Hot Science Newsletter
We already know the planet is warming, but new research on the extent of climate change impacts is published every day. With our “Hot Science” newsletter, a joint effort of WRI and the Bezos Earth Fund, we bring our subscribers a selection of the latest climate science news.
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Past editions of the Hot Science Newsletter
- December 2024: It’s Snow Joke: Arctic Shifts from Carbon Sink to Source, Antarctic Sea Ice Reaches Record Lows, One Third of Species Face Extinction
- November 2024: 2024 on Track To Be Warmest Year, With Record High CO2 Fossil Emissions; Threats to Temperate Rainforests and Mangroves
- October 2024: Extreme Weather Attribution, Greening of the Poles, and Marine Heatwaves Below the Ocean’s Surface
- September 2024: Frightful Changes in Extreme Weather Events, Surprising Carbon Sequestration in Krill & Other Spooky Climate Science
- August 2024: Record-Breaking Wildfire Emissions, Catastrophic Heat Across the Great Barrier Reef, New Cholera Strains
- July 2024: Hot Science: Local Extinctions Due to Sea Level Rise, Tree Bark Removing Methane, Warming Lakes
- June 2024: Extreme Wildfires, Deadly Heatwaves, Ice Sheets at Risk of Tipping Point
- May 2024: Hottest Summer in Millennia, Rapid Ice Shelf Break Up, Climate Main Threat to Pollinators
- March 2024: Garbage Lasagna, Greenland's Glaciers and Shorter Hibernation
- February 2024: Runaway Ice Shelves, "Category 6" Hurricanes, Climate-Fueled Locust Plagues
- January 2024: Ocean Acidification, Rhinos at Risk, Declining Snowpack
- October - December 2023: Antarctic Ice Melt, Worsening US Climate Impacts, Ocean Methane
- November 2022 - January 2023: Shrinking Carbon Budget, Melting Glaciers, Arctic Fires
- July - October 2022: Climate Tipping Points, Melting Permafrost, Record Heat
- May - June 2022: Disrupted Marine Food Chains, Corn Toxins, Heat Waves in South Asia
- March - April 2022: Permafrost tipping point, Amazon losing resilience, more cross-species virus
- Nov 2021 - Feb 2022: Extreme Ocean Heat, Bleached Great Barrier Reef, Methane Leaks
- August - October 2021: Health Toll of Climate Change, Worrisome Changes to Ocean Currents
- June - July 2020: Vanishing Polar Bears, Record Floods, Melting Arctic and Antarctic Ice
- February - March 2020: Carbon Sinks Shrink, Bumblebees Decline, Nightingale Wings Shorten—and Ecosystems Could Collapse Faster
- December 2019: Pre-term Births, Fewer Fishermen and Accelerated Arctic Melt
- October - November 2019: More Ebola, Emperor Penguins Marching Toward Extinction and Persistent Storms
- September 2019: Ocean and Ice Warning, Lost Birds, Pancake Breakfast at Risk?
- July 2019: Raccoon Explosions, Climate-friendly Elephants and More 100-Degree Days
- June 2019: Primate Extinctions; Ice-free Greenland; A Dengue Explosion
- May 2019: Economic Inequality, Disappearing Alps and Penguin Populations
- April 2019: Migrating Mosquitos, Marine Heatwaves, More Hay Fever
