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Ukraine’s invasion underscores Europe’s deep reliance on Russian fossil fuels
Russian president Vladimir Putin’s decision to send troops into Ukraine spooked energy markets this week, amid fears that the escalating conflict and ensuing sanctions could disrupt global fossil-fuel supplies. Russia is one of the world’s largest producers of petroleum, natural gas, and coal, so any actions that curtail exports could have global ripple effects, pushing up prices and slowing economic growth. Western Europe is particularly vulnerable because it’s heavily dependent on Russia’s fossil fuels, despite determined efforts to switch to cleaner energy sources in recent years.
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Global warming and land use change to drive more extreme wildfires
Extreme wildfires are set to become more frequent, increasing by around 50% by the end of this century, according to a new UN report. The report finds there's an elevated risk in the Arctic and other regions previously unaffected by fires. The scientists define extreme fires as extraordinary conflagrations that occur roughly once in a hundred years.
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First solar canal project is a win for water, energy, air and climate in California
Mounting evidence suggests the western United States is now in its worst megadrought in at least 1,200 years. Groundwater supplies are being overpumped in many places, and the dryness, wildfires and shrinking water supplies are making climate change personal for millions of people.
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Warm Waters Are Causing The Earth To Dim
New research tracking the albedo of our planet—its ability to reflect sunlight—has revealed that a complex interplay of periodical weather patterns in the Pacific Ocean affects our overall cloud cover, especially in the sky west of the Americas. This in turn has a large impact on the amount of light absorbed rather than reflected from the Earth.
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How climate change threatens the Winter Olympics' future
The Winter Olympics is an adrenaline rush as athletes fly down snow-covered ski slopes, luge tracks and over the ice at breakneck speeds and with grace. When the first Olympic Winter Games were held in Chamonix, France, in 1924, all 16 events took place outdoors. The athletes relied on natural snow for ski runs and freezing temperatures for ice rinks.
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Exclusive: Experts say the term 'drought' may be insufficient to capture what is happening in the West
As the American West continues into its 22nd year of a parching megadrought, officials at the federal government's top water resource management agency are trying to plan for an uncertain and unprecedented time for the nation's largest reservoirs.
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What is the ‘social cost of carbon’?
The Biden administration has been trying to finalize a new ‘social cost of carbon.’ Two energy experts break down what that means and how that cost can fluctuate.
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Hotter, Drier Nights Mean More Runaway Fires
Nighttime fires have become more intense in recent decades, as hot, dry nights are more commonplace, according to a new CIRES Earth Lab-led study. Forty years ago, cool, moist nights regularly provided relief to firefighters—and “flammable nights” were rare. Now, due to a changing climate, nights are warming faster than days are, and there are 11 more flammable nights every year in the U.S. West—a 45 percent spike, the team found.
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World-first research confirms Australia's forests became catastrophic fire risk after British invasion
Indigenous fire management holds the key to a safer, more sustainable future on our flammable continent.
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Climate Crisis Has Made Western US Megadrought Worst in 1,200 Years
"Climate change is here and now," said Rep. Pramila Jayapal. "If a 1,200 year mega-drought isn't enough to make people realize that, I don't know what is."
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What drives sea level rise? US report warns of 10-12 inches more by midcentury with frequent coastal flooding
A sea level scientist explains the two main ways climate change is threatening the coasts.
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The wonder of wetlands: the secret weapon in the battle against climate change
Salt marshes can store carbon from the atmosphere fifty times faster than a tropical forest. The Climate Now team visit the Venice Lagoon to see how scientists are protecting these special environments to help tackle climate change. #ClimateNow
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Top companies like Amazon and Google pledged to fight climate change. Are they doing it?
Companies including Apple, Walmart and Amazon made ambitious public pledges to fight climate change. Some are falling short of their goals.
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Everest’s highest glacier has lost 2,000 years of ice in 30 years
The surprising finding that Earth’s highest ice may be gone in decades is “a real wake-up call.” Climate change has arrived decisively at the roof of the world on Mount Everest: The highest glacier on the highest mountain on Earth is losing decades worth of ice every year, according to a new study by researchers who extracted an ice core from the glacier.
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‘Big Oil’ board members face hot seat over climate ‘deception’
In 1977, an internal memo at Exxon, the United States oil giant, made clear that carbon emissions from its product were causing climate change. But not only that – time was running out to act. “CO2 release most likely source of inadvertent climate modification,” said the shorthand document. “5-10 yr time window to get necessary information.”
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Climate change: Top companies exaggerating their progress - study
Companies including Google, Amazon and Ikea are not meeting their own green targets, a report finds.
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10 Foods We Can Never Eat Again Because of Climate Change
Climate change has begun to affect the entire world and has threatened the food and agricultural industry all over. The drastic temperature changes we have seen in recent years, along with rising sea levels and air pollution, have forced the agricultural industry to rethink its planting habits year after year just to keep up with shifting climates that seem to be taking us into unknown territory.
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World ocean temperatures in 2021 were the hottest ever recorded
A study ties the warming trend to human emissions of greenhouse gases from the burning of fossil fuels.
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New model explores link between animal agriculture and climate change | Stanford News
Phasing out animal agriculture represents “our best and most immediate chance to reverse the trajectory of climate change,” according to a new model developed by scientists from Stanford and the University of California, Berkeley.
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20% of Brits Are Eating Less Meat To Actively Fight Climate Change, Survey Finds
A survey commissioned by Ecosia has revealed that the U.K. is looking to eat less meat to help in the fight against climate change.
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