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View in browser  Welcome to Cited, Carbon Brief's guide to new climate research Cecilia Keating Science section editor ● New science on methane, hailstorms and carbon sinks. ● Europe saw a record-breaking early heatwave. ● The US set out new rules for federal research funding. ● Carbon Brief explores threats to AMOC observation systems. In the news SPRING HEATWAVE: Temperature records for May fell across western Europe as the region baked in an “exceptionally early” heatwave, reported the Associated Press. The outlet noted that temperatures reached 35.1C in the UK and 36C in France at the end of last month, with the latter’s national weather service stating that a “heat dome” had produced temperatures more than 10C higher than “usual”. BBC News said temperatures reached 40.3C in Portugal. Carbon Brief explored how the media covered the extreme weather and the role of climate change. CLIMATE RESEARCH ‘STYMIED’: The White House released draft regulations that would “give political appointees the final word” on federal research grants and other funding across government agencies, reported Scientific American. According to Bloomberg, climate experts said the “sweeping” changes would “stymie research in the field”. At the same time, the Guardian reported the National Science Federation – a US government agency – announced it would be dismantling a $368m deep-sea observation system that provides “crucial” data on ocean systems and climate change. [For more, see ‘Spotlight’ below]. WMO WARNING: A report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and UK Met Office, covered by Reuters, found that average global temperatures are forecast to reach “near-record levels” in the next five years. The newswire said the report projected that average temperatures each year over 2026-30 will range between 1.3-1.9C above pre-industrial levels, with one year where temperatures will top the warmest year on record, set in 2024. Research picks ■ IMPACTS Climate change and population growth have led to a 51% increase in global exposure to extreme daytime heat in cities over the past two decades | Communications Earth & Environment Global warming interacts with poverty to “magnify educational disruption” and “deepen existing inequities” among children and young people | The Lancet Human-caused greenhouse gas emissions has increased the likelihood of “landfalling” oceanic heatwaves by a factor of nine | One Earth ■ NATURE Wildfire “disturbances” have been shifting Canada’s forests from a carbon sink to a carbon source since the 2000s | Global Change Biology Following decades of rapid decline, mangrove forests around the world have been recovering since 2010, with both forest loss and degradation rates slowing | Science Large-scale cultivation of macroalgae has “low potential” for carbon dioxide removal and unintended consequences that “can be substantial” | Biogeosciences ■ PROJECTIONS Global hailstorm-induced damage potential could... ... sign up for the full edition You have been sent an excerpt of Carbon Brief's new newsletter, Cited. For the full experience, including more recent climate research and original reporting from Carbon Brief's science team, sign up for free. Cited is sent every other Tuesday. Sign up and read the full edition Carbon Brief 18 Crucifix Lane, London. SE1 3JW You are receiving this email because you subscribed to Carbon Brief's email marketing. Unsubscribe me