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‘Entire Cities Are That Size,’ Scientist Says, as Canada’s Last Intact Arctic Ice Shelf Collapses
The Milne Ice Shelf on Ellesmere Island, the last fully intact ice shelf in the Canadian Arctic, has collapsed, after losing 40% of its ... -
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Photo Essay on Global Heat Waves Documents ‘Inequity at the Boiling Point’
Athens. Houston. Nigeria. The Dry Corridor. Lucknow. New York. Just a few of the many places around the world where rising global temperatures are ... -
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Global Sports Sector Bears Climate Responsibility and Risk
The sports sector is playing against the clock when it comes to its greenhouse gas emissions impact and vulnerability to the climate crisis, according ... -
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Pandemic and climate crises unmask inequalities
A chorus of world leaders has declared we’re all in the same COVID-19 boat. In response, U.K. writer Damian Barr tweeted, “We are not ... -
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Overheated U.S. Cities Face Misery as Pandemic Closes Summer Cooling Centres
Pandemic closures and fears are causing acute suffering for the millions of impoverished American households who, lacking air conditioning, typically escape summer heat in ... -
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New Study Projects 2.6 to 3.9°C Warming if Humanity Lets Atmospheric CO2 Double
A new study has narrowed the range of likely answers to one of the oldest questions in climate science: how much average global warming ... -
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Better Air Conditioning Standards Could Avoid Eight Years of Global Emissions by 2060
Global efforts to mandate the use of climate-friendly refrigerants and make cooling systems more efficient could avoid nearly eight years’ worth of carbon emissions, ... -
Chicago’s 1995 Heat Wave Predicted ‘Baked-In’ Racism in COVID-19 Deaths
In a bitter echo of the disproportionate suffering seen during Chicago’s killing heat wave of 1995, Black residents of the city are now facing ... -
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Siberian Wildfires Release 59 Mt of CO2 in June as Brazil Gets Set for Deliberate Burning
With temperatures up to 10°C warmer than normal, and dry soils that are ideal for wildfires, the Siberian Arctic released an unprecedented 59 megatonnes ... -
Rocky Mountain Photo Archive Shows ‘Huge Change’ in Alpine Region
A massive photographic archive of Canada’s Rocky Mountains extending back to the 1880s has revealed that treelines in the range have advanced up the ... -
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WMO Sees ‘Enormous Challenge’ to Hit Paris Targets as 1.5°C Warming Looms
There’s a one in five chance that average global warming will hit 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels in at least one of the next five ... -
Extreme Summer Weather Sweeps Southern U.S. States
Climate change is delivering a miserable—and dangerous—early summer to residents across the southern United States, including “staggering” heat in Miami and a trio of ... -
South Pole Warms Three Times Faster than Global Average
The South Pole may be the coldest place on Earth, but it has been warming at three times to global rate over the last ... -
Heat, Pollution Put Black Mothers at Greater Risk of Poor Birth Outcomes
A sweeping review of birth outcomes in the U.S. since the early 2000s has found that exposure to extreme heat and air pollution during ... -
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38°C Heat in Siberian Town Sets New Record Above Arctic Circle
The northeastern Siberian town of Verkhoyansk is believed to have set an all-time high temperature record above the Arctic Circle Saturday when thermometers soared ...
