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Greenhouse gases from wildfires at sixth highest level on record after blazes in large areas of the Americas and Africa Carbon emissions from extreme wildfires increased by 9% last year to reach the sixth highest level on record. Intense fast-spreading fires devastated huge swathes of South America's rainforests, dry forests and wetlands and decimated Canada's northern forests, pushing up the levels of damaging greenhouse gases. Continue reading...
A federal judge on Wednesday took young climate activists' point but nevertheless dismissed their lawsuit seeking to block President Trump's executive orders promoting fossil fuels and discouraging renewable energy. US District Judge Dana Christensen said the plaintiffs brought overwhelming evidence that climate change affects them and that it will worsen...
Climate change is making the remote village of Kipnuk vulnerable to extreme flooding, where key infrastructure is at risk of collapsing into the river.
Vox - 18 hours 57 min agoThere's no shortage of things that could end the world. But between climate change , risks from AI , and biological threats like pandemics , we seem to be forgetting about one human-made existential risk that has been with us for 80 years: the ever-present possibility of nuclear warfare. But nuclear war hasn't forgotten about us. "Because of extraordinary luck over 80 years, despite many close calls and near-misses, there hasn't been a detonation of nuclear weapons," Elise Rowan...
The Climate Change Committee said the UK should make climate change adaptions beyond the Paris Agreement.
Governments and donors tend to respond after disasters occur, through humanitarian relief or funds. But researchers say these measures are inefficient and far more expensive...
Mother Jones - 21 hours 27 min agoBill McKibben isn't known for his rosy outlook on climate change. Back in 1989, he wrote The End of Nature, which is considered the first mainstream book warning of global warming's potential effects on the planet. Since then, he's been an ever-present voice on environmental issues, routinely sounding the alarm about how human activity is […]...
NPR - 22 hours 27 min agoScientists are researching ways to genetically modify plants and animals to be more resistant to threats like climate change. The IUCN is voting on whether those species should be allowed in nature.
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