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Study: When a Killer Climate Catastrophe Struck the World’s Oceans
This article discusses when a killer climate catastrophe struck the world’s oceans. The worst extinction in Earth’s history offers chilling predictions for the planet’s future—and for humanity’s efforts to keep climate doom at bay. We are heading down that path.
Identifying a killer can be difficult when it seems like […]
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The Insect Apocalypse Is Here
This article discusses the impact climate change is having on insects. What does it mean for the rest of life on Earth?
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Another DeSmogBlog Entry
This link discusses:
‘Time is Running Out,’ American Petroleum Institute Chief Said in 1965 Speech on Climate Change
In Southwest Texas, the Fracking Industry Encroaches on Small Towns, Remote Wilderness, and Clear Skies
Pick Your Poison: The Fracking Industry’s Wastewater Injection Well Problem
US Donors Gave $177k to UK […]
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Habitat loss threatens all our futures, world leaders warned
This article discusses habitat loss threatens all our futures, world leaders warned. Biodiversity experts say mass extinction of wildlife is as big a danger as climate change.
As a UN conference convenes to work out a new deal for protecting the planet’s biodiversity, the focus falls on the nations that […]
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Another DeSmogBlog Missive
This latest DeSmogBlog discusses:
Making Visible the Globe-warming Gases of the Permian Fracking Boom
The Christian Vacation Camp Where Kids Are Taught by Notorious Climate Science Deniers
A Witness to the Disappearing Wonder of Wild Orcas
What Terrible Injustices Are Hiding Behind American Energy Habits?
Koch Industries Lobbies Against Electric […]
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Yellowstone Park ecosystem is changing for the worse
This article describes the impact that global warming is having on Yellowstone National Park. It is not good.
In Yellowstone National Park, warming has brought rapid changes. Winters are shorter. Less snow is falling. Summers are hotter and drier. In a few decades, this iconic American landscape will not be the same. Bison and […]
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This Unique Andean Ecosystem is Warming Almost as Fast as the Arctic
This article discusses a unique Andean Ecosystem that is warming almost as fast as the Arctic.
Daniel Ruiz-Carrascal stands on a mound of jagged rocks that seem out of place in the otherwise smooth and grassy landscape. “The glacier was here in the mid-1500s,” he explains. The white peak of […]
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Study: Climate Change May Practically Sterilize Male Insects
This article discusses how Climate Change May Practically Sterilize Male Insects. Male reproductive damage under heat wave conditions could be contributing to biodiversity declines in the Anthropocene.
Climate change could reduce fertility rates in male insects by at least half, according to a study published Tuesday in Nature Communications. This is […]
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Study: Escalator to Extinction: Can Mountain Species Adapt to Climate Change?
This article discusses whether mountain species can adapt to climate change? A recent study showed that birds in the Andes were heading uphill to keep pace with warming temperatures and would soon run out of room. It’s the latest example of how species are on the move as they […]
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As Sea Ice Disappears, Why Narwhals Are More at Risk Than Ever Before
This article discusses how, As Sea Ice Disappears, Why Narwhals Are More at Risk Than Ever Before. Arctic seas are home to creatures found nowhere else on Earth.
Most Americans associate fall with football and raking leaves, but in the Arctic this season is about ice. Every year, […]
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