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Extreme weather conditions in Pakistan due to climate change

The Environmental Blog

On the other hand Pakistan has a long history of floods and floods of 1928, 1929, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1973, 1976, 1988, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2008, 2010, and recent 2020 share the saddest events with tremendous damages in the country. The study of glaciers provides the basis for climate change and global warming.

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The Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes Encourages Youth to Save the Planet

Green Living Guy

Established in 2001 by author T. Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes The Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes is a national award that celebrates inspiring, public-spirited young people from across the U.S. and Canada. Barron, the Barron Prize annually honors 25 outstanding young leaders ages 8 to 18 who have made a significant […].

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Obituary: Climate science pioneer and former IPCC chair Sir John Houghton

Business Green

Editor of landmark IPCC reports – who famously called global warming "a weapon of mass destruction" – has passed away in his native Wales at the age of 88. Throughout the 80s, Houghton was influential in encouraging parliament to engage with the issue of global warming.

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Groundwater monitoring underpins management of the Great Fen

Envirotec Magazine

In 2001, five organisations came together to set out a vision for the Great Fen, with the aim of providing a more sustainable future for the area. The loss of peat has become a major concern, because, as a carbon sink, peat is hugely important in the fight against global warming.

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How To Calculate Your Carbon Footprint

Green Business Bureau

But there are other GHGs that contribute significantly to human-induced global warming such as methane (CH 4 ), nitrous oxide (N 2 0), refrigerant gasses (HFCs, PFCs, and CFCs), sulfur hexafluoride (SF 6 ), water vapor (H 2 0), and ozone (O 3 ). This translation is based on the global warming potential (GWP) of a given GHG.

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Britons put planet before profit in their personal savings and expect more action from pension funds and banks, says survey

Envirotec Magazine

Four years after the world’s governments signed the Paris Agreement, thousands of people are taking to the streets in school strikes and Extinction Rebellion protests calling for greater action to meet its target of keeping global warming as close to 1.5 Opinium surveyed 2001 UK adults between September 17th and 27th.

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Tracing EthicalEvidence in Moral Obligation to Future Generations

The Environmental Blog

It has been highlighted that any increase in the present-level global warming (1°C > pre-industrial periods) will likely be trailed by adverse consequences to food and water ecosystems, human security and peace, and economic well-being. 2. The Challenge of Climate Change.

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