PRECARIOUS TIPPING POINTS
The six most likely to be crossed soonest: Greenland Ice Sheet collapse West Antarctic Ice Sheet collapse Collapse of ocean[…]
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Category: BUMMER
MORE ON WEST ANTARCTICA
MORE ON WEST ANTARCTICA A total loss of West Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier and surrounding icy basins could raise sea level[…]
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RARELY NOTED PROBLEM WITH OIL AND GAS EXTRACTION
Radioactive elements are naturally present in many soils and rock formations, and in water flowing through them. Oil and gas[…]
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EXPLAINING THE FLOODS IN PAKISTAN
One-third of Pakistan is underwater with over 1100 dead. Global warming is sharply increasing the likelihood of extreme rain in[…]
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NO MORE FRESH WATER
Photo: Tibet The Tibetan Plateau, known as the ‘water tower’ of Asia, supplies freshwater for nearly two billion people who[…]
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HAZARDOUS HEAT
Vast swaths of the continental U.S. will experience prolonged and dangerous heatwaves by 2050, with the heat index in places[…]
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A CONCERNING COLLAPSE
Thawing Arctic hillsides release a significant amount of organic carbon locked in frozen ground for thousands of years but which[…]
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SEA LEVEL RISE, CALCULATE YOUR RISK
Photo: the lake where I live Over the next 30 years the U.S. coast will experience a foot of sea[…]
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DISEASE AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Photo: Symbol for Covid More than 58% of human diseases caused by pathogens, like dengue, hepatitis, pneumonia, malaria, Zika and[…]
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DIRE DROUGHT
A brutal drought, made worse by climate change, is plaguing Northern Kenya. Over the past two years 85% of the[…]
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