Understanding the UK’s Recent Spike in Wildfires

By Thomas Smith, Carbon Brief

The unprecedented UK wildfire seasons in 2018 and 2019 have raised key questions about how fire risk in the UK is changing and how we can prepare for them in future.

More than Half the World could See ‘Record-Setting Heat’ Every Year by 2100

By Daisy Dunne, Carbon Brief

More than half of the world could see new temperature records set in every single year by the end of the century if global warming is not curbed, a study finds.

Mozambique Is Drowning. Nebraska Has Flooded. We Need a Green New Deal.

By William Rivers Pitt, TruthOut

For years, stories of massive climate disasters such as these may have felt distant to many U.S. readers, but the climate crisis has arrived here, too.

Cyclone Idai Lays Bare the Fundamental Injustice of Climate Change

By Eric Holthaus, Grist

A humanitarian catastrophe is underway in Mozambique, Malawi, and Zimbabwe as the full scale of devastation from Cyclone Idai becomes more clear.

Brexit was Triggered by Climate-Driven Collapse in the Middle East

By Nafeez Ahmed, Insurge Intelligence

Brexit, the resurgence of the far-right, and the danger of a coming collapse of the European Union, have all escalated on the back of a global migrant crisis that was fuelled by climate change.

Climate Change Is Scary—Not the Green New Deal

By Bill McKibben, YES! magazine

It’s very clear that conservatives have one plan for dealing with the popularity of the Green New Deal: scaring the hell out of people. And it’s very clear that they have one big problem: The hell they’re building through inaction is a lot scarier than “upgrading all existing buildings.”

Climate Change is Killing off Earth’s Little Creatures

By Bill Laurance, The Conversation

The bottom line is: we’re changing our world in many different ways at once. And the myriad little creatures that play so many critical roles in the fabric of life are struggling to survive the onslaught.

Of Hope, Grief, and Humility: Review

By Bart Hawkins Kreps, An Outside Chance

For all of us who pay attention to the steadily worsening climate news, his reflections on hope, grief, and humility are an important part of his message.

How is Arctic Warming Linked to the ‘Polar Vortex’ and Other Extreme Weather?

By Robert McSweeney, Carbon Brief

In this detailed Q&A, Carbon Brief speaks to scientists about the potential connections between Arctic warming and extreme weather across the mid-latitudes, what those theories look like, and how the evidence measures up.

Scientists Find that We are Living Through a Record-Setting ‘Period of Significant Warmth’

By Joe Romm, Climate Progress

In 2018, a remarkable 29 countries plus Antarctica set individual records for the hottest year ever. Meanwhile, no country saw a record cold year.