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Trump’s exit might not be the Paris Agreement’s biggest problem

Grist

Rising seas: A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences illustrates that global greenhouse gas emissions from 2016 to 2030 would cause a 20-centimeter rise in sea levels — and that’s even if countries keep their Paris Agreement pledges. So, with the U.S.

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A North-Pole, How Much Longer?

Mr. Sustainability

And that is exactly where it hurts most: once there is no more multi-year ice, the Arctic is per very definition ice-free during summer and the unit is broken. Arctic sea ice extent averaged for September 2020 was 3.92 As long as there is ice in a body of water, any surrounding heat energy is carried towards the ice to make it melt.