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Nature Climate Change, Published online: 02 August 2024; doi:10.1038/s41558-024-02109-9
Author Correction: Accelerated warming in the North Pacific since 2013
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Nature Climate Change, Published online: 05 June 2024; doi:10.1038/s41558-024-02018-x
A comprehensive analysis of observations and model simulations finds that future global mean warming is likely to be larger than previously thought, and that limiting global warming to well below 2°C will be more difficult than previously anticipated.
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Nature Climate Change, Published online: 11 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41558-024-01976-6
The degree to which changes in marine organisms due to warming can influence tropical cyclones is not well known. Here the authors show that changing chlorophyll patterns can lead to more landfalling tropical cyclones in East Asia.
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Nature Climate Change, Published online: 25 January 2024; doi:10.1038/s41558-023-01916-w
Tropical instability waves (TIWs) are an important component of the equatorial Pacific climate. An analysis of satellite observations, in situ measurements and ocean circulation models indicates that TIW activity has intensified in the central equatorial Pacific by approximately 12 ± 6% per decade since the 1990s.
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This story is reprinted with permission from Honolulu Civil Beat.
In January, a remote island in the Federated States of Micronesia switched on its lights for the first time since before World War II, bringing electricity to 500 households by burning waste from its new coconut-processing facility.
In a country where only one in three people has consistent energy access, electrifying Tonoas marked a step toward delivering power to every Micronesian household by 2027, which means reaching the 17 percent of the country still without it. And by 2024, half of that energy is set to be renewable.
The move in FSM represents one of several being taken throughout the Pacific to not only transition to more sustainable power generation but also remove their reliance on imported fossil fuels. The transition is a difficult and costly task for many Pacific …
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Climate change forces adaptation in Spokane, Pacific Northwest
The Spokesman-Review Climate change is, nearly by definition, an overwhelming subject. Global carbon emissions. Warming temperatures measured in fractions of a degree. Impacts spread far and wide. Rising sea levels. Melting ice caps. All unfolding over decades, if not … |