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

Grist

Around the world, leaves play a critical central role in staving off the worst impacts of climate change. The Amazon rainforest was once one of the world’s most powerful carbon sinks, largely a result of its uniquely dense tree cover. According to the study, photosynthesis in tropical trees begins to fail at about 46.7

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SEC Proposal Addresses GHG Emissions Challenge

Climate 4.0

The SEC's proposed rule changes regarding corporate reporting of Scope 1 and 2, and under certain circumstances, Scope 3 greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions, strike a middle ground between the view that strong, relentless government regulation is needed to address climate-change and the view that the market should decide everything.

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Climate Deniers and the Language of Climate Obstruction

DeSmogBlog

Language around climate solutions is particularly susceptible to this treatment, especially as polluting companies invest in strategies and tactics to present themselves as part of the solution to climate change when, clearly —as they continue to prioritize drilling for globe-warming fuels — they are not.

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A North-Pole, How Much Longer?

Mr. Sustainability

An ice-free Arctic might be a boon for the shipping industry in the short term, but comes at potential catastrophic cost to our economy in the form of environmental disaster and political upheaval. As long as there is ice in a body of water, any surrounding heat energy is carried towards the ice to make it melt.

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? Old nuclear, new-clear #161

Climate Tech VC

The US grid got its first new nuclear power in nearly seven years last week. Plant Vogtle began commercial operations from the first of two new reactors, but the over-budget and years-delayed project could be the last hurrah for big nuclear construction in America. Happy Monday! Not a subscriber yet?