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Revealed: A U.S. President Was First Informed of CO2’s Impact 59 Years Ago This Month 

DeSmogBlog

This information connecting CO2 with climate change, which first appeared in the January memo, seems to have entered the White House’s orbit via a different route: A report produced by the philanthropic organization, the Conservation Foundation.

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What effect will the “Code Red” climate report have on COP26?

Renewable Energy World

The recent rate of sea level rise has nearly tripled compared to 1901-1971. The main driver of the global retreat of glaciers since the 1990s and the decrease in Arctic sea-ice is human behaviour. The past five years have been the hottest on record since 1850. We are responsible for 90% of the melt. .”

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Understanding the Anthropocene, Resilience Thinking, and the Future of Industry

Green Business Bureau

The word Anthropocene was coined by biologist Eugene Stormer and chemist Paul Crutzen in 2000 and has since gained popularity and acclaim. . These compounds can have potentially irreversible effects on living organisms and on the physical environment (by affecting atmospheric processes and climate).

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Lost Decade: How Shell Downplayed Early Warnings Over Climate Change

DeSmogBlog

Meanwhile, Shell would commission British scientist James Lovelock — later a renowned proponent of the “Gaia Theory” of earth as a self-regulating organism — to investigate the possible global consequences of pollution from fossil fuels. President Jimmy Carter to triple coal production by the G7 countries until the year 2000.