenomenon was released in 2021 through the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, but scientists say evidence shows global warming and its impacts have since been unfolding faster than expected. Critical point …

Climate extremes in 2024 wreaked havoc on global water cycle
2 days, 8 hours ago

Climate extremes in 2024 wreaked havoc on global water cycle

India Today  

The 2024 Global Water Monitor Report, led by The Australian National University, reveals alarming trends in the global water cycle, driven by unprecedented temperature increases. According to the report, 2024 marked the hottest year on record, with air temperatures over land rising by 1.2 degrees Celsius since the beginning of the century and approximately 2.2 degrees Celsius since the Industrial …

Climate change led to 41 additional days of extreme heat in 2024: new report
1 week, 6 days ago

Climate change led to 41 additional days of extreme heat in 2024: new report

The Hindu  

Due to climate change, the world experienced an average of 41 more days of extreme heat in 2024, a new report said on Friday. A yearly review report by two groups of climate scientists — World Weather Attribution and Climate Central — said the world saw an average of 41 more days of dangerous heat in 2024. "It is likely …

The climate future: We're entering a world of falling GDP and overheated seas
3 weeks, 6 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 …

NOAA: 2024 temperatures set to break last year’s global record
4 weeks ago

NOAA: 2024 temperatures set to break last year’s global record

Politico  

NOAA’s findings are an ominous sign for global efforts to keep global temperatures from rising 1.5 C since the Industrial Revolution, a goal set out in the Paris climate agreement. Climate scientists had predicted earlier this year that 2024 would set a new record, but the trends are even more worrying than anticipated, said Zeke Hausfather, a research scientist at …

EU climate monitor says 2024 ‘certain’ to be hottest year on record
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1 month ago

EU climate monitor says 2024 ‘certain’ to be hottest year on record

Al Jazeera  

The Copernicus Climate Change Service says this year is sure to eclipse 2023 as the hottest yet. Europe’s climate monitor says 2024 is “effectively certain” to be the hottest on record and the first year above the 1.5 degrees Celsius climate benchmark, a critical threshold to protect the Earth from dangerously overheating. The Copernicus Climate Change Service said on Monday …

Bureau of Meteorology summer forecast predicts wetter and warmer season fuelled by simmering oceans
1 month, 1 week ago

Bureau of Meteorology summer forecast predicts wetter and warmer season fuelled by simmering oceans

ABC  

Months of simmering ocean temperatures around the country are feeding into a forecast of a rainy and warm summer ahead, according to climate scientists. Instructions: Use left and right arrow keys to control image transition Before and after images SLIDE Rainfall in December is looking to be higher than normal, skewing the overall forecast of rainfall for the season as …

Extreme heat on the way for three states
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Extreme heat on the way for three states

ABC  

Sally Sara: Heatwave warnings are in place across three states, with NSW, Victoria and Queensland issuing alerts amid predictions the temperatures could spike 12 degrees above average. Rachel Mealey: The Bureau of Meteorology's senior forecaster Miriam Bradbury says there aren't many parts of NSW that will avoid the heat. Miriam Bradbury: Pretty much all of the east coast is going …

Climate change: 7 things that COP29 summit at Azerbaijan’s Baku needs to focus on
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Climate change: 7 things that COP29 summit at Azerbaijan’s Baku needs to focus on

Firstpost  

As COP29 unfolds amid another record-breaking year of high global temperatures, new research highlights accelerating climate impacts – from breached warming thresholds to intensified wildfires, and potential disruption of ocean currents Participating world leaders and delegates arrive for a family photo during the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Baku. AFP This year’s U.N. climate summit - COP29 - is …

2024 set to be hottest year on record as temperatures breach 1.5C threshold
1 month, 4 weeks ago

2024 set to be hottest year on record as temperatures breach 1.5C threshold

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. The WMO said the global average temperature for January to September 2024 was 1.54C above pre-industrial levels, based on …

2024 Is 'Virtually Certain' To Be Hottest Year On Record, Climate Agency Says
2 months ago

2024 Is 'Virtually Certain' To Be Hottest Year On Record, Climate Agency Says

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING 2024 is “virtually certain” to be the hottest year in recorded history and the first to exceed the warming limit that scientists agree the planet must stay beneath to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. The Copernicus Climate Change Service, the European Union agency that monitors warming trends, said this year is on track to exceed …

2024 'virtually certain' to be hottest year on record: EU climate agency
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2 months ago

2024 'virtually certain' to be hottest year on record: EU climate agency

Raw Story  

A day after U.S. voters elected climate-denying Republican Donald Trump in the presidential race, soon ushering in an administration that is sure to expand fossil fuel drilling, the European Union's Earth observation agency announced that 2024 is "virtually certain" to be the hottest year on record and to hit a worrying temperature milestone. While a single year above the 1.5°C …

2024 will be world's hottest on record, EU scientists say
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2 months ago

2024 will be world's hottest on record, EU scientists say

The Hindu  

This year is "virtually certain" to eclipse 2023 as the world's warmest since records began, the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service said on Thursday. C3S said that from January to October, the average global temperature had been so high that 2024 was sure to be the world's hottest year — unless the temperature anomaly in the rest of the …

Fire danger ramps up as BOM predicts hotter temperatures around some parts of Australia
2 months ago

Fire danger ramps up as BOM predicts hotter temperatures around some parts of Australia

ABC  

Parts of Australia will experience their hottest temperatures since last summer starting today, as Victoria faces its first total fire ban of the season. A total fire ban and extreme fire danger rating are in place today across Victoria's Mallee region with much of the state experiencing high fire danger. Fire warning for some parts Chief Officer of the Country …

World is on track for a ‘catastrophic’ rise in temperature, UN report says
2 months, 1 week ago

World is on track for a ‘catastrophic’ rise in temperature, UN report says

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 world is on track for a “catastrophic” 3.1 degrees Celsius of global warming over …

Greenhouse Gas Levels Soar to Record, Warns WMO
2 months, 1 week ago

Greenhouse Gas Levels Soar to Record, Warns WMO

Live Mint  

Greenhouse gas levels hit record highs in 2023, with annual mean CO2 levels soaring by 2.3 PPM. This is the twelfth consecutive year of increasing CO2 levels, and the year 2023 also emerged as the warmest on record, surpassing the 2016-level. The rise in greenhouse gases is a major concern, as it contributes to climate change and extreme weather events. …

Earth is likely to have its hottest year on record – again
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Earth is likely to have its hottest year on record – again

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. Dr. Gavin Schmidt, the director of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, wrote on social media Tuesday that new …

Latest modelling tips fourth La Niña for Australia in five years before the end of 2024
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Latest modelling tips fourth La Niña for Australia in five years before the end of 2024

ABC  

There are growing signs Australia's most impactful climate driver, La Niña, will develop during the coming months. When the Pacific enters a La Niña state stronger trade winds pile up warmer water near Australia which increase cloud development and rain. Australia's 12 wettest years on record were all associated with La Niña, however most occurred during the stronger events, and …

New research forecasts a future of freakier weather, but experts say the risks may be downplayed
3 months, 4 weeks 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 …

Global warming induces hottest northern summer on record in 2024 as weather-related disasters feared to intensify
4 months ago

Global warming induces hottest northern summer on record in 2024 as weather-related disasters feared to intensify

ABC  

While Australia is yet to enter its hottest three months of the year, the northern half of the world just emerged from what has been the planet's warmest summer on record. Data published in a monthly bulletin by the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service on Friday also showed that the global average temperature for the year from September 2023 …

As California swelters, climate officials declare Summer 2024 the hottest on record
4 months ago

As California swelters, climate officials declare Summer 2024 the hottest on record

LA Times  

As Southern California swelters under its most punishing heat wave of the year, international climate officials have confirmed that summer 2024 was Earth’s hottest on record. The global average temperature in June, July and August — known as the boreal summer in the Northern hemisphere — was a record-breaking 62.24 degrees, according to the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service. …

Warning of more deaths as 2024 set to be hottest year on record
6 months ago

Warning of more deaths as 2024 set to be hottest year on record

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. Last month was the hottest June on record, the EU’s climate change monitoring service has said, continuing a streak …

The End of El Niño Might Make the Weather Even More Extreme
7 months ago

The End of El Niño Might Make the Weather Even More Extreme

Wired  

This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The driving forces behind these projections include the alternating Pacific Ocean climate patterns known as El Niño and La Niña, which can create huge shifts in temperature and precipitation across the North and South American continents. After almost a year of El Niño, La Niña is …

New study finds Earth warming at record rate, but no evidence of climate change accelerating
7 months ago

New study finds Earth warming at record rate, but no evidence of climate change accelerating

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 The rate Earth is warming …

Summer 2023 was the hottest in past 2,000 years: Study
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Summer 2023 was the hottest in past 2,000 years: Study

Hindustan Times  

Last summer, as wildfires swept across the Mediterranean, roads buckled in Texas and heatwaves strained power grids in China, it was not just the warmest summer on record, but the hottest one in some 2,000 years, new research has found. Women cover themselves to protect from the sun on a hot summer day European scientists last year established that the …

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

UN weather agency issues ‘red alert’ on climate change after record heat
9 months, 3 weeks 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 …

New UN weather agency chief says rate of global warming is speeding up
11 months ago

New UN weather agency chief says rate of global warming is speeding up

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. In her first sit-down interview since taking office last …

Has the planet warmed more than we thought? Ocean sponges might be telling us something
11 months ago

Has the planet warmed more than we thought? Ocean sponges might be telling us something

Associated Press  

A handful of centuries-old sponges from deep in the Caribbean are causing some scientists to think human-caused climate change began sooner and has heated the world more than they thought. They analyzed six of the long-lived sponges — simple animals that filter water — for growth records that document changes in water temperature, acidity and carbon dioxide levels in the …

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

Scientists explain Antarctica’s raving 2022 heatwave in groundbreaking papers
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Scientists explain Antarctica’s raving 2022 heatwave in groundbreaking papers

The Hindu  

Climate scientists don’t like surprises. But they provide scientists a deeper understanding of the links between the tropics and Antarctica – and give the global community a chance to prepare for what a warmer world may bring. When the tropical air collided with this so-called “blocking high”, it caused the most intense atmospheric river ever observed over East Antarctica. The …

24 climate predictions for 2024
1 year ago

24 climate predictions for 2024

Raw Story  

This story was originally published by Grist. Naveena Sadasivam — Senior staff writer covering environmental justice and accountability ‘Greenhushing’ spreads as companies seek to dodge lawsuits Just a few years ago, splashy corporate climate promises were everywhere. But there won’t be as many misleading Kate Yoder — Staff writer examining the intersections of climate, language, history, culture, and accountability A …

2023 proved that climate change isn't coming — it's here, and things are spiraling out of control
1 year ago

2023 proved that climate change isn't coming — it's here, and things are spiraling out of control

Salon  

Politicians often speak of climate change as a problem for future generations to solve, but many scientists say the time to act is now and that the climate has already changed — it's not a far-off scenario. The year "will see a new global surface temperature record" which "underscores the fact that the planet is continuing to warm as we …

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

UN weather agency says 2023 is the hottest year on record, warns of further climate extremes ahead
1 year, 1 month ago

UN weather agency says 2023 is the hottest year on record, warns of further climate extremes ahead

The Independent  

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Summer of severe heat predicted as Bureau of Meteorology declares El Niño
1 year, 3 months ago

Summer of severe heat predicted as Bureau of Meteorology declares El Niño

ABC  

The Bureau of Meteorology has declared two major climate drivers linked to hot, dry conditions are officially underway in Australia, prompting further warnings that extreme heat could hit this spring and summer. What future El Niño summers could look like Photo shows A globe centred on Australia showing sea surface temperature patterns in red and blue with a time scale …

Over 95% chance of El Nino conditions from January-March 2024: U.S. forecaster
1 year, 3 months ago

Over 95% chance of El Nino conditions from January-March 2024: U.S. forecaster

The Hindu  

There is a more than 95% chance that the El Niño weather pattern will continue through the Northern Hemisphere winter from January - March 2024, a U.S. government forecaster said on Thursday, bringing more extreme conditions. El Nino is a warming of ocean surface temperatures in the eastern and central Pacific, and can provoke extreme weather phenomena from wildfires to …

How climate change could be making El Niño more extreme
1 year, 4 months ago

How climate change could be making El Niño more extreme

ABC  

El Niño in a changing climate The prospect of a possible El Niño summer, with the hot and dry conditions it's known for in Australia, can be frightening. Sea surface temperature data captured by satellites and buoys is used to determine whether the Pacific Ocean is in an El Niño, La Niña, or neutral phase. CSIRO climate and natural hazards …

This summer was a global record breaker for the highest heat ever measured, meteorologists say
1 year, 4 months ago

This summer was a global record breaker for the highest heat ever measured, meteorologists say

The Hindu  

Earth has sweltered through its hottest Northern Hemisphere summer ever measured, with a record warm August capping a season of brutal and deadly temperatures, according to the World Meteorological Organization. Editorial | Mercury rising: On an ‘era of global boiling’ The world's oceans — more than 70% of the Earth's surface — were the hottest ever recorded, nearly 21 C, …

Spring 2023: Meteorologists warn high temperatures and low rainfall will increase risk of bushfires
1 year, 4 months ago

Spring 2023: Meteorologists warn high temperatures and low rainfall will increase risk of bushfires

Daily Mail  

This spring is set to be dangerously dry and warm with meteorologists urging homeowners to start preparing for bushfires now. Weatherzone meteorologist Corine Brown said two differing weather events, a positive Indian Ocean Dipole affecting Australia's west and a largely-negative southern oscillation index affecting the east, will drive the drier weather. The Bureau of Meteorology has warned this spring will …

Scientists look beyond climate change and El Nino for other factors that heat up Earth
1 year, 5 months ago

Scientists look beyond climate change and El Nino for other factors that heat up Earth

Associated Press  

Scientists are wondering if global warming and El Nino have an accomplice in fueling this summer’s record-shattering heat. THE CLEANER AIR POSSIBILITY Florida State University climate scientist Michael Diamond says shipping is “probably the prime suspect.” Maritime shipping has for decades used dirty fuel that gives off particles that reflect sunlight in a process that actually cools the climate and …

New data reveals 2023 is on track for record heat — and next year should be even hotter
1 year, 5 months ago

New data reveals 2023 is on track for record heat — and next year should be even hotter

ABC  

Earth has just passed another climate milestone. After widespread global heatwaves through June and July, 2023's average air temperature for the year so far is 14.99 degrees Celsius — just passing the previous high of 14.98C from seven years ago. Next year likely to be warmer If you look back through global temperatures since 1950, there's an obvious trend: the …

UK’s 40C summer of 2022 ‘will seem cool’ as extreme weather events become frequent, Met Office warns
1 year, 5 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 …

How El Niño, climate change and warming oceans could combine to supercharge the world's weather
1 year, 5 months ago

How El Niño, climate change and warming oceans could combine to supercharge the world's weather

ABC  

As the calendar year ticked over to 2023, residents of Western Australia's Kimberley region were fleeing to higher ground as heavy downpours brought water levels to astonishing heights. "There's been a collective feeling of, 'Woah, that's insane' from myself and quite a few of my colleagues this year," Monash University associate professor Ailie Gallant said. A sign of what's to …

We just had the world's hottest day on record, data shows — and experts say it's only going to get hotter
1 year, 6 months ago

We just had the world's hottest day on record, data shows — and experts say it's only going to get hotter

ABC  

Scientists told us it was close. Key points: Data from US scientists suggests this Tuesday was the world's hottest day on record Experts say heat records will continue to topple without urgent action on climate change Swathes of the northern hemisphere are currently experiencing heatwaves and record temperatures The average global temperature on Monday, July, 3 hit 17.01 degrees Celsius, …

World Meteorological Organization declares El Niño underway, increasing chance of record high global temperatures
1 year, 6 months ago

World Meteorological Organization declares El Niño underway, increasing chance of record high global temperatures

ABC  

The World Meteorological Organization has declared El Niño is now underway, increasing the likelihood of record high global temperatures and disruptive weather patterns over the next 12 months. Key points: The Bureau of Meteorology is yet to officially declare El Niño is here Historically, El Niño brings below average rain and above average temperatures to Australia The last fully fledged …

Here comes El Nino: It’s early, likely to be big, sloppy and add even more heat to a warming world
1 year, 7 months ago

Here comes El Nino: It’s early, likely to be big, sloppy and add even more heat to a warming world

Associated Press  

An early bird El Nino has officially formed, likely to be strong, warp weather worldwide and give an already warming Earth an extra kick of natural heat, meteorologists announced. “The onset of El Nino has implications for placing 2023 in the running for warmest year on record when combined with climate-warming background,” said University of Georgia meteorology professor Marshall Shepherd. …

Here comes El Nino: It's early, likely to be big, sloppy and add even more heat to a warming world
1 year, 7 months ago

Here comes El Nino: It's early, likely to be big, sloppy and add even more heat to a warming 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. “The onset of El Nino has implications for placing …

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