Global climate summary for June 2024ClimateFacts
SourceJuly 19, 2024
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Global climate summary for June 2024
By NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information and Global Precipitation Climatology Project | University of Maryland Highlights Temperatures were above average over much of the…

Why we find extreme weather so fascinatingClimate
SourceJuly 19, 2024
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Why we find extreme weather so fascinating
By Will de Freitas | The Conversation When climate change leads the news, it’s often down to a hurricane, heatwave or flood. And, judging by…

Renewable electricity to outstrip coal next year: IEAClimateNews
SourceJuly 19, 2024
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Renewable electricity to outstrip coal next year: IEA
Paris, France (AFP) - The amount of electricity produced from renewable sources worldwide is set to surpass output from coal-fired plants for the first time…

Danish insect farm sets sights on feeding Europe’s livestockClimateNews
SourceJuly 17, 2024
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Danish insect farm sets sights on feeding Europe’s livestock
By Camille BAS-WOHLERT | AFP Flemming, Denmark - At the end of a small country road in Denmark is the "Enorm" factory, an insect farm…

UC Irvine Earth system scientists discover missing piece in climate modelsClimateScience
SourceJuly 16, 2024
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UC Irvine Earth system scientists discover missing piece in climate models
By University of California - Irvine As the planet continues to warm due to human-driven climate change, accurate computer climate models will be key in…

How climate change is altering the Earth’s rotationClimate
SourceJuly 15, 2024
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How climate change is altering the Earth’s rotation
Climate change surpasses the moon’s influenceThe Earth's axis of rotation is shiftingPhysical laws combined with artificial intelligenceImportant for space travel Climate change is causing the…

Wildlife tracking technology that adheres to fur delivers promising results from trials on wild polar bearsNewsScience
SourceJuly 15, 2024
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Wildlife tracking technology that adheres to fur delivers promising results from trials on wild polar bears
By York University A research team led by York University and a project involving 3M and Polar Bears International present field research deploying the first-ever…

High and low tide cause low and high methane fluxesClimate
SourceJuly 12, 2024
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High and low tide cause low and high methane fluxes
By Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research Methane, a strong greenhouse gas that naturally escapes from the bottom of the North Sea, is affected by…

Unprecedented warming threatens earth’s lakes and their ecosystemsClimateScience
SourceJuly 12, 2024
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Unprecedented warming threatens earth’s lakes and their ecosystems
By Institute for Basic Science Lakes, with their rich biodiversity and important ecological services, face a concerning trend: rapidly increasing temperatures. A recent study published…

Popular climate assessment method can be enhanced to improve tipping point accuracyClimateScience
SourceJuly 12, 2024
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Popular climate assessment method can be enhanced to improve tipping point accuracy
By Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences The optimal fingerprinting method (OFM) has been used extensively to detect and attribute the effects of…

Scientists release new research on planted mangroves’ ability to store carbonScience
SourceJuly 11, 2024
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Scientists release new research on planted mangroves’ ability to store carbon
By USDA Forest Service - Pacific Southwest Research Station Mangrove nurseries in Maputo, Mozambique, managed by the local community with technical support from the U.S. Forest…

The Gulf Stream is wind-powered and could weaken from climate changeClimate
SourceJuly 11, 2024
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The Gulf Stream is wind-powered and could weaken from climate change
By University College London New evidence of changes to the Gulf Stream during the last ice age could indicate additional sensitivity to future climatic changes,…

Bangladesh charges 26 for destruction of vast mangrove forestNews
SourceJuly 11, 2024
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Bangladesh charges 26 for destruction of vast mangrove forest
Dhaka, Bangladesh (AFP) - Bangladeshi police have charged 26 people for destroying a swath of mangrove forest that protects the low-lying nation from storm surge…

Canada’s government links June heat wave to climate changeClimateNews
SourceJuly 10, 2024
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Canada’s government links June heat wave to climate change
Montreal, Canada (AFP) - Canada's environment ministry said Tuesday that climate change made a recent east coast heat wave two to 10 times more likely,…

Covering Climate Now Announces Winners of the 2024 CCNow Journalism AwardsClimateNews
SourceJuly 9, 2024
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Covering Climate Now Announces Winners of the 2024 CCNow Journalism Awards
By CCNOW Today, the global journalism collaboration Covering Climate Now announced 51 winners of the 2024 CCNow Journalism Awards. Now in its fourth year, the…

Water stored under artificial turf could make cities cooler and safer to play inScience
SourceJuly 9, 2024
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Water stored under artificial turf could make cities cooler and safer to play in
Artificial turf with an integrated subsurface water storage and irrigation system could make sports courts safer and cooler while helping cities with water and flood…

Six dead in Tokyo as Japan swelters in heatwaveNews
SourceJuly 9, 2024
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Six dead in Tokyo as Japan swelters in heatwave
By Tomohiro OSAKI | AFP Tokyo, Japan - Six people have died of heatstroke in Tokyo as Japan swelters under a rare rainy season heatwave,…

Tackling the Climate and Housing Crises: Promoting Compact Living in EuropeClimate
SourceJuly 8, 2024
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Tackling the Climate and Housing Crises: Promoting Compact Living in Europe
By Research Institute for Sustainability (RIFS) – Helmholtz Centre Potsdam Future European Union housing policy must address the twin challenges of providing adequate housing for…

Zero-emissions trucks alone won’t cut it: Early retirement of polluters key to California’s emission goalsClimate
SourceJuly 8, 2024
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Zero-emissions trucks alone won’t cut it: Early retirement of polluters key to California’s emission goals
By IOP Publishing California must implement early retirement for existing heavy-duty vehicles as well as introducing zero-emissions vehicles (ZEVs) to protect Black, Latino and vulnerable…

June hottest on record, beating 2023 high: EU climate monitorNews
SourceJuly 8, 2024
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June hottest on record, beating 2023 high: EU climate monitor
Paris, France (AFP) - Last month was the hottest June on record, beating the previous high set a year earlier, the EU's climate monitor said…

Cranfield and LIPTON Teas and Infusions begin advanced climate change mitigation and resilience field trialsClimate
SourceJuly 6, 2024
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Cranfield and LIPTON Teas and Infusions begin advanced climate change mitigation and resilience field trials
By Cranfield University The project, supported by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and UK Tea & Infusions Association (UKTIA), aims to improve…

The dawn of the Antarctic ice sheetsScience
SourceJuly 5, 2024
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The dawn of the Antarctic ice sheets
For the first time, the recovery of unique geological samples combined with sophisticated modelling provides surprising insights into when and where today's Antarctic ice sheet…

Cool roofs are best at beating cities’ heatClimate
SourceJuly 5, 2024
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Cool roofs are best at beating cities’ heat
By University College London Painting roofs white or covering them with a reflective coating would be more effective at cooling cities like London than vegetation-covered…

Climate change drives tree species towards colder, wetter regionsClimate
SourceJuly 4, 2024
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Climate change drives tree species towards colder, wetter regions
By University of Birmingham Climate change is likely to drive tree species towards colder and wetter regions of their geographical distribution, a new study has…
