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#1297132021-07-27
Germany’s floods foreshadow climate catastrophe, experts say: 3 stories you may have missed
Record levels of rainfall pummeled Germany and Belgium last week, triggering devastating floods that claimed more than 125 lives. According to experts, climate change exacerbated these deadly storms, causing them to last longer and produce more rain. As global temperatures rise, warmer air holds ...
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#1297242021-07-27
The floods show London is now on the frontline of the climate emergency
Too often, we in the UK have thought of countries such as India and Bangladesh as being on the frontlines of the climate crisis. But the serious flooding in London over the weekend and in the last month – coupled with the extreme weather we’ve seen in other parts of the UK over recent years – sh ...
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#1297282021-07-27
Can you eat to save the climate?
With the food system responsible for a third of overall global CO2 emissions, attention on climate beneficial foods has been slowly but steadily increasing. According to IFIC’s 2020 Food and Health Survey, 6 in 10 consumers in the US say it is important that the food products they purchase or co ...
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#1297292021-07-27
Climate change, conflict are driving world hunger, inequality: UN chief
Climate change and conflict are “both drivers and consequences” of poverty, United Nations (U.N.) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Monday.
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#1297302021-07-27
Floods in Europe, Turkey, China and India
The residents of Erfurt in Thuringia, where Martin Luther lived and studied, had never seen anything like it. The main street became a raging river washing away parked cars and anything else besides that emerged from flooded first floors.
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#1297362021-07-27
Uganda Steps Up Use of Clean Technology to Mitigate Climate Change
When it comes to climate change, Uganda has been doing one thing right, and that is maintaining a small carbon footprint. According to the information from Our World in Data, 2017 statistics stood at 0.12 tonnes per capita.
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#1296662021-07-26
The Great Barrier Reef is a victim of climate change – but it could be part of the solution
We are fast approaching unstoppable climate change. If we don’t take drastic action to cut our global greenhouse gas emissions at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow this November, our children and grandchildren will pay dearly for this failure.
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#1296702021-07-26
Why Is the Weather So Weird? Its Climate Change
All these calamities are part of a constellation of extreme weather events that paint a picture of a world that's already warmed 1.2 degrees Celsius from pre-industrial times. There's no doubt it will get warmer.
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#1296712021-07-26
How the North is doing when it comes to Canada's climate targets
The North accounts for a "very small fraction" of Canada's total greenhouse gas emissions, but a new climate change report says the territories should still be setting more ambitious reduction targets.
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#1296722021-07-26
Our bodies can adapt to hotter conditions — but there’s a limit
This summer’s Olympic Games could be the warmest in decades. Tokyo, where the Games will be held, may see dangerously high temperatures, in excess of 90 degrees.
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#1296742021-07-26
Can Arctic Animals Keep Up With Climate Change? Scientists are Trying to Find Out
New studies suggest that rising temperatures may prove disastrous for species of birds, fish and other animals that are adapted to the cold of Arctic climes.
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#1296762021-07-26
A round-up of India's worst climate change events in 2021
Swathes of India are battling deadly floods and landslides after heavy monsoon rains, just the latest example of how the vast country is on the frontline of climate change. In the first seven months of this year alone the impoverished nation of 1.3 billion people has experienced two cyclones, a ...
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#1296892021-07-26
Climate change report ‘critical’ for success of fall COP26 summit: UN
Nearly 200 nations started online negotiations Monday to validate a UN science report that will anchor autumn summits charged with preventing climate catastrophe on a planetary scale.
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#1296352021-07-23
Yukon’s complexity requires a new approach for climate change and disaster response: expert
Yukon’s a complicated place, and that complexity may inhibit disaster response and climate change preparedness, according to Christopher Alcantara, professor of political science at the University of Western Ontario.
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#1296362021-07-23
‘No sport can escape’: Tackling climate change at the Tokyo Olympics
No sport can escape the impacts of a changing climate. Less snow and ice, higher temperatures, and extreme weather events such as storms and heatwaves, all affect competitors and spectators alike.
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#1296372021-07-23
100 days to Cop26: protesters urge Boris Johnson to take climate talks seriously
Protesters will fill London’s Parliament Square on Friday morning, calling on the prime minister, Boris Johnson, to make the climate crisis his top priority, as the UK prepares to host UN talks that will determine whether the world tips into environmental catastrophe this decade.
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#1296382021-07-23
Climate change impact is getting bigger
The extreme climate events in Europe, North America and China in the last two months have not left any doubt about the fact that the earth is well into the time of climate change. The time for evidence is well past and now we are witnessing manifestations of climate change on scales that are get ...
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#1296512021-07-23
The physics of climate change was described in the 1800s by scientist Eunice Foote
Long before the current political divide over climate change, and even before the U.S. Civil War (1861-1865), an American scientist named Eunice Foote documented the underlying cause of today's climate change crisis.
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#1296532021-07-23
Climate cataclysms set stage for key UN science report
On the heels of jaw-dropping heat and flooding across three continents, nearly 200 nations gather Monday to validate a critical UN climate science report 100 days ahead of a political summit charged with keeping Earth liveable.
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#1296632021-07-23
Met office to look into link between recent floods and climate change
The KNMI meteorological office is taking part in an international research project to determine if the recent heavy rainfall and floods in Limburg, Germany, Belgium and Luxemburg are linked to climate change.
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#1296062021-07-22
High temperatures to destroy plants, animals in Tana River basin — report
Many species within the Tana River basin will not survive the rise in global temperatures, a study suggests. A researcher from the University of East Anglia in the UK published the study in the journal PLOS ONE on Wednesday.
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#1296212021-07-22
Climate change is here — not on its way
From heatwaves and wildfires in North America to catastrophic flooding in Germany and China, the world over, climate scientists' predictions are being horribly realized. We hear from Californians on the frontline of drought, a disaster expert helps us understand climate risk, and a young Ugandan ...
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#1296222021-07-22
A 3°C world has no safe place
In 1745, as the river Liffey, having broken its banks, clawed at the foundations of the house in which he sat, the young Edmund Burke experienced a strange, perverse thrill. The man who would go on to found modern conservatism drew inspiration from this experience in a later essay on the sublime ...
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#1296232021-07-22
How food prices are affected by oil, trade agreements and climate change
Concerns about inflation rates have risen as the UK economy begins its much-needed recovery from the effects of the pandemic. The Consumer Prices Index, the measure most commonly used to measure inflation, rose by 2.5% in June 2021, the highest level for three years.
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#1296332021-07-22
s climate change happening faster than expected? A climate scientist explains.
Climate scientists have long warned that global warming would lead to extreme heat in many parts of the world. But the 120 degree Fahrenheit temperatures brought on by the heatwave in the Pacific Northwest in June were more in line with what researchers had imagined would occur later this century.
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#1295702021-07-21
Climate change and recent flooding: What you need to know
The wild weather in the Buller and Marlborough regions last weekend resulted in the third major flooding event in New Zealand this year. Questions are being asked about "one-in-100-year" events that seem to be happening more and more often. But climate scientists have been warning about how clim ...
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#1295712021-07-21
Egyptian city loses mango crop to climate change
Farmer Khaled Hussein waited eagerly for the mango harvest to start so he could pluck them from his dozens of mango trees on his five-acre farm. The mango harvest season starts in the city in June and comes to an end in September or October. Come the harvest season, however, there were no mangoe ...
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#1295722021-07-21
Catastrophic floods could hit Europe far more often, study finds
Catastrophic floods such as those that struck Europe recently could become much more frequent as a result of global heating, researchers say. High-resolution computer models suggest that slow-moving storms could become 14 times more common over land by the end of the century in a worst-case scen ...
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#1295732021-07-21
Top US scientist on melting glaciers: ‘I’ve gone from being an ecologist to a coroner’
Diana Six’s love of the outdoors began before she could form words, run, or collect the bugs and fungi that were precious to her as a child. A tough home life eventually led her to drop out of school and live on the streets. But biology classes in community college helped Six discover her callin ...
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#1295862021-07-21
Climate change spares no country, poor or rich, says Amitav Ghosh
Nations need to wake up to the reality that climate change will affect everyone — and not in some far-off fictional future, says the New York-based Indian author.
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#1295882021-07-21
Summer of disaster: Extreme weather wreaks havoc worldwide as climate change bears down
Torrents of murky brown water gushed past the train window, flowing fast through the subway tunnel. Inside, passengers stood on top of seats, clutching their phones overhead as the muddy tide rose past their chests. Some gasped for air. Others sent desperate last messages to family members, tell ...
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#1295902021-07-21
The Cyclones Destroyed Everything. Climate Change Will Likely Make Things Worse
Mozambique contributes only a fraction of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions, yet its people are among those suffering the most from the effects of the climate crisis.
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#1295952021-07-21
World’s coral scientists warn action is needed now to save even a few reefs from climate change
Sam Purkis, University of Miami The Chagos Archipelago is one of the most remote, seemingly idyllic places on Earth. Coconut-covered sandy beaches with incredible bird life rim tropical islands in the Indian Ocean, hundreds of miles from any continent. Just below the waves, coral reefs stretch f ...
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#1295992021-07-21
Extreme heat warning: what first-ever Met Office alert means
Summer 2021 will mark a turning point in how heat is seen by the public and communicated by experts. For the first time in its 167-year history, the UK's Met Office has issued an amber warning for extreme heat for much of Wales and parts of southern, central and western England, where temperatur ...
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#1295402021-07-13
These Scientists Linked June's Heat Wave to Climate Change in 9 Days. Their Work Could Revolutionize How We Talk About Climate
Long before most people in the U.S. Pacific Northwest had woken up on June 28—the hottest day in last month’s record-breaking heat wave—European climate scientists Geert Jan van Oldenborgh and Friederike Otto were preparing to determine the connection between that deadly weather phenomenon and t ...
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#1295412021-07-13
Madagascar: 350Africa.org Reacts to Climate Change-Driven Drought Crisis in Madagascar
Africa-Thousands of people in southern Madagascar may die of hunger, as the country experiences the worst drought witnessed in 40 years. The severe drought, which is driven by climate change, has dried up riverbeds and farmlands, leading to an almost total disappearance of food sources.
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#1295422021-07-13
Climate change is shrinking Italy's iconic Lake Como, and fast
Italy's Lake Como is legendary for its natural beauty, and it is hugely popular with international visitors, especially Americans. But melting glaciers surrounding the lake are threatening its future and hurting the local economy. For our "Eye on Earth" series, CBS News correspondent Chris Lives ...
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#1295462021-07-13
Shark Teeth From Millions of Years Ago Solve Mystery of Earth's Ancient Climate
Tens of million years ago, sand tiger sharks hunted in the waters off the Antarctic Peninsula, gliding over a thriving marine ecosystem on the seafloor below.
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#1295602021-07-13
The first step in using trees to slow climate change: Protect the trees we have
Between a death and a burial was hardly the best time to show up in a remote village in Madagascar to make a pitch for forest protection. Bad timing, however, turned out to be the easy problem.
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#1295632021-07-13
These Scientists Linked June's Heat Wave to Climate Change in 9 Days. Their Work Could Revolutionize How We Talk About Climate
Long before most people in the U.S. Pacific Northwest had woken up on June 28—the hottest day in last month’s record-breaking heat wave—European climate scientists Geert Jan van Oldenborgh and Friederike Otto were preparing to determine the connection between that deadly weather phenomenon and t ...
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#1295672021-07-13
Zimbabwe: Youths Must Participate in Climate Change Issues
One of the key climate governance processes in Zimbabwe is the adoption and implementation of the revised Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs).
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#1295182021-07-12
Humans can learn from animals and insects about impact of climate change
If we pay closer attention to how birds, rabbits and termites transform their local living spaces in response to varying climate conditions, we could become much better at predicting what impact climate change will have on them in future.
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#1295192021-07-12
Dragonflies Affected by Climate Change
A new study found that male dragonflies are losing ornate patterns on their wings. Male dragonflies use this feature to attract females, according to the article published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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#1295202021-07-12
Our climate change turning point is right here, right now
Human beings crave clarity, immediacy, landmark events. We seek turning points, because our minds are good at recognizing the specific – this time, this place, this sudden event, this tangible change.
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#1295212021-07-12
Natural landscapes key to Canadian cities, rural areas for building climate resilience, experts say
In the South Okanagan area of B.C. lies an important area of grassland and wetlands known as the Park Rill Floodplain. It's home to species at risk like the peregrine falcon and the western screech owl. And as of last week, the 61 hectares of land are now protected from development after being p ...
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#1295222021-07-12
Central banks are key to countries' climate goals – and Ukraine is showing the way
As the pressures of global warming and climate change remain high on the agenda of major global players such as the US, China and the UK, this does not mean those in the emerging markets realm have put any less of a priority on reducing our own carbon emissions and reaching our own goals.
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#1295392021-07-12
At the UN, Climate Change & Security Must Be Tackled Together
Until recently, the question might have seemed like science fiction, but now it is very real. Ethiopia and Egypt are locked in an upward spiral of tensions over the Nile, as a combination of dams and shifting weather patterns pose existential risks to both countries.
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#1294782021-07-09
Canada And US Heatwave 'impossible' Without Climate Change: Study
The scorching heatwave that hit Canada and the US in June was "virtually impossible" without climate change, said a team of climate researchers from the World Weather Attribution group. The extreme heatwave, which is supposed to be a once-in-a-1000-year-event is now likely to appear about 150 ti ...
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#1294792021-07-09
Integrated water solutions for climate change adaptation in West Africa
Water-related natural disasters are major obstacles to human well-being and sustainable development. Almost three quarters of all natural disasters between 2001 and 2018 were related to water (UNESCO and UN-Water 2020).
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#1294802021-07-09
How fishing communities are responding to climate change
What happens when climate change affects the abundance and distribution of fish? Fishers and fishing communities in the Northeast United States have adapted to those changes in three specific ways, according to new research.