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Posts on the climate and biodiversity crises.
Spanish minister hails deal to save Andalucía wetlands as a model for green transition www.theguardian.com/world/2023/d...
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December 27, 2023 at 9:43 AM
Spanish minister hails deal to save Andalucía wetlands as a model for green transition www.theguardian.com/world/2023/d...
The richest 10% of people in many countries cause up to 40 times more climate-heating carbon emissions than the poorest 10% of their fellow citizens. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Revealed: the huge climate impact of the middle classes
Carbon emissions of richest 10% are up to 40 times bigger than poorest, and ignoring divide may make ending climate crisis impossible, experts say
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November 21, 2023 at 10:37 AM
The richest 10% of people in many countries cause up to 40 times more climate-heating carbon emissions than the poorest 10% of their fellow citizens. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Redwoods store more aboveground carbon than any forest on Earth. Now, work is beginning to restore these forests that once stretched across coastal Northern California. www.bbc.com/future/artic...
Bringing back California’s redwood forests
Redwoods store more aboveground carbon than any forest on Earth. Now, work is beginning to restore these forests that once stretched across coastal Northern California.
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November 21, 2023 at 10:35 AM
Redwoods store more aboveground carbon than any forest on Earth. Now, work is beginning to restore these forests that once stretched across coastal Northern California. www.bbc.com/future/artic...
Nine groups of animals have a profound effect on the climate. So what would happen if we did more to protect them? www.bbc.com/future/artic...
Wildebeest and wolves: A secret weapon against climate change
When scientists examined the effect just nine groups of animals have on the climate the results were startling. So what would happen if we did more to protect them?
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November 21, 2023 at 10:35 AM
Nine groups of animals have a profound effect on the climate. So what would happen if we did more to protect them? www.bbc.com/future/artic...
Human-caused heating behind extreme droughts in Syria, Iraq and Iran, study finds www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Human-caused heating behind extreme droughts in Syria, Iraq and Iran, study finds
Millions of people’s lives wrecked by droughts that used to happen once every 250 years but now expected once a decade
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November 8, 2023 at 5:55 PM
Human-caused heating behind extreme droughts in Syria, Iraq and Iran, study finds www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Carbon emissions threaten 1.5C climate threshold sooner than thought - report - BBC News www.bbc.com/news/science...
Carbon emissions threaten 1.5C climate threshold sooner than thought - report
Fossil fuel emissions threaten a key climate threshold sooner than previously thought, a report says.
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October 31, 2023 at 8:23 AM
Carbon emissions threaten 1.5C climate threshold sooner than thought - report - BBC News www.bbc.com/news/science...
World shift to clean energy is unstoppable, IEA report says - BBC News www.bbc.com/news/science...
World shift to clean energy is unstoppable, IEA report says
The world is shifting rapidly to clean energy but still investing too much in fossil fuels, the IEA says.
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October 24, 2023 at 7:35 AM
World shift to clean energy is unstoppable, IEA report says - BBC News www.bbc.com/news/science...
Children at ‘existential risk’ from climate crisis, UK’s top paediatrician says www.theguardian.com/society/2023...
Children at ‘existential risk’ from climate crisis, UK’s top paediatrician says
Exclusive: Physical and mental impact on young people needs immediate action, Dr Camilla Kingdon says
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October 21, 2023 at 9:52 AM
Children at ‘existential risk’ from climate crisis, UK’s top paediatrician says www.theguardian.com/society/2023...
Reposted
"More than 40% of Antarctica’s ice shelves have shrunk since 1997 ... with no sign of recovery."
#EndFossilFuels
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#EndFossilFuels
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More than 40% of Antarctica’s ice shelves have shrunk since 1997, study finds
Warm water on the western side of the continent is melting ice shelves faster than the natural rate, scientists found.
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October 13, 2023 at 11:20 AM
"More than 40% of Antarctica’s ice shelves have shrunk since 1997 ... with no sign of recovery."
#EndFossilFuels
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#EndFossilFuels
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Planet Wreckers: How 20 Countries' Oil and Gas Extraction Plans Risk Locking in Climate Chaos priceofoil.org/2023/09/12/p...
Planet Wreckers: How 20 Countries' Oil and Gas Extraction Plans Risk Locking in Climate Chaos - Oil ...
New Oil Change International research shows that only 20 countries, led overwhelmingly by the United States, are responsible for nearly 90 percent of the carbon-dioxide (CO2) pollution threatened by n...
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October 13, 2023 at 12:43 PM
Planet Wreckers: How 20 Countries' Oil and Gas Extraction Plans Risk Locking in Climate Chaos priceofoil.org/2023/09/12/p...
Politicians, not public, drive U-turns on green agenda, says UN biodiversity chief www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Politicians, not public, drive U-turns on green agenda, says UN biodiversity chief
People are ahead of governments, says David Cooper, who blames backtracking on parties seeking ‘wedge issues’ for electoral gain
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October 12, 2023 at 6:12 AM
Politicians, not public, drive U-turns on green agenda, says UN biodiversity chief www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Canada rejects request to protect northern spotted owl habitat www.theguardian.com/world/2023/o...
Canada rejects request to protect northern spotted owl habitat
One wild-born owl remains in British Columbia, where logging concerns have destroyed the species’s old-growth forest home
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October 12, 2023 at 6:10 AM
Canada rejects request to protect northern spotted owl habitat www.theguardian.com/world/2023/o...
Climate crisis costing $16m an hour in extreme weather damage, study estimates www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Climate crisis costing $16m an hour in extreme weather damage, study estimates
Analysis shows at least $2.8tn in damage from 2000 to 2019 through worsened storms, floods and heatwaves
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October 9, 2023 at 1:01 PM
Climate crisis costing $16m an hour in extreme weather damage, study estimates www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Climate change: Pope Francis warns world 'may be nearing breaking point' - BBC News www.bbc.com/news/world-6...
Climate change: Pope Francis warns world 'may be nearing breaking point'
Pope Francis criticises attempts to deny or gloss over the issue in a new intervention.
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October 4, 2023 at 1:37 PM
Climate change: Pope Francis warns world 'may be nearing breaking point' - BBC News www.bbc.com/news/world-6...
Climate scientist faces sack for refusing to fly to Germany from Solomon Islands archipelago www.theguardian.com/environment/... #climatescience #greenhousegasemissions #slowtravel
Climate scientist faces sack for refusing to fly to Germany from Solomon Islands archipelago
Dr Gianluca Grimalda told by Kiel Institute for World Economy he must be at his desk on Monday after finishing fieldwork
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October 4, 2023 at 11:59 AM
Climate scientist faces sack for refusing to fly to Germany from Solomon Islands archipelago www.theguardian.com/environment/... #climatescience #greenhousegasemissions #slowtravel
Autumn heat continues in Europe after record-breaking September #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Autumn heat continues in Europe after record-breaking September
Countries including France, Germany and Poland all had their hottest Septembers on record
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October 2, 2023 at 7:34 AM
Autumn heat continues in Europe after record-breaking September #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘We’re not doomed yet’: climate scientist Michael Mann on our last chance to save human civilisation #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘We’re not doomed yet’: climate scientist Michael Mann on our last chance to save human civili...
The renowned US scientist’s new book examines 4bn years of climate history to conclude we are in a ‘fragile moment’ but there is still time to act
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September 30, 2023 at 9:34 AM
‘We’re not doomed yet’: climate scientist Michael Mann on our last chance to save human civilisation #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Mass death of Amazonian dolphins prompts fears for vulnerable species www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Mass death of Amazonian dolphins prompts fears for vulnerable species
Rising temperatures could be passing tolerance threshold for endangered animals as Lake Tefé reaches 39C
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September 30, 2023 at 9:30 AM
Mass death of Amazonian dolphins prompts fears for vulnerable species www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘The earth is sick’: Storm Daniel has passed, but Greeks fear its deathly legacy www.theguardian.com/world/2023/s...
‘The earth is sick’: Storm Daniel has passed, but Greeks fear its deathly legacy
Thessaly, one of Greece’s breadbaskets, has been left devastated with crops ruined and animals dead
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September 30, 2023 at 9:28 AM
‘The earth is sick’: Storm Daniel has passed, but Greeks fear its deathly legacy www.theguardian.com/world/2023/s...
Japanese scientists find microplastics are present in clouds www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/9/... #microplastics
Japanese scientists find microplastics are present in clouds
Japanese scientists have found between 6.7 and 13.9 pieces of microplastic in each litre of cloud water tested.
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September 29, 2023 at 3:23 PM
Japanese scientists find microplastics are present in clouds www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/9/... #microplastics