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Ten new insights in climate science 2025
- bikenaga 8mo agoPhysOrg summary: https://phys.org/news/2026-02-ten-insights-climate-science.html https://phys.org/news/2026-02-ten-insights-climate-science.h... The 10 insights: - Insight 1. Explaining the record warm years 2023/2024 – evidence, uncertainty, and remaining questions - Insight 2. Sea surface warming is accelerating and marine heatwaves are intensifying - Insight 3. Permafrost and boreal forests show signs of strain, raising concerns about the global land carbon sink - Insight 4. Climate change and biodiversity loss reinforce one another - Insight 5. Accelerating depletion of groundwater - Insight 6. Climate-driven increase in global dengue – observed and projected (Dengue fever is the most common mosquito-borne viral disease.) - Insight 7. Global labour productivity and income loss due to climate change - Insight 8. Carbon dioxide removal needs to be safely and significantly scaled to tackle hard-to-abate emissions and climate risks - Insight 9. Carbon credit markets – Persistent integrity challenges and emerging responses - Insight 10. Policy mixes outperform standalone measures in advancing emissions reductions [edited: added the 10 insights]