Rising sea levels are causing salt water to flow into India’s biggest river, threatening its ecosystem and turning vast farmlands barren in the country’s east, … Ganges and rising sea levelRead more
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Narwhal The First Victim of Global Warming
The polar bear is indeed a more iconic animal than the narwhal and, on top of that, despite being classified as marine, we can see … Narwhal The First Victim of Global WarmingRead more
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Photographing Climate Change
The above pics are the Matterhorn, 1960 and 2006. The website DoubleExposure explains: Global warming is affecting our planet in countless ways, not in some … Photographing Climate ChangeRead more
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No acorns
The idea seemed too crazy to Rod Simmons, a measured, careful field botanist. Naturalists in Arlington County couldn’t find any acorns. None. No hickory nuts, … No acornsRead more
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Melting himalayan glaciers
Glaciers high in the Himalayas are dwindling faster than anyone thought, putting nearly a billion people living in South Asia in peril of losing their … Melting himalayan glaciersRead more
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Global warming, old news
Invisible Blanket Monday, May. 25, 1953 In the hungry fires of industry, modern man burns nearly 2 billion tons of coal and oil each year. … Global warming, old newsRead more
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Climate change refugees
The Maldives will divert cash from tourism, to buy land in case rising sea levels submerge its low-lying coral islands, the vice-president-elect said. Mohamed Waheed … Climate change refugeesRead more
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Myth of the 1970s global cooling
There was no scientific consensus in the 1970s that the Earth was headed into an imminent ice age. Indeed, the possibility of anthropogenic warming dominated … Myth of the 1970s global coolingRead more
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Global warming Drives Dramatic Ecosystem Shifts In North Atlantic
While Earth has experienced numerous changes in climate over the past 65 million years, recent decades have experienced the most significant climate change since the … Global warming Drives Dramatic Ecosystem Shifts In North AtlanticRead more
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Oceanographic Data to Predict Future Climate Change
Ecologists and oceanographers are attempting to predict the future impacts of climate change by reconstructing the past behavior of Arctic climate and ocean circulation. In … Oceanographic Data to Predict Future Climate ChangeRead more