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The Latest Breaking News from Climate Change

15 unexpected effects of climate change

From shrinking goats to a dimmer Earth, here are some of the lesser-known impacts of rising global temperatures.

LiveScience

Climate change threatens Germany's fairy tale forests

Germany's dense green spruce forests are being decimated by parasites and climate change. It's unclear if planting different kinds of trees would help stop the decline.

WEKU

Data | Climate finance adds another layer of inequity to climate change

Climate justice activists demand developed countries raise investments in climate adaptation/mitigation to help poorer countries bear the brunt of climate disasters.

The Hindu

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Vermont’s flood-wracked capital city ponders a rebuild with one eye on climate change

A beloved bookstore in Vermont’s small capital city moved across the street to a new spot farther from the Winooski River after an ice jam sent river water into the store in 1992

The Independent UK

Record rain helps New Zealand emissions fall – but the path to net zero won’t be so simple

Renewable energy use reaches a level ‘not seen in decades’ thanks to historic rainfall but scientists caution the trend may not be embedded

The Guardian - AU

Waves slamming into the California coast getting bigger due to climate change

“After 1970, there is a consistently higher rate of large wave events,” said Peter Bromirski of the UC San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

Fortune

One of 2023's most extreme heatwaves is happening in the middle of winter

Temperatures in parts of Chile and northern Argentina have soared to 10°C-20°C above average over the last few days. Towns in the Andes mountains have reached 38°C or more, while Argentina’s capital, Buenos Aires, saw temperatures above 30°C – breaking its previous August record by more than 5°C. Temperatures peaked…

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Best books on climate change to help you understand the crisis

From holistic, philosophical texts to practical solutions

Evening Standard

Bark beetles are eating through Germany's Harz forest. Climate change is making matters worse

Tiny bark beetles have been causing havoc in Germany's Harz mountains, eating away at trees and killing off swaths of the spruce population by hampering their ability to take in nutrients

The Independent UK

Shaligrams, the sacred fossils that have been worshipped by Hindus and Buddhists for over 2,000 years, are becoming rarer because of climate change

For more than 2,000 years, Hinduism, Buddhism and the shamanic Himalayan religion of Bon have venerated Shaligrams – ancient fossils of ammonites, a class of extinct sea creatures related to modern squids.

The Conversation

OPINION - The Standard View: From land to sea, human-induced climate change is stressing our planet beyond safe limits

It is not only air temperatures that are rising. The oceans — home to up to 80 per cent of all life on Earth — are warming dangerously too.

Evening Standard

Sunak house protest: is all fair in the fight against climate change?

Five Greenpeace activists who were arrested after they scaled the roof of Rishi Sunak’s country home have been released on bail less than 24 hours after the protest.

The Week

Chris Packham accuses Sunak of playing ‘political football’ with green policies as he launches new campaign

Exclusive: ‘Climate change has come home to roost,’ presenter says, as he gives ultimatum to stop sanctioning future licensing of oil and gas

The Independent UK

Reducing eco-anxiety is a critical step in achieving any climate action

We all have times when we feel anxious about our future; perhaps this is more acute for many people this summer, as we experience unprecedented wildfires and heat waves due to the warming climate. General anxiety intensifies climate or “eco”-anxiety.

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Net zero: direct costs of climate policies aren't a major barrier to public support, research reveals

Amid headlines of wildfires raging across Europe and Africa and flooding in China, the UK government took the bewildering choice to expand fossil fuel extraction.

The Conversation

Rishi Sunak’s green backtracking contrasts strongly with previous prime ministers’ efforts

UK prime minister Rishi Sunak appears to be wavering on “net zero by 2050” that Theresa May successfully passed through parliament with barely a cough of disapproval in 2019.

The Conversation

Conflict between humans and wildlife in Tanzania is being poorly managed – and climate change is making things worse

Human-wildlife conflicts are a challenge for authorities in African countries where people live near protected areas. Programmes for communities to participate in wildlife tourism and share its benefits have been put forward as one solution.

The Independent UK

Swaths of the US are living through a brutal summer. It's a climate wake-up call for many

With global temperatures shattering records this year, are most people actually seeing this year as anything all that different

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WEKU

Up First briefing: Trump's arraignment; Lizzo sued; Republicans on climate change

Donald Trump is expected to be arraigned on charges in connected to the Jan. 6 riot today. Three of Lizzo's former dancers sue her for harassment. The GOP prioritizes the economy over climate change.

WEKU

Three-quarters of Republicans prioritize the economy over climate change

In the latest NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll, the record temperatures this summer don't have Republicans heated as confidence in institutions takes a hit and President Biden has challenges ahead.

The Week

‘Cold tongue’: what the Pacific Ocean cool patch mystery says about climate change

A thin stretch of the eastern Pacific Ocean has been getting colder for the past 30 years, defying the broad global trend and baffling scientists.

The Guardian - AU

Past and present public servants to be investigated – as it happened

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The Conversation

If the world were coming to an end, what would be the most ethical way to rebuild humanity 'off planet'?

Last week, scientists announced that for the first time on record, Antarctic ice has failed to “substantially recover” over winter, in a “once in 7.5-million-year event”. Climate change is the most likely culprit.

The Conversation

All the evidence against the UK’s plans to expand oil and gas drilling

The UK will extract as much oil and gas from the North Sea as possible, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Monday as he announced more than 100 new drilling licenses. Only a few days earlier, United Nations chief António Guterres declared that record heat and extreme weather signalled a…

Fortune

Of pots and kettles: Big Oil and the anti-ESG movement are accusing banks of running ‘climate cartels’

The consumers that politicians claim to be protecting want renewables.

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