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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. Emily Bristol takes soil samples off the coast of Alaska. At nearly 20 feet long, the cylinders of ice reveal the deep past, holding the frozen remains of dead plants from 40,000 years ago. Sasha Peterson. “I We got hammered by Hurricane Harvey.

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

Business Green

And indeed, some aspects of climate change, such as sea level rise, will go on well beyond that. In 2019, CCC chair Lord Deben suggested climate change adaptation preparations were being "run by the government like Dad's Army" , in reference to the BBC sitcom about a group of incompetent members of the Home Guard during WWII.

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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

Residents are already starting to see the effects of sea level rise today. Miami, Florida, is likely to be entirely underwater by the end of this century. From sunny day flooding caused by higher tides to a sewer system on the brink of total collapse, the city undeniably lives in a climate changed world.

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How 5 communities across the US are seeking environmental justice

GreenBiz

And a good thing that is, with climate scientists predicting sea level rise of at least a foot by 2050, which will make the Rockaways more prone to climate change-fueled flooding and storm surges than they already are. . Los Angeles: Latino children in Boyle Heights play in lead-contaminated soil.

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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.”