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California wildfires’ continuing impact on the ocean
From article by Anna Baxter on the OCEANA website: “In January 2025, a series of devastating wildfires hit Southern California. Lives were lost. Homes and businesses were destroyed. Families were displaced. The scale of the devastation is staggering. But the damage doesn’t stop at the shoreline. This week, as Southern Californians are deluged with torrential…
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The Weight of Nature: How a Changing Climate Changes our Brains by Clayton Page Aldern
From the book review in Kirkus Reviews: “A lyrical and scientifically rigorous account of the emotional and physical toll climate change is taking on the human brain. This is your brain on climate change. In his second book, neuroscientist and environmental journalist Aldern examines the palpable effects of climate change on our brain chemistry, including…
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February 2024 was the hottest on record, with global temperatures surpassing critical climate threshold
From an article by Li Cohen on the CBS News website: The world has marked yet another consecutive month of record-breaking heat. New data from Copernicus, the European Union's climate change monitoring service, shows that last month was the hottest February on record globally, with "exceptionally high" temperatures in both the air and sea. The…
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Fire Weather: A True Story From a Hotter World, by John Vaillant
Click here to read a New York Times review of this powerful book.
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Super-marine heatwaves: A new term for a growing concern
From a news story on the website of National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): New paper sheds light on 2023's record sea surface temperatures 2023 was a record-breaking year. According to the Annual 2023 Global Climate Report, 2023 was the warmest year since global atmospheric temperature records…
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Canadian wildfire smoke causes unhealthy air across much of North America
From the news story in the New York Times: "In a country known for its picturesque landscapes and orderliness, the out-of-control wildfires have stoked unease and underlined the perils of global warming. Scientific research suggests that heat and drought associated with climate change are major reasons for the increase in bigger and more intense fires…
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Montana children sue state alleging support for fossil fuels deprives them of a clean future
New York Times story about Held v. Montana.
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UN Panel on Climate Change says earth close to passing point of no-return on catastrophic global warming
The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a major report indicating that the world is blowing past its chances to retain control over global warming. The situation is already dire. All hope will be lost if the industrial nations do not take immediate critical action to move away from fossil fuel usage. Washington Post…
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Malaria spreads in Africa as even mosquitos seek higher elevations
New York Times story by Apoorva Mandavilli.
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With deterioration of U.S. – China relationship come dangers for climate change
Article in The Atlantic. Report follows the UN Climate Change COP27 summit in Egypt: "Many experts believe that the progress necessary to repair a warming world will be extremely difficult, and perhaps impossible, without close collaboration between these two great powers."
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Within three decades, most of the world’s children will live with frequent heat waves
A new UNICEF report states that by 2050 almost all of the world's children will be exposed to high-heat wave frequency. From the Washington Post.
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Climate change worsens heat dome’s effects
Los Angeles Times article: "The extreme temperatures that will bear down on California over the next week are the result of a “heat dome,” a phenomenon that typically brings broiling conditions to the state as summer fades into fall. But climate change is worsening the dome’s effects and making it more lethal for people who…
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Heat in Europe and U.K.
From the New York Times: "Britain made meteorological history on Tuesday when temperatures in some places topped 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) for the first time ever recorded in the United Kingdom, as a second straight day of record-setting heat gripped parts of Europe."
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Big Oil’s efforts to swing public opinion on climate change
Disturbing Frontline program "The Power of Big Oil".
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Salmon stock disruptions linked to marine heat waves
Researchers in Alaska are trying to understand warming ocean's consequences for salmon. Washington Post story.
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U.N. says nations’ plans to address warming are still inadequate
NY Times story: "Latest National Climate Plans Still Fall Far Short, U.N. Report Warns."
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Climate panel warns: Some temp increases inevitable but there’s still a mitigation window
"U.N. Secretary General António Guterres called the findings 'a code red for humanity'." Links to stories in the Washington Post and New York Times.
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