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Below 1.5ºC: A breakthrough roadmap to solve the climate crisis
Nov 27, 2020 16:52A climate model released by the prestigious scientific publisher Springer Nature offers a roadmap for meeting -- and surpassing -- the targets set by the Paris Climate Agreement, showing that we can solve the global climate crisis with currently available technologies and natural climate solutions.
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NOAA research shows climate crisis primary cause of 98% of dead Florida coral reef
Nov 27, 2020 16:47Coral reefs, widely considered the most biologically diverse ecosystem in the ocean, help to support over 25% of all marine life. They also provide shoreline protection against hurricanes and tropical storms, and economic benefit through commercial fishing, tourism and recreation. Unlike years past, when experts credited ocean pollution with worsening coral reefs’ outlook, NOAA researchers now name climate change as the primary cause of reef degradation.
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Unreal & heartbreaking: Experts highlight climate crisis connection as category 5 Hurricane Iota barrels toward Central America
Nov 19, 2020 16:02Less than two weeks after the Category 4 Hurricane Eta devastated communities in multiple Central American countries, Hurricane Iota was declared a Category 5 storm on November 16th as it barreled toward the same region—prompting meteorologists, scientists, climate campaigners, and local leaders to reiterate the necessity of addressing human-caused global heating.
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Why a COVID-19 vaccine could further imperil deep-sea sharks
Nov 18, 2020 13:49Trawling for prey at more than a thousand feet under the surface, the scalloped hammerhead shark relies on a special oil in its liver to survive the crushing pressures of the deep. Shark liver oil, or squalene, is a fatty substance that provides vital buoyancy for this critically endangered species and many others. But it’s also a lifesaver for humans as a boosting agent in vaccines, called an adjuvant, that improves the immune system and makes vaccines more effective.
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Climate refugees will soon surpass those displaced by war
Nov 17, 2020 16:14A recent forecast suggests that, by the year 2050, the number of people driven from their homes by ecological catastrophes could be 900% greater than the 100 million forced to flee conflicts over the last decade.
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'Seismic shift' in world's approach to land use, wildlife, and climate action needed to avoid new 'era of pandemics,' study says
Nov 06, 2020 18:22The same human activities that drive climate change and biodiversity loss also drive pandemic risk through their impacts on our environment.
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More traces of cancer-causing PFAS in Arctic raise alarm over global spread
Oct 20, 2020 18:17A new study revealed that per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) — a family of potentially toxic chemicals with more than 4,700 known members — have become even more widespread in the environment than previously thought.
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'Uninhabitable hell' for millions: UN report sounds alarm on humanity's continued destruction of planet earth
Oct 16, 2020 18:17Political and business leaders are being "willfully negligent" as natural disasters nearly double this century, the world body's special representative for disaster risk reduction said recently. Since 2000, major floods have more than doubled, while major storms increased by nearly 50%. Other categories of disasters—including drought, wildfires, and extreme temperature events—also rose significantly.
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Trump's USDA sued over program allowing 'horrific' mass slaughter of native wildlife
Oct 14, 2020 14:08Days after data revealed taxpayers funded the killing of 1.2 million native animal species in 2019, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Wildlife Services program was sued over what conservation advocates decry as a cruel and misguided annual extermination spree.
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Leaked docs from inside 'omnicidal' ExxonMobil reveal plan to increase climate-killing emissions
Oct 11, 2020 18:08To no one's surprise, Exxon is continuing to drive catastrophic climate change by putting profits before people and our planet.