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Plant-based meat by far the best climate investment, report finds
One of the largest consulting organizations in the world claims that investments in meat substitutes made from plants have a much bigger impact on reducing greenhouse gas emissions than other green initiatives.
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Heatwaves 10x more likely due to climate change, new study says
Scientists have finally confirmed the link between human-induced climate change and some extreme weather events, in a new review paper. The research shows that human activities have a direct effect on certain types of severe weather including heatwaves and heavy rainfall.
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Supreme Negligence
Earlier this morning, the US Supreme Court preemptively ruled that the Biden administration cannot enact the Clean Power Plan—or anything else like it that would force a shift away from coal and gas to less carbon-intensive energy sources—without Congress.
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Methane much more sensitive to global heating than previously thought – study
Greenhouse gas has undergone rapid acceleration and scientists say it may be due to atmospheric changes
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Experts warn of desertification risk due to climate change-related drought
There is a need for big changes in habits on a global scale from production to water use against the effects of global warming as the risks of desertification increase due to climate change-related drought, according to Turkish experts.
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Spain and Portugal suffering driest climate for 1,200 years, research shows
Effects of human-caused global heating are blocking vital winter rains, with severe implications for farming and tourism
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Satellites can now find the sources of methane leaks. The tech will reshape global climate accountability.
New satellite technology makes it easier to detect methane leaks and to fight the climate crisis. The technology will help drive accountability.
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Cars Now Release More Pollution From Their Tires Than Their Tailpipes, Analysis Shows - EcoWatch
The particulate pollution from car tires is nearly 2,000 times worse than that from vehicle exhaust pipes.
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To combat coral bleaching, Kenya turns to reef nurseries
Minutes away from the Kenyan mainland, the densely forested island of Wasini is one of several starting lines for coral reef restoration efforts in the western Indian Ocean. On a rare calm day during the normally turbulent monsoon season, four divers, carrying measuring equipment, shoes and toothbrushes descended in turns to the sea-bed reef restoration site on the Shimoni channel.
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Five countries seek to delay EU fossil fuel car phase-out
Italy, Portugal, Slovakia, Bulgaria and Romania want to delay a European Union plan to effectively ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2035 by five years, according to a document seen by Reuters.
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Heat Waves Around the World Push People and Nations ‘To the Edge’
Large, simultaneous heat waves are growing more common. China, America, Europe and India have all been stricken recently, and scientists are starting to understand why certain far-flung places get hit at once.
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Summers Are Becoming Unbearably Hot Before They Even Start
A heat wave topping 100°F set records in multiple European countries this past week. Similar temperatures hit northern China, as well as midwest and southern U.S. states. These sweltering temperatures are remarkable on their own. But what makes them more striking is when they’re happening. As a sobering reminder, it’s not July or August. It’s mid-June. And the summer season only officially kicked off on Tuesday.
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Cement carbon dioxide emissions quietly double in 20 years
Heat trapping carbon dioxide emissions from making cement, a less talked about but major source of carbon pollution , have doubled in the last 20 years, new global data shows.
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Science coverage of climate change can change minds – briefly
Science reporting on climate change does lead Americans to adopt more accurate beliefs and support government action on the issue – but these gains are fragile, a new study suggests.
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Satellite images of Las Vegas show just how extreme urban heat islands can get
Summer in the southwest US is already proving to be a scorcher. Since June 9, Las Vegas, Nevada has been caught in a heat dome, a kind of atmospheric pressure cooker that superheats air near the ground. Record-breaking heat hit the area, with temperatures consistently soaring to triple digits. On June 10, 2022, the city reached a record daily high of 109 degrees Fahrenheit—so hot that the heat was picked up by sensors in space.
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Friendly fungi help forests fight climate change
A forest is home to billions of living things, some of them too small to be seen by the naked eye. Collectively, these micro-scale species contribute more to our planet than most of us could imagine. While we know that forests play a major role in countering global warming - acting as reservoirs for carbon - what is less well understood is how tiny organisms that dwell hidden in the soil help lock away our greenhouse gas emissions.
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Heatwave cooks western Europe, with temperatures hitting 43°C
An intense and unprecedented early heatwave is baking western Europe, with temperatures in many places topping 40°C on Saturday. Temperatures were high across most of Western Europe on the first day of the weekend. France and the Iberian Peninsula have been hit particularly hard.
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Some Scientists Coined a New Name for Summer: ‘Danger Season’
Hurricanes, heat, fires, smoke, drought. Is it time to stop making the hottest part of the year seem cool?
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Fossil fuel firms ‘have humanity by the throat’, says UN head in blistering attack
António Guterres compares climate inaction to tobacco firms dismissing links between smoking and cancer
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Extreme heat is a reality now. Most homes in Canada aren't able to deal with that
As part of its report into last summer's heat dome, the B.C. coroner called for updates to the building code to require cooling systems in homes. But with most buildings having a lifespan of anywhere from 50 to 100 years, experts say it would take decades to "future-proof" existing dwellings.
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