Ignoring the climate emergency

Ignoring the climate emergency — 6/30

a once-weekly roundup,
usually on Mondays

‘Explosive increase’ of ticks that cause meat allergy in US due to climate crisis

Longer exposure, more pollen: climate change worsens allergies

Climate change could be great for mosquitoes

Critical hurricane forecast tool abruptly terminated

Excerpt: The permanent discontinuation of data from the Special Sensor Microwave Imager Sounder (SSMIS) will severely impede and degrade hurricane forecasts for this season and beyond, affecting tens of millions of Americans who live along its hurricane-prone shorelines.

Temperatures gripping the US this week were made up to five times more likely by the fact that the atmosphere is simply hotter

Unrestricted AI use, backed by Trump regime, could add 1-billion tons of planet-heating emissions in the US over the next decade, researchers say

Earth is trapping much more heat than climate models forecast – and the rate has doubled in 20 years

‘It looks more likely with each day we burn fossil fuels’: polar scientist on Antarctic tipping points

‘Extinction crisis’ could see 500 bird species vanish within a century – report

Canadian and US glaciers doubling melt rate from previous decade

Lightning strikes the Arctic: What will it mean for the Far North?

June is the new July: Why intense summer heat is arriving earlier

The world is warming up, and it’s happening faster.

Extreme heat is exacerbating air pollution, a ‘double whammy’ for health

Climate change increases global farmland area and agricultural emissions, study finds

‘We are perilously close to the point of no return’: climate scientist on Amazon rain forest’s future