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Climate change fueled the Australia fires. Now those fires are fueling climate change.

Grist

Australia is in the midst of a devastating wildfire season that is being exacerbated by climate change. But the fires, which have been burning for months and could rage on for months to come, are also impacting the earth’s climate in several ways. It’s a great example of a positive feedback of climate change,” Hughes said. “It

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Pediatricians say climate conversations should be part of any doctor’s visit

Grist

The reality of climate change came home for Dr. Samantha Ahdoot one summer day in 2011 when her son was 9 years old. She is the lead author of the American Academy of Pediatrics’ newly updated policy statement on climate change, which appeared earlier this year. There was a heat wave. Ahdoot made good on that vow.

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A New Era for Climate-Focused Venture Capital

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billion — a 30 percent decrease from a previous peak in 2011. She’s also the host of Watt It Takes , the entrepreneurship series about founders tackling climate change. Suddenly, it’s cool to be putting your money into the sector again. Five years ago, it had fallen to $5.2

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Greenland’s marine ecosystem is experiencing a radical ‘regime change’

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But with Greenland reaching its highest temperatures in the past 1,000 years , the scene is changing. Arctic sea ice, which is responsible for maintaining cool polar temperatures, is dwindling rapidly. There’s now many studies showing changes in distributions, changes in food webs, and so on.

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Water-Efficiency is No Longer a Pipe Dream: How companies are addressing the global water shortage

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The sixth report from the International Panel on Climate Change concludes that “human-induced climate change has contributed to increases in agricultural and ecological droughts in some regions due to increased land evapotranspiration.” But that rainfall we all depend on is in flux. billion gallons.

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Carbon offsets alone won’t make flying climate-friendly

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Some of these reactions, like the methane destruction, help cool the Earth. percent of total warming in 2011 on aviation alone — which may sound small, but the number has been growing fast. If the air is humid and cool enough, they can hang around as cirrus clouds, and that would likely have a net warming effect.

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‘There’s no doubt left’ about scientific consensus on global warming anymore

Grist

Major temperature shifts in the distant past are also likely to have been primarily caused by volcanic eruptions, according to another of the studies , which helps to explain the strong global fluctuations in the first half of the 18th century as the world started to move from a volcanically cooled era to a climate warmed by human emissions.