(Original Article: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210108-where-we-are-on-climate-change-in-five-charts) (Image credit: Getty Images) After the turbulent year of 2020, BBC Future takes stock on the state of the climate at the beginning of 2021. From unprecedented wildfires across the US to the extraordinary heat of Siberia, the impacts of climate change were felt in every corner of the world in 2020. …
(Original Article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-985b9374-596e-4ae6-aa04-7fbcae4cb7ee) The world is getting hotter. July 2019 was one of the warmest months ever recorded – and July temperatures almost everywhere on Earth have been higher in the last 10 years compared with 1880-1900, as this globe shows. Scroll below to find out how the temperature in 1,000 major cities across the …
(Original Article: https://ourworldindata.org/ghg-emissions-by-sector) To prevent severe climate change we need to rapidly reduce global greenhouse gas emissions. The world emits around 50 billion tonnes of greenhouse gases each year [measured in carbon dioxide equivalents (CO2eq)].1 To figure out how we can most effectively reduce emissions and what emissions can and can’t be eliminated with current …
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(Original article: https://climate.nasa.gov/news/2951/climate-change-could-trigger-more-landslides-in-high-mountain-asia/) NASA’s Landslide Hazard Assessment for Situational Awareness (LHASA) risk model and Global Landslide Catalog track the areas most at risk from deadly landslides, which can cause effects ranging from destroying towns to cutting off drinking water and transportation networks. Credit: NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio/Helen-Nicole Kostis More frequent and intense rainfall events due …
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(Original Article : https://climate.nasa.gov/blog/2953/there-is-no-impending-mini-ice-age/) “Pink elephant in the room” time: There is no impending “ice age” or “mini ice age” if there’s a reduction in the Sun’s energy output in the next several decades. Through its lifetime, the Sun naturally goes through changes in energy output. Some of these occur over a regular 11-year period …
A set of troubling charts shows how little progress nations have made toward limiting greenhouse-gas emissions. (Original Article : https://www.nature.com/immersive/d41586-019-02711-4/index.html) Bruno Rodriguez is only 18, but he has seen enough in his time on Earth to know that he must to do something for the planet. Inspired by the student climate strikes in Europe, he …
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(Original Article : https://ourworldindata.org/co2-emissions-from-aviation#:~:text=The%20first%20is%20the%20disconnect,dioxide%20(CO2)%20emissions.) Flying is a highly controversial topic in climate debates. There are a few reasons for this. The first is the disconnect between its role in our personal and collective carbon emissions. Air travel dominates a frequent traveller’s individual contribution to climate change. Yet aviation overall accounts for only 2.5% of global …
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It’s a conclusion shared by the world’s most respected scientific organizations. Original article : https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2020/03/causes-of-global-warming/ You likely have heard about global warming in the news, at school or from a friend. And so you probably have questions such as, “What is causing this warming?” and “What role do humans play in that warming?” and “What’s …
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Original article: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2224037-bitcoins-climate-change-impact-may-be-much-smaller-than-we-thought/ Bitcoin mining consumed enough electricity last year to release carbon emissions on a par with Estonia, according to a study that suggests the climate change impact of the cryptocurrency isn’t as bad as previously thought. Past research has suggested that the emissions from mining bitcoin – where computing power is used to solve mathematical …
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