Today's Lancet climate and health report presents 56 indicators of health and climate change across FIVE domains. (Download the report for free from the Lancet website). Here is a thread of some of the key findings. #Lancetclimate24 (1)
Global Changer Charlotte Farnhell is currently completing her thesis in Ecuador on the effects of land use change on avian biodiversity. Hosted by https://t.co/ilKTxZHDvR;
@ucdscience@jlugiessen
The elusive big cat, the snow leopard is vital to the integrity of mountain ecosystems.
However, snow leopards are threatened by the triple planetary crisis.
For #SnowLeopardDay, see how UNEP is working to protect these endangered species: https://t.co/6Bw7DL89zf
#Climatechange is increasingly influencing fire behavior worldwide & intensifying fire smoke, endangering public health from air pollution caused by fires. Results of 2 new climate change impact #attribution studies with PIK input, out now. @NatureClimate
https://t.co/yc7hm96352
Since early 2023, the world has seen a spike in temperatures that scientists are still struggling to explain.
Elizabeth Kolbert talked with Gavin Schmidt, NASA’s top climate scientist, about what may be driving the sudden warming.
Read more @YaleE360: https://t.co/QY4GXeIlZJ
Europe is facing a seed dispersal “crisis,” due to extinction threats and population changes among the animals that do the seed dispersing, according to a new study in Science.
Learn more👉https://t.co/DSy2G0L44g
via @ScienceMagazine
The Government has approved membership of the new Just Transition Commission.
The Commission will have a key role in advising and supporting the Government to ensure a fair and just move to a climate neutral economy.
Read more here: https://t.co/r1ErWx8Wsl
Canadian wildfires in 2024 have again been extreme, resulting in the second highest annual total emissions (after 2023) in the 22 years of our #CopernicusAtmosphere Global Fire Assimilation System dataset.
All insights in our latest summary:
https://t.co/SKce8fQd1Y
💧 The global water cycle is increasingly out of balance: By 2050, the global #WaterCrisis could threaten over half of food production. The final report by the @watercommongood sets out what needs to change to counteract the water crisis:
https://t.co/YVBLJffkOy
📊 Our article in @NatureRevEarthEnv on climate change impacts on crop yields, published in November 2023, is now ⭐ highly cited! 🌍 https://t.co/yLVyjeANCm
#ClimateChange#Agriculture#FoodSecurity#Science
Free next Thursday at 1pm?
Listen to our Executive Director Raquel Cabral Harper and researcher Dr Silvia Caldararu contribute to an online panel discussion on solutions-focused climate research, like we do at Climate+
https://t.co/lO5v3jcW5g
#InternationalClimateActionDay
Soil biodiversity represents one of the largest carbon stocks on Earth and plays a major role in fighting #ClimateChange.
Our Issues Brief explains how 👉 https://t.co/ftCDRf7iHZ
via @IUCN