Climate crisis: Scientists spot warning signs of Gulf Stream collapse
A shutdown would have devastating global impacts and must not be allowed to happen, researchers say Climate scientists have detected warning signs of the collapse of the Gulf Stream, one of the planet’s main potential tipping points.
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UN Climate Change Welcomes IPCC’s Summary for Policy Makers on the Physical Science Basis of Climate Change
Statement on the Working Group I contribution to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) sixth assessment report, entitled Climate Change 2021: the Physical Science Basis
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NO MORE EXCUSES:'Unimaginable, Unforgiving World" without Drastic Emission Cuts, IPCC Warns
This story includes details about the impacts of climate change that may be difficult for some readers.
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Upgrading refineries to curb emissions will cost Africa $15.7bn, lobby group says
Governments urged to focus on reducing sulphur levels because fossil fuel use will rise quickly African nations need to spend about $15.7bn (R226.55bn) on their refineries to curb emissions and meet climate change targets as demand for oil and gas surges, according to an industry lobby
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25,000 Ads, 431 Million Views as Facebook Lets Fossils Spread Climate Misinformation.
Online behemoth Facebook turned its back in its own commitments to climate action and truth in advertising by allowing 25 fossil industry organizations in the United States to mount a $9.5-million misinformation campaign during last year’s high-stakes presidential election, London-based thinktank
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From rubber snakes to crawdad traps: Lake Tahoe dive cleanup pulls out more than 8,000 pounds of trash
Clean Up The Lake is a nonprofit which began removing trash from lake in 2019
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Continued sea level rise ‘irreversible’ for centuries, says landmark UN climate report
‘Beyond 2050, sea level projections become increasingly sensitive to the emission choices we are making today’.
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IPCC: Human influence has warmed climate at ‘unprecedented’ rate
In a new landmark report, the IPCC has found that human-induced climate change is already affecting many weather and climate extremes in every region across the globe.
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UK Government challenges investors to create an ‘Investment Big Bang’ for a green recovery
The Prime Minister and Chancellor believe that now is the time to unlock the hundreds of billions of pounds sitting in UK institutional investors and help drive the UK’s green recovery from the pandemic.
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Climate Scientists Detect Warning Signs of Gulf Stream Collapse
Climate change has "almost complete[ly]" destabilized the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), a critical aquatic "conveyor belt" that plays a major role in global temperature and weather systems, a new analysis published Thursday in
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Many conservatives have a difficult relationship with science – we wanted to find out why
Many scientific findings continue to be disputed by politicians and parts of the public long after a scholarly consensus has been established.
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IPCC report: how to make global emissions peak and fall – and what’s stopping us
Every few years, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) – the United Nation’s climate science body – produces a major report on the state of the climate crisis.
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Vaccinating teenagers is beneficial, even if their vulnerability to COVID-19 is low
The UK government has announced that all 16 to 17-year-olds will be offered a first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in the coming weeks.
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IPCC says Earth will reach temperature rise of about 1.5℃ in around a decade. But limiting any global warming is what matters most
Of all the troubling news in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report out on Monday, one warning will surely generate the most headlines: under all scenarios examined, Earth is likely to reach the
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This is the most sobering report card yet on climate change and Earth’s future. Here’s what you need to know
Earth has warmed 1.09℃ since pre-industrial times and many changes such as sea-level rise and glacier melt are now virtually irreversible, according to the most sobering report yet by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
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IPCC report: global emissions must peak by 2025 to keep warming at 1.5°C – we need deeds not words
Earth could exceed 1.5°C of global warming – the “safe” limit for temperature rise outlined in the Paris Agreement – as soon as the early 2030s
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The water cycle is intensifying as the climate warms, IPCC report warns – that means more intense storms and flooding
The world watched in July 2021 as extreme rainfall became floods that washed away centuries-old homes in Europe, triggered landslides in Asia and inundated subways in China. More than 900 people died in the destruction.
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Emissions must fall fast – but how?
Described as “a code red for humanity”, a new report from the Inte
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Latest IPCC report ‘must sound a death knell for coal and fossil fuels’
Human activity is changing the Earth’s climate in ways “unprecedented” in thousands or hundreds of thousands of years, with some of the changes now inevitable and “irreversible”, climate scientists have warned.
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Major climate changes inevitable and irreversible – IPCC’s starkest warning yet
Report warns temperatures likely to rise by more than 1.5C bringing widespread extreme weather.
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