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Future costs of emissions three times higher than assumed finds study

A Greener Life

The results, published in Nature magazine, provide a much clearer, evidence-based picture, which is likely to change government policy in the US and beyond. It captures the changes in mortality rates that are going to happen… the changes in crop yields… the changes in sea level rise, and the damages that will cost…”.

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Ask a Scientist: ‘Danger Season’ Summers Disproportionately Harm Disadvantaged Communities

Union of Concerned Scientists

To some extent, our predictions have been conservative,” Penn State University climatologist Michael E. It led to severe disinvestment in urban communities of color, which—because of the lack of funds—have relatively little vegetation and few, if any, public parks, which help keep neighborhoods cool. degrees F to as much as 12.6

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Geology: Examining the Planet’s Physical Processes

Environmental Science

All over the developed world, governments were granted licenses to mine coal and oil. Most scientists, stuck with the models of Newtonian Physics, calculated how long it would take for the Earth to cool to current temperatures. This follows global mean sea level for accurate readings for a variety of functions.

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Meet Maia Bellon: Maia Bellon: The Fearless Lawyer and TNC Trustee Who is a Bridge Between Worlds

Washington Nature

Today, as a partner at Cascadia Law Group and a Trustee of The Nature Conservancy (TNC) in Washington, Maia is a bridge between Tribal Nations, U.S. and Washington governments, and advocates of our precious environment. "It She also tackled the challenge of containing leaking radioactive waste at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation.