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The world’s largest trees are struggling to survive climate change
The worsening intensity of recent blazes has been too much for sequoia trees to handle.
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‘Space bubbles’ between Earth, sun possibly could reverse destructive climate change, MIT researchers say
It’s too late to stop catastrophic climate change, many people fear. Frequent extreme heat waves, droughts and floods: these are already happening, and most climate experts say they’re likely to get worse. But what if science and technology could provide a solution? A group of researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology believes the “worst-case scenario” of a warming planet possibly could be avoided through human ingenuity – namely, the building of frozen “space bubbles” that would prevent some of the sun’s rays from reaching Earth.
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Sky News Australia is a global hub for climate misinformation, report says
Murdoch-owned channel creates and distributes content promoting climate scepticism across the world, analysis finds
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The federal government is planning to phase out single-use plastics at national parks
The U.S. Interior Department, which helps oversee the country's national parks, says it is planning to phase out single-use plastics on its land and facilities by 2032. The agency would be tasked with finding alternative materials to disposable plastics, such as cutlery, bags, cups, bottles, straws and food containers, it announced Tuesday in honor of World Ocean Day.
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World's slow embrace of efficiency is "inexplicable," says global energy chief
The cleanest power available, by far, is the power we don't use.
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Climate policy dragged into culture wars as a ‘delay’ tactic, finds study
Climate policy is being dragged into the culture wars with misinformation and junk science being spread across the internet by a relatively small group of individuals and groups, according to a study. The research, released on Thursday, shows that the climate emergency – and the measures needed to deal with it – are in some cases being conflated with divisive issues such as critical race theory, LGBTQ+ rights, abortion access and anti-vaccine campaigns.
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There’s no healthy economy (or planet) without healthy forests
Forests are among the world’s best bets for carbon capture. But according to this year’s State of the World’s Forests report from the United Nations, forests are also the foundation of green and equitable economies, sustainable resource management, and biodiversity preservation and are generally key to a brighter future.
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Activists hail Biden’s use of security powers to boost clean energy
Environmental groups have welcomed Joe Biden’s invoking of national security powers to rapidly expand the production of clean energy technology as a significant advance in the effort to curb dangerous climate breakdown.
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Climate crisis could make humans shrink in size, says fossil expert
The climate crisis may lead the human race to shrink in size, as mammals with smaller frames appear better able to deal with rising global temperatures, a leading fossil expert has said. Prof Steve Brusatte, a palaeontologist at the University of Edinburgh, suggested that the way in which other mammals have previously responded to periods of climate change could offer an insight into humans’ future.
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Why the global soil shortage threatens food, medicine and the climate
Soil can be considered black gold, and we’re running out it. The United Nations declared soil finite and predicted catastrophic loss within 60 years. “There are places that have already lost all of their topsoil,” Jo Handelsman, author of “A World Without Soil,” and a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, told CNBC.
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School District Issues Extreme Heat Guidance As Climate Change Plagues Classrooms
The School District of Philadelphia issued what it called extreme heat protocols after high temperatures caused schools to dismiss students early last week. Reggie McNeil, the chief operating officer for the district, on Friday released guidance stating that when temperatures exceed 85 degrees or the heat index hits 90, the district will begin monitoring temperatures inside each school, and recommend appropriate action to keep students and teachers safe, as early as possible.
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Giant craters are opening up in the Arctic due to climate change
The permafrost region contains three times as much carbon as all living vegetation on Earth - with concerning consequences as it thaws.
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Russia's war created a global hunger disaster. Climate change is ramping it up.
The modern food system may be reaching its limits.
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We cannot adapt our way out of climate crisis, warns leading scientist
The world cannot adapt its way out of the climate crisis, and counting on adaptation to limit damage is no substitute for urgently cutting greenhouse gases, a leading climate scientist has warned. Katharine Hayhoe, chief scientist for the Nature Conservancy in the US and professor at Texas Tech University, said the world was heading for dangers unseen in the 10,000 years of human civilisation, and efforts to make the world more resilient were needed but by themselves could not soften the impact enough.
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New Zealand’s once all-powerful farmers split amid anger over Ardern climate policy
Emerging schism threatens to undermine traditional influence and, in a worse-case scenario, see ‘massive radicalisation’ of rural areas
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Big Tech is pouring millions into the wrong climate solution in Davos
Alphabet, Microsoft and Salesforce today pledged $ 500 million for new climate technology that is supposed to extract carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to prevent it from warming the planet. It’s Big Tech’s latest move to push emerging technology forward while portraying itself as a global leader when it comes to acting on climate change.
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Vanguard refuses to end new fossil fuel investments
The world’s second-largest asset manager Vanguard has refused to stop new investments in fossil fuel projects and end its support for coal, oil and gas production. Chief executive Tim Buckley said the group, which manages $8.1tn for more than 30mn investors and is the largest investor in coal companies globally, was determined to safeguard its clients from climate risks but this would not require it to end new commitments to fossil fuel industries.
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Reversing climate change with net-zero farming
Regrow is a technology start-up which aims to reverse climate change with agriculture. The tech start-up wants to achieve net-zero emissions in farming using technology and data. Regrow tries to transform agriculture to a net-zero carbon system.
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Welcome to Joe Manchin’s Scorching Summer of Climate Doom
This summer is the last best chance for the U.S. to take climate action, and we’re blowing it.
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Reducing harmful air pollution has led to a surprising effect — more hurricanes in the North Atlantic
As the US and Europe worked for decades to reduce air pollution for the sake of public health and the planet, scientists found an unintended and challenging consequence: an increase in tropical storms in some regions.
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