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Posts on the climate and biodiversity crises.

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Spanish minister hails deal to save Andalucía wetlands as a model for green transition www.theguardian.com/world/2023/d...

27.12.2023 09:43 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Revealed: the huge climate impact of the middle classes Carbon emissions of richest 10% are up to 40 times bigger than poorest, and ignoring divide may make ending climate crisis impossible, experts say

The richest 10% of people in many countries cause up to 40 times more climate-heating carbon emissions than the poorest 10% of their fellow citizens. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

21.11.2023 10:37 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Bringing back California’s redwood forests Redwoods store more aboveground carbon than any forest on Earth. Now, work is beginning to restore these forests that once stretched across coastal Northern California.

Redwoods store more aboveground carbon than any forest on Earth. Now, work is beginning to restore these forests that once stretched across coastal Northern California. www.bbc.com/future/artic...

21.11.2023 10:35 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Wildebeest and wolves: A secret weapon against climate change When scientists examined the effect just nine groups of animals have on the climate the results were startling. So what would happen if we did more to protect them?

Nine groups of animals have a profound effect on the climate. So what would happen if we did more to protect them? www.bbc.com/future/artic...

21.11.2023 10:35 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Human-caused heating behind extreme droughts in Syria, Iraq and Iran, study finds Millions of people’s lives wrecked by droughts that used to happen once every 250 years but now expected once a decade

Human-caused heating behind extreme droughts in Syria, Iraq and Iran, study finds www.theguardian.com/environment/...

08.11.2023 17:55 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Carbon emissions threaten 1.5C climate threshold sooner than thought - report Fossil fuel emissions threaten a key climate threshold sooner than previously thought, a report says.

Carbon emissions threaten 1.5C climate threshold sooner than thought - report - BBC News www.bbc.com/news/science...

31.10.2023 08:23 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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World shift to clean energy is unstoppable, IEA report says The world is shifting rapidly to clean energy but still investing too much in fossil fuels, the IEA says.

World shift to clean energy is unstoppable, IEA report says - BBC News www.bbc.com/news/science...

24.10.2023 07:35 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Children at ‘existential risk’ from climate crisis, UK’s top paediatrician says Exclusive: Physical and mental impact on young people needs immediate action, Dr Camilla Kingdon says

Children at ‘existential risk’ from climate crisis, UK’s top paediatrician says www.theguardian.com/society/2023...

21.10.2023 09:52 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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More than 40% of Antarctica’s ice shelves have shrunk since 1997, study finds Warm water on the western side of the continent is melting ice shelves faster than the natural rate, scientists found.

"More than 40% of Antarctica’s ice shelves have shrunk since 1997 ... with no sign of recovery."

#EndFossilFuels

www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...

13.10.2023 11:20 — 👍 51    🔁 32    💬 1    📌 3
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Planet Wreckers: How 20 Countries' Oil and Gas Extraction Plans Risk Locking in Climate Chaos - Oil ... New Oil Change International research shows that only 20 countries, led overwhelmingly by the United States, are responsible for nearly 90 percent of the carbon-dioxide (CO2) pollution threatened by n...

Planet Wreckers: How 20 Countries' Oil and Gas Extraction Plans Risk Locking in Climate Chaos priceofoil.org/2023/09/12/p...

13.10.2023 12:43 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Politicians, not public, drive U-turns on green agenda, says UN biodiversity chief People are ahead of governments, says David Cooper, who blames backtracking on parties seeking ‘wedge issues’ for electoral gain

Politicians, not public, drive U-turns on green agenda, says UN biodiversity chief www.theguardian.com/environment/...

12.10.2023 06:12 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Canada rejects request to protect northern spotted owl habitat One wild-born owl remains in British Columbia, where logging concerns have destroyed the species’s old-growth forest home

Canada rejects request to protect northern spotted owl habitat www.theguardian.com/world/2023/o...

12.10.2023 06:10 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Climate crisis costing $16m an hour in extreme weather damage, study estimates Analysis shows at least $2.8tn in damage from 2000 to 2019 through worsened storms, floods and heatwaves

Climate crisis costing $16m an hour in extreme weather damage, study estimates www.theguardian.com/environment/...

09.10.2023 13:01 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Climate change: Pope Francis warns world 'may be nearing breaking point' Pope Francis criticises attempts to deny or gloss over the issue in a new intervention.

Climate change: Pope Francis warns world 'may be nearing breaking point' - BBC News www.bbc.com/news/world-6...

04.10.2023 13:37 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Climate scientist faces sack for refusing to fly to Germany from Solomon Islands archipelago Dr Gianluca Grimalda told by Kiel Institute for World Economy he must be at his desk on Monday after finishing fieldwork

Climate scientist faces sack for refusing to fly to Germany from Solomon Islands archipelago www.theguardian.com/environment/... #climatescience #greenhousegasemissions #slowtravel

04.10.2023 11:59 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Autumn heat continues in Europe after record-breaking September Countries including France, Germany and Poland all had their hottest Septembers on record

Autumn heat continues in Europe after record-breaking September #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/environment/...

02.10.2023 07:34 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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‘We’re not doomed yet’: climate scientist Michael Mann on our last chance to save human civili... The renowned US scientist’s new book examines 4bn years of climate history to conclude we are in a ‘fragile moment’ but there is still time to act

‘We’re not doomed yet’: climate scientist Michael Mann on our last chance to save human civilisation #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/environment/...

30.09.2023 09:34 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Mass death of Amazonian dolphins prompts fears for vulnerable species Rising temperatures could be passing tolerance threshold for endangered animals as Lake Tefé reaches 39C

Mass death of Amazonian dolphins prompts fears for vulnerable species www.theguardian.com/environment/...

30.09.2023 09:30 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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‘The earth is sick’: Storm Daniel has passed, but Greeks fear its deathly legacy Thessaly, one of Greece’s breadbaskets, has been left devastated with crops ruined and animals dead

‘The earth is sick’: Storm Daniel has passed, but Greeks fear its deathly legacy www.theguardian.com/world/2023/s...

30.09.2023 09:28 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Japanese scientists find microplastics are present in clouds Japanese scientists have found between 6.7 and 13.9 pieces of microplastic in each litre of cloud water tested.

Japanese scientists find microplastics are present in clouds www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/9/... #microplastics

29.09.2023 15:23 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

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