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Study: ‘Catastrophic’ increase in Arctic wave heights predicted due to melting sea ice.
The Narwhal discusses how a ‘catastrophic’ increase in Arctic wave heights is predicted due to melting sea ice. More open water means bigger waves — which spells trouble for communities like Tuktoyaktuk, already faced with an eroding coastline due to permafrost thaw and the battering Beaufort Sea, new research shows.
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Study: World population facing water stress could ‘double’ by 2050 as climate warms
Carbon Brief discusses how the world’s population facing water stress could ‘double’ by 2050 as climate warms.
The number of people exposed to water stress could double by 2050 if efforts are not made to keep global warming below 2C above pre-industrial levels and future population growth is high, a study […]
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Stranded by the Climate Crisis
The Walrus discusses how people are stranded by the Climate Crisis. Global environmental disasters are forcing thousands of people to flee their homes, their countries, and everything they know.
In northeastern Kenya, some 400 kilometres from a pristine coastline and a short drive from the porous border with Somalia, is an empty […]
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Study: Billions could soon live in areas too hot for humans without air conditioning, study says
CBS News discusses how billions of people could soon live in areas too hot for humans without air conditioning, study says.
In just 50 years, 2 billion to 3.5 billion people, mostly poor who can’t afford air conditioning, will be living in a climate that historically has been too hot […]
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Study: RUST BELT AND MIDWEST CITIES NEED TO PLAN ON MANY FRONTS FOR NEW ‘CLIMATE MIGRANTS’
Allegheny Front discusses how the rustbelt and midwest cities need to plan for climate migrants.
When Chris and Kelly Noyes stepped out of their house after Hurricane Isabelle, the first thing they noticed were the trees.
“Just the amount of trees that were down, it was overwhelming,” said Kelly, describing the […]
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Extreme weather disasters and wars displace millions
DW discusses how extreme weather disasters and wars displace millions. Forced from their homes by floods, storms and wars, millions of internally displaced people are now at risk of a pandemic.
Extreme weather displaced 24 million people within their countries in 2019, with conflict and other disasters driving a further 9.5 […]
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Studies: Are We Thinking About Climate Migration All Wrong?
Rolling Stone discusses whether we are thinking about climate migration incorrectly. Apocalyptic predictions may grab our attention, but they can also stoke xenophobia and miss the full picture of what’s happening on the ground.
Head-shaking and gasps emanate from the audience. I’m at a panel at the July Netroots Nation conference […]
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Report: Climate migration requires a global response
The Lancet discusses climate migration and the need for a global response.
As a real, tangible anthropogenic climate crisis starts to alter centuries of patterns of human behaviour, migration is beginning to take on a different shape. Extreme weather events are becoming more common, contributing to pre-existing drivers of migration, […]
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When climate change drove all the men away
National Observer discusses when climate change drove all the men away.
Kilometres short of the Mexico-U.S. border, rough hands yanked Javier Hernandez from the trunk. They beat him, fractured his skull and then buried him with straws poking from his nostrils for air.
Known as coyotes, Javier’s smugglers threatened to abandon […]
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Reports: Climate change could pose ‘catastrophic’ security threat, experts warn
Reuters discusses how climate change could pose ‘catastrophic’ security threat, experts warn.
Climate change could become a “catastrophic” threat to global security, as people lose their livelihoods, fall ill and battle over scarce water and food, a host of U.S. security, military and intelligence experts warned on Monday.
Pressures from global […]
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