The UN’s United in Science 2022 release their report A multi-organization high-level compilation of the most recent science related to climate change, impacts and responses. In order to avoid catastrophic climate change, greenhouse gas emissions need to be reduced by 45% by 2030. Currently, greenhouse gas emissions will INCREASE by 13% by 2030. “According to […]
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Climate Plans Remain Insufficient: More Ambitious Action Needed Now
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Climate Change: Viruses and Bacteria Reawaken
The proceeding of the Royal Proceedings released the report Viral spillover risk increases with climate change in High Arctic lake sediments. Scientists in Canada wanted to investigate how climate change might affect spillover risk by examining samples from the Arctic landscape of Lake Hazen. It is the largest lake in the world entirely north of […]
Ocean Warming and Climate Change
Q: How much of global warming is in the ocean? A: 90% Q: How long will it take for the ocean temperature to return to normal? A: Hundreds of years “The irreversibility of this ocean warming on centennial timescales creates additional requirements for climate policy, particularly considering the widespread impacts.” Q: What is my greatest […]
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Climate Change: Increasingly Costly for Americans to Insure Their Homes
The report by PolicyGenius Home insurance prices are rising even faster than inflation explains how climate change is making homeowners’ insurance more difficult and costly to obtain: Severe natural disasters Climate change has increased both the length and severity of the hurricane and wildfire seasons in the U.S., causing many insurance companies to increase rates […]
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Rapidly Increasing Disasters, Costs, and Frequency
The rapid increase in disaster costs and frequency in the USA is the focus of the report by Climate Central Billion-Dollar Disasters in 2022. The report states: * As of this month, the U.S. has experienced 15 billion-dollar weather and climate disasters so far in 2022—already well above the historical average of seven events per […]
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10% of Canadian Homes Uninsurable Due to Extreme Weather and the Climate Crisis
The Guardian reports The uninsurables: how storms and rising seas are making coastlines unliveable. “In Canada, the number of uninsurable homes has reached 10%, according to industry figures. The Magdalen archipelago is losing half a metre each year to erosion, roads have fallen into the sea and the sand dunes that once offered protection from […]
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The Collapse of Nature
The World Wildlife Foundation issued a report LIVING PLANET REPORT 2022 showing a near 70% decline in wildlife. * Monitored populations of vertebrates (mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and fish) have seen a devastating 69% drop on average since 1970 * Freshwater species populations have suffered an 83% fall * The report’s Living Planet Index shows […]
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Heat Waves Make Regions Uninhabitable Within Decades
The U.N. humanitarian aid agency OCHA and the International Federation of Red Cross report Extreme heat: Preparing for the heatwaves of the future (October 2022) says large parts of the earth will become uninhabitable in the near future. “We don’t want to dramatize it, but clearly the data shows that it does lead towards a […]
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Hurricane Ian: Florida Becoming Uninhabitable
October 2, 2022 How long would it take to go 100% green? “It depends on cooperation. If we all cooperated, we could change over within 6 months. However, we don’t expect the climate deniers will cooperate. In the meantime, many countries plan to reduce fossil fuels by 2030. Some countries, such as China, are building […]
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Tripping Over Tipping Points
by Daniel Brouse September 12, 2022 Climate change tipping points are positions in an evolving situation that lead to a new and irreversible development. Some of these tipping points have already been crossed. The methane that escaped from under melting polar ice can not be put back. Melted ice that formed in the Alps 25,000 […]
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