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The Pessimist’s Guide to 2019, Fire, Floods, and Famine
This article discusses a Bloomberg artice titled “The Pessimist’s Guide to 2019, Fire, Floods, and Famine”. It provides a scary scenario that could happen. Let’s hope not.
It’s the end of 2019 and America’s bountiful harvest is in. But President Donald Trump is facing a crisis few contemplated the year […]
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Study: Droughts, floods, wildfires aren’t the only negative climate-change impact
This article discusses how droughts, floods, and wildfires aren’t the only negative climate-change impact.
Increasing droughts, floods, wildfires and other climate change-induced disasters can do more than wipe out homes, businesses and crops, a new Iowa State University study says.
Climate change also can make people irritable, hostile and even […]
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Study: Slowing climate change could reverse drying in the subtropics
This article discusses how slowing climate change could reverse drying in the subtropics.
Climate projections suggest this subtropical drying will continue throughout the 21st century. Further drying in these regions will place great stress on ecosystems, agriculture and urban water supplies.
Our new study, published today in Nature Climate Change, suggests the subtropical Southern […]
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Studies: Earth’s oceans are routinely breaking heat records
This article discusses how Earth’s oceans are routinely breaking heat records. Two recently published peer-reviewed studies make clear that the planet’s oceans are continuing to set hottest-yet temperature records nearly every year and, secondly, that the rate of ocean warming is in virtual lockstep with what modern climate models have […]
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Study: Slaking the World’s Thirst with Seawater Dumps Toxic Brine in Oceans
This article discusses how desalination plants pour toxic brine back into the oceans. The salt and chemicals in the brine left over from desalination can threaten local marine ecosystems.
Because brine discharge had not been reported comprehensively, Qadir and his colleagues looked at the recovery ratios for various combinations of […]
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7 States Rebalance Their Colorado River Use as Global Warming Dries the Region
This article discusses why 7 western states need to change how the use water from the Colorado River as Global Warming dries the region. As major reservoirs shrink with the changing climate, seven states seek a sustainable future for the critical regional water source.
The Colorado River watershed may be […]
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Water wars: Are India and Pakistan heading for climate change-induced conflict?
This article discusses the security problems caused by climate change, as water resources begin to dry up. Are India and Pakistan heading for climate change-induced conflict? Across the world, climate change is sparking conflict as people struggle over dwindling resources. The fight over water could quickly escalate between India and Pakistan […]
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Report: Climate Change Could Turn Earth’s Aquifers Into a Time Bomb
This article discusses how climate change could turn Earth’s aquifers into a time bomb, and we might not know until it’s too late.
Groundwater is one of the most important resources on Earth. People use around 77 billion gallons of groundwater every day, nearly all of […]
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DeSmogBlog
DeSmogBlog addresses the following:
How This Oil Refiners Group Rallied GOP Governors’ Support for Trump’s Rollback of Auto Standards
Lawsuit Seeks to Halt Bayou Bridge Pipeline Construction Amid High Waters, Permit Violations
Oregon Again a Battlefield for Fracked Gas Pipeline and Jordan Cove LNG Terminal
Mining Director Ian Plimer Misrepresents […]
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Industrial Agriculture, an Extraction Industry Like Fossil Fuels, a Growing Driver of Climate Change
This article discusses how industrial agriculture is a growing driver of climate change. Industrial farming encourages practices that degrade the soil and increase emissions, while leaving farmers more vulnerable to damage as the planet warms.
On his farm in southwestern Iowa, Seth Watkins plants several different crops and raises […]
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