Recent Carbon Brief articles by Ayesha Tandon

Ayesha holds an MSci in Natural Sciences, specialising in Climate Science, from The University of Exeter. She previously worked at the UK Met Office as a Climate Science Communicator.

• Q&A: The evolving science of ‘extreme weather attribution’
• More than half a trillion hours of work lost in 2023 due to ‘heat exposure’
• Climate change almost wipes out decline in global area burned by wildfires
• DeBriefed 18 October 2024: IEA projects solar surge; US counts cost of hurricanes; Is global warming ‘accelerating’?
• Explainer: How hotter oceans can fuel more intense Atlantic hurricanes
• Antarctic sea ice maximum in 2024 is ‘second lowest’ on record
• US supply chains face biggest jump in ‘weather shocks’ due to climate change
• DeBriefed 23 August 2024: Bangladesh and Pakistan floods; US Democrats ‘quiet’ on clean energy; Just ‘4%’ of climate policies deliver
• Meeting 1.5C warming limit hinges on governments more than technology, study says
• ‘Every 0.1C’ of overshoot above 1.5C increases risk of crossing tipping points
• Tropical forest degradation due to ‘edge effects’ is 200% higher than thought
• Afghanistan’s ‘deadly’ early spring rainfall made twice as likely by El Niño
• Dual impact of extreme heat and Covid-19 had ‘deadly consequences’ for UK
• English schools face ‘overheating’ for one-third of year under 2C warming
• CO2 removal ‘gap’ shows countries ‘lack progress’ for 1.5C warming limit
• Drought behind Panama Canal’s 2023 shipping disruption ‘unlikely’ without El Niño
• DeBriefed 26 April 2024: Extremes grip Asia; Human rights inquiry; Using climate science in court
• In-depth Q&A: How does climate change drive human migration?
• Inside HABITABLE: Investigating climate-driven migration in rural Thailand
• Antarctic sea ice ‘behaving strangely’ as Arctic reaches ‘below-average’ winter peak
• Climate change made west Africa’s ‘dangerous humid heatwave’ 10 times more likely
• Analysis: How UK winters are getting warmer and wetter
• Scientists challenge ‘flawed communication’ of study claiming 1.5C warming breach
• Q&A: Climate tipping points have put Earth on ‘disastrous trajectory’, says new report
• Lancet report: Heat stress wiped out equivalent of 4% of Africa’s GDP in 2022
• Climate change: Intensity of ongoing drought in Syria, Iraq and Iran ‘not rare anymore’
• DeBriefed 3 November 2023: King at COP28; 1.5C in ‘rearview mirror’; Life of ‘climate revolutionary’ Prof Saleemul Huq
• Drying of Amazon could be early warning of ‘tipping point’ for the rainforest
• ‘Exceptional’ Antarctic melt drives months of record-low global sea ice cover
• Risk of heat-related deaths has ‘increased rapidly’ over past 20 years
• Eastern Canada wildfires: Climate change doubled likelihood of ‘extreme fire weather’
• Record-breaking 2023 heat events are ‘not rare anymore’ due to climate change
• ‘Malaria resurgence’ feared in Ethiopia amid El Niño and climate change
• Heat-related deaths ‘56% higher among women’ during record-breaking 2022 European summer
• DeBriefed 30 June 2023: Deforestation rises; UK not a ‘climate leader’; Thailand field research; Pick of climate jobs
• ‘Striking’ new NASA videos show CO2 emissions rapidly building up in atmosphere
• ‘Safe and just’ climate boundary has already been breached, says contested study
• Montreal Protocol has slowed loss of Arctic sea ice, say scientists
• Western-Mediterranean heatwave ‘almost impossible’ without climate change
• Unprecedented heat extremes ‘could occur in any region globally’
• ‘Exceptional’ surge in methane emissions from wetlands worries scientists
• Arctic sea ice winter peak in 2023 is fifth lowest on record
• Analysis: How the diversity of IPCC authors has changed over three decades
• Heavy rainfall from New Zealand’s Cyclone Gabrielle ‘more common on warmer planet’
• South American drought in 2022 partly driven by ‘triple-dip’ La Niña
• Climate change could make parts of Lebanon ‘too hot’ for producing olive oil
• Tonga volcano eruption raises ‘imminent’ risk of temporary 1.5C breach
• Argentina’s record-breaking 2022 heatwave made ‘60 times more likely’ by climate change
• West Africa’s deadly rainfall in 2022 made ‘80 times more likely’ by climate change
• ‘Poor tropical regions’ suffer greatest economic damage from worsening heatwaves
• ‘Top 1%’ of emitters caused almost a quarter of growth in global emissions since 1990
• Global warming above 1.5C could trigger ‘multiple’ tipping points
• Falling crop yields under warming could see ‘rapid’ decline in bioenergy’s potential
• The Arctic has warmed ‘nearly four times faster’ than the global average
• Climate change made 2022’s UK heatwave ‘at least 10 times more likely’
• Expanding ‘Azores high’ driving ‘unprecedented’ changes in western Europe’s climate
• Tropical cyclones now ‘13% less frequent’ due to climate change
• ‘Food miles’ have larger climate impact than thought, study suggests
• Climate change made extreme rains in 2022 South Africa floods ‘twice as likely’
• Communities in India flooded by ‘Amphan-scale cyclones’ could triple by 2100
• Ocean warming drove 10% rise in ‘extreme’ rainfall from Atlantic hurricanes in 2020
• Arctic sea ice winter peak in 2022 is 10th lowest on record
• Declining ‘resilience’ pushing Amazon rainforest towards tipping point
• Eradicating ‘extreme poverty’ would raise global emissions by less than 1%
• US flooding increase will ‘disproportionately’ impact black and low-income groups
• Rich nations could see ‘double climate dividend’ by switching to plant-based foods
• Global warming will make undocumented migration into US ‘increasingly dangerous’
• Climate change not the main driver of Madagascar food crisis, scientists find
• Avoiding temperature ‘overshoot’ reduces multiple climate change risks, say scientists
• Melting Arctic sea ice linked to ‘worsening fire hazards’ in western US
• Analysis: The lack of diversity in climate-science research
• Today’s youth will face ‘unmatched’ climate extremes compared to older generations
• Arctic sea ice summer minimum in 2021 is ‘12th lowest’ on record
• Climate change will drive rise in ‘record-shattering’ heat extremes
• Clouds study finds that low climate sensitivity is ‘extremely unlikely’
• Climate change has driven 16% drop in ‘snow meltwater’ from Asia’s high mountains
• Two-fifths of EU agricultural imports could be ‘highly vulnerable’ to drought by 2050
• Cooling effect of clouds ‘underestimated’ by climate models, says new study
• Satellite data reveals impact of warming on global water cycle
• Hurricane Sandy caused an ‘extra $8bn’ damage due to human-caused sea level rise
• Increasing droughts will drive ‘billions’ in economic losses in Europe
• Limiting warming to 1.5C would ‘halve’ land-ice contribution to sea level rise by 2100
• Melting glaciers drove ‘21% of sea level rise’ over past two decades
• Climate change could cause ‘irreversible impacts’ to lake ecosystems
• Climate change will hit ‘endemic’ plants and animals the hardest, study warns
• Arctic sea ice winter peak in 2021 is joint-seventh lowest on record
• Scientists calculate trade-related ‘deforestation footprint’ of rich countries
• New study challenges finding that climate change will drive dryland expansion
• Food systems responsible for ‘one third’ of human-caused emissions
• Climate change has ‘worsened’ North America’s pollen season
• Scientists sceptical of new bat study linking climate change to Covid-19 emergence
• Lake heatwaves will be ‘hotter and longer’ by the end of the century
• Climate change could have a ‘profound’ negative impact on child malnourishment
• New climate models suggest faster melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet
• Tackling gender inequality is ‘crucial’ for climate adaptation