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Global temperature rises could be double those predicted by climate modelling
This article discusses the possibility that climate models are underestimating the temperature increases and sea level rising that our planet is facing.
Researchers say sea levels could also rise by six metres or more even if 2 degree target of Paris accord met.
Temperature rises as a result of
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New Normal: Temperatures Are Trending Up Across U.S.
This article discusses how temperatures are rising across the US.
Normal temperatures, generally defined to be the 30-year average at a location, are trending up across most of the U.S. Since 1980, the average continental U.S. temperature has risen 1.4°F. In Climate Central’s analysis of normal temperatures in 244 cities […]
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Missing 1.5 °C climate goal could double number of people at risk
This article discusses the impact that various temperature increases will have on people, animals, plants, and the planet as a whole.
The number of people facing multiple climate change risks could double if global temperature rises by 2 °C rather than 1.5 °C. That’s according to a team from Austria, the US and […]
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Extreme 2016 Arctic heat wave stoked by climate change and low sea ice
This article describes the arctic heat wave of 2016 being caused by global warming.
Just days before Christmas in 2016, the North Pole was 50 degrees above its usual winter temperature. The top of the world was just above freezing.
Unusually warm air had smothered the Arctic throughout that year, and […]
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Climate change ruining California’s environment, report warns
This article describes the devastating impact that climate change is having on California.
The report, called Indicators of Climate Change in California , shows a dramatic increase in temperatures since 1895, especially since the early 1980s. The warmest year in California history was 2014, followed closely by 2015, 2017 and 2016. […]
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Ticks are making Lyme disease the first epidemic of climate change
This article discusses the impact that global warming is having on bugs, focusing on ticks because they are carriers of Lyme Disease.
The article should be put in the absolutely gross category, as it describes how a Maine moose herd is being decimated by ticks. A few years ago, a […]
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Scientists examine threats to food security if we meet the Paris climate targets
This article discusses how food production will be affected
Even with aggressive climate policies to limit global warming, food security in some areas will be threatened
We have delayed action for so long on handling climate change, we now can no longer can “will it happen?” Rather we have to […]
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Stark Differences in Climate Impacts Between 1.5 and 2 Degrees of Warming
This article discusses the differences between 1.5 and 2.0 degree Celsius increase in temperature. It is not good. A difference of just half a degree of global warming, from 1.5 to 2 degrees Celsius, would mean that an additional 5 million people worldwide will have the land where their homes […]
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22 National Science Academies Urge Government Action on Climate Change
The scientists, from the UK, Canada, Australia and other Commonwealth countries, warn that stronger measures are needed to keep global warming under 2 degrees.
As some of the world’s biggest polluters resist efforts to address climate change—most glaringly, the United States—thousands of scientists from countries that make up the […]
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Spring is ocurring earlier in polar regions than across the rest of earth
This article discusses how temperatures are warming much quicker in the polar regions than elsewhere on Earth. That is bad news for all of us.
How much earlier is Spring arriving? The answer depends where on Earth you find yourself, according to a study led by the University […]
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