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#1200722019-02-22
Why aren't we using nature to fight climate change?
Forests, mangroves, and wetlands are sometimes seen as the easy option for sequestering carbon—yet using nature to tackle climate change can be surprisingly controversial.
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#1200832019-02-25
Climate change is central to geography lessons
It is right that the analysis of how our climate has changed is properly rooted in documented science. Similar rigour should be applied to whether, and how, this issue is included in the curriculum. The claim that climate change is a “peripheral subtopic” in geography is simply not supported by ...
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#1200842019-02-25
Consumer goods companies preparing for climate change impact
Companies behind some of the best-known consumer products — from soaps to sodas — are beginning to factor climate change into their business equation, according to a report published Monday.
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#1200932019-02-26
Costa Rica: plan de descarbonización apuesta por movilidad cero emisiones
Un sistema de transporte público eficiente, cero emisiones y con una visión intermodal es parte de la economía verde que Costa Rica pretende alcanzar para el 2050.
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#1200992019-02-26
How climate change is revealing, and threatening, thawing relics
Since the scorching hot summer of 2006, almost 3,000 archaeological artifacts have appeared from the melting ice in Oppland, Northern Norway. Among them, an Iron Age tunic, a 1,500-year-old arrow and a 3,400-year-old shoe.
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#1201002019-02-26
Humans are frogs in hot water of climate change, research says
The extreme weather that comes with climate change is becoming the new normal, so normal that people aren't talking about it as much -- and that could make them less motivated to take steps to fight global warming, according to new research.
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#1201012019-02-26
Scientists Say Evidence for Man-Made Climate Change Has Reached a 'Gold Standard' of Certainty
Evidence of humanity’s cause of global climate change through atmospheric warming has reached a gold standard of certainty, said researchers in a commentary in the journal Nature Climate Change published Monday.
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#1201022019-02-26
Climate change: CO2 emissions fall in 18 countries with strong policies, study finds
In a new study published in the journal Nature Climate Change, researchers suggest that countries that are turning to renewable energy sources and moving away from fossil fuels are making progress in reducing CO2 emissions.
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#1201042019-02-26
Climate Change Could Make These Super-Common Clouds Extinct, Which Would Scorch the Planet
If humanity pumps enough carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, one of Earth's most important types of cloud could go extinct. And if the stratocumulus clouds — those puffy, low rolls of vapor that blanket much of the planet at any given moment — disappear, Earth's temperature could climb sharply a ...
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#1201052019-02-26
Weatherwatch: should TV forecasters talk about climate change?
Tv weather forecasters usually steer clear of mentioning climate change, perhaps fearing a backlash for straying on to controversial territory. But a recent experiment in the US suggests a dose of climate change news with the weather forecast is no bad thing.
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#1201062019-02-26
How artificially brightened clouds could stop climate change
In June, 1991, something surprising happened to the Earth. Mount Pinatubo, in the Philippines, erupted. The first surprise was that it was thought to be a mountain, not a volcano. In fact, pressure built up over centuries beneath this dormant volcano caused the second largest eruption of the 20t ...
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#1201452019-02-28
You can’t take on climate change without tackling sprawl
Get rid of all the country’s coal plants, run the country purely on renewables, and we’ll still be left with the top source of greenhouse gas emissions: transportation.
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#1201462019-02-28
Like a boiling frog, humans quickly normalize extreme temperatures
Drop a frog into a boiling pot of water and it immediately hops out. But place it into cool water and slowly heat it, and the frog won’t catch on, eventually getting cooked. This metaphor is totally wrong about frogs, but it is true of humans tweeting about unusual weather.
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#1201472019-02-28
These elephant-sized knitted sweaters prove that there’s still more to do to stop climate change
Global warming is likely going to be the greatest reason for the extinction of the different species in this century. And since climate change is happening very quickly, many of our land and aquatic creatures live in areas that are severely affected by this, including elephants.
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#1201482019-02-28
Everglades in crisis: can this wetland avert an environmental tragedy?
Climate change and human development have pushed Florida to the brink. Now conservations are finding fresh hope in an unlikely form.
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#1201492019-02-28
Guterres underlines climate action urgency, as UN weather agency confirms record global warming
The long-term temperature trend is far more important than the ranking of individual years, and that trend is an upward one, said WMO Secretary-General Petteri Taalas
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#1201532019-02-28
Polar bears: stars of biodiversity protection or geopolitical tool?
Since the release of a footage showing a starving polar bear on iceless land in December 2017, the animal has become the symbol of climate change. As a researcher with Poitiers University, Farid Benhammou is co-author with Rémy Marion of a book called Géopolitique de l’ours polaire - or the Geop ...
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#1201632019-03-01
Youth climate strikers: 'We are going to change the fate of humanity'
The students striking from schools around the world to demand action on climate change have issued an uncompromising open letter stating: “We are going to change the fate of humanity, whether you like it or not.”
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#1201722019-03-01
How can the seabed warn us about climate change?
Hidden in even the clearest waters of the ocean are clues to what’s happening to the seas and the climate on a global scale. Trace amounts of various chemical elements are found throughout the seas and can reveal what’s going on with the biological reactions and physical processes that take plac ...
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#1201732019-03-01
Climate crisis and a betrayed generation
We, the young, are deeply concerned about our future. Humanity is currently causing the sixth mass extinction of species and the global climate system is at the brink of a catastrophic crisis. Its devastating impacts are already felt by millions of people around the globe. Yet we are far from re ...
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#1201742019-03-01
Climate Change: Ice Free Summer likely in the Arctic in 20 years -
The Arctic Ocean could encounter summers free of ice in the following 20 years, which is a lot sooner than recently anticipated, except if greenhouse emissions are significantly reduced. -
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#1201892019-03-04
Can they save us? Meet the climate kids fighting to fix the planet
Despite being barely two years old, the Sunrise Movement has outpaced established environmental groups in the push to radically reshape the political landscape around climate change.
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#1201902019-03-04
‘Weather wars’ in times of climate change
In the summer, when heat waves scorch cities or heavy rains flood the coasts, some climate scientists and environmentalists will point out any plausible connections to global warming, hoping today’s weather will help people understand tomorrow’s danger from climate change.
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#1201912019-03-04
Climate change: the human factor
The University of Cape Town (UCT) is driving cutting-edge research to quantify the long-term effects of humans on global warming, aimed at not only reducing future risk but also enhancing on-the-ground responses to reduce the impact on populations of the global south.
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#1202022019-03-05
If you don't like eating fish, you might be a fan of global warming
Most know that climate change is changing the world today and will change it more tomorrow. But what’s not always as well-examined is how much it’s altered already. A new study out of Rutgers University gazes back at shifts that have taken place since the 1930s in global fish stocks, finding los ...
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#1202092019-03-05
Climate change is leading to unpredictable ecosystem disruption for migratory birds
Using data on 77 North American migratory bird species from the eBird citizen-science program, scientists at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology say that, in as little as four decades, it may be very difficult to predict how climate change will affect migratory bird populations and the ecosystems the ...
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#1202182019-03-05
We Need Radical Thinking on Climate Change
I was bored over the weekend and got into a Twitter convo about climate change. We were chatting, of course, about the Green New Deal, and the basic arguments in its favor were:
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#1202192019-03-05
There Really, Really Isn’t a Silver Bullet for Climate Change
When the fate of the planet is at stake, a single precedent starts to seem like a blueprint. Most Americans, as far as pollsters can tell, want the United States to honor its commitment under the Paris Agreement on climate change.
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#1202252019-03-06
Could bioenergy crops be worse for biodiversity than climate change?
Raising crops to turn into energy is a big part of some plans to reduce climate change. Yet those crops have their own impacts — and, depending on how they’re grown, could be as bad for biodiversity as climate change itself.
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#1202302019-03-06
Climate change: Satellite fix safeguards Antarctic data
Europe's quarter-century-long satellite data record of ice sheet changes in the Antarctic is secure into the future. It's possible because a new spacecraft tasked with observing what's going on in the polar south is finally producing very serviceable data.
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#1202322019-03-06
Adders now active all year with warmer UK weather
The adder, Britain’s only venomous snake, has for the first time been confirmed as being active in every month of the year. Adders normally hibernate underground from October to March, a strategy designed to enable them to survive a cold winter, but with warmer weather have now been seen through ...
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#1202402019-03-06
Obama in Calgary: Climate change chaos making politics more toxic
Former United States president Barack Obama called on global leaders to pay attention to the ways the world is rapidly transforming, urging action on climate change and wealth inequality in speeches in Western Canada on Tuesday.
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#1202412019-03-06
How climate change is fueling extremism
Across the Sahel, a semi-arid region between the Sahara desert and Sudanian Savannah in Africa, temperature increases are projected to be 1.5 times higher than the global average, according to the United Nations.
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#1202562019-03-07
'Falling out of trees': dozens of dead possums blamed on extreme heat stress
More than 100 dead and injured ringtail possums have been found by wildlife rescuers along a single stretch of beach in Victoria in what ecologists say is becoming an annual occurrence due to extreme heat.
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#1202582019-03-07
Parliament: Food and water challenges from climate change may be meat and drink to S'pore
With global warming heralding new threats, resource scarcity will be the new normal. So the Government is throwing its weight behind efforts to protect and provide for the country's survival - in the areas of water, making the most of waste, food and climate change research - Environment and Wat ...
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#1202592019-03-07
Women hold the key to curbing climate change
In 1911, over one million people took to the streets of Austria, Denmark, Germany, and Switzerland for equal rights and suffrage. It was the first International Women's Day -- a day the world continues to celebrate more than a century later. Those inaugural participants had little reason to incl ...
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#1202612019-03-07
Climate change forces Arctic animals to shift feeding habits: study
Seals and whales in the Arctic are shifting their feeding patterns as climate change alters their habitats, and the way they do so may determine whether they survive, a new study has found.
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#1202622019-03-07
Climate change: Rain melting Greenland ice sheet 'even in winter'
Rain is becoming more frequent in Greenland and accelerating the melting of its ice, a new study has found. Scientists say they're "surprised" to discover rain falling even during the long Arctic winter.
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#1202732019-03-07
Glacier 'tree rings' could hold clues for planet's future
Buried in the ice of Antarctica are records of what Earth looked like 130,000 years ago, when the glaciers last melted—and what it might look like again as global warming accelerates.
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#1202762019-03-07
Greta Thunberg, schoolgirl climate change warrior: ‘Some people can let things go. I can’t’
Greta Thunberg cut a frail and lonely figure when she started a school strike for the climate outside the Swedish parliament building last August. Her parents tried to dissuade her. Classmates declined to join. Passersby expressed pity and bemusement at the sight of the then unknown 15-year-old ...
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#1202772019-03-11
Climate change: Pledge to cut emissions from dairy farms
A dairy firm is pledging to make its operations carbon-neutral from cow to supermarket by 2050, including more than 2,000 farms in the UK. This will require "radical changes" over the coming decades, including developing new technologies, the dairy co-operative, Arla Foods, said.
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#1202782019-03-11
The Caribbean Has a "Dirty" Solution For Climate Change
In the Caribbean, the interconnectedness between soil quality, climate change and agriculture is viewed through a narrow lens. It is widely accepted that healthy soil is required to grow bountiful crops and that the quality of soil and crops is negatively affected by (climate change induced) dro ...
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#1202792019-03-11
It's 2050 And This Is How We Stopped Climate Change
2019: I went looking for people who've mapped out this world without greenhouse emissions. I found them in Silicon Valley.Sila Kiliccote is an engineer. The back deck of her house, high up in the hills, overlooks Cupertino. Apple's circular headquarters is hidden in the morning mist. It's a long ...
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#1202802019-03-11
Amsterdam's First National Climate Change March Draws 40,000 People
Tens of thousands of people joined a climate change protest in Amsterdam on Sunday, urging the Dutch government to take action on climate change. The demonstration, the first of its kind in the Netherlands, drew around 40,000 people despite heavy rain, according to Agence France-Presse.
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#1202812019-03-11
'A lot at stake': indigenous and minorities sidelined on climate change fight
Bernadette Demientieff, a representative for the indigenous Gwich’in nation, finds Washington DC anxiety-inducing, especially compared to the wide open spaces and tall mountains of Alaska.
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#1202822019-03-11
Green Book readies municipalities for climate change
Municipalities across South Africa can now assess climate risks and growth pressures using an online climate risk profiling and adaptation tool that was recently launched by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).
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#1202832019-03-11
Climate Change Might Be Messing Up Snowflakes As We Know Them, But You Can Help
As another erratic winter draws to a close, it’s time to consider a lesser-known possible effect of climate change: misshapen snowflakes.
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#1202962019-03-11
Macron puts climate bank on EU agenda
Emmanuel Macron has thrown his weight behind the idea of an EU bank for climate investments, ahead of the bloc’s parliamentary elections this year.
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#1203062019-03-12
Tiny Costa Rica Has a Green New Deal, Too. It Matters for the Whole Planet.
It’s a green big deal for a tiny sliver of a country. Costa Rica, population 5 million, wants to wean itself from fossil fuels by 2050, and the chief evangelist of the idea is a 38-year-old urban planner named Claudia Dobles who also happens to be the first lady.
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#1203112019-03-12
Climate change could devastate painted turtles, according to new study
An Iowa State University biologist is sounding the alarm for the painted turtle, one of many reptiles for which climate change could prove particularly threatening.