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Absent leaders and Trump loom large as the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP29) begins
At the 29th edition of UN conference on climate change (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan, representatives from nearly 200 countries are discussing financial aid for low- and middle-income countries vulnerable to global warming. US President Donald Trump had withdrawn the US from the 2015 Paris climate agreement. The US had pledged $11.4 billion in aid for…
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There are hundreds of deaths in Spain from floods
Scientists have warned that the impact of climate change on flash floods in eastern Spain, where 200 people have been killed, is “one of the clearest near-term consequences” of global warming. The scientists said global warming caused by burning oil, gas and coal would cause major flooding. They added that global warming has a large…
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Guy who inspired the world to plant a Trillion Trees said to stop planting trees
A World Meteorological Organization (WMO) report has said that global warming from fossil fuels is expected to increase by nearly 3.5C in the next 100 years. This would translate into an average temperature increase of between -3C and +8C above pre-industrial times, it added. The report further said that it’s necessary to phase out fossil…
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The world is behind on controlling pollution
Rio de Janeiro’s temperature felt like 139.5 degrees Farenheit ( Farenheit) on Saturday, according to a report released by the UNEP. “This is the kind of thing that happens with just a little over 1 degree Celsius of global warming today,” it added. The Paris climate accord is to prevent sustained average temperatures that high.
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More than 400 US officials have signed a letter protesting the Israel policy
The US Supreme Court has said it’ll hold a hearing on climate change later this month. The court said it’ll consider whether climate change is a federal or state problem. The court made the statement while holding a briefing on the impact that global warming has had on US’ economy. Earlier, the court had stated…
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The IEA says fossil fuel demand will peak soon because of global shift to clean energy
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has warned that the pace of the transition towards a low-carbon economy will have to quicken in order to limit global warming to 1.5C above pre-industrial times. The agency said, “The pace of the transition will have to quicken…to avoid some of the worst-case scenarios in a changing climate.” It…
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The CDC says there is an alarming rate of candida auris in US health care facilities
Fungal infections can cause diseases like pneumonia, fungal meningitis and infection of the skin, lungs or bones, according to the CDC. Apergillus fumigatus, a mold that can be found just about everywhere, may cause pulmonary disease in people with weakened immune systems. Global warming and increased international trade may be causing an increase in number…
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The food system is not good for the climate
Researchers have estimated that climate labelling of the food system could help reduce global warming by the year 2200 as a result of the Paris Agreement. Agricultural emissions alone could push us past 2 degrees and food systems are just a fraction of overall global emissions, they added. To calculate emissions, they asked adults in…
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Even as the U.S. pushes for more oil drilling, Biden tightens methane emissions rules
US President Joe Biden’s administration is ramping up efforts to reduce methane emissions, targeting the oil and gas industry for its role in global warming. According to ex-US Vice President Al Gore, a two to 3% methane leak is equivalent to the climate advantage of methane gas. However, Biden has pressed energy producers for more…
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The modern-style diversity gradient is from 15 million years ago
A new study shows that the Latitudinal species diversity of marine zooplankton has beenstudied for the last three million years. The researchers found that global warming is causing a more pronounced dip in marine species richness around the equator. Interplay between changing climate and species’ ecology drivesmacroevolutionary dynamics. They also said that climate change in…
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There is a connection between polar climate and tropical biodiversity
Climate change is causing marine species’ richness around the equator to dip, as per scientists. Global warming is driving shift and shuffle in a community of North Atlantic phytoplankton, they added. The latitudinal temperature difference and its climate dependence is inferred from foraminifera 18O over 95 million years. They further said latitudinal species diversity has…
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The Salt Lakes of the American West are turning to dust.
Benjamin Abbott, a scientist with the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) said that climate reality in Salt Lake basin is a small example of what’s happening in the world as a result of global warming. “We only have a limited amount of time to save the Great Salt Lake…If the western area of US experiences a…
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Friederike Otto has hard evidence for climate Enforcers.
Climate scientist Michael Wehner has said that climate change may be more likely for storms to rapidly intensify, which also happened to Ian. Rhome told Don Lemon that climate change can’t be linked to one event. Preliminary analysis by Wehner and other climate scientists estimated that climate change caused the storm to drop at least…
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The risk of hurricanes is growing.
Scientists have suggested that climate change could have led to the La Nina-type hurricanes that hit the US this year. “There appears to be this window of time within which you…might want to help people better understand what those risks are, and make links to climate change,” a researcher said. According to climate model predictions,…
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The climate crisis may be changing the behavior of tornadoes.
Climate scientists have estimated that climate change caused a storm to drop at least 10% more rain than it would’ve without global warming. In a preliminary analysis, they said climate change caused the storm to drop at least 10% more rains than it would’ve without global warming. This comes days after Hurricane Ian made landfall…
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Research shows oil field flaring emits methane five times greater than expected.
US oil and gas companies emit at least 1.3 billion tonnes of methane per year, according to a report by Environmental Defense Fund. Methane, a greenhouse gas, contributes to global warming and packs a bigger short- term punch than even carbon dioxide. Former US Vice President Al Gore said the country’s oil and gas industry…
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Developing nations will be in need of financial aid to cope with climate change.
As the United Nations climate conference opened in Egypt on Tuesday, the most critical discussions will likely focus on the soaring costs of limiting and adapting to global warming, especially in the world’s most vulnerable countries. The bloc will push for funds to help developing countries adapt to droughts, floods and other climate-related events as…