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Lost Decade: How Shell Downplayed Early Warnings Over Climate Change

DeSmogBlog

Lovelock’s main concern was not warming caused by the greenhouse effect, however, but the prospect of a precipitous drop in temperatures caused by the localised cooling influence of atmospheric pollution. But the authors theorised that localised cooling caused by air pollution might counteract the greenhouse effect.

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How does climate change threaten where you live? A region-by-region guide.

Grist

The last report, which the Trump administration tried to bury when it came out in 2018, was the most dire since the first assessment was published in 2000. Rising temperatures have also dried the soil, raising wildfire risks. That includes wild turnips and chokecherries, culturally significant plants for the Lakota people.