Our new study in PNASNews shows that anthropogenic climate change is the major driver of the increase in summer forest fires in California, and the coming decades are likely to be worse: pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…… #climatechange #wildfires

First US Climate Trial Begins, Led by Kids scientificamerican.com/article/first-… #Climate #biodiversity #environmental

‘But eventually, you have to look at the trendline and go, “Normal is changing.”’

Severity of drought conditions in boreal Canada has reached an unprecedented level in recent history when looking at the commonly used Drought Code component of the FWI system - an updated of doi.org/10.1111/j.1365…

The National Park Service has put out this noise map for the contiguous United States. Noise pollution. The next frontier. nps.gov/subjects/sound…

Lots of fantastic, well-reported stories on climate change here from around the world. Congrats to all the finalists. I can't wait to read/watch/listen to these: coveringclimatenow.org/projects/the-2…

The bottom of this one small Ontario lake holds thousands of years of human history, and it could be the one place on Earth that best captures human influence on the chemistry and climate of the planet. washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

Comparison of cumulative total estimated carbon emissions from #wildfires across Canada with rapidly increasing values since the beginning of May in both western & eastern areas #feuxdeforet #CanadaFires #IIFF

An eye-opening graphic on wildfires in Canada by Reuters reuters.com/graphics/CANAD…

A common confusion is that to decarbonise, the world will need to produce the equivalent of coal, oil & gas in the form of low-carbon energy. That's not true. Most fossil energy gets wasted. In the US, just one-third gets turned into useful services. The rest is wasted as heat.

The 2023 ONA Community Award recognizes Siri Carpenter for her work leading The Open Notebook, a nonprofit organization on a mission to help journalists improve their skills in covering science, health, technology and the environment. awards.journalists.org/entries/siri-c…

Canada has had record-breaking wildfires this year. They’ve also reburned areas that were trying to make a comeback. It could lead to regeneration failure — the transition from spruce and pine to birch and aspen in boreal forest. My latest for the Globe: theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

Even when 2 things seem to be in opposition, they can also be true: COVID is much better now than before, yet 100,000 people have died in the U.S. this year already. With cases rising, conversations about what we should do are challenging but needed. statnews.com/2023/09/10/cov…

We do understand the #globalwarming caused by fossil fuels - for four decades it’s been going as predicted. But we don’t understand the surprise upward leap that is happening now. And that worries me.