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Rising sea temperatures and coral loss: “Most detailed scientific picture to date”

Envirotec Magazine

The “Status of Coral Reefs of the World: 2020” report , released on 5 October, documents the loss of approximately 14 per cent of the world’s coral since 2009. This, the largest analysis of global coral reef health ever undertaken draws on data: spanning 40 years. in 73 countries. across 12,000 sites.

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In D.C. Defamation Trial, Climatologist Michael Mann Confronts the Climate Deniers Who Maligned His Work

DeSmogBlog

The scientist also responded to questions from his lawyer about “ Climategate ,” a 2009 global media frenzy touched off by the release of hacked emails from climate scientists at the University of East Anglia, not long before that year’s United Nations climate conference in Copenhagen. Oreskes, author of the books “Why Trust Science?”

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Meet the deadly new fungus (possibly) brought to you by climate change

Grist

In yet another reminder that many of the very serious consequences of climate change are happening NOW, scientists say global warming may have given rise to its first new fungal disease — a multidrug-resistant species called Candida auris. The deadly menace, which was first identified in 2009, isn’t your typical fungus.

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Impacts of Climate Change in Vietnam

The Environmental Blog

Human Health . Also, direct health impacts occur because of heat waves and naturals disasters. Because of the importance of agriculture and rural area, Vietnam’s government launched Nation Target Programme on New Rural Development or the National Target Program on Climate Change in the year 2009. Economic Impacts .

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UK Climate Denial Group ‘Slides Further Into Obscurity’ With Latest Appointment, Say Academics

DeSmogBlog

Professor Ray Bates, an Emeritus Professor at University College Dublin , has been appointed to the academic advisory council of the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF). Climate ‘Contrarian’. Bates told DeSmog that he was unable to publish the piece elsewhere through a peer-reviewed process as it was “rejected unilaterally”.

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A Guide to the Anti-Net Zero Forces in Westminster Politics

DeSmogBlog

Climate Science Denial Groups Global Warming Policy Foundation / Net Zero Watch The opaquely-funded Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF), based at 55 Tufton Street in Westminster, is the UK’s most prominent climate science denial group. All the groups mentioned in this article have been approached for comment.

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The author of ‘Blight’ explains how humans supercharged fungal pathogens

Grist

Candida auris, a drug-resistant yeast, emerged in 2009 on three continents simultaneously. But as global temperatures have risen over the decades, the fungus may have evolved to adapt to a warmer climate. And global warming could help other fungal pathogens spread, too. Climate change, the theory goes, has trained C.