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Timing of emergence of modern rates of sea-level rise by 1863

February 2022
Jennifer S. Walker, Robert E. Kopp, Christopher M. Little, & Benjamin P. Horton
Nature Communications
This study shows that globally, it is very likely that rates of sea-level rise emerged above pre-industrial rates by 1863 CE, which is similar in timing to evidence for early ocean warming and glacier melt.Read More →

Frontiers 2022: Noise, Blazes and Mismatches

February 2022
United Nations Environment Programme
United Nations Environment Programme
This report highlights the role of climate change and human influence in the changing wildfire regimes around the world, and the role of climate change in disrupting the life cycle patterns of plant and animal species.Read More →

Warming weakens the night-time barrier to global fire

February 2022
Jennifer K. Balch, John T. Abatzoglou, Maxwell B. Joseph, Michael J. Koontz, Adam L. Mahood, Joseph McGlinchy, Megan E. Cattau & A. Park Williams
Nature
This study predicts that continued night-time warming owing to anthropogenic climate change will promote more intense, longer-lasting and larger fires.Read More →

Global assessment of oil and gas methane ultra-emitters

February 2022
Thomas Lauvaux, Clément Giron, Matthieu Mazzolini, Alexandre d'Aspremont, Riley Duren, Dan Cusworth, Drew Shindell, Philippe Ciais
Science
This study finds that ultra-emitters constituted 8 to 12% (~8 million metric tons of methane per year) of the global oil and gas production methane emissions.Read More →

Mt. Everest’s highest glacier is a sentinel for accelerating ice loss

February 2022
Mariusz Potocki, Paul Andrew Mayewski, Tom Matthews, L. Baker Perry, Margit Schwikowski, Alexander M. Tait, Elena Korotkikh, Heather Clifford, Shichang Kang, Tenzing Chogyal Sherpa, Praveen Kumar Singh, Inka Koch, & Sean Birkel
NPJ Climate and Atmospheric Science
This study shows the significant and increasing role that melting and sublimation have on the mass loss of Mt. Everest’s highest glacier.Read More →

Global Methane Tracker 2022

February 2022
International Energy Agency
International Energy Agency
The 2022 update of the IEA Global Methane Tracker provides a complete set of country-level estimates for methane emissions from the energy sector.Read More →