“This economic evaluation using population data from 31 European countries estimated that delayed melanoma diagnoses due to pandemic lockdowns were associated with 111 464 years of life lost, incurring additional costs of US$7.65 billion.” jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

New piece!

The US has seen record-low unemployment rates below 4% for years, but there's a twist.

People are unemployed for much longer than they used to be when the unemployment rate was comparably low. (1/16)

Good morning with good news: Spain is nearing 100% clean and Sweden is there!

Spain was 78%, 84% and 85% clean respectively in January, February and March 2024.

Spain and Sweden use wind, solar, hydro and nuclear to eliminate fossil fuel electricity.
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Plug-in hybrids are a massive 3.5x dirtier than claimed, meaning they barely cut CO2 vs pure petrol/diesel

Meanwhile, petrol cars are nearly 25% dirtier & less fuel efficient than claimed

– Real-world data published by European Commission

climate.ec.europa.eu/news-your-voic…

'For the first time since the mid-20th century, over 95 percent of this year’s planned new electric-generating capacity in the United States is zero-carbon.'

Read that again.

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law & the Inflation Reduction Act are enabling a clean energy economy.

It’s so crazy how far above record levels the North Atlantic is (the entire Atlantic too actually). This is the sea surface temperature departure from average each March since 1940.

Is AMOC, a major Atlantic Ocean circulation system, approaching a tipping point, asks Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf 🌏 🦣

'A full collapse wld be a massive, planetary-scale disaster…That IPCC only has 'medium confidence' it won't happen this century is anything but reassuring'

tos.org/oceanography/a…

California's water storage is at its healthiest levels in over a decade.

Virtually every major reservoir in the state has average to above-average storage, with a substantial 115% of average snowpack still to melt.

The last two years have been an amazing reprieve from the…

Amazingly clear write-up with helpful visuals. But wow it’s complicated. While we don’t know when or to what extent an AMOC break-down might happen, there are enough worrying signs already to do what Stefan proposes: stop burning fossil fuels and deforestation ASAP!

Last year, 44% of the EU's electricity came from renewables, more than the share of fossil fuels. In 13 out of the 27 member states, its share was more than 50%.

'In 2022, 1 in 12 babies in America was born with a low birthweight. This rate puts the US in a similar ranking with Hungary, Turkey, and Brazil. Nordic countries, on the other hand, have half the rate of low birthweights as is seen in the US.' open.substack.com/pub/americanin…

Check out new study in AJMC led by Aaron Schwartz and myself, looking at #COVID19 impacts on 5 metrics of low-value #cancer care. What happened? Not that much! Interesting implications for value-based care programs when a global #pandemic doesn't curb low-value care.... #vbc

South Koreans just rebuked the president handing the opposition party a majority in part thanks to the rise of climate voters

Turns out climate policy is now a winning issue in Asian politics 👀

bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

In Western Australia, the world's first 'forest collapse' reportedly occurred in 2010/11.

Now after WA’s driest six months on record, it may happen again.

This is climate change. It’s devastating. We must transition out of fossil fuels as fast as we can
abc.net.au/news/2024-04-1…

In Paris, just 4.3% -- 4.3%!! -- of the trips within the colored areas now occur in private cars.

Source: institutparisregion.fr/mobilite-et-tr…