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IPCC report: The 10 key conclusions

Business Green

Its 2007 report stated that the warming of the climate was "unequivocal". Perhaps most worrying of all, impacts such as sea level rise, ocean acidification, and permafrost melt are now inevitable and near-irreversible within timespans stretching from hundreds to potentially thousands of years, leaving only their extent open to question.

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Review of Climate Policy Options

Low Carbon Prosperity

The latest, most urgent call to action from the IPCC has increased attention on policies to reduce CO2 emissions and enhance carbon sequestration. This article provides a primer on the three major policy building blocks available for reducing carbon pollution: pricing mechanisms, subsidies , and regulations.

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Every region of the country is taking climate action. Here’s how.

Grist

Climate pressures like ocean acidification have made it harder for the mollusks to build and maintain shells. It also oversees weekly testing for toxic algae blooms, which infect shellfish and have become a growing public health hazard fueled by marine heat waves. Efforts to restore them are underway in both states.