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Colorado River flow shrinks from climate crisis, risking ‘severe water shortages’
Millions of people rely on the 1,450-mile waterway as increasing periods of drought and rising temperatures reduce flow of river
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Hungary's eight-point climate plan unveiled
The details of Hungarian government's eight-point climate strategy, initially announced by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán this past Sunday in his State of the Nation address, were released by the Hungarian Minister of Information and Technology on Wednesday. "To put it bluntly, protecting the climate and nature is truly our Christian and patriotic duty," Orbán said in that speech.
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Oil and gas firms 'have had far worse climate impact than thought'
The oil and gas industry has had a far worse impact on the climate than previously believed, according to a study indicating that human emissions of fossil methane have been underestimated by up to 40%. Although the research will add to pressure on fossil fuel companies, scientists said there was cause for hope because it showed a big extra benefit could come from tighter regulation of the industry and a faster shift towards renewable energy.
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Bees may struggle in winds caused by global warming, study finds
A hardworking honey bee might feel aggrieved to be tricked into a garden shed to feed from a fake flower. Worse, she is blasted by a cheap household fan. And then timed to see how many fake flowers she can visit in 90 seconds.
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Amazon's Jeff Bezos pledges $10 billion to launch Earth Fund for combating climate change
Bezos's fund will pen grants to scientists, activists and other organizations in their efforts to "preserve and protect the natural world."
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Extreme weather to overload urban power grids, study shows
Extreme hot spells made increasingly likely by climate change could overload urban power grids and cause roving blackouts as an ever-greater share of humanity opt to live in cities, scientists said Monday. In a series of studies and comment pieces in a special edition of the journal Nature Energy, researchers examined how cities can better use renewable power sources and plan for more frequent and potent temperature swings.
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15 years after the Kyoto Protocol went into force, the climate crisis is worse than ever
The Kyoto Protocol went to force a full 15 years ago today—and yet, the climate crisis is more urgent than ever. On Sunday, 15 years will have passed since the Kyoto Protocol was ratified on February 16, 2005, which was eight years after it was negotiated back in 1997. Progress stalled because of a failure to achieve the quota of countries required to implement the protocol. The stalemate was finally broken when Russia signed up to the deal: once Russia joined, countries committed to Kyoto produced 55 percent or more of global emissions between them.
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Kyoto Protocol: 15 years on, climate milestone 'too little'
In 1997, leaders of industrialized nations committed to the Kyoto Protocol to limit greenhouse gas emissions. The document, which came into effect 15 years ago, set the tone for slowing the march of climate change.
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Delta Air Lines CEO announces the carrier will go 'fully carbon neutral' next month
Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian told CNBC on Friday the company is going “fully carbon neutral” starting March 1. “It’s a big challenge and it’s a big commitment,” Bastian said on “Squawk Box.” Delta is committing at least $1 billion over the next decade to reduce environmental impact, focusing on clean technological investments for engines and carbon removal, he added.
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Summer's heat waves could get more dangerous in the coming decades, study warns
A new study finds that due to climate change, the number of extreme heat days featuring both high daytime and nighttime temperatures could become much more common by 2100, posing huge risks to human health.
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Reef-Building Corals Transmit Epigenetic Adaptations to Their Offspring That Can Combat the Effects of Global Warming
For the first time, a team of marine biology and environmental genomics researchers at NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) have demonstrated that epigenetic modifications in reef-building corals can be transmitted from parents to their offspring. This discovery, reported in a new study in the journal Nature Climate Change, not only enhances the biological understanding of corals, it also opens up new approaches to stem the loss of this foundation species of marine ecosystems.
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Canada says it’s on track to meet climate goals for power generation
A federal report to the UN says that Canada is on track to meet one of its crucial climate-change commitments — generating at least 90 per cent of nonindustrial electricity from emissions-free sources by 2030.
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Antarctic temperature rises above 20C for first time on record
The Antarctic has registered a temperature of more than 20C (68F) for the first time on record, prompting fears of climate instability in the world’s greatest repository of ice. The 20.75C logged by Brazilian scientists at Seymour Island on 9 February was almost a full degree higher than the previous record of 19.8C, taken on Signy Island in January 1982.
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Why we should be wary of blaming 'overpopulation' for the climate crisis
Jane Goodall's comments at Davos may seem harmless, but they reflect a dangerous misreading of the climate crisis that needs to be challenged.
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Trump's Biggest Vulnerability Isn't What You Think
A little more than 10 years ago, Donald Trump and his children signed a letter that ran as a full-page ad in the New York Times. In it, they urged global leaders to reach an ambitious climate change deal at the annual United Nations conference.
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Plan to expand Bristol airport rejected after climate protests
A scheme to expand Bristol airport has been rejected following protests that it would exacerbate the climate emergency, damage the health of local people, and harm flora and fauna. Officers had recommended that North Somerset council approve the expansion and warned that the authority could face a costly public inquiry if it turned it down.
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Greta Thunberg to make new documentary series for the BBC
The series will follow the teenage climate activist on her international crusade, giving an ‘inside view on what it’s like being a global icon’
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Even looking at flood maps can’t convince coastal residents their homes will be underwater
Advertisers understand that providing consumers with the facts will not sell products. To get people to stop and pay attention, successful advertising delivers information simply and with an emotional hook so that consumers notice and, hopefully, make a purchase.
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We’re Debating Climate Predictions While Rome Burns
Are we on track for a catastrophe, or a meltdown? This somewhat gnat-straining debate has emerged around new modeling, some of which suggests that a much-dreaded “worst case scenario” of five degrees celsius of warming by 2100 is less likely than previously thought, and some of which suggests exactly the opposite.
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Is China ready to take lead in fight against climate change?
Following the United States’ withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, China was expected to take the environmental lead, but, as the deadlock at the recent COP25 conference shows, the country has other plans.
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