Heat & Temperature
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Qatar Spends LNG Fortune on Outdoor Cooling to Host 2022 World Cup
Gearing up to host the World Cup of soccer in 2022, fabulously wealthy Qatar is using its revenues from liquefied natural gas (LNG) extraction ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaCarbon Levels & MeasurementDrive to 1.5Failure Is Not An OptionHeat & TemperatureInternational Agencies & StudiesMethane
Thawing Arctic Tundra Emits 600 Megatonnes More Carbon Per Year Than It Absorbs
Thawing Arctic permafrost is now emitting 600 million tonnes more carbon each year than its resident plants like lichen and wild blueberry can absorb ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatCanadaDrive to 1.5Failure Is Not An OptionFirst PeoplesHeat & TemperatureInternational Agencies & StudiesUnited States
Climate Change Puts 100% of Arctic Bird Species at Risk, But Fast Action Can Stem the Impact
Should humanity fail to keep average global warming below 2.0°C, 100% of all Arctic bird species and 98% of those that make their homes ... -
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Warming Could Drive Up Risk of Ebola Epidemics in Africa
The risk of Ebola epidemics in Africa—especially in less-developed countries with high birth rates—will increase significantly if the world does not act aggressively to ... -
CitiesClimate DenialEnergy PoliticsHeat & TemperatureHuman Rights & MigrationIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInternational Agencies & StudiesSevere Storms & FloodingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Climate Won’t Be on Next Year’s G-7 Summit Agenda, White House Declares
Climate change won’t be on the official agenda when the United States takes its turn next June to chair the annual G-7 meeting, though ... -
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Engineers Look for New Methods to Protect Arctic Ice Roads from Rapid Warming
As the Arctic continues to warm three times faster than the rest of the planet, researchers are working hard to find ways to materially ... -
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Demographers Urge Contraceptive Access, Lower Birth Rates to Counter Climate Threat
With 44% of the world’s annual pregnancies unwanted, the global population projected to hit 10.8 billion by 2100, and the need to curb greenhouse ... -
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Watt-Cloutier: Protecting the Arctic from Runaway Warming is ‘the Test of Our Time’
Protecting the Arctic from rapid warming is one of the essential steps in averting runaway climate change for the entire planet, Inuit leader Sheila ... -
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Explainer: Arctic Warming Affects Northern Communities, Reshapes Global Weather Patterns
Rapid ice loss is already having a devastating impact in the world’s Arctic and Antarctic regions. And in an explainer on the implications of ... -
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Warming Will Produce Rapid Sea Level Rise, Annual ‘100-Year’ Storms, Declining Fish Stocks, Shrinking Glaciers Without Fast Climate Action: IPCC
The world’s oceans will rise nearly one metre (three feet) by 2100, 100-year coastal storms and flooding will happen annually, fish stocks will see ... -
Temperate Forest Restoration Would Save 22.61 Gigatons of Carbon by 2050
Temperate forest restoration places #12 on Drawdown’s list of climate solutions. The research team estimates that by 2050, temperate forests will naturally grow by ... -
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‘Climate is Fast Outpacing Us’, Hitting ‘Sooner and Faster’ Than Expected, Agencies Warn UN Summit Delegates
The world’s leading international climate science agencies are predicting 2.9 to 3.4°C average global warming by 2100 based on governments’ current climate commitments, “a ... -
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New Models Put Warming at 6.5 °to 7.0°C by 2100 Without Fast Action to Cut Carbon
Average global warming could hit 6.5° to 7.0°C by 2100, up to two degrees higher than the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s latest ... -
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Unlike 2020 Democrats, No Canadian Politician is Spotlighting Big Oil’s Climate Influence
Although three of the major parties running in Canada’s federal election have put forward serious climate plans, “none of them explicitly names the oil ... -
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Mississauga to Seek Public Input on 10-Year, $450-Million Climate Plan
The City of Mississauga is going out for public comment on its draft of a 10-year, C$450-million climate plan aimed at cutting its greenhouse ...
