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Studies: NY Times Climate FWD: May 5, 2021
Articles include: Washington moves to cut greenhouse gases; A deadly combination: Extreme heat and power failures; People of color face more pollution. This study was still a surprise; Study: Emissions Cuts Could Drop the Impact of Melting Ice on Oceans by Half; and more.
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Report: Average Arctic Ocean temperatures in February warmer than past two decades
The Hill: Average Arctic Ocean temperatures in February warmer than past two decades.
The Arctic Ocean saw February temperatures that were warmer than the past two decades’ average, according to a report released Monday by Europe’s Copernicus Climate Change Service.
Worldwide, the month’s temperatures were close to the average for […]
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Study: Global Warming’s Deadly Combination: Heat and Humidity
New York Times: Global Warming’s Deadly Combination: Heat and Humidity. A new study suggests that large swaths of the tropics will experience dangerous living and working conditions if global warming isn’t limited to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
Here’s one more reason the world should aim to limit warming to 1.5 […]
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Study: The life-altering effects heat is having on American children
The Guardian: The life-altering effects heat is having on American children. Global heating takes a disproportionate toll on Black and Latino children – and the danger begins before they are even born.
Joe Biden has vowed to uproot what he describes as the systemic racism that has […]
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Study: Climate crisis: world is at its hottest for at least 12,000 years
The Guardian: Climate crisis: world is at its hottest for at least 12,000 years – study. Scientists say temperatures globally at highest level since start of human civilization.
The planet is hotter now than it has been for at least 12,000 years, a period spanning the entire development of human […]
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Study: Climate change pushed ocean temperatures to record high in 2020
ABC.net.au: Climate change pushed ocean temperatures to record high in 2020, study finds. The world’s oceans absorbed 20 sextillion joules of heat due to climate change in 2020 and warmed to record levels, a study has found.
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Last year the world’s oceans absorbed 20 zettajoules of […]
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Report: In Florida and Arizona, Worsening Heat Puts More People at Risk – 2 articles
Public Integrity: IN FLORIDA, WORSENING HEAT PUTS MORE PEOPLE AT RISK. Farmworkers have long faced dangers from laboring outside in sweltering heat. As climate change raises temperatures, heat illness could come for far more people. For more than two decades now, Jeannie Economos has been advocating for farmworkers’ health. Pesticide exposure […]
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Study: Baby sharks emerge from egg cases earlier and weaker in oceans warmed by climate crisis
The Guardian: Baby sharks emerge from egg cases earlier and weaker in oceans warmed by climate crisis. Weaker sharks are less effective hunters, which can upset the balance of the ecosystem, say authors of study into impacts of hotter oceans.
Baby sharks will emerge from their egg cases earlier […]
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NYT Climate FWD: January 13, 2021
New York Times articles include: Capital Riot Ties to Climate Disinformation; Coronavirus and GHGs; 2020 Tied for hottest year; CIA Spy for the earth.
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