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Chemical sunshade to slow warming may not be feasible: U.N. draft
The idea of spraying a haze of sun-dimming chemicals high above the Earth as a quick way to slow global warming faces so many obstacles that it may not be feasible, a leaked draft U.N. report says. By Alister Doyle.
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Donald Trump fails to grasp basic climate change facts during Piers Morgan interview
Donald Trump has expressed doubts over the existence of climate change, as it is understood by the vast majority of scientists. After proclaiming his belief in “clean air and clean water”, the US President questioned some of the central tenets of climate science in an interview with Piers Morgan.
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Blockbuster films ignore the real harbinger of the apocalypse: ignorance of science
Nothing’s older than a fear of the apocalypse. Popular stories about the apocalypse date back until at least The Epic of Gilgamesh, a Mesopotamian poem featuring a world-ending flood and a vengeful god, written around 2100 BC. But how have our visions of the end of the world changed through popular media like movies, and what can that tell us about staving it off?
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In the Arctic, More Rain May Mean Fewer Musk Oxen
Winter rain makes it more difficult for the animals to feed, particularly pregnant females, researchers find.
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The World Bank is no longer supporting the oil and gas industries
The World Bank, which provides developing countries about US$60 billion a year in financial assistance, is officially phasing out its support for the oil and gas industries. This move brings its actions more in sync with its overarching commitment to slowing the pace of climate change and keeping the Paris agreement on track. Based on my research regarding international relations, I see this move – which World Bank President Jim Yong Kim announced in December – as significant for two reasons.
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Cape Town at risk of becoming first major city in the world to run out of water
Cape Town, one of the biggest cities in South Africa and a famed tourist attraction, is warning its residents that they will soon have to queue for water. The drought-stricken city announced on Thursday that it will begin marking 200 collection points where its 3.7 million residents will be required to queue for a rationed supply of water on "Day Zero" – currently forecast to be April 21.
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Heartbroken scientists lament the likely loss of ‘most of the world’s coral reefs’
For decades, marine scientists have been warning of the demise of coral reefs in a warming world. But now, those warning calls have reached a full-scale alarm, leaving researchers at a loss for exactly how best to save the reefs. A study published Thursday in Science by some of the world’s top coral experts amounts to a last rites for the ecosystems often referred to as “the tropical rainforests of the sea.” Scientists surveyed 100 reefs around the world and found that extreme bleaching events that once occurred every 25 or 30 years now happen about every five or six years.
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Scott Pruitt insincerely asked what's Earth's ideal temperature. Scientists answer
Pruitt’s goal is to sow doubt on behalf of his oil industry allies in order to weaken and delay climate policies. Shifting the ‘debate’ toward ‘the ideal surface temperature’ achieves that goal by creating the perception that we don’t know what temperature we should aim for. It’s in line with his boss’ recent ignorant tweet suggesting that “Perhaps we could use a little bit of that good old Global Warming."
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UK to miss legal climate targets without urgent action, official advisers warn
The UK will miss its legally binding carbon targets without urgent government action, official advisers have warned. The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) said vague ambitions, such as banning new petrol and diesel cars by 2040, must be turned into solid plans and new policies, such as planting more trees, are needed.
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Researchers discover new catalyst for efficiently converting waste carbon dioxide into plastic
Researchers have developed a method for efficiently converting carbon dioxide into plastic. They say their findings could help divert carbon dioxide – a major contributor to climate change – from entering the atmosphere. They could also help to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels. A team of scientists from University of Toronto, University of California, Berkeley and the Canadian Light Source (CLS) successfully managed to work out the ideal conditions for converting carbon dioxide to ethylene.
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UN warns climate change goals are almost out of reach
Rising seas threaten the existence of small island states and could displace tens of millions in Bangladesh, Vietnam and other countries with densely populated river deltas.
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The Ocean Floor Is Sinking Due To Additional Water Weight From Melting Glaciers
The bottom of the ocean is sinking, warping and deforming because of added water weight from melting glaciers. What does this say about estimated extent of sea level rise?
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99% of These Sea Turtles Are Turning Female—Here’s Why
At the Pacific Ocean's largest green sea turtle rookery, a crisis is unfolding, likely thanks to warming temperatures. Will this become a global problem?
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Climate Change Has Quadrupled Ocean 'Dead Zones,' Researchers Warn
The size of oxygen-starved ocean “dead zones,” where plants and animals struggle to survive, has increased fourfold around the world, according to a new scientific analysis. The growth of the zones is yet another consequence of global warming — including increasing ocean temperatures — triggered by greenhouse gases and, closer to the coasts, contamination by agricultural runoff and sewage.
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Oxygen is disappearing from the world's oceans at an alarmingly rapid pace
The ocean is running out of oxygen at a rapid speed—and the depletion could choke to death much of the marine life these waters support. A sweeping review published Thursday in Science documented the causes, consequences and solutions to what is technically called “deoxygenation.” They discovered a four-to-tenfold increase in areas of the ocean with little to no oxygen, which researchers say is alarming because half of Earth’s oxygen originates from the ocean.
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It’s Official: 2017 Was the Second Hottest Year on Record
Last year was the second hottest year on record worldwide, behind 2016, according to a European Union climate monitoring program. Global temperatures averaged 14.7 degrees Celsius (58.46°F) — 1.2 degrees C (2.2°F) above pre-industrial times.
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Here's What You Need to Know About That Viral Story on Chocolate 'Going Extinct'
If you've caught much news recently, you'll probably have seen headlines about the looming extinction crisis set to wipe out chocolate in 40 years. It's a scary possibility, but it's also not quite as simple as that.
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Katowice: A European coal capital goes green
Nowhere in the EU is smog more suffocating than in southern Poland. This year, the polluted Polish mining city Katowice will host the COP24 climate conference. Ahead of that, change is in the air — and on the ground.
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Earth will start becoming a desert by 2050 if global warming isn’t stopped, study says
More than 25 percent of Earth will experience serious drought and desertification by the year 2050 if global warming is not curbed, according to a new study by the journal Nature Climate Change.
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Don't panic, but the world could run out of chocolate by 2050
Chocolate could soon be a thing of the past, after scientists warned that the cacao plant, from which chocolate is made, could be extinct within 32 years. Over half of the world's chocolate comes from just two countries in West Africa - Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana - where the temperature, rain, and humidity provide the perfect conditions for cacao to thrive.
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