Everything from heatwaves and flooding to renewable energy resources:
"The European State of the Climate report (ESOTC 2023) provides descriptions and analysis of #climate conditions and variations from across the Earth system, key events and their impacts, and a discussion of climate policy and action with a focus on human health."
Over the last decade, severe #storm outages increased by 74% compared with the previous 10 years.
High #winds, #rains, winter storms and tropical #cyclones including #hurricanes, accounted for 80% of all power interruptions over the last 20 years, a new report from non-profit research group Climate Central shows."
Today is Earth Day. National Geographic tells the story of the first time the event was held, in 1970. It was the result of outrage at a devastating oil spill in Santa Barbara in Jan. 1969, which killed thousands of birds and stained beaches along California's coast.
"An avalanche on Mt Manaslu in Gorkha district on Sunday morning crashed into the Birendra lake, setting off flash floods downstream.
#Avalanches and flash floods have become more frequent in recent years in the mountainous areas due to #ClimateChange. At least four incidents of avalanche have been recorded in #Nepal since 2023, killing and injuring many people."
A deadly heatwave in West Africa 🌍 & the Sahel was "impossible" without human-induced #ClimateChange, scientists say. Temps soared above 48C🌡️in Mali last month with one hospital linking hundreds of deaths to extreme heat https://buff.ly/3TVvNmA
"A full AMOC collapse would be a massive, planetary-scale disaster.
For the AMOC and other climate tipping points, the only action we can take to minimize the risk is to phase out fossil fuel use and stop deforestation as fast as possible. If we can reach zero emissions, further global warming will stop within years, and the sooner this happens the smaller the risk of passing devastating tipping points."
S. Rahmstorf
"Our review covers 127 peer-reviewed studies into climate change and #inequality.
The vast majority of studies confirm that #ClimateChange is exacerbating economic inequalities or hitting the poorest the hardest. This finding holds true across regions, types of physical impacts, sectors, types of inequalities and assessment methods. It is particularly prominent in studies that compare the impact of climate change across countries. "
♲ @faab64@diasp.org:> ### Europe's weather is turning from hot to cold. Learn about the upcoming dramatic temperature drop, possible snowfall, and the risk of frost across the continent.
April has continued with an astonishing warmth across Europe, with hundreds of monthly temperature records shattered across large parts of the continent. But this week, the historic #heatwave is coming to an end. And it will be a dramatic temperature change, from above +30 °C over the weekend into single digits by mid-week. On top of it, a sharp cold front will likely bring snow into lowlands across central #Europe and the Balkan peninsula. Followed by an increasing risk of damaging frost.
"In 2019 alone, more than half a million people died due to a #stroke linked to high and low temperatures, a new study found. With the world getting warmer due to human-made #ClimateChange, that number is expected to rise.
As the planet gets warmer, the study said, the burden of strokes due to high temperature “has increased rapidly” and that number will grow “sharply” in the future."