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The 101 on Climate Change

Christopher Kemper

2004 Tsunami This changed my life. whether it is a fuel-efficient automobile, a longer lasting light bulb or renewable energy. Most of the referenced colleagues (At the UN) worked within the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which has published research indicating the global temperatures could rise by 1.4

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Alaska, barren of sea ice, saw its hottest July in 125 years

Grist

A heat wave pulsating through the Arctic helped push Alaska to its warmest month ever recorded in July, with the state’s vast coastline left completely barren of sea ice. degrees C), nearly 1 degree F above the previous monthly high set in July 2004, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. degrees F (14.5