Jonathan Watts

Oct 3, 2024 | treefrogcreative.ca | Jonathan Watts |Robert McKellar |David Elstone |Derek Nighbor

Wildfires are burning through humanity’s carbon budget By Jonathan Watts The Guardian UK October 3, 2024 Category: Carbon, Climate & Bioenergy Wildfires are burning through the carbon budget that humans have allocated themselves to limit global heating, a study shows.

Jun 21, 2024 | portside.org | Jonathan Watts

Cooling California Could Heat Up Europe Published June 21, 2024 A geoengineering technique designed to reduce high temperatures in California could inadvertently intensify heatwaves in Europe, according to a study that models the unintended consequences of regional tinkering with a changing climate.

Mar 28, 2024 | hakaimagazine.com | Jonathan Watts |Tural Ahmedzade

This story was originally published by The Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Record temperatures in 2024 on land and at sea have prompted scientists to question whether these anomalies are in line with predicted global heating patterns or if they represent a concerning acceleration of climate breakdown.

Mar 4, 2024 | nationalobserver.com | Jonathan Watts

This story was originally published by The Guardian and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Switzerland has initiated a global debate on whether the “risks, benefits and uncertainties” of dimming the sun should be studied by a United Nations expert group.

Feb 9, 2024 | ca.news.yahoo.com | Jonathan Watts

The circulation of the Atlantic Ocean is heading towards a tipping point that is “bad news for the climate system and humanity”, a study has found. The scientists behind the research said they were shocked at the forecast speed of collapse once the point is reached, although they said it was not yet possible to predict how soon that would happen.