A new report, based on findings from more than 200 researchers, sounds the alarm on climate tipping points—critical thresholds that, when crossed, will severely impact human life and disrupt global social and economic systems.
Environment
Dec 8, 2023
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Hottest day on record. Hottest month on record. Extreme marine heat waves. Record-low Antarctic sea-ice.
Environment
Dec 7, 2023
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Diseases are among the major causes of tree mortality in both forests and urban areas. New diseases are continually being introduced, and pathogens are continually jumping to new hosts, threatening more and more tree species. ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 3, 2023
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As recently as December 2022, 196 countries signed an agreement promising to "live in harmony with nature" by 2050 and to "halt and reverse biodiversity loss" by 2030.
Ecology
Apr 20, 2023
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Earthquakes, floods, storms—the world is not adequately prepared to face increasing disasters, said a report published Tuesday calling for a rethink on global risk management.
Environment
Mar 1, 2023
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Earth's average surface temperature in 2022 tied with 2015 as the fifth warmest on record, according to an analysis by NASA. Continuing the planet's long-term warming trend, global temperatures in 2022 were 1.6 degrees Fahrenheit ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 12, 2023
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Lakes on the Tibetan Plateau show a trend of later freezing-up, earlier breaking-up and thus shorten ice-covered duration since the late 1970s, according to a study by researchers from the International Research Center of ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 13, 2022
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Temperatures in Europe have increased at more than twice the global average over the past 30 years—the highest of any continent in the world. As the warming trend continues, exceptional heat, wildfires, floods and other ...
Environment
Nov 4, 2022
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Knowledge about the spread of tick-borne diseases is extremely limited and notoriously difficult to acquire. A new study from the University of Copenhagen demonstrates that internet searches just might be the way to keep ...
Ecology
Aug 11, 2022
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As much of Europe and the United States continue to deal with extreme heat, and cities like London break all-time high temperature records, an economist at the University of Missouri predicts Londoners in particular are at ...
Social Sciences
Jul 27, 2022
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