10 October 2019. The Conversation. It’s only October, so what’s with all these bushfires? New research explains it. Summer might be more than six weeks away, but out-of-control bushfires have already torn across parts of eastern Australia in recent days, destroying … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Impacts Observed & Projected
26 July 2019, The Guardian, Amazon deforestation accelerating towards unrecoverable ‘tipping point’. Deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon has surged above three football fields a minute, according to the latest government data, pushing the world’s biggest rainforest closer to a tipping point beyond … Continue reading →
25 July 2019, Reuters: Climate records fall as Europe bakes in heatwave. Soaring temperatures broke records in Germany, France, Britain and the Netherlands on Thursday, as a heatwave gripped Europe for the second time in a month in what scientists … Continue reading →
7 July 2019, The Guardian: One climate crisis disaster happening every week, UN warns. Climate crisis disasters are happening at the rate of one a week, though most draw little international attention and work is urgently needed to prepare developing countries … Continue reading →