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A science-based move to climate change adaptation

Real Climate

It’s also urgent because the oceans act like a flywheel, making sure that cuts in emission of greenhouse gases will have a lagged effect on global warming. Climate change adaptation was addressed in the Paris Agreement from 2015, the Climate Adaptation Summit in January 2021 , and will be one of four key priorities during the upcoming COP26.

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Top 20 Leading Weather & Climate Voices to Follow in 2021

Breezometer

A senior hurricane researcher at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration , Eric Blake has studied atmospheric changes for two decades, earning his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Atmospheric Sciences from the University of Louisiana at Monroe and Colorado State University, respectively. Eric Blake. Nate Johnson.

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Four Reasons We Investigated the Fossil Fuels Behind Forest Fires: an Inside View of Latest UCS Report

Union of Concerned Scientists

1 – People and places are struggling with wildfire As a climate scientist living in California and witnessing the consequences of decades of unchecked climate change, my personal and professional lives often overlap. Last summer, my family and I went on a long, winding road trip through California and Oregon.

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Climate Reality vs. Public Perception: Will Toxic Haze and the 2023 Danger Season Make a Difference?

Union of Concerned Scientists

Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Superstorm Sandy in 2012, Hurricanes Harvey and Irma in 2017, and Hurricane Irma in 2021 were all accompanied by the same question. A harsh new normal Whether we wake up or not, a harsh climate is the new normal. A 2021 analysis of more than 88,000 studies since 2012 now finds 99.9 percent agreement.

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My Kind of Town

Legal Planet

In their 2021 book , Lakefront: Public Trust and Private Rights in Chicago , Joseph Kearney and Tom Merrill plumb the social and legal history of the lakeshore. That seems like a plausible scenario under climate change but seemingly hasn’t been established yet. Chicago has long fascinated environmental historians.

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Climate Change Is Intensifying the Water Cycle, New IPCC Report Finds

Circle of Blue

By Laura Gersony, Circle of Blue — August 10, 2021. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a group of the world’s leading climate scientists, released its sixth climate assessment on Monday. These events are unlikely in our current climate—but the warmer Earth gets, the bigger the risk becomes.

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Deciphering the ‘SPM AR6 WG1’ code

Real Climate

In my opinion the press conference on 9 August 2021 didn’t do justice to the vast effort that went into it. There is no doubt that we have changed Earth’s climate through our activities on a broad range of aspects that includes consequences for the atmosphere, the oceans, snow, ice, Earth’s fauna and ecosystems.