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Historic heatwave, extreme drought and wildfires plague North American west
Jul 02, 2021 02:58The summer of 2021 is already shaping up to be one for the record books, with much of the American west gripped by historic heatwaves, extreme drought, and the threat of large wildfires that have already begun to burn across the region.
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Delta variant of COVID spreading rapidly and detected in 74 countries
Jun 18, 2021 04:26While health authorities around the world are collecting and sharing data on the spread of the new coronavirus variant, the fear is that in countries in the developing world with less robust monitoring systems, the Delta variant may already have spread much further than has been reported.
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Rich countries urged to come up with detailed plans to cut emissions
Jun 17, 2021 04:56The G7 summit, which ended on Sunday June 13 in Cornwall, achieved much less than campaigners had hoped, with no significant new cash forthcoming for the world’s poorest and most vulnerable, on the frontlines of climate breakdown.
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Study warns that Arctic has been warming 3 times faster than rest of Earth
May 23, 2021 05:01Over the past five decades, the Arctic has warmed three times faster than the world as a whole, leading to rapid and widespread melting of ice and other far-reaching consequences that are important not only to local communities and ecosystems but to the fate of life on planet Earth.
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Third of global food production at risk from climate crisis
May 17, 2021 10:50A third of global food production will be at risk by the end of the century if greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise at their current rate, new research suggests.
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COVID-19 takes a dire global demographic toll
May 12, 2021 00:36Pandemic deaths, disruptions to fertility and restrictions on migration are causing major social and demographic transformations worldwide.
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New Study shows ‘doomsday’ climate tipping points have wiggle room
Apr 28, 2021 10:01A recent United Nations’ report said the year 2020 was one of the three hottest years on record, marked by wildfires, droughts, floods and melting glaciers, prompting the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres to say the world stands “on the verge of the abyss.”
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97% of Earth's land no longer ecologically intact, study finds
Apr 19, 2021 10:13The vast majority of land on Earth – a shocking 97 percent - that is home to millions of species is no longer qualified as ecologically intact – and humans are to blame, a new study reveals.
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Scientists warn 4°c world would unleash 'unimaginable amounts of water' as ice shelves collapse
Apr 11, 2021 04:01A study published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, found that over a third of the area of all Antarctic ice shelves—including 67% of area on the Antarctic Peninsula—could be at risk of collapsing if global temperatures soar to 4°C above pre-industrial levels.
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'A crisis for climate stability': Data shows rainforest destruction accelerated in 2020
Apr 08, 2021 04:00A new study finds destruction of pristine rainforest increased by 12 percent in 2020, despite global economic slowdown. Across the tropics, the study registered the destruction in 2020 of 4.2 million hectares (10.4 million acres) of primary forest – 12 percent higher than the year before.