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  Dave Yarin

  

  New Research Forecasts More Dire Sea Level Rise as Greenland’s Ice Melts

  The New York Times - By Elena Shao

  The study reached a more drastic conclusion than earlier assessments in part because it used a different method to gauge ice loss. The melting of the Greenland ice sheet could eventually raise global sea levels by at least 10 inches even if humans immediately stop burning the fossil fuels that are …

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  Dave Yarin

  

  Arctic Warming Is Happening Faster Than Described, Analysis Shows

  The New York Times - By Henry Fountain

  The warming at the top of the globe, a sign of climate change, is happening much faster than previously described compared with the global average, scientists said Thursday. The rapid warming of the Arctic, a definitive sign of climate change, is occurring even faster than previously described, …

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  Dave Yarin

  

  Norman Lear: On My 100th Birthday, Reflections on Archie Bunker and Donald Trump

  The New York Times - By Norman Lear

  News update: Norman Lear died on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, at his home in Los Angeles. He was 101. Well, I made it. I am 100 years old today. I wake up every morning grateful to be alive. Reaching my own personal centennial is cause for a bit of reflection on my first century — and on what the next …

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  Dave Yarin

  

  See How Far Water Levels in Lake Mead Have Fallen

  The New York Times - By Winston Choi-Schagrin

  In 2000, Lake Mead was full of deep, midnight-blue water that flooded the banks of the rivers that fed it. But 20 years later, it has shrunken drastically. And its basins are lighter, too, almost teal in places, a sign of increasingly shallow waters connected by extraordinarily skinny canyons. In …

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  Dave Yarin

  

  Glacier Tragedy Shows Reach of Europe’s New Heat

  The New York Times - By Jason Horowitz

  CANAZEI, Italy — Days before a glacier in the Italian Dolomites broke off with the force of a collapsing skyscraper, crushing at least 10 hikers under an avalanche of ice, snow and rock, Carlo Budel heard water running under the ice. “I heard what sounded like a river’s torrent,” said Mr. Budel, who …

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  Dave Yarin

  

  Carbon Dioxide Levels Are Highest in Human History

  The New York Times - By Henry Fountain

  Humans pumped 36 billion tons of the planet-warming gas into the atmosphere in 2021, more than in any previous year. It comes from burning oil, gas and coal. The amount of planet-warming carbon dioxide in the atmosphere broke a record in May, continuing its relentless climb, scientists said Friday. …