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Economists Are Downplaying Many Major Climate Risks, Says Report
Researchers warn that world leaders are being misled by economic assessments of future climate-change impacts.
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Team Deciphers Sea-Level Rise From Last Time Earth’s CO2 Was as High as Today
In a coastal cave off Spain, scientists have found evidence showing that more than 3 million years ago, when temperatures were similar to those projected for the end of this century, sea levels were as much as 16 meters higher than they are now.
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Longer Summer Stretches of Drought, Extreme Heat and Flooding Expected in a Warming World, Study Says
The changes could affect health, agriculture and ecosystems, the study suggests.
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Scientists Link Climate Change to Melting in West Antarctica
A new study shows, for the first time, evidence of a link between human-caused global warming and melting of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.
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More Intense Non-Tropical Storms Causing Increased Rainfall in U.S. Southeast
In the Southeastern United States, the increasing amount of rain during hurricane season is coming not from hurricanes but from non-tropical storms created by weather fronts, new research finds.
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Toward a Pragmatic Climate Policy
I often say that the human species is ingenious and not suicidal. This would be a good time for America to demonstrate that instinct for survival and pragmatic invention.
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The Climate Epochs That Weren’t
Climate scientists often invoke the Medieval Warm Period and the Little Ice Age as natural worldwide climate swings predating human influences. They may not have worked the way we think.
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How Did Africa’s Grasslands Get Started?
Millions of years ago, vegetation across much of the world underwent a transformation as grasses with a new way of doing photosynthesis displaced previously dominant plants, shrubs and trees. A new study examines what got these plants started, and why they spread so far and wide.
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Study Bolsters Case That Climate Change Is Driving Many California Wildfires
A new study combs through the factors that can promote wildfires in California, and concludes that in many cases, warming climate is the decisive driver.
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