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Thawing wetlands in Siberian permafrost releasing methane from prehistoric rock
Washington Post story.
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A symbolic demotion for climate change
President Macron of France had wanted to add to his country's constitution an amendment spelling out a commitment to protect the environment and fight climate change, but political infighting led to abandonment of the measure. From the New York Times.
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Pandemic slowdown did not stop buildup of atmospheric CO2 levels
Washington Post report on findings from NOAA and Scripps Institute.
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The Science of Climate Change Explained: Facts, Evidence and Proof
New York Times article laying it out for the climate-change-hesitant.
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COVID confusion —>Climate change —>Mass migration —>Increased world conflict
Quadrennial Global Trends Report of the National Intelligence Council. It's hard to think of a headline more stark than the one in the Washington Post: "Intelligence forecast sees a post-coronavirus world upended by climate change and splintering societies."
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Quadrennial “Global Trends” forecast sees bad things ahead
The National Intelligence Council released a report predicting that the pandemic, along with climate change leading to mass migration, will be highly destabilizing over the coming two decades. Washington Post story here.
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Climate risks to corporate bottom lines
Interesting Wall Street Journal article discussing pressure on companies to disclose climate-related risks to their investors. “The big blind spot is the physical risk of climate change,” said David Victor, professor at the University of California, San Diego and co-author of the Brookings paper. He added that very few companies disclose specific risks, or what…
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Mediterranean red coral at risk
The red coral of the Mediterranean, critical to the region's ecosystem, is threatened by illegal coral harvesting as well as by heat waves. Story in The Atlantic magazine.
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The person who employed spy satellite data to monitor climate change
Interesting New York Times story about Dr. Linda Zall, a CIA employee who used data from spy satellites to identify planetary change and to consider how it was likely to affect global security.
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Surprise effect of Australia’s 2019-20 wildfires
The wildfires acted like a volcanic eruption, slightly cooling the globe as particles blocked sunlight. Washington Post story here.
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How climate migration will shape America
Another NY Times Magazine story on what is becoming increasingly obvious.
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As two Atlantic glaciers break away, sea ice reduces and water levels rise
News story in the Washington Post.
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In certain dangerous hotspots around the world, climate change is proceeding at unprecedented, extra-rapid pace
Washington Post story with graphics.
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Global warming increasing the severity of weather-related events
Washington Post story: "Heat Is turbocharging fires, drought, and tropical storms this summer."
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Washington Post provides a century’s worth of temperature data for U.S. states and counties
Sourced from NOAA data files. Find it here, with further analysis here.
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