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Empty labs, abandoned research: Coronavirus puts climate science on hold

Grist

Bristol is studying samples of soil and ice extracted from the north Alaskan coast in 2018. In the two long weeks since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic, research into our warming climate has been put on hold. Emily Bristol takes soil samples off the coast of Alaska. Bristol is one of the lucky ones.

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CCC: Failure to adapt to 'inevitable' climate change could derail net zero transition

Business Green

above pre-industrial levels and sea levels around the British Isles having increased by 16cm compared to 1900. Public health, as well as food and power supplies, are also at risk from increased disruption as temperatures rise, the report warned.

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Want to prevent California’s looming flood disaster? Grow a marsh.

Grist

As they walled off rivers and created dry islands from what was previously soggy marsh, they discovered incredibly rich soil. No one foresaw that this very bounty — soil rich with organic material — would, over time, become a curse of sorts. That organic material contains copious amounts of carbon. And the land began to sink.

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Revealed: A U.S. President Was First Informed of CO2’s Impact 59 Years Ago This Month 

DeSmogBlog

He specifically referred to the “ magnitude of the pollution problem ,” and the “urgency of increased attention to prevention and abatement of pollution of our soils, air and waters.” In the letters, Johnson expressed his gratitude for their service on the Task Force. Read Parts 1 and 2 of this series.

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50 Books on Climate Change and Sustainbility

Green Market Oracle

Health CLIMATE IMPACTS Disposable City: Miami’s Future on the Shores of Climate Catastrophe by Mario Alejandro Ariza, 2020 A deeply reported personal investigation by a Miami journalist examines the present and future effects of climate change in the Magic City -- a watery harbinger for coastal cities worldwide. Climate impacts 2.

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How 5 communities across the US are seeking environmental justice

GreenBiz

The Environmental Protection Agency's National Air Toxics Assessment, which uses emissions estimates to model health risks, estimates that the risk of developing cancer in Reserve is 50 times the national average, and that the five census tracts with the highest risk are all in the area. It also extends to climate justice. "The

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Lost Decade: How Shell Downplayed Early Warnings Over Climate Change

DeSmogBlog

Nor does it refer to a topic that was of unequivocal scientific concern at the time: The “greenhouse effect,” or what is now known as climate change. Society had acknowledged that it had “over-estimated” the carrying capacity of soil, water, and air so “current wisdom” would lead us to “unequivocally condemn such past practice.”