Local extinction occurs when a specific plant or animal population disappears from a given area while continuing to survive elsewhere. A recent global analysis reveals that climate-driven local extinctions are currently occurring at significantly higher rates in temperate regions than in the tropics.
#Ecology #EvolutionaryBiology #Climatology #ConservationBiology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/06/eco06182601.html

As permafrost degrades due to climate warming, intensified chemical rock weathering in river catchments creates a geological carbon sink that can significantly offset the biological release of carbon dioxide.
#Biogeochemistry #Climatology #Geomorphology #Hydrology #EarthScience #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/06/es06172602.html

Long-term sea-surface temperature changes in the Atlantic Ocean are primarily driven by human emissions, whereas temperature shifts in the Pacific Ocean are largely governed by natural, internal ocean variability.
#Meteorology #Climatology #AtmosphericScience #Oceanography #EarthScience #ClimateChange #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/06/as06172601.html

Why The Media Keep Quoting The Same Climate Scientist
(Daniel Swain has a knack for breaking down the complexities of climate and weather into precise but accessible ideas.)
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https://www.theatlantic.com/science/2026/06/climate-weather-scientist-daniel-swain/687457/?gift=ttHQV0PZWqrQUD2tsgA7Pt9wX8z1gPJGiANsir671zQ <-- shared media article
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-024-00624-z <-- shared paper example, “Hydroclimate Volatility On A Warming Earth”
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https://www.youtube.com/@weatherwest <-- Shared YouTube channel: Weather West
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H/T @DanielSwain
"The success of the climatologist Daniel Swain rests on a simple foundation: His specialty has long been how global climate change messes with local weather. Many climatologists focus on subjects that seem arcane: mean global temperatures registered in Celsius, radiative forcing, the reflectivity of clouds. Swain, in contrast, talks in plain English—constantly, really, in interviews with CBS, NBC, the Weather Channel, and The Washington Post, as well as on his own blog and YouTube channel, Weather West—about the wind and the rain and the temperature outside, and how they are influenced by the larger forces of the atmosphere.
“He uses language that is both precise and deep but very accessible, and that’s why you see him quoted everywhere,” Mark Hertsgaard, a longtime climate journalist who is the executive director of Covering Climate Now, told [the Atlantic]. According to Swain’s own tally, he does more than 200 media interviews a year; he is, in other words, about as omnipresent as a weather guy can be in people’s lives. A climate scientist at the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources’ research unit, Swain is not exactly a “weather influencer,” that breed of streamer who delivers breathless updates about the next big storm. But he has become one of the country’s most influential explainers of the weather’s relationship to the climate; you’ve almost certainly heard from him if you consume just a scintilla of climate-related news…”
#global #climatechange #extremeweather #climatescientist #climate #scientist #media #hydroclimate #whiplash #WeatherWest #weather #localweather #metrology #connection #relationship #education #publicscience #extremeweather #climatology #wind #rainfall #precipitation #temperature #atmosphere
@TheAtlantic

Climatology And Trends Of Annual Maximum Sub-Daily Precipitation In The Western United States
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wace.2026.100915 <-- shared paper
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#USWest #western #usa #rainfall #climatology #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #spatial #mapping #precipitation #risk #hazard #flood #flooding #soil #slopes #debrisflow #saturated #monitoring #climatechange #extremeweather #monsoon #intensity #California #publicsafety #infrastructure #flashflooding #massmovement #landslides #engineeringgeology #hydrogeomorpholgy #mudslide #topography #elevation #geomorphmetry #extremerainfall #seasonal #thermodynamic

Extreme and worsening droughts in the American Southwest are drastically reducing the extent of highly suitable habitats and severely lowering reproductive fitness for large mammalian species. This environmental stress impacts wildlife across all trophic levels, from herbivores to apex predators.
#Ecology #Conservation #Climatology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/05/eco05262601.html

The Antarctic continent is entering an unprecedented era of risk driven by compounding environmental and biological disasters, while currently lacking the unified structural means required for an effective emergency response.
#EnvironmentalScience #Climatology #CryosphericScience #Epidemiology #Ecology #ClimateChange #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/05/env05202601.html

Climate change is progressively exacerbating respiratory diseases through the increased frequency and intensity of environmental hazards such as wildfire smoke, extreme heat, flooding, and extended pollen seasons. These compounding risks are reversing decades of air quality progress and placing immense strain on public health infrastructure.
#Environmental #PublicHealth #Pulmonology #Epidemiology #Climatology #ClimateChange #Canada #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/05/env05172601.html