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A listing of 23 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, September 14, 2025 thru Sat, September 20, 2025. Stories we promoted this week, by category: Climate Policy and Politics Sea Surface Temperatures Hit 97. 7 F: One of the Highest Ever Recorded Newsweek, Jess Thomson, Aug 27, 2025. Millions of Australians at risk from rising sea levels and heat deaths to soar, national climate risk assessment report warns National climate risk assessment report finds heat-related deaths would surge 450% in Sydney if global heating surpasses 3C The Guardian, Dan Jervis-Bardy, Sep 15, 2025. Cascading, compounding: five key takeaways from Australias national climate risk assessment “From rising heat-related deaths to the environmental and economic cost of climate change, heres what the landmark report warns” Environment, The Guardian, Graham Readfearn, Sep 15, 2025. The Atlantics remarkable 20-day quiet period finally ends “Tropical Storm Gabrielle in the central Atlantic is the basins first tropical cyclone since Tropical Storm Fernand dissipated on August 28.” Eye on the Storm, Yale Climate Connections, Jeff Masters & Bob Henson, Sep 17, 2025. Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation New evidence for the Gateway An Arctic Researcher Explains Yedoma, the Permafrost Keeping the Planet Livable “Everybody on Earth is dependent on the boreal forest shielding this permafrost from thawing.” Living on Earth/Inside Climate News, Interview by Jenni Doering, Sep 13, 2025. Climate change is accelerating, scientists find in `grim` report They warn that humanity is just three years from overshooting the Paris Agreements 1. 5C target, with seas rising faster than ever. But the report also contains a little bit of good news. Yale Climate Connections, Dana Nuccitelli, Sep 15, 2025. IEA reiterates no new oil and gas needed if global warming is limited to 1. 5C “The world would not need to invest in new oil and gas projects if demand for the fuels fell in line with the 1. 5C limit on global warming, says the International Energy Agency Fact brief Has the greenhouse effect been falsified? No The greenhouse effect is basic physics that has been known for nearly 200 years. Without it, the Earth would not be warm enough for life. Thanks!.