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Climate Change in 2022: Multiple Billion-Dollar Disasters & Unbearable Human Costs

January 12, 20231 year ago Guest Contributor 0 Comments

Today the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released its annual report on billion-dollar weather and climate-related disasters in the United States, which tells a grimly familiar story. In 2022, the nation experienced 18 disasters with costs exceeding a billion dollars each, and together these disasters caused at least 474 deaths. … [continued]

This Month in Climate Science: Carbon Sinks Shrink, Bumble Bees Decline, Nightingale Wings Shorten, and…

April 28, 20204 years ago World Resources Institute 0 Comments

Every month, climate scientists make new discoveries that advance our understanding of climate change’s causes and impacts. The research gives a clearer picture of the threats we already face and explores what’s to come if we don’t reduce emissions at a quicker pace.

Canada’s Climate Is Warming Twice As Fast As Global Average — Canada’s Changing Climate Report (CCCR)

April 5, 20195 years ago Cynthia Shahan 0 Comments

Canada’s newly released report, Canada’s Changing Climate Report, comes just months after the NOAA’s annual executive summary of ongoing changes regarding land, ice, and ocean throughout the Arctic during the 2018 calendar year.