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Slow-moving supercell thunderstorms trigger flooding in Florida and a cyclone hits Australia

Fort Lauderdale experienced a historic rainfall event this week. As low pressure developed across the northern Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday morning, a warm front lifted slowly north across southern Florida, bringing moderate rainfall through the early afternoon.

Multiple slow-moving supercell thunderstorms developed, each following similar tracks across the area. Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood airport provisionally measured 25.91in (65.8cm) of rainfall during the 24 hours to 7am on Thursday, mostly falling within 12 hours. The previous daily rainfall total at the travel hub was 14.59in in 1979.

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Australia's Clean Energy Regulator has published ERF carbon projects' carbon estimation areas (CEAs) as now required by law as part of amendments made to the Safeguard Mechanism legislation, however crucial data that could help determine the effectiveness of the projects have been left out for the time being.

The best of this week’s wildlife photographs, including a green forest lizard, gentoo penguins and a wild beaver

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Governments need to work together towards providing greater transparency in defining the emissions intensity of hydrogen to facilitate the market and regulatory signals required at a global level to boost investment in the sector, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has urged in a report.

Many of these record-breaking climate events go unnoticed because it’s too much for our tiny brains so nobody ‘clicks’ on them any more

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Number of house sparrows spotted has dropped by nearly 60% since 1979, according to RSPB annual survey

House sparrows are the most spotted bird in UK gardens for the 20th year in a row, according to new data. This comes despite the decline of the bird’s population, with nearly 22 million house sparrows lost from the country since 1966.

Roughly 1.5 million house sparrows were spotted in gardens between 27 and 29 January this year, according to people who took part in the Big Garden Birdwatch, the garden wildlife survey conducted by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB).

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Sandstorms whipped up from the Gobi desert have spread from northern China to Thailand and South Korea and as far east as Japan, causing a reduction in visibility and an increase in respiratory illness. There have been four sandstorms in the space of a month in China this year

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A better way to "cook" solar cells leads Macquarie Uni researchers to an unexpected recycling benefit for which the group has a patent pending.

The post Macquarie solar breakthrough gives Aussie researchers unexpected recycling win appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Andrew Forrest secures land for proposed battery metals joint venture that seeks to break China's dominance of the key sector.

The post Andrew Forrest grabs land for proposed refinery and big battery metals play appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A new attack on electrification by Australia's increasingly desperate gas lobby has been slammed as a "bad faith exercise" designed to mislead consumers.

The post “Bad faith:” Gas lobby’s desperate attacks on electrification don’t stack up appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The housing crisis coupled with climate change could see more people living in the kinds of shanty towns and tent cities seen around the time of the Great Depression. Kate Booth, Associate Professor of Human Geography, University of Tasmania Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

More big battery projects emerge as the world's most intermittent grid prepares for a future beyond fossil fuels.

The post Huge battery projects queue up for approval in world’s most intermittent grid appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The Queensland government has opened the third round of its Land Restoration Fund (LRF), with A$50 million available to go towards carbon farming project across the state.

The country depends overwhelmingly on secondhand cars from Japan, which makes barely any electric vehicles

New Zealand has long been known for its high ratio of sheep to people. But really what stands out on various per-capita lists is just how much we love to drive.

Exact comparisons are tricky and blurred by tiny countries, but we definitely have one of the highest rates of car ownership in the world, with something like nine cars for every 10 people, and each car driven over 8,000km a year. Given that a fifth of the population are children, this is a strikingly high rate of car ownership – and presents a key challenge to the country’s net zero goals.

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A recent report weighs up the best strategies for storing and transporting hydrogen, with some important notes for Australia's export superpower plans.

The post Why Australia’s green hydrogen export plans could be all about ammonia appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Latest cost assessment from Lazard shows that wind, solar and storage win against gas in every metric - including firming - in world's biggest market.

The post Gas can’t compete with wind, solar and storage, even in world’s biggest market appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Dave Jones from Ember Climate on new study that shows fossil fuel generation will finally peak this year. Plus: Macquarie makes its mark on battery market.

The post Energy Insiders Podcast: Wind and solar deal killer blow to fossil fuels appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Workers responsible for protecting England's environment will stage a three day walkout over low pay.

A US-based startup has launched an ‘operating system’ aimed at streamlining the carbon credit management process and enabling suppliers to scale their operations effectively.