From coastal wind patterns to regional temperatures and precipitation, CMCC delivers the first high‐resolution CMIP6‐based climate dataset tailored for Italy, so that researchers and planners can gain access to high-resolution and reliable information on potential future climate conditions and reproduce Italy’s local climate, up to the year 2100, with higher detail. “We now offer not just a more detailed view of expected climate conditions but also a transparent understanding of the uncertainties involved considering the new IPCC scenarios. This depth of detail is crucial for designing resilient infrastructure and protecting both communities and ecosystems from the impacts of climate change,” says Giusy Fedele, CMCC researcher and lead author of the latest peer-reviewed paper that describes the methodology and the structure of the dataset in detail.

A new analysis of Heat-Health Action Plans worldwide reveals that while most acknowledge mental health risks, such as heightened anxiety, depression, and suicide, few propose concrete interventions to protect vulnerable populations.

An international study has found that Earth’s glaciers will lose 76% of their 2020 mass under current climate policy pledges made by nations.

Those pledges would lead to a global mean temperature 4.9 degrees Fahrenheit above preindustrial levels. 

Consequences of the glacier mass loss include a 9-inch sea level rise, changes in biodiversity and increased natural hazards, the research finds.

Alaska, one of 19 glacier regions designated by the international team, would lose 69% of its glacier mass. Of those regions, which don’t include the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, Alaska has the third-highest glacier mass today, at 16,246 gigatons. Only the Antarctic islands/sub-Antarctic islands and northern Arctic Canada have more glacier mass.

An international study, published in Science, has found that only 24% of present-day glacier mass will remain if the world were to warm to 2.7°C, the trajectory set by current climate policies. In contrast, limiting warming to 1.5°C — the target of the Paris Agreement — would preserve 54% of glacier mass.

Immediate recovery efforts receive the most attention after severe natural disasters, yet new data from researchers at Drexel University and the University of Maryland suggests these climate events often also leave a critical long-term — and often unaddressed — problem in declines in access to health care.