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Population statistics: worldometer The United Nation's latest global population projection predicts there will be 8 billion people on the planet by November and that the population will gradually increase to 8.5 billion by 2050 and to more than 10...
by Angmar
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on Sun Jul 17, 2022 at 12:00 PM PDT
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"Many Scientists Now Say (AGW) Could Stop Relatively Quickly, After Emissions Go to Zero" insideclimatenews.org/ The Polar Breakdown "Warming in the Arctic and Antarctic continues to accelerate faster than the global average, scientists reported this...
by Angmar
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on Thu Jun 02, 2022 at 04:00 PM PDT
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Part 2 of the "Sunshine Protection Act" story The last time the U.S. tried year-round daylight savings was 1974. Within the year, permanent Daylight Savings was scrapped npr.org/… "Sunshine Protection Act": Republican Senator Marco Rubio, Democratic...
by Angmar
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on Thu Mar 17, 2022 at 04:00 PM PDT
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Why Scientists don't want to make Daylight Savings Time permanent archive.ph/… In yet more pro business law- when we can't even get climate legislation passed.… Daylight Saving Time as Americans know it was instituted by corporate lobbies "Senate...
by Angmar
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on Wed Mar 16, 2022 at 06:00 AM PDT
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Climate change doesn’t mean that there isn’t cold weather or snow in any locations. Climate change says that carbon dioxide (as well as methane) are heat trapping gases, that carbon dioxide stays in the atmosphere for up to one thousand years and traps...
by Dem
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on Thu Jul 08, 2021 at 08:38 AM PDT
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Scientists say temperatures globally at highest level since start of human civilisation Climate change Climate crisis: world is at its hottest for at least 12,000 years – study Scientists say temperatures globally at highest level since start of human...
by Angmar
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on Thu Jan 28, 2021 at 05:00 PM PST
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California Governor Newsom has signed an executive order to require the state air resources board to ban new gasoline powered cars within 15 years. We need to create an environment for this action to succeed. One of the immediate criticisms is the lack...
by Styracosaurus
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on Mon Sep 28, 2020 at 08:05 PM PDT
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NASA is the second institution to confirm that it was Earth's hottest June, as the Copernicus Climate Change Service had already confirmed
Washington Post:
Earth just had its hottest June on record, on track for warmest July
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by Angmar
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on Tue Jul 16, 2019 at 10:02 AM PDT
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Jordan Harris is the Executive Director of the Conservative, privately funded Pegasus Institute. He wrote an embarrassing Opinion piece in the Louisville Courier Journal entitled "The Green New Deal is really the 'Green Scare' over climate...
by john s mill
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on Tue May 14, 2019 at 05:33 PM PDT
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UN-backed study Science-Policy Platform On Biodiversity has grim implications for future of humanity Far less talked about but just as dangerous, if not more so, is the rapid decline of the natural world.
The Rapid Decline Of The Natural World Is A Crisis Even Bigger Than Climate Change
A three-...
by Angmar
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on Sun May 05, 2019 at 12:30 PM PDT
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(The Daily Bucket is a nature refuge.
We amicably discuss animals, weather, climate, soil, plants, clouds ,rocks, waters, the Earth-
and note life’s patterns.
We invite you to note what you are seeing around you in your own part of the world,...
by Angmar
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on Mon May 06, 2019 at 08:56 AM PDT
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Guardian:
Sharp rise in Arctic temperatures now inevitable – UN
Temperatures likely to rise by 3-5C above pre-industrial levels even if Paris goals met
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by Angmar
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on Fri Mar 15, 2019 at 07:00 AM PDT
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"Temperatures in the next 24 hours are set to hit record lows"
Polar vortex blasts US with life-threatening cold
Warming shelters open in midwest as Chicago area sees temperatures drop to -50F (-46C), with snow possible in southern...
by Angmar
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on Thu Jan 31, 2019 at 07:00 AM PST
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Greenhouse gas emissions
‘Worrying’ rise in global CO2 forecast for 2019
Levels of the climate-warming gas are set to rise by near-record amounts, Met Office ...
by Angmar
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on Tue Mar 26, 2019 at 07:00 AM PDT
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More trees are the answer to cool down our cities
Leaving trees in the ground and planting new ones could help future proof new development sites against extreme heatwww.theguardian.com/…
"Heat is produced unevenly by cities...
by Angmar
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on Tue Feb 19, 2019 at 09:24 AM PST
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Guardian UK:
Warming oceans likely to raise sea levels 30cm by end of century – study
“Seawater temperature is rising faster than predicted, which is likely to worsen extreme weather events around the world
The world’s oceans are...
by Angmar
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on Fri Jan 11, 2019 at 07:00 AM PST
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Past four years hottest on record, data shows
World running out of time to combat climate change, warns meteorological organisation
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The Green New Deal:
The term Green New Deal (also New New...
by Angmar
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on Fri Nov 30, 2018 at 02:00 PM PST
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Alaska 2018
April 2018, Guardian UK :
"Across Alaska, dozens of coastal towns are at risk of becoming uninhabitable, with a handful actively seeking to relocate. Melting permafrost is buckling roads into potentially deadlybig...
by Angmar
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on Sun Apr 22, 2018 at 04:00 PM PDT
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Western NY:
Winter Storm Xanto Batters US
Winter Storm Xanto is producing blizzard conditions in the Plains and Midwest, and will lay down a swath of heavy snow, even some ice, from the ...
by Angmar
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on Sun Apr 15, 2018 at 07:00 AM PDT
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Gulf Stream
*update*
Avoid Gulf stream disruption at all costs, scientists warn
How close the world is to a catastrophic collapse of giant ocean currents is unknown, making halting global warming more critical than...
by Angmar
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on Wed Apr 11, 2018 at 04:30 PM PDT
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