# warming (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 11 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover warming. Page: Feed: --- ## [Rising CO2 Speeds the Growth of Grasses on the African Savanna](https://e360.yale.edu/digest/africa-savanna-grasses-carbon-dioxide) _2026-08-21 · Yale E360_ On the arid African savanna, grasses are growing faster than they were a generation ago, boosted by rising levels of carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels. That is the finding of a new study that warns that faster growth could fuel larger wildfires and alter the distribution of wildlife. Read more on E360 → ## [Another Eden Visit](https://richardherring.substack.com/p/another-eden-visit) _2026-08-21 · Richard Herring · Richard Herring's Substack_ Warming Up ## [Skeptical Science New Research for Week #34 2026](https://skepticalscience.com/new_research_2026_34.html) _2026-08-20 · Skeptical Science_ Open access notables Marine Heatwaves Overwhelm the Buffering Benefits of Marine Protected Areas: Two Decades of Collapse in a Mediterranean Gorgonian , Zentner et al., Global Change Biology Marine heatwaves (MHWs) are driving mass mortalities of coastal foundation species globally, threatening their persistence and the ecosystems they support. However, long-term demographic evidence of these… ## [The Remarkable Barbara Herring](https://richardherring.substack.com/p/the-remarkable-barbara-herring) _2026-08-20 · Richard Herring · Richard Herring's Substack_ Warming Ups ## [Filipino Cacao Growers Learn to Live With a Hotter Climate](https://e360.yale.edu/features/2026-film-contest-first-place-philippines-chocolates) _2026-08-20 · Yale E360_ In “Chocolates Melting Away” — the First-Place Winner of the 2026 Yale Environment 360 Film Contest — Breech Asher Harani explores how cacao growers in the Philippines are developing new techniques to protect their crops from increasingly turbulent weather. Read more on E360 → ## [Is this El Niño a glimpse of a future, hotter Earth?](https://skepticalscience.com/el-nino-glimpse-future.html) _2026-08-19 · Skeptical Science_ This is a re-post from The Climate Brink by Andrew Dessler and Zeke Hausfather Global temperatures are predicted to soar due to the El Ni o event that is currently ramping up. Most forecasts predict that 2027 will set records, with the global average temperature reaching levels we would not expect until the late 2030s. This plot, from the Washington Post and one of us (ZH), shows how 2027's… ## [A London Scheme to Cut Car Pollution Restored Lung Growth in Children](https://e360.yale.edu/digest/ulez-children-lung-growth) _2026-08-19 · Yale E360_ A controversial scheme aimed at slashing car pollution in London was a boon to children, whose lungs grew faster after the program was launched, researchers found. Read more on E360 → ## [Hunger At The 2°C Dinner Table](https://drtomharris.substack.com/p/hunger-at-the-2c-dinner-table) _2026-08-19 · Tom Harris · Climate Uncovered_ How 2°C redraws the map of hunger from the fields of Malawi to the checkout in Tesco, why it is arriving 20 years earlier than the IPCC said it would, and why starvation toll is still a policy choice. ## [Jaw Jaw Not Jaw War](https://richardherring.substack.com/p/jaw-jaw-not-jaw-war) _2026-08-18 · Richard Herring · Richard Herring's Substack_ Warming Up ## [Climate Trunk - Science](https://skepticalscience.com/climate-trunk-science.html) _2026-08-18 · Skeptical Science_ In April 2026 we published a guest blog post by John Lang in which he introduced his " Climate Trunk " graphics project and website. Since then, he has been adding one graphic per week and plans to keep going for about 2 years rounding out the big picture of human-caused climate change graphic by graphic. In this blog post we'll show-case the graphics related to climate science and will keep… ## [Open directory of blogs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/2sVw7p1Y4Xpl) _2026-08-18 · **Sponsored**_ Drop URLs or OPML — get per-blog pages plus machine-readable JSON, OPML, text ## [Collapse of Atlantic Currents Could Drive a Surge in Warming](https://e360.yale.edu/digest/amoc-warming-study) _2026-08-18 · Yale E360_ A vast system of Atlantic currents appears to be weakening, and scientists say its collapse could lead to dramatic cooling in northern Europe. A new study suggests an additional risk: a surge in warming across the rest of the globe. Read more on E360 → ## [Raw Data, Wrong Answers](https://skepticalscience.com/raw-data-wrong-answers.html) _2026-08-17 · Skeptical Science_ This is a re-post from The Climate Brink by Andrew Dessler and Zeke Hausfather This is the second in our three-part series discussing the use of unadjusted data and how it overstates the warmth of the 1930s over the U.S. See part one and part three for more. Here on The Climate Brink, we've written many many posts about whether temperatures were more extreme in the 1930s than today. Just last… ## [So Far This Year, China Has Wasted Enough Clean Energy to Power Mexico](https://e360.yale.edu/digest/china-renewable-curtailments) _2026-08-17 · Yale E360_ China is leading the world on renewable energy, last year installing more wind and solar capacity than every other country put together. But its buildout has unfolded at such a ferocious pace that China is now generating much more electricity than its power grid can handle, meaning that huge amounts of clean power are going unused. Read more on E360 → ## [1492](https://richardherring.substack.com/p/1492) _2026-08-17 · Richard Herring · Richard Herring's Substack_ 8655/21574 ## [Then I Got ON The Bus!](https://richardherring.substack.com/p/then-i-got-on-the-bus) _2026-08-16 · Richard Herring · Richard Herring's Substack_ Warming Up ## [Fires, drought, heatstroke – will this climate emergency tip the scales to action?](https://iceblog.org/2026/08/16/fires-drought-heatstroke-will-this-climate-emergency-tip-the-scales-to-action/) _2026-08-16 · iqiceblog · The Ice Blog_ In Europe and other hitherto little affected parts of the world, we are currently experiencing some devastating impacts of climate warming. The world is set to overshoot the 1.5°C upper limit, with emissions still on the rise. While we adapt to the life-changing impacts we can no longer avoid after decades of missed opportunities, will this wake-up call speed up the end of fossil fuels and the… ## [2026 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #33](https://skepticalscience.com/2026-SkS-Weekly-News-Roundup_33.html) _2026-08-16 · Skeptical Science_ A listing of 28 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, August 9, 2026 thru Sat, August 15, 2026. Stories we promoted this week, by category: Climate Change Impacts (10 articles) Climate Change Is Rewriting Europe\`s Nuclear Cooling Assumptions Much of Europe's existing nuclear fleet was designed around historical ranges of water… ## [Chips - The Cause of and Solution to All Life's Problems](https://richardherring.substack.com/p/chips-the-cause-and-solution-of-all) _2026-08-15 · Richard Herring · Richard Herring's Substack_ Warming Up ## [Only Only Connect](https://richardherring.substack.com/p/only-only-connect) _2026-08-14 · Richard Herring · Richard Herring's Substack_ Warming Up ## [In Australia, a Home Battery Boom Has Helped Cut Wholesale Power Prices in Half](https://e360.yale.edu/digest/australia-home-batteries) _2026-08-14 · Yale E360_ A little more than one year ago, Australia rolled out a program to heavily subsidize home batteries, part of a larger effort to make use of the huge volumes of solar energy that were going to waste. On Friday, officials announced that more than 500,000 batteries had been installed under the plan, helping to slash wholesale power prices roughly in half. 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The estimation of spatially and temporally resolved methane emissions from… ## [A Bicycle Journey Across Brazil to Find a Vanishing Savanna](https://e360.yale.edu/features/2026-film-contest-second-place-cerrado) _2026-08-13 · Yale E360_ In “Here There Was Cerrado” — the Second-Place Winner of the 2026 Yale Environment 360 Film Contest — Natascha Otoya shows how industrial farms are plowing up the Brazilian savanna, changing the flow of water, and skewing human memory of the landscape. Read more on E360 → ## [Incognito](https://richardherring.substack.com/p/incognito) _2026-08-12 · Richard Herring · Richard Herring's Substack_ Warming Up ## [The real energy use of agentic AI](https://skepticalscience.com/energy-use-agentic-ai.html) _2026-08-12 · Skeptical Science_ This is a re-post from The Climate Brink AI energy use is a huge and controversial topic at the moment. Credible estimates have AI data centers accounting for around 12% US electricity use by 2030. But at the same time consumers have been given reassuringly small numbers about the impact of their own AI use, numbers that seem on their face somewhat inconsistent with the staggering size of their… ## [Amid Drought, Hundreds of French Rivers Are Drying Up](https://e360.yale.edu/digest/france-small-rivers-drought) _2026-08-12 · Yale E360_ An ongoing drought in Europe has sapped French rivers. Officials say that 43 percent of small waterways in France have been partially or completely dried up. Read more on E360 → ## [The Measurement Trap: Why Hiding Behind 20-Year Averages Will Turn 1.5°C into a Crime Scene](https://drtomharris.substack.com/p/the-measurement-trap-why-hiding-behind) _2026-08-12 · Tom Harris · Climate Uncovered_ International courts have declared that passing 1.5°C triggers legal liability—but our insistence on historic averages means we won’t legally recognise the crime until after the damage is irreversible ## [Fact brief - Are there enough minerals for solar power expansion to help mitigate climate change?](https://skepticalscience.com/fact-brief-solarmineral.html) _2026-08-11 · Skeptical Science_ Skeptical Science is partnering with Gigafact to produce fact briefs - bite-sized fact checks of trending claims. You can submit claims you think need checking via the tipline . Are there enough minerals for solar power expansion to help mitigate climate change? Global mineral supplies are large enough to support solar development for climate change mitigation. A 2023 analysis of 75… ## [As Deforestation Falls in Brazil, It Surges in Neighboring Bolivia](https://e360.yale.edu/digest/brazil-bolivia-deforestation) _2026-08-11 · Yale E360_ As Brazil cracks down on the illegal clearing of forests, farmers and ranchers are moving into Bolivia, helping to fuel a wave of deforestation in a country where land is cheap and enforcement lax. Read more on E360 → ## [Watch chovy live code (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/7lkVfDhb8ndm) _2026-08-11 · **Sponsored**_ Join Mosh Coding streams with collaborative screen sharing and remote control, open source. ## [The latest weather forecast for the Total Eclipse](https://guidocioni.substack.com/p/the-latest-weather-forecast-for-the) _2026-08-11 · Guido Cioni · Guido's Weather and Climate Corner_ I'm looking at you, Eclipse chasers ## [How an Eclipse Can Degrade Weather Forecasts](https://guidocioni.substack.com/p/how-an-eclipse-can-degrade-weather) _2026-08-11 · Guido Cioni · Guido's Weather and Climate Corner_ Unless you're living under a rock, you already know that tomorrow a total eclipse will sweep across parts of the North Atlantic, from Greenland to Spain. ## [Jozzing Up](https://richardherring.substack.com/p/jozzing-up) _2026-08-11 · Richard Herring · Richard Herring's Substack_ Warming Up ## [Recommending the Rectal Method (Yeah, I Bet You Are)](https://richardherring.substack.com/p/recommending-the-rectal-method-yeah) _2026-08-10 · Richard Herring · Richard Herring's Substack_ Warming Ups ## [The floods of the future won’t come one at a time](https://skepticalscience.com/future-floods-wont-one-at-a-time.html) _2026-08-10 · Skeptical Science_ This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Jeff Masters When a weak 45-mph tropical storm named Harvey moved through the Lesser Antilles Islands in August 2017 and then petered out in the central Caribbean Sea, no one could have suspected that the meager clump of clouds that remained would go on to become the second-costliest weather disaster in world history. But after crossing Mexico's… ## [Last Month Was the Hottest July on Record for the World's Oceans](https://e360.yale.edu/digest/hottest-july-oceans-2026) _2026-08-10 · Yale E360_ Oceans globally recorded their hottest July ever last month, according to a new analysis. The severe ocean heat was evident around Europe, which is coping with a scorching summer. Read more on E360 → ## [Austria Breaks Its National All-Time Record, One Day After the Other](https://guidocioni.substack.com/p/austria-breaks-its-national-all-time) _2026-08-10 · Guido Cioni · Guido's Weather and Climate Corner_ When I first heard about Vienna breaking the all-time Austrian heat record, I had to check the data myself—so I did. ## [2026 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #32](https://skepticalscience.com/2026-SkS-Weekly-News-Roundup_32.html) _2026-08-09 · Skeptical Science_ A listing of 29 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, August 2, 2026 thru Sat, August 8, 2026. Stories we promoted this week, by category: Climate Change Impacts (11 articles) El Ni o and climate change are affecting rice crops in weird ways Researchers explain how El Ni o and global warming are combining to create "the haves and the… ## [Bad Cats, Good Dog](https://richardherring.substack.com/p/bad-cats-good-dog) _2026-08-09 · Richard Herring · Richard Herring's Substack_ Warming Up ## [Mountain Lions Are Keeping Deer Off the Road, Study Finds](https://e360.yale.edu/digest/pumas-deer-traffic-accidents) _2026-08-07 · Yale E360_ Mountain lions in Washington state may be cutting down on traffic accidents by scaring deer away from roads, new research finds. Read more on E360 → ## [European Rivers are running dry](https://guidocioni.substack.com/p/european-rivers-are-running-dry) _2026-08-06 · Guido Cioni · Guido's Weather and Climate Corner_ Rhine and Danube reach record low levels ## [For America’s Rarest Wildlife, Survival May Hinge on a Single Word](https://e360.yale.edu/features/endangered-species-act-harm-definition) _2026-08-06 · Yale E360_ For 50 years, the Endangered Species Act has defined "harm" as not just injury to individuals but to the habitat on which they depend. By narrowing that definition, the Trump administration is leaving hundreds of species at risk of extinction. Read more on E360 → ## [Who Gets to Decide the Fate of a Pristine Alaskan Rainforest?](https://e360.yale.edu/features/2026-film-contest-third-place-tongass-landless-bill) _2026-08-05 · Yale E360_ In "Land Less" — the Third-Place Winner of the 2026 Yale Environment 360 Film Contest — filmmaker Alexi Liotti follows the activists fighting a bill that would transfer thousands of acres of Alaskan rainforest to five Native corporations, opening the land to logging. Read more on E360 → ## [Methane - CO₂’s troublesome little brother that packs a punch.](https://drtomharris.substack.com/p/methane-cos-troublesome-little-brother) _2026-08-05 · Tom Harris · Climate Uncovered_ Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas but is short lived. This makes it a strong warming driver but also a fast acting brake if emissions are cut. A natural feedback lurks in the permafrost though. ## [The World Adds a Third Terawatt of Solar Power](https://e360.yale.edu/digest/three-terawatts-solar) _2026-08-04 · Yale E360_ In March, the world passed a major energy milestone, adding its third terawatt of solar power. Increasingly, poorer countries are leading the shift to solar, analysts say. Read more on E360 → ## [In an Already Broiling Summer, El Niño Is About to Turn Up the Heat](https://e360.yale.edu/digest/el-nino-2026) _2026-08-03 · Yale E360_ El Niño is expected to intensify in the weeks ahead, fueling more severe heat across the globe, according to the U.N. World Meteorological Organization. The forecast comes as blistering heat shatters temperature records from Europe to Asia. Read more on E360 → ## [Abandoned Study of Australian Ash Trees Challenges Case for Clearcutting](https://e360.yale.edu/digest/mountain-ash-study) _2026-07-31 · Yale E360_ A landmark study of the towering ash trees that grow in the mountains of Victoria, Australia, which was launched in the 1980s, boosted arguments for clearcutting the iconic trees. But when scientists returned to the site years later, they came to a much different conclusion. Read more on E360 → ## [2026 Is Already a Record Year for Wildfires in Europe](https://guidocioni.substack.com/p/2026-is-already-a-record-year-for) _2026-07-31 · Guido Cioni · Guido's Weather and Climate Corner_ And Summer Is Far From Over ## [‘Wastelands’ No More: India Charts a Future for Its Grasslands](https://e360.yale.edu/features/india-grasslands-restoration) _2026-07-30 · Yale E360_ Since the colonial era, India has regarded its native scrublands and savannas as little more than degraded forest. Now, amid a growing recognition of rangelands globally, officials are working to map the nation's ailing grasslands, with a view to restoring these vital ecosystems. Read more on E360 → ## [Fatal Detonation of WWII Explosive in Indonesia Linked to Illicit Fishing](https://e360.yale.edu/digest/indonesia-blast-fishing-explosion) _2026-07-29 · Yale E360_ In May, a group of fishers on the Indonesian island of Biak were dismantling an unexploded shell left over from World War II when the device went off, reportedly killing seven people and injuring 19 others. Officials have concluded that the fishers were harvesting materials from the shell for use in blast fishing. Read more on E360 →