During events such as hurricanes or floods, people are less likely to have access to dental care and may experience more dental trauma and injuries.

Greater levels of solar radiation during heatwaves were found to increase the burden of oral cancers. Contaminated water supplies were also found to contribute to development of dental infections, periodontitis and caries

https://dentistry.co.uk/2025/04/01/climate-change-linked-to-higher-risk-of-mouth-cancer/

A Jesuit priest says he prefers going to prison than paying a 500-euro ($541) fine for participating in a climate activists' street blockade in the southern German city of Nuremberg

https://www.castanet.net/news/World/541832/A-Jesuit-priest-prefers-prison-over-a-fine-to-draw-attention-to-climate-change

Rice cultivation and changing climate, a growing concern for Punjab, finds study

The creation of puddled rice fields, covering around 3 million hectares, is believed to be a significant factor behind the climate shift in Punjab, according to a study

https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/rice-cultivation-changing-climate-growing-concern-punjab-study-9918083/

New Investigation Exposes More than 25 Global Brands Driving Fracking and Fueling the Plastic Crisis

The findings include the Fracked Plastics Map, an interactive tool that traces the connections between more than 25 major consumer brands — including Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, and Nestlé — & petrochemicals sourced from fracking in Texas’s Permian Basin, including major intermediaries

https://www.ciel.org/news/fracking-plastics-texas-emissions-climate/

‘The ice is not freezing as it should’: supply roads to Canada’s Indigenous communities under threat from climate crisis

Northern Ontario is seeing a ‘shorter window’ on only overland routes for vital deliveries to remote First Nations

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/01/canada-ice-roads-first-nations-indigenous-communities-climate-crisis

CLIMATE ABNORMAL!

Severe hailstorm and flooding in Mykonos, Greece
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Should Oil and Gas Drilling Expand in This Biodiverse National Forest? The Public Overwhelmingly Says No.

Conecuh National Forest is a biodiversity hotspot. Could oil and gas development put that at risk?

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/01042025/should-oil-and-gas-drilling-expand-in-this-biodiverse-national-forest-the-public-overwhelmingly-says-no/

Rainstorms are getting more intense amid climate change

Rainstorms are getting more intense in many U.S. cities amid human-driven climate change, a new analysis finds

https://www.axios.com/2025/04/01/rainstorms-intense-climate-change

Average person will be 40% poorer if world warms by 4C, new research shows

Experts say previous economic models underestimated impact of global heating – as well as likely ‘cascading supply chain disruptions’

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/01/average-person-will-be-40-poorer-if-world-warms-by-4c-new-research-shows

Almost 40 percent of Americans report facing extreme weather: Survey

Nearly 40 percent of Americans experienced extreme weather last year — and those who did were more likely to be concerned about climate change

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5224452-almost-40-percent-of-americans-report-facing-extreme-weather-survey/

Climate disasters disrupt education for Black children, deepening inequities

Black students in the U.S. face growing educational setbacks as climate-driven disasters like wildfires and hurricanes destroy schools, displace families, and exacerbate systemic inequalities

https://www.dailyclimate.org/climate-disasters-disrupt-education-for-black-children-deepening-inequities-2671648796.html

In the Netherlands, the month March was never as dry as it was this year since the start of the measurements in 1906.

(Dutch)
https://www.knmi.nl/over-het-knmi/nieuws/recorddroge-maart-met-veel-zon

The dry month has led to wildfires and can cause lower yields from agriculture this year if the drought continues.

https://www.telegraaf.nl/nieuws/1343284438/droogste-maand-maart-ooit-gemeten-in-nederland-boeren-staan-nu-al-voor-grote-uitdaging-zorgwekkend

'Heartbreaking' floods swamp Australia's cattle country

Sydney (AFP) – Whole herds of cattle have drowned in vast inland floods sweeping across the Australian outback, officials said Tuesday, as the muddy tide drenched an area the size of France

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250401-heartbreaking-floods-swamp-australia-s-cattle-country

Faster Climate Action Would Deliver ‘Huge’ Increase in Economic Prosperity, UN Agencies Say

Aligning global climate action with the Paris Agreement would deliver huge increases in prosperity in both high- and low-income countries by 2050, says new research from two leading economic development organizations

https://www.theenergymix.com/faster-climate-action-would-deliver-huge-increase-in-economic-prosperity-un-agencies-say/

Global warming of more than 3°C this century may wipe 40% off the world’s economy, new analysis reveals

The damage climate change will inflict on the world’s economy is likely to have been massively underestimated, according to new research by my colleagues and I which accounts for the full global reach of extreme weather and its aftermath

https://theconversation.com/global-warming-of-more-than-3-c-this-century-may-wipe-40-off-the-worlds-economy-new-analysis-reveals-253032

Dramatic cuts in China’s air pollution drove surge in global warming

The rate at which the planet is warming has sped up since 2010, and now researchers say that China's efforts to clean up air pollution are inadvertently responsible for the majority of this extra warming

https://archive.ph/Sc3Qx

Judge throws out 2-year-old sale of oil and gas leases in the Gulf

A federal district judge threw out a Biden administration sale of oil and gas drilling rights in the Gulf, writing that the government failed to sufficiently analyze its possible effects on the climate and endangered whales, Bloomberg reports

https://www.1012industryreport.com/oil-gas/judge-throws-out-2-year-old-sale-of-oil-and-gas-leases-in-the-gulf/

Neither major party wants to talk about climate. It might still be a major election issue

In the lead-up to the election, digital advertising has been dominated by climate and energy groups, suggesting a concerted push to force the issue into the spotlight

https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/04/01/2025-election-liberals-labor-wont-talk-about-climate-change/