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Studies: Humanity’s greatest ally against climate change is the Earth itself
Washington Post: Humanity’s greatest ally against climate change is the Earth itself. Ecosystems can draw down carbon and buffer us from the worst effects of climate change — but only if we protect them.
A 2020 analysis in the journal Nature Sustainability found that better soil stewardship could reduce emissions by […]
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Study: Earth Day 2021: See the conservation projects working to Restore Our Earth
CNN: Earth Day 2021: See the conservation projects working to Restore Our Earth.
s the 21st century progresses, our fight to protect our planet is becoming increasingly urgent. Last year, wildfires blazing in the Arctic Circle set new emissions records, the Atlantic hurricane season raged […]
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A sweeping study shows how humans changed the environment over 12,000 years
Salon.com: A sweeping study shows how humans changed the environment over 12,000 years. Researchers find that humans have long occupied much of the planet — but only recently began to destroy it.
One environmental narrative, common to dystopian science fiction, goes like this: humans start to colonize the planet, and […]
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Study: As bat disease continues its deadly march, study finds it’s killed more than 90 percent of three species
Virginia Mercury: As bat disease continues its deadly march, study finds it’s killed more than 90 percent of three species.
Virginia is one of many states hard hit by a fungal disease known as white-nose syndrome, which according to a study published Tuesday has killed more than 90 percent of northern […]
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The Daily Climate, April 23, 2021
Articles include: GHG commitments from Biden; Miami sea level rise costs; Steel company and GHG goals; Texas and clean energy; clean energy loan risks; humanity’s friend against climate change; bitcoin and the environment; Canada’s biggest banks missing from net-zero pledge; Study: dangerous toxins in Alaska’s algae; Study: […]
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Studies: Author of ‘The Sixth Extinction’ says Earth is on verge of new mass extinction as big as dinosaur wipe-out
The Hill: Author of ‘The Sixth Extinction’ says Earth is on verge of new mass extinction as big as dinosaur wipe-out. Will humans go extinct?
Story at a glance
Climate change has threatened the existence of several living species, including humankind itself.
One author predicts that on the current course, climate change will […]
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Study: Just 3% of world’s ecosystems remain intact
The Guardian: Just 3% of world’s ecosystems remain intact, study suggests. Pristine areas in the Amazon and Siberia may expand with animal reintroductions, scientists say.
ust 3% of the world’s land remains ecologically intact with healthy populations of all its original animals and undisturbed habitat, a study suggests.
These […]
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Study: Climate crisis pushing polar bears to mate with grizzlies, producing hybrid ‘pizzly’ bears
Independent: Climate crisis pushing polar bears to mate with grizzlies, producing hybrid ‘pizzly’ bears. Scientists say warming Arctic is expanding range of grizzlies, bringing species into greater contact.
Back in 2006, a strange polar bear was seen in the Northwest Territories of the Canadian Arctic. It had patches of brown on its otherwise […]
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Study: Marine life is migrating from the equator to the tropics
InHabitat: Marine life is migrating from the equator to the tropics, according to a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The study shows that many species known to reside in the equator’s warm waters are migrating to cooler waters. Scientists behind […]
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Study: We have no clue how climate change will affect most land mammals
Popular Science: We have no clue how climate change will affect most land mammals. We’ve only studied the effects of climate change for around one percent of all mammals. At this point, you might think we understand how climate change will impact the planet pretty thoroughly. But one group of researchers […]
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