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Climate Change And Deforestation Mean Earth’s Trees Are Younger And Shorter

Photo by Circe Denyer from PublicDomainPictures.net, via Creative Commons (CC0) Article by Nathan Rott, NPR The forests of today will not be the forests of tomorrow. Rising temperatures, deforestation, development and climate-induced disasters are transforming the very makeup of Earth's forests, new research published in the journal Science finds. Older,...

Consensus forming for ambitious climate goal: Net zero pollution

Photo Credit: Public Domain Image Article by Derek Walker, The Hill The first step in achieving a goal is setting a target. For the challenge of climate change, congressional leaders are increasingly finding consensus around a mark of zero — that is, net-zero climate pollution. Zero does...

Fridays For Future

#FridaysForFuture is a movement that began in August 2018, after 15 years old Greta Thunberg sat in front of the Swedish parliament every school day for three weeks, to protest against the lack of action on the climate crisis. She posted what she was doing...

Student climate campaigner Greta Thunberg nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

Photo by Axel Heimken (AFP Photo) Article viaYahoo! News Greta Thunberg, the Swedish schoolgirl climate campaigner who has inspired worldwide protests, should be awarded this year's Nobel Peace Prize, Norwegian lawmakers said Thursday. "We have proposed Greta Thunberg because if we do nothing to halt climate change it will...

Climate change creates a new migration crisis for Bangladesh

Photo by G.M.B. Akash (Panos Pictures/Redux) Article by Tim McDonnell, via National Geographic DHAKA, BANGLADESH -- Golam Mostafa Sarder starts every day before dawn, rising from a thin reed mat in the shed that he shares with fifteen roommates. Each has just enough space to lie flat. He dresses...

Time To Take The Blinders Off, Climate Change Is A Clear Threat To The Bottom Line

Photo by AP Photo/John Locher, File Article by Tom Murray and Environmental Defense Fund, via Forbes Business leaders can no longer afford to look the other way on climate change. The recent National Climate Assessment revealed that regional economies and industries dependent on natural resources are increasingly vulnerable to the...

Shark migration and movement

Photo by Wikimedia Commons Article by Rowena Fletcher-Wood, via Things We Don't Know There is no doubt that climate change affects many species – their food sources, their behavioural patterns, and the environments in which they are happy to live. Sharks are cartilaginous fish related to rays...