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2023 confirmed as the warmest year ever recorded

A Greener Life

degrees Celsius warmer than in the 1850-1900 pre-industrial period, when humans began burning fossil fuels on an industrial scale, pumping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. The Copernicus Climate Change Service added, that in 2023 the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere rose to the highest level ever recorded at 419 PPM.

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Analysis: What is carbon-neutral milk?

A Greener Life

Products that bear the label “carbon neutral” are supposed to be produced with no added emissions to the atmosphere. The National Forests Foundation advertises that for every $2 donation, they’ll plant two trees that will remove or offset 1 metric ton of CO2e from the atmosphere for the life of those trees. percent per bottle by 2024.

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The heat has no end in sight – hottest April ever recorded

A Greener Life

By Anders Lorenzen Globally the heating of the world seems to have no end in sight as April 2024 becomes the warmest April ever recorded since records began. It sets an additional new unwelcome record and trend with the past 11 months being the warmest of those months ever recorded.

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Does Pollution End at U.S. Borders? – Why U.S. Military Pollution is a Reason for Agencies to Implement the Global Social Cost of Carbon

Vermont Law

Candidate, 2024, Pace University Elisabeth Haub School of Law July 31, 2023 The social cost of carbon (SCC) has been the basis for policies such as tax credits for carbon capture technology and zero-emissions credits. As carbon dioxide builds up in the atmosphere, it also traps heat surrounding the planet. Borders? –

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Extreme weather ran amok in 2024, report

A Greener Life

By Anders Lorenzen A report produced by World Weather Attribution (WWA) and Climate Central finds that 2024 was quite a year for extreme weather events fuelled by climate change. The 26 events represent just a fraction of the 219 events 2024 that meet the trigger criteria of (WWA). Image credit: WWA. Graph credit: WWA.

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Out of sight, out of mind: The vulnerable world beneath our feet

HumanNature

Guest Post by Alex Siggers , 2023-2024 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Ph.D. They are the processes that allow our food to grow, clean the air we breathe, and attempt to keep atmospheric temperatures in check. Losing or adding a single “species” can completely change how these processes play out. Now comes the bummer.

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Policy News: August 1, 2022

ESA

The bill funds National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) research at $776 million, a 20 percent increase. The full Senate voted to confirm Michael Morgan as the assistant secretary for environmental observation and prediction at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

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