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No Climate Event in 2,000 Years Compares to What’s Happening Now
While parts of the world have warmed or cooled in the past, modern climate change is happening just about everywhere at the same time.
Greenland's ice sheet melting so fast it has caused global sea levels to rise 0.5mm in just a month
Up to half the surface of the island’s ice sheet is thought to be currently melting, with runoff equivalent to a 0.5mm rise in global sea levels in July alone.
Alaskan glaciers melting 100 times faster than previously thought
Finding higher rates of submarine melting tells us that “glaciers are a lot more sensitive to ocean change than we’ve even thought.”
This Is What It’s Like to Watch the Arctic Die Up Close
There is no talk of international intrigue among people living and working in the Arctic, only dread of what a warming planet might mean.
Wettest 12 months in US history
The last 12 months have been the wettest in US history. Spring flooding drowned huge swaths of the Midwest this year, wrecking communities and essentially turning farms into inland seas. Heavy rainfall can be just as damaging to crops and cities as drought and extreme heat
Agriculture Department buries studies showing dangers of climate change
The Trump administration has stopped promoting government-funded research into how higher temperatures can damage crops and pose health risks.
Human body ‘close to thermal limits’ due to extreme heatwaves caused by climate change, scientist says
Swathes of land could soon become uninhabitable amid catastrophic weather changes
How the Plastics Industry Is Fighting to Keep Polluting the World
Bag’s Life is just one small part of a massive, industry-led effort now underway to suppress meaningful efforts to reduce plastic waste while keeping the idea of recycling alive. The reality of plastics recycling? It’s pretty much already dead.
Disturbing Report Shows How Many Environmental Activists Are Killed Each Week
NGO Global Witness reveals that around the world, people are murdered and attacked for defending the Earth. Even in America, activists are being silenced.
US troops are increasingly falling to heatstroke during training as the military braces for rising temperatures
As global temperatures rise, the number of heat-related illness diagnoses of active-duty service members is rising as well, according to military data.
As Climate Changes, Taxpayers Will Shoulder Larger U.S. Payouts To Farmers
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No Climate Event in 2,000 Years Compares to What’s Happening Now
While parts of the world have warmed or cooled in the past, modern climate change is happening just about everywhere at the same time.
Greenland's ice sheet melting so fast it has caused global sea levels to rise 0.5mm in just a month
Up to half the surface of the island’s ice sheet is thought to be currently melting, with runoff equivalent to a 0.5mm rise in global sea levels in July alone.
Alaskan glaciers melting 100 times faster than previously thought
Finding higher rates of submarine melting tells us that “glaciers are a lot more sensitive to ocean change than we’ve even thought.”
This Is What It’s Like to Watch the Arctic Die Up Close
There is no talk of international intrigue among people living and working in the Arctic, only dread of what a warming planet might mean.
Wettest 12 months in US history
The last 12 months have been the wettest in US history. Spring flooding drowned huge swaths of the Midwest this year, wrecking communities and essentially turning farms into inland seas. Heavy rainfall can be just as damaging to crops and cities as drought and extreme heat
Agriculture Department buries studies showing dangers of climate change
The Trump administration has stopped promoting government-funded research into how higher temperatures can damage crops and pose health risks.
Human body ‘close to thermal limits’ due to extreme heatwaves caused by climate change, scientist says
Swathes of land could soon become uninhabitable amid catastrophic weather changes
How the Plastics Industry Is Fighting to Keep Polluting the World
Bag’s Life is just one small part of a massive, industry-led effort now underway to suppress meaningful efforts to reduce plastic waste while keeping the idea of recycling alive. The reality of plastics recycling? It’s pretty much already dead.
Disturbing Report Shows How Many Environmental Activists Are Killed Each Week
NGO Global Witness reveals that around the world, people are murdered and attacked for defending the Earth. Even in America, activists are being silenced.
US troops are increasingly falling to heatstroke during training as the military braces for rising temperatures
As global temperatures rise, the number of heat-related illness diagnoses of active-duty service members is rising as well, according to military data.
As Climate Changes, Taxpayers Will Shoulder Larger U.S. Payouts To Farmers
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