Tag: Climate Change
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Deadly Floods Could Be the New Normal: A Climate-Driven Crisis
The evidence is clear: deadly floods are becoming more frequent and severe. Floods have always been a natural part of Earth’s hydrological cycle, but recent years have seen a dramatic increase in their frequency, intensity, and devastation. Scientists warn that deadly floods may no longer be rare disasters but a recurring reality: a “new normal”…
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The radical idea that’s gaining momentum at the Paris climate talks
PARIS — More and more voices at the U.N. climate change conference are standing up for at least trying to keep global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, rather than the more commonly cited 2 degrees C. It’s a dizzying goal: The world is already at about 1 degrees Celsius of warming, with about 400…
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Climate change is going to make inequality even worse than it already is
A general view on the chimneys of the Hsieh-ho Power Plant in Keelung, northern Taiwan. EPA/DAVID CHANG In a paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, scientists demonstrate the full ramifications of a widely accepted theory about climate change: that it will almost certainly have a disproportionate impact on the poor. Climate change won’t…
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Our survival may well be in jeopardy
Mankind is now engaging in the biggest battle ever seen ALJAZEERA – Climate change and poor planning are worsening the toll in lives and money that natural disasters wreak worldwide. We are in a really delicate situation now where even our survival may be in jeopardy. The list of problems facing our planet is growing…
J. Michael Dennis ll.l., ll.m. Live 
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