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Climate Change

Present-day climate change includes both global warming—the ongoing increase in global average temperature—and its wider effects on Earth’s climate system. Climate change in a broader sense also includes previous long-term changes to Earth’s climate. The current rise in global temperatures is driven by human activities, especially fossil fuel burning since the Industrial Revolution. Fossil fuel use, deforestation, and some agricultural and industrial practices release greenhouse gases. These gases absorb some of the heat that the Earth radiates after it warms from sunlight, warming the lower atmosphere. Carbon dioxide, the primary gas driving global warming, has increased in concentration by about 50% since the pre-industrial era to levels not seen for millions of years.
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Air pollution linked to 8.1 million global deaths in 2021, rising as top threat for children under fiveNewsFacts

Air pollution linked to 8.1 million global deaths in 2021, rising as top threat for children under five

Comprehensive new report details health impacts of air pollution, which has moved ahead of tobacco and poor diet as a risk factor for death. Boston/New…
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Aalborg hosts 10th edition of the European Sustainable Cities and Towns ConferenceNews

Aalborg hosts 10th edition of the European Sustainable Cities and Towns Conference

The Danish city of Aalborg and ICLEI Europe are getting ready to host the 10th edition of the European Conference on Sustainable Cities and Towns…
SourceSourceJune 19, 2024 Full article
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For sustainable livestock farming bordering the Amazon Rainforest, look to the womenClimate

For sustainable livestock farming bordering the Amazon Rainforest, look to the women

By The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture When trees and livestock compete for land, the trees usually lose. It…
SourceSourceJune 19, 2024 Full article
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Will climate change turn the Arctic green?Climate

Will climate change turn the Arctic green?

The Arctic is in the hotseat of climate change, warming four times faster than anywhere else on Earth. Already, the Arctic Ocean has experienced immense…
SourceSourceJune 19, 2024 Full article
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Large wildfires create weather that favors more fireClimateScience

Large wildfires create weather that favors more fire

By Jules Bernstein, University of California - Riverside A new UC Riverside study shows soot from large wildfires in California traps sunlight, making days warmer…
SourceSourceJune 18, 2024 Full article
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Paving the way for carbon pricing with green alternativesClimateNews

Paving the way for carbon pricing with green alternatives

By Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) The political success of climate change mitigation in Europe will depend on how well policy design enables…
SourceSourceJune 17, 2024 Full article
Understanding the Green Sahara’s collapseClimateScience

Understanding the Green Sahara’s collapse

By Technical University of Munich (TUM) From the last ice age until around 6000 years ago, the region now known as the Sahara Desert was…
SourceSourceJune 17, 2024 Full article
Wildfire smoke and healthNews

Wildfire smoke and health

With wildfires becoming more frequent and extensive in Canada, it’s important for people to understand the health risks of wildfire smoke. An article in CMAJ (Canadian Medical…
SourceSourceJune 17, 2024 Full article
Climate Change Impacts Vary among Tree Species within the Same HabitatScience

Climate Change Impacts Vary among Tree Species within the Same Habitat

By Chinese Academy of Sciences Forests, which cover 31% of the Earth's land surface, are essential for maintaining biodiversity and regulating the climate. However, climate…
SourceSourceJune 15, 2024 Full article
Study Reveals Shifting Landscape and Driving Forces in China’s Forest-Grassland Transition ZoneScience

Study Reveals Shifting Landscape and Driving Forces in China’s Forest-Grassland Transition Zone

By Chinese Academy of Sciences Researchers from the Institute of Applied Ecology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have published a new study detailing significant…
SourceSourceJune 15, 2024 Full article
Experts, activists slam ‘pointless’ G7 on climateNews

Experts, activists slam ‘pointless’ G7 on climate

By Ella IDE | AFP Bari, Italy - The Group of Seven rich democracies have failed to deliver significant new progress on climate during a…
SourceSourceJune 14, 2024 Full article
Marine heatwaves devastate red gorgonians in the Medes IslandsScience

Marine heatwaves devastate red gorgonians in the Medes Islands

By University of Barcelona The increase in the frequency and intensity of marine heatwaves in recent decades is one of the effects of global climate…
SourceSourceJune 14, 2024 Full article
Ancient ocean slowdown warns of future climate chaosScience

Ancient ocean slowdown warns of future climate chaos

By Jules Bernstein, University of California - Riverside When it comes to the ocean’s response to global warming, we’re not in entirely uncharted waters. A…
SourceSourceJune 14, 2024 Full article
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Public more confident connecting increasing heat, wildfires with climate change than other extreme weather events, study findsClimateScience

Public more confident connecting increasing heat, wildfires with climate change than other extreme weather events, study finds

By Molly Rosbach, Oregon State University Oregon State University researchers found that U.S. adults are fairly confident in linking wildfires and heat to climate change,…
SourceSourceJune 14, 2024 Full article
North Macedonia’s beekeepers face climate change challengeClimateNews

North Macedonia’s beekeepers face climate change challenge

By Darko DURIDANSKI | AFP Tetovo, Republic Of North Macedonia - Every day, Magda Miloseska dons a white, protective suit and enters the domain of…
SourceSourceJune 14, 2024 Full article
Gray whales shrinking fast as climate warmsClimateNews

Gray whales shrinking fast as climate warms

By Issam AHMED | AFP Washington, United States - Pacific coast gray whales have shrunk in length an astonishing 13 percent since 2000, adding to…
SourceSourceJune 13, 2024 Full article
Polar bears could vanish from Canada’s Hudson Bay if temperatures rise 2CClimateNews

Polar bears could vanish from Canada’s Hudson Bay if temperatures rise 2C

By Nick Perry | AFP Paris, France - An international team of scientists said Thursday that polar bears faced local extinction in Canada's Hudson Bay…
SourceSourceJune 13, 2024 Full article
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Western Agricultural Communities Need Water Conservation Strategies to Adapt to Future ShortagesScience

Western Agricultural Communities Need Water Conservation Strategies to Adapt to Future Shortages

By Desert Research Institute The Western U.S. is heavily reliant on mountain snowpacks and their gradual melt for water storage and supply, and climate change…
SourceSourceJune 13, 2024 Full article
Bans on fossil fuel advertising are coming – and sport should not be exemptClimate

Bans on fossil fuel advertising are coming – and sport should not be exempt

By  Freddie Daley, University of Sussex | The Conversation In a recent speech, UN secretary-general António Guterres called upon “every country to ban advertising from fossil…
SourceSourceJune 12, 2024 Full article
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Soil bacteria respire more CO2 after eating non-sugar organic matterScience

Soil bacteria respire more CO2 after eating non-sugar organic matter

By Amanda Morris, Northwestern University When soil microbes eat plant matter, the digested food follows one of two pathways. Either the microbe uses the food…
SourceSourceJune 12, 2024 Full article
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Specialist and migratory birds at greater risk under climate changeClimate

Specialist and migratory birds at greater risk under climate change

By Lauren Quinn, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Following decades of decline, even fewer birds will darken North American skies by the end of the century,…
SourceSourceJune 12, 2024 Full article
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New study finds human-caused nitrous oxide emissions grew 40 percent from 1980-2020, greatly accelerating climate changeClimate

New study finds human-caused nitrous oxide emissions grew 40 percent from 1980-2020, greatly accelerating climate change

By Boston College Emissions of nitrous oxide – a greenhouse gas more potent than carbon dioxide or methane – continued unabated between 1980 and 2020,…
SourceSourceJune 12, 2024 Full article
Climate misinformation overshadows record floods worldwideClimateNews

Climate misinformation overshadows record floods worldwide

By Manon JACOB | AFP Washington, United States - Climate skeptics are scapegoating a weather modification technique known as cloud seeding to deny the role…
SourceSourceJune 11, 2024 Full article
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Research signals major milestone in cutting harmful gases that deplete ozone and worsen global warmingScience

Research signals major milestone in cutting harmful gases that deplete ozone and worsen global warming

By University of Bristol A new study has revealed significant progress in the drive to reduce levels in the atmosphere of chemicals that destroy Earth’s…
SourceSourceJune 11, 2024 Full article