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Rainforest study: Scientists now know the temperature at which photosynthesis stops

Grist

Still, the Amazon covers a land area roughly twice the size of India , and is among the most biodiverse ecosystems on Earth, with over 3 million species of flora and fauna. But deforestation has slowly eaten away at its edges, and drought and fire have limited rainforests’ ability to withstand extreme temperatures.

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UN report: People have wrecked 40% of all the land on Earth

Grist

If these trends continue, experts expect growing disruptions to human health, food supplies, migration, and biodiversity loss driven by climate change, in what the authors calls a “confluence of unprecedented crises.”. That is, if humanity can muster up the political will. It’s not complicated,” Thiaw said. “It

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Earth Day: Prime Minister urges world leaders not to 'throw away chance to preserve our planet'

Business Green

Boris Johnson to tell Climate Leaders Summit the question of how to reach net zero emissions is 'not so much technical as political'. The UK has shown that it's possible to slash emissions while growing the economy, which makes question of reaching net zero not so much technical as political," he will say. "If

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Study highlights the importance and vulnerability of the world’s water towers

Envirotec Magazine

The combination of high mountain snow peaks and glaciers along with the natural biodiversity of these regions make them an irreplaceable part of the global water cycle. North America: Fraser, Columbia and Northwest United States, Pacific and Arctic Coast, Saskatchewan-Nelson, North America-Colorado. ? billion people.

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Study highlights the importance and vulnerability of the world’s water towers

Envirotec Magazine

The combination of high mountain snow peaks and glaciers along with the natural biodiversity of these regions make them an irreplaceable part of the global water cycle. North America: Fraser, Columbia and Northwest United States, Pacific and Arctic Coast, Saskatchewan-Nelson, North America-Colorado. ? billion people.

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Net Zero Nature: Can business and nature join forces in the climate fight?

Business Green

Both biodiversity loss and climate change having been ranked as two of the top five threats facing humanity in the current decade by the World Economic Forum (WEF), which estimates more than half of the world's GDP - or $44tr - is moderately or highly dependent on nature and its services.

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For a livable future, 60% of oil and gas must stay in the ground

Grist

“Many of the things that might limit the viability of that as a mitigation technology are not necessarily included in the model, including competition with food, competition with ecosystems, the need to meet biodiversity goals, issues with land rights with respect to indigenous land titles,” Matthews told Grist.