Climate Change

Most recent stories in Climate Change

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  United Nations

  

  3 days ago

  Climate change: How mountain communities are scaling new heights

  United Nations

  Low-lying islands aren’t the only ones at risk from our warming planet, as mountain communities are now finding. Investment in organic farming, …

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  POLITICO

  

  3 days ago

  Rubio eliminates office that oversees climate talks

  POLITICO - By Sara Schonhardt

  The Office of Global Change was notified Thursday that it would be shuttered. The State Department is eliminating the Office of Global Change, which oversees international climate change negotiations for the United States. Staff were told about the move verbally Thursday afternoon, according to three …

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  BBC Future

  

  5 days ago

  How 50 years of climate change has changed the face of the 'Blue Marble' from space

  BBC Future - Katherine Latham

  The "Blue Marble" was the first photograph of the whole Earth and the only one ever taken by a human. Fifty years on, new images of the planet reveal visible changes to the Earth's surface. "I'll tell you," said astronaut Harrison Schmitt as the Apollo 17 hurtled towards the Moon, "if there ever was …

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  The New York Times

  

  4 days ago

  The World Seems to Be Surrendering to Climate Change

  The New York Times - By David Wallace-Wells

  The scope of President Trump’s assault on the country’s climate ambitions, over just three months, is not just enraging but also perversely awe inspiring. In the run-up to the November election, conventional analysis suggested that a Trump victory would mean an additional four billion tons of CO2 …

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  NPR

  

  2 days ago

  Trump funding cuts threaten the lives of plant libraries

  NPR - Kate Grumke

  Plant libraries hold essential clues about climate change — but with funding cuts aimed at research and education, their future is at stake. JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: Anyone who works to understand the world of plants and the Earth's biodiversity typically will count on herbaria. These are collections of …

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  Live Science

  

  3 days ago

  Atlantic ocean currents are weakening — and it could make the climate in some regions unrecognizable

  Live Science - Sascha Pare

  A cold blob of water in the North Atlantic is an ominous sign that a system of currents that regulate the planet's climate could be weakening. A …