Ice Loss & Sea Level Rise
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Financial Risk of Climate Change Has Economists, Ratings Agencies Worried
The potentially devastating economic and financial impact of unrestrained climate change has been coming into focus in several recent news stories, with global GDP ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaClimate Action/"Blockadia"EuropeFirst PeoplesFood SecurityHealth & SafetyIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInternationalTravel, Leisure & RecreationUnited States
Memorial for Iceland’s First ‘Fallen Glacier’ Provokes Grief, Galvanizes Action
In a ceremony designed to provoke the deepest sense of grief, and to galvanize all who hear of it to action, Iceland recently commemorated ... -
Arctic Ice Loss May Be a Consequence, Not a Cause, of Conditions Behind Winter Polar Vortex
A new study in the journal Nature Climate Change is suggesting that Arctic sea ice loss may be a consequence of the atmospheric conditions ... -
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BREAKING: Australia Tries to Drop 1.5°C Target from Pacific Declaration as Endangered Countries Demand Real Carbon Reductions
Australia is trying to water down references to the climate “crisis”, the long-term goal of 1.5°C average global warming, a ban on new coal-fired ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatBioenergyBrazilCanadaCCS & Negative EmissionsDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresEuropeFirst PeoplesFood SecurityForests & DeforestationHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureHuman Rights & MigrationIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInternational Agencies & StudiesIPCC ReportSoil & Natural Sequestration
IPCC Land Report Paints Stark Picture for Food Supplies, Charts Course for Immediate Action
Global food supplies, species and ecosystem diversity, and the health and safety of populations are all in peril without immediate, wide-ranging shifts in land ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaCarbon Levels & MeasurementDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresEuropeFailure Is Not An OptionHeat & TemperatureIce Loss & Sea Level Rise
Massive Arctic Heat Wave Produces Record Ice Melt in Greenland, Wildfires in Siberia
Caught up in the harrowing fallout from the planet’s hottest July—and June—on record, Greenland shed a mind-boggling 10 billion tonnes of ice in a ... -
CitiesFirst PeoplesHealth & SafetyIce Loss & Sea Level RiseSevere Storms & FloodingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
New Orleans Catches a Break as Hurricane Barry Weakens to Tropical Depression
New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and other Louisiana communities caught a break over the weekend as Barry, the first named storm of the 2019 season, ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresFailure Is Not An OptionFirst PeoplesHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureIce Loss & Sea Level RiseOceansSevere Storms & FloodingUnited States
Record Arctic Heat Produces Wildfires, Health Alerts in Alaska and Beyond
A record heat wave across Alaska and much of the Arctic is thawing tundra and sucking moisture out of circumpolar forests and peat bogs, ... -
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Buildings, Coastlines, Northern Communities Face Worst Climate Impacts
Buildings, coastlines, and Northern communities in Canada face the most serious risks from climate change, according to a new report produced for the federal ...
