Climate Visa: Australia’s Offer for Tuvaluans at Risk

Climate visa is no longer a futuristic concept — it’s a lifeline. With Tuvalu facing rising sea levels, Australia has introduced a new climate visa, providing permanent residency pathways to Tuvaluans whose homes are threatened by climate change.

News: 1 in 3 Tuvaluans is bidding for a new ‘climate visa’ to Australia – here’s why everyone may ultimately end up applying

By Conversation Media Group, the on Jul 07, 2025 02:49 pm
This world-first visa will enable up to 280 Tuvaluans to move permanently to Australia each year, from a current population of about 10,000. The visa is open to anyone who wants to work, study or live in Australia.

News: Hurricane forecasters are losing 3 key satellites ahead of peak storm season − a meteorologist explains why it matters

By Conversation Media Group, the on Jul 07, 2025 02:12 pm
The satellite data helps meteorologists create weather forecasts that keep planes and ships safe and prepare countries for a potential hurricane landfall. Now, meteorologists are about to lose access to three of those satellites.

News: Research reveals Arctic region was permafrost-free when global temperatures were 4.5˚C higher than today

By Northumbria University on Jul 04, 2025 12:10 pm
Scientists have found evidence that the Asian continent was free of permafrost all the way to its northerly coast with the Arctic Ocean when Earth’s average temperature was 4.5˚ C warmer than today.

News: Elucidating the Source Process of the 2021 South Sandwich Islands Tsunami Earthquake

By University of Tsukuba on Jul 04, 2025 11:55 am
Researchers at University of Tsukuba analyzed seismic waveform data from the tsunami earthquake that occurred off the South Sandwich Islands in the South Atlantic Ocean in August 2021, revealing a complex rupture process comprising of four episodes.

News: Baseball Season Heating Up

By Climate Central on Jul 04, 2025 10:21 am
As the climate warms, baseball season is heating up — affecting players, fans, and even home runs. As average temperatures warm, extreme heat occurs more often — putting players and fans at risk.

News: UNDRR welcomes milestone commitments to disaster risk reduction at FFD4

By United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) on Jul 03, 2025 05:30 pm
The Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development outcome document includes a dedicated paragraph on disaster risk reduction, commits to scale up DRR investment, and promotes risk-informed infrastructure development.

News: Pacific Islanders relocate to Australia to escape rising seas

By Context on Jul 03, 2025 03:53 pm
Australia’s new Pacific Engagement Visa (PEV) lottery allows Pacific Islanders, whose coastal homes are sinking under rising seas because of climate change, to apply to become permanent residents each year.

News: What we learned from record-breaking 2021 heat wave and what we can expect in the future

By Portland State University on Jul 03, 2025 03:42 pm
A new study from some of the region’s top climate scientists synthesized more than 70 publications addressing the causes and consequences of the extreme heat wave and the potential for similar high-heat events to happen in the future.

News: How to prepare for the impacts of a changing climate

By University of Pennsylvania on Jul 03, 2025 02:40 pm
In 2021, researchers and students started to develop the Global Climate Security Atlas (the Atlas), an interactive digital tool showcasing climate impacts and vulnerability factors on a global scale.

News: Old aerial photos give scientists a new tool to predict sea level rise

By Nature Communications on Jul 03, 2025 02:23 pm
The discovery of old aerial photos has provided an unparalleled dataset that can improve predictions of sea level rise and how we should prioritise coastal protection and other forms of climate adaptation.

News: New satellite adds evidence of an earth-shaking wave

By Eos – AGU on Jul 02, 2025 02:33 pm
A tsunami struck a fjord in East Greenland in 2023, ringing seismometers for nine straight days. A new satellite study provides the first observational evidence of the waves.

News: Weather station in Potsdam shows driest first half-year since measurements began over 130 years ago

By Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research on Jul 02, 2025 02:11 pm
In the first half of 2025, rainfall levels at the weather station in Potsdam on Telegrafenberg were likely the lowest since records began in 1893. The station is a central reference point for climate observation.

News: Novel modelling links sea ice loss to Antarctic ice shelf calving events

By University of Melbourne on Jul 02, 2025 01:56 pm
New research has for the first time tracked ice shelf, sea ice and ocean swell wave conditions over multiple years in the lead-ups to three large-scale iceberg ‘calving’ events in Antarctica, revealing common patterns

News: Warming world, deadly problem: Heat-related deaths are surging

By Pennsylvania State University on Jul 02, 2025 01:46 pm
A patch of the Atlantic Ocean just south of Greenland is cooling while much of the world warms. The origin of this “cold blob” has been linked to weakening ocean currents that help regulate global climate.

News: Improving predictions of flood severity, place and time with AI

By Pennsylvania State University on Jul 02, 2025 01:33 pm
A group of researchers recently developed a computational model to streamline flood prediction in the continental United States, stating that their model offers predictions at unprecedented levels of efficiency and accuracy compared to traditional models.

News: Southern Europe’s land and sea sizzles

By European Space Agency on Jul 02, 2025 01:32 pm
It’s not just the surface of the land that’s hot, so too is the sea surface of the Mediterranean Sea

News: Call for Applications: 6th Batch of the IRDR young scientists programme

By Integrated Research on Disaster Risk on Jul 01, 2025 03:17 pm
This programme invites motivated young researchers who are committed to advancing disaster risk reduction (DRR) through integrated, innovative and needs-based research.

News: Everglades ecosystems show mixed reactions to rising sea levels

By Yale School of the Environment on Jul 01, 2025 03:06 pm
As sea levels continue to rise, coastal areas face threats of submersion and increasing salinity.

News: New 3D glacier visualizations provide insights into a hotter Earth

By Ohio State University on Jul 01, 2025 02:53 pm
Fine satellite monitoring offers novel way to track glacier melt, study finds

News: Southern Ocean saltier, hotter and losing ice fast as decades-long trend unexpectedly reverses

By University of Southampton, the on Jul 01, 2025 02:38 pm
Saltier surface water allows deep ocean heat to rise more easily, melting sea ice from below. It’s a dangerous feedback loop: less ice leads to more heat, which leads to even less ice.

News: Study finds magma helped drive recent Santorini earthquakes

By University of Oregon on Jul 01, 2025 02:25 pm
Magma movement is often guided by structural features of the crust, like cracks in the fault system, which means future volcanic unrest may occur outside traditional volcanic centers.

News: Climate change made western heat five times more likely

By Climate Central on Jul 01, 2025 02:16 pm
Climate Shift Index (CSI) levels of 5 — the highest possible — are forecast from Washington to Arizona, meaning human-caused climate change made this extreme heat at least 5 times more likely.

News: How extreme heat affects wildfire risk

By Context on Jul 01, 2025 02:09 pm
Climate change and extreme temperatures, like the heat wave ravaging parts of the United States, fuel more destructive wildfires.

News: Extreme weather: AI-assisted early warning

By The Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science (Max Planck Society) on Jul 01, 2025 02:00 pm
AI can assist early warning systems that predict impacts of extreme weather events such as droughts and heavy rainfall