Grist

JULY 11, 2023

Yafali and his family found respite in their AC, but they were fortunate outliers; Seattle, known for its cool, wet winters and mild summers, is one of the least air conditioned big cities in the country. They took refuge in shady parks or in community cooling centers. Kathryn Elsesser / AFP via Getty Images The short answer is yes.

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

As the body tries to cool down, blood vessels widen, redirecting hot blood from the core of your body toward the surface. I think it’s funny that humans have this enormous taboo about a biological function that’s ultimately going to help us survive climate change,” said Sarah Everts, the author of The Joy of Sweat.

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Business Green

JANUARY 9, 2023

The detrimental effect of global warming on worker productivity is already having a tangible impact on global labour markets and economic growth, according to a major new report from the London School of Economics' Grantham Research Institute.

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Grist

JULY 27, 2019

This story was as originally published by The Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Commenting on the study, other scientists said it was an important breakthrough in the “fingerprinting” task of proving how human responsibility has changed the climate in ways not seen in the past.

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AGreenLiving

AUGUST 12, 2020

Cod lovers might have to change their preferences soon. According to new research published in the Journal of Applied Ecology , global warming may cause a decline in cod populations. Cod thrive in cool water, and global warming pushes the species to the brink of extinction.

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Grist

JANUARY 10, 2020

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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Grist

APRIL 6, 2021

If you’re under the impression that climate change drove ancient civilizations to their demise, you probably haven’t heard the full story. Of course, the idea that a changing climate can drive collapse isn’t wrong. Even modest changes in the climate have caused problems. It’s just not the whole story.

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AGreenLiving

AUGUST 21, 2020

An analysis done by Climate Central shows that demand for air conditioning in the U.S. and other parts of the world because of global warming. Regions that were traditionally colder are warming up, and those that are warm are getting hotter. Related: Global warming expected to exceed 1.5

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Grist

JANUARY 21, 2022

And it also released a cloud of sulfur dioxide, a chemical that, in large enough quantities, reflects the sun’s rays and cools the planet. In an open letter published Monday in the journal WIREs Climate Change, more than 60 researchers from around the globe offered a resounding “no” to both questions.

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The Verge: Energy

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The IEA was established to help safeguard global energy supplies after the 1970s oil crisis. Now, shoring up energy systems means bringing renewables online to prevent more extreme climate change — especially as climate-fueled disasters like heatwaves and storms increasingly threaten power grids across the world.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 7, 2022

If humans continue on a moderate emissions pathway, by 2057 there’s a two-thirds chance that the planet will at least temporarily exceed warming of 2 degrees Celsius. The study was published June 6 in Nature Climate Change. Nature Climate Change). Different emissions can either warm or cool the planet.

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Grist

APRIL 19, 2024

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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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Now, with climate change, come scorching hot temperatures during the summer months which bring additional challenges to healthcare systems that already operate under great pressure due to the pandemic. Let’s not make the same mistake with global warming. Climate Change. Contributors. Mattias Goldmann.

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The City Fix

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

It’s an island no one in their right mind wants to be on, but sadly many of us increasingly find ourselves due to global warming. Heat islands” are a concept British climatologist Gordon Manley came up with way back in.

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TIME Ecocentric

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Small volcanic eruptions might be part of the reason why the pace of global warming hasn’t kept up with previous predictions, a new study published in Nature Nature Geoscience suggests. But unfortunately for us, the cooling effect is expected to be temporary—if we keep emitting greenhouse gases, the climate will keep warming.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Craig Mackinlay, chair of the Net Zero Scrutiny Group (NZSG), recently hired Harry Wilkinson, head of policy at the anonymously-funded Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF), to work for him in Parliament. The NZSG claims to accept climate science and Mackinlay recently said he is “not a climate-change denier”.

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Green Living Guy

MARCH 17, 2021

The post Cool New Eco-Friendly Cars That Aren’t Teslas appeared first on Green Living Guy. The latter were more efficient and practical in the early days when batteries were too large and inefficient for electric cars to be a viable mode of transportation. Fortunately, persistent and tireless innovation has improved electrical.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 7, 2020

City leaders touted the new law , which is intended to tightly restrict future use of natural gas-powered heating and cooling in new construction, as an important part of the city’s plan to slash greenhouse gas emissions 80 percent by 2030.

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EDF + Business

OCTOBER 12, 2021

When we think about climate change and what we and others can do to make a difference, most of us don’t think of musicians and artists. But lead singer Rachael Price and songwriter/drummer Mike Calabrese of the hit band Lake Street Dive are actively fighting climate change, on tour and off.

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Grist

JULY 26, 2023

Climate change has altered those conditions though, by warming oceans to record high temperatures and introducing more freshwater through sea-ice and glacier melt. degrees Fahrenheit) of warming. “We’re We’re talking huge, huge climate changes in a very short time,” said Ditlevsen. “We

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The City Fix

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The past year registered record-shattering global temperatures. degrees C (2 degrees F) of global warming, compared to pre-industrial averages. People around the world are already witnessing epic heat waves, wildfires and drought at 1.1 With current policies putting the world on.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

The global launch rate has already more than doubled over the past decade, with plans to dispatch a further 2,000 satellites globally by 2030. Although other particulate matter such as alumina is thought to cool the atmosphere, research into rocket launch emissions is inconclusive.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 28, 2022

The source for author Jordan Peterson’s recent claim that climate change cannot be modelled was a climate science denier who received money from a libertarian think tank funded by oil companies. million followers citing a book called “Hot Talk, Cold Science: Global Warming’s Unfinished Debate” by S Fred Singer.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 19, 2021

The economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic caused CO2 emissions from buildings and construction to fall significantly in 2020, but a lack of real transformation in the sector means that emissions will keep rising and contribute to dangerous climate change, according to the 2021 Global Status Report for Buildings and Construction.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 18, 2022

While they cloak their demands for more fossil fuel extraction in concern for their constituents’ household bills, the MPs have strong ties to the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF), the UK’s leading producer of climate science denial and misinformation. Global Warming Policy Foundation Links.

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Business Green

MAY 25, 2022

Methane is a blow torch that’s cooking the planet,' scientists warn, as new study argues near term action could play a critical role in curbing global warming. by 2035 and 2C by 2050.

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Energy and Cleantech Council

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Led by an interagency working group, the “Net-Zero Game Changers Initiative” will direct billions of dollars under the bipartisan infrastructure law, the CHIPS and Science Act, and the Inflation Reduction Act toward five initial priorities: Efficient Building Heating and Cooling , including refrigerants with low global warming potential; Net-Zero Aviation (..)

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Business Green

JUNE 7, 2020

White goods brand promises to replace all 'high-impact greenhouse gases' from its cooling products within three years. Jonas Samuelson, Electrolux CEO, called for other companies across the cooling products industry to now step up their own HFC phase out efforts.

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Grist

JULY 20, 2023

Researchers have documented the insects making their homes in higher places that are typically too cool for them, from the tropical highlands of South America to the mountainous but populous regions of eastern Africa. Meanwhile, the study found fewer mosquitoes at warming lower elevations. “As But the world faces new threats: U.S.

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Grist

JUNE 13, 2023

Climate change is involved, but natural variations in global weather, and an unfortunate dose of serendipity, are also at play. Global warming itself hasn’t suddenly accelerated this year,” Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at the University of California, Los Angeles, said in a live briefing on Monday.

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Grist

MARCH 6, 2023

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. The oldest and thickest of it has declined by 95 percent during three decades of global warming.

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Green Living Guy

MARCH 30, 2022

Insulate Your Home Adequate insulation is an essential part of the heating and cooling your home efficiently. Conserving energy at home can help out your household’s monthly budget considerably. Here are some of the most effective ways that you can use less energy at home.

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Charged

DECEMBER 7, 2022

In fact, according to the UN Climate Change Conference, the global automotive fleet will be composed of more than 30% EVs by 2030. Liquid immersion cooling is an extremely promising technology for the thermal management of batteries. In addition, immersion cooling could enhance the safety of the battery. .

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

The analysis, which was launched today at the COP27 Climate Summit in Sharm El Sheikh, was produced in collaboration with consultancy Systemiq and NGO RMI and will now inform how the IKEA Foundation deploys the new €600m of funding through to 2025.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 10, 2020

We are entering socio-economic times of high risk and risk mitigation practices to mitigate the impact of human influenced climate change. The emergence of environmental buzzwords started out with global warming, then became climate change. Every proactive and positive thing we do, has an adverse reaction.

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Grist

MARCH 26, 2021

But even if global leaders acted to cut emissions at that breakneck pace — which none currently has — many of those catastrophic outcomes could still occur. The science of human-caused climate change is unequivocal, but the science of projecting how bad things will get, how quickly, is soaked in uncertainty.

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Grist

JUNE 25, 2020

It’s all part of the larger trend of climate change. As global warming accelerates, the Arctic is heating up two to three times faster than the rest of the planet. According to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the earth as a whole has warmed about 1.44 degrees over the same stretch.

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