Climate risks rarely happen in isolation. Heatwaves, droughts & floods can overlap or follow one another, creating compound risks. A new perspective led by IIASA's @kornhuber.bsky.social explores how science can better support real-world decisions. 🔗 nhess.copernicus.org/articles/26/... @egu.eu

Invited perspectives: Towards usable compound event research

Abstract. Supporting stakeholders with science-based decision-making to mitigate and adapt to climate change impacts is a central mandate of the climate research community. In particular, mapping out ...

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From 6-9 October 2026, experts, scientists, policymakers and investors will meet at the #GlobalHeatForum in Bangkok to tackle the growing risks of extreme heat to health, livelihoods, environment and economies. Join WMO, @heathealth.info and partners 🔗 https://www.heathealth.info/globalheatforum

On The Climate Brink: The Atmosphere Just Set a Water Vapor Record. Aug. 2026 probably had more water vapor in the atmosphere than any month in the last few thousand years, if not a 100,000 years. www.theclimatebrink.com/p/the-atmosp...

The Atmosphere Just Set a Water Vapor Record

More water vapor means more rocket fuel for extreme rain — so this record is not good news

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AGU is documenting the real-world impacts of recent U.S. Administration actions that have resulted in cuts, delays, and disruptions at NSF and other science agencies. 🔗 Take the AGU Survey today: spklr.io/63321ETeec

Excited to share our new perspective on Usable Compound Event Research: nhess.copernicus.org/articles/26/... We provide principles to navigate the pressing needs for more granular climate risk information in times of increasingly complex extreme weather events. @iiasa.ac.at @riskkan.bsky.social

Invited perspectives: Towards usable compound event research

Abstract. Supporting stakeholders with science-based decision-making to mitigate and adapt to climate change impacts is a central mandate of the climate research community. In particular, mapping out ...

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Excited to share our new perspective on Usable Compound Event Research: nhess.copernicus.org/articles/26/... We provide principles to navigate the pressing needs for more granular climate risk information in times of increasingly complex extreme weather events. @iiasa.ac.at @riskkan.bsky.social

Invited perspectives: Towards usable compound event research

Abstract. Supporting stakeholders with science-based decision-making to mitigate and adapt to climate change impacts is a central mandate of the climate research community. In particular, mapping out ...

nhess.copernicus.org

Join us for the next IIASA AI for Climate Science Seminar with Dingling Yao, from the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA). Topic: Beyond prediction: Answering climate what-if questions from observations. 📅 9 Sep, 16:00 CET 💻 Online Register 👉 iiasa.ac.at/events/sep-2...

AI for Climate Science Seminar Series: Beyond Prediction - Answering Climate What-If Questions from Observations

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) methods are becoming increasingly important in both science and society. In climate science - where complex biophysical and societal processes in...

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Global warming is set to cross 1.5°C, pushing climate risks and impacts to increasingly dangerous heights, a new UNEP report warns.   Predicted impacts include extreme weather and threats to human health and economies.

‘Understanding and predicting compound coastal flooding remains one of the most challenging problems in hydrologic and coastal sciences.’ Read the latest ‘State of Science’ blog on compound coastal flooding by Hamed Moftakhari: wp.me/p9wIOV-Xp @regclimo.bsky.social @cassro314.bsky.social

📣 Published today in GRL Editorial by all @agu.org Editors-in-Chief (and led by @barefootlab.bsky.social) on why we choose to publish in society journals (like AGU's) agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

Been trying to point this out... 😪 "U.S. corporate broadcast networks continue to treat climate context as optional in extreme heat coverage" via @mmfa.bsky.social at www.mediamatters.org/broadcast-ne...

ABC, CBS, and NBC aired nearly 200 segments about three U.S. heat events without mentioning climate change

From late June through July, successive heat waves swept across large portions of the United States, breaking temperature records and placing more than 100 million people at a time under heat alerts. ...

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Hitzetage damals, Hitzetage heute…. -> Kein Sommer wie damals.

Extreme weather is complicated (there are over 150 definitions of drought in the literature!), the Earth system is complex, models are imperfect, and we still have much to learn. But it's remarkable how spot-on most of our predictions have been: drawdown.org/insights/is-...

Is climate change unfolding faster and fiercer than scientists expected?

Climate change is undeniably here, and it’s bad. But is it, as some are claiming, worse than even the scientists expected?

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About time! www.theclimatebrink.com/p/fixing-one...

Fixing one of climate’s worst plots

the 1930s were hot over the U.S. Midwest, but not that hot

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Please consider submitting your abstract to our @agu.org session on Compound Events with invited speakers A. Mishra (Texas A&M) & R. Horton (@climate.columbia.edu). Submission Deadline: Aug. 5th Session Details: agu.confex.com/agu/agu26/pr... @iiasa.ac.at @lamont.columbia.edu

It's important not just to memorialize people's professional achievements, but also the kind of people they were. This article detailed serious sexual assault allegations against Nims Purja, which the NY Times repeated in its reporting of his death, but many outlets did not.

For Female Climbers, Dangers Go Beyond Avalanches and Storms (Gift Article)

Women are increasingly reporting sexual harassment and abuse in the sport, including accusations against the renowned climber Nirmal Purja.

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🇪🇺 Europe stands together as wildfires continue to impact France and Spain. Through the #EUCivilProtection Mechanism, the EU has deployed: 🚒 To 🇫🇷: 7 planes & 4 helicopters from 🇨🇿🇭🇷🇩🇪🇵🇹🇸🇰🇸🇪🇹🇷 🚒 To 🇪🇸: 6 planes from 🇬🇷🇮🇹🇹🇷, plus 134 personnel & 41 vehicles from 🇵🇹 #EUSolidarity

In case anyone is still listening: 14.500 excess deaths have been recorded during the June heatwave in Germany alone. At least 70% (i.e. ~10.000 premature deaths) r due to man-made climate change in 1 week. The conservative RKI numbers r certainly a massive underestimate! www.rki.de/DE/Themen/Ge...

Reporters used to have to write that no single weather event can be linked to climate change. The developing science of extreme weather attribution has changed that. And those who have damaged the climate might someday have to pay. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/16/c...

National Academies Report Backs Climate Change Attribution Science

Attribution science is advancing quickly, researchers said. That could support lawsuits seeking damages for severe events worsened by global warming.

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NEW: Climate change supercharged the rainfall that caused deadly flooding that killed almost 100 in Togo, Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire. The most extreme rainfall fell between June 20-22 across coastal regions with more than 140mm falling in less than 24 hours in some major cities. (1/5)

Spent the past two weeks making graphics about sweltering night-time temperatures while struggling to sleep because of those same hot nights... NEW: Tropical nights come to Europe w @attractamooney.bsky.social and @nassosstylianou.bsky.social as.ft.com/r/4929ae6c-e...

Recent Belgian Heatwave Declared Deadliest on Record: “the situation during the peak weekend was so severe that excess mortality surpassed even the worst weekend of the COVID-19 pandemic. Between June 22nd and June 27th, a staggering 1,747 excess deaths were recorded.” #Belgium #heatwave #europe

We are hiring an #editor (in India or China) with expertise in #AtmosphericChemistry to join our editorial team at Nature Communications! Please reach out if you have questions about the role or the team!

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Our #Earth and #Planetary team at Nature Communications is hiring a new #editor with expertise in #AtmosphericChemistry that will be based in our offices in #China or #India! Please spread the word and contact us if you have any questions! springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/SpringerNatu...

250 years of burning fossil fuels fuelled a record shattering humid heatwave in Eastern North America for the 250th anniversary celebrations on 4th of July. Turning any outdoor activities into a dangerous health risk. - @wwattribution.bsky.social www.worldweatherattribution.org/fossil-fuels...

New AMS statement responds to a proposed OMB rule that would restructure federal grantmaking. The rule "would damage the nation’s ability to understand, predict, and respond to ... natural hazards with negative impacts on public safety and the economy." Read more: https://bit.ly/4awoYRO

New Rule Would Upend Science and Rewrite Federal Grantmaking

A new AMS statement and resource page respond to an OMB rule that would restructure federal grants and give political appointees vastly more authority over grantmaking.

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With the far-right Alternative for Germany leading in polls for national and state elections, institutions are facing up to proposed restrictions on academic freedom go.nature.com/4an43R5

Scientists fight back against far-right plans to restrict academic freedom in Germany

With the far-right Alternative for Germany leading in polls for national and state elections, institutions are facing up to proposed restrictions on academic freedom.

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The next Risk KAN Compound Events webinar will take place on Tuesday 7 July 8 am UTC. Ben Hague (@bhcoastal.bsky.social) will give a presentation on compound flooding in Australian estuaries under climate change. For meeting info: groups.google.com/u/1/g/riskka... or message @cassro314.bsky.social

If you didn’t know, former @sciam.bsky.social owner Springer Nature sold us just three days ahead of the tally of the vote to unionize. It resulted in layoffs, including 60% of the union’s organizing committee. We’re out here to fight, to keep doing vital science journalism.

Just in case Europeans think that the air here is hotter than usual, do not forget that the sea surface of the entire planet is warmer than it has ever been in late June (since records began). pulse.climate.copernicus.eu

As further data from our observation network has been made available over the weekend, the provisional new UK highest June temperature on record is 37.7°C at Lingwood, Norfolk. 🌡️