Author: Alec Luhn
Climate Signals (78) Δ27 Variable 2 – Global mean surface temperature anomaly (2) Δ27 Variable 5 – Marine heatwaves (14) Δ27 Variable 6-Marine biomass & deoxygenation (3) Δ27 Variable 7 – Greenland Ice Sheet stability (3) Δ27 Variable 8_West Antarctic Ice Sheet stability (4) Δ27 Variable 9-Arctic sea ice extent/thickness (6) Δ27 Variable 10 – Permafrost thaw & carbon emissions (1) Δ27 Variable 12 – Boreal biome shift (net) (1) Δ27 Variable 13 – Freshwater stress & groundwater depletion (1) Δ27 Variable 14-AMOC strength (2) Δ27 Variable 15-Monsoon systems stability (2) Δ27 Variable 16-Wildfire burned area / fire weather index (1) Δ27 Variable 17 – Global staple crop yields & stocks-to-use (3) Δ27 Variable 20 – Energy system reliability & EROEI / grid stability (1) Δ27 Variable 22 Insurance retreat & financial climate risk (1) Δ27 Variable 23 – Extreme-heat exposure (wet-bulb population-days) (3) Δ27 Variable 25 – Mass displacement (forced migration volume) (1) Δ27 Variable 27 – Epistemic resilience (mis/disinformation & media capture) (2) ⚙️ Energy, Infrastructure & Material Flow (2) 🌊 Oceanic Equilibrium & Acidification (17) 🌍 Atmospheric Forcing & Planetary Energy Balance (2) 🌪 Atmospheric Circulation & Regional Climate Stability (5) 🌱 Carbon & Hydrological Feedback Loops (2) 🌾 Food, Water & Resource Security (4) 🧊 Cryosphere Integrity & Sea-Level Commitment (8) 🧠 Knowledge Integrity & Governance Resilience (2) 🧬 Human Stability & Adaptive Capacity (4)
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The collapse of the AMOC would be catastrophic. How will we know when it’s coming?
Europe faces incredibly harsh winters and unrelenting droughts if the vital AMOC ocean current fails – but when disaster will strike and how bad…
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Satellite data gives clearer picture of how ice sheets are losing mass
The longest satellite record ever compiled shows the vast majority of ice loss from Greenland and Antarctica is due to glaciers flowing faster, rather…
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Glaciers in the Alps are on track for record-breaking ice loss
Glacier loss could break the 2022 record after a series of heatwaves this summer, raising the risk of falling river levels and deadly ice…
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Greenland meltwater is intensifying European heatwaves
The cooling of the North Atlantic is creating waviness in the jet stream and high-pressure ridging over Europe, a study finds
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Could geoengineering ‘ice arches’ help preserve Arctic sea ice?
Researchers are investigating whether artificially thickening ice blockages between Canada and Greenland could prevent huge amounts of sea ice from flowing south to melt
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Is district cooling the solution we need for extreme heat in cities?
Networks of pipes carrying chilled water have proven to be an efficient way to cool hospitals and universities. Now, they are expanding into cities…
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Shifts in the jet stream are behind Europe’s long heatwaves
Two types of jet stream patterns seem to be causing persistent heat domes over Europe, with big questions for the future
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