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Arctic Summer Could Be Practically Sea-Ice-Free by the 2030s
In a new study, scientists found that the climate milestone could come about a decade sooner than anticipated, even if planet-warming emissions are gradually reduced.
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Canada’s wildfire crisis could be a preview of the future
Don’t go outside. That’s what public health officials and medical experts have been advising tens of millions of people in the U.S. over the last couple of days as smoke from raging wildfires in Canada has drifted into the U.S., triggering air alerts and grounding flights across the Northeast, as far south as South Carolina and as far west as Minnesota.
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The world's biggest companies have made almost no progress on limiting global warming since 2018 | CNN Business
The vast majority of the world’s biggest companies have done almost nothing in the past five years to cut their planet-heating pollution enough to avoid catastrophic climate change.
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Landslides associated with rapid snowmelt in western North America in May 2023
Several significant landslides associated with rapid snowmelt in western North America in May 2023, driven by exceptional temperatures.
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To fight climate change, we've got to quit making so much plastic
A 75 percent reduction is needed to limit warming to 1.5 C, new report says.
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A pledge to fight climate change is sending money to strange places
Rich countries promised $100 billion a year to reduce the effects of global warming. Reuters found large sums went to a coal plant, a hotel and chocolate shops.
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You’ve Never Heard of Him, but He’s Remaking the Pollution Fight
Richard Revesz is changing the way the government calculates the cost and benefits of regulation, with far-reaching implications for climate change.
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Salting and burying biomass crops in dry landfills could economically capture greenhouse gases for thousands of years
Reducing global greenhouse gas emissions is critical to avoiding a climate disaster, but current carbon removal methods are proving to be inadequate and costly. Now researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, have proposed a scalable solution that uses simple, inexpensive technologies to remove carbon from our atmosphere and safely store it for thousands of years.
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How to improve US cities and tackle the climate crisis? Get rid of parking spaces
New book details how New York could rid the city of rats and create more parks if it repurposed its 3m parking spots
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1st Plastics Pollution Weather Forecast Predicts 88 Pounds of Microplastic Over Paris
Diplomats from 175 countries gathering in Paris for plastics treaty talks on Monday may want to pack an umbrella, but not just because there's a chance of rain.
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New York City Is Sinking. It’s Far From Alone
The Big Apple is subsiding under its own weight. But other coastal cities are also dramatically descending, just as seas are rising.
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France bans short-haul flights in effort to fight climate change
Air travel between Paris and regional hubs such as Nantes, Lyon and Bordeaux will now be banned.
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When will global warming actually hit the landmark 1.5 ºC limit?
There’s a 66% chance that the annual global average temperature will hit 1.5 ºC above pre-industrial temperatures at some time in the next five years, according to a World Meteorological Organization report released on 17 May. Reaching 1.5 ºC of warming in a single year will be a landmark moment for the planet, which in 2022 was about 1.15 ºC warmer than in pre-industrial times.
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Heat Wave and Blackout Would Send Half of Phoenix to E.R., Study Says
If a multiday blackout in Phoenix coincided with a heat wave, nearly half the population would require emergency department care for heat stroke or other heat-related illnesses, a new study suggests. While Phoenix was the most extreme example, the study warned that other cities are also at risk. Since 2015, the number of major blackouts nationwide has more than doubled.
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New Zealand announces its biggest emissions reduction project in history
Move to power Glenbrook steel plant with electricity from renewables rather than coal will reduce emissions by 1% – or the equivalent of taking 300,000 cars off the road
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State lawmakers agree to 'historic' environment and climate bill
Backers say this is a historic environment, energy and climate budget bill that will make transformative investments to help Minnesota combat climate change and move more aggressively toward a carbon-free economy.
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Greenhouse gases have changed El Niño and La Niña, significant new study finds
CSIRO has found greenhouse gas emissions have likely been making El Niño and La Niña events more frequent and extreme since the 1960s. Up until now little was known about the role it played.
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Global warming set to break key 1.5C limit for first time
The world is likely to hit 1.5C of warming within the next five years because of rising carbon emissions.
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Air Pollution from Oil and Gas Production Contributes to Thousands of Early Deaths, Childhood Asthma Cases Nationwide
These health impacts affected communities in states with high oil and gas production, as well as states with limited or no gas activity, underlining the need for comprehensive regulatory action to protect Americans from the pollutants generated by this sector.
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Despairing about climate change? These four charts on the unstoppable growth of solar may change your mind
Last year, the world built more new solar capacity than every other power source combined. Solar is now growing much faster than any other energy technology in history. How fast? Fast enough to completely displace fossil fuels from the entire global economy before 2050.
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