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1.5°C: a tipping point for the Arctic

A recently published briefing by Climate Analytics summarises some of the observed and projected impacts on the physical, biological, and human dimensions ...
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Call to protect the cloud forests

Where the Andes meet the Amazon, you will find one of the earth’s richest and most important biomes. Its role has been overlooked in our efforts to mitigate climate change.
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Symbolic CO2 threshold crossed

Concentrations of CO2 are now 50% higher than at the start of the industrial revolution.
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Death of corals on the Great Barrier Reef

Increasingly frequent marine heatwaves can lead to the almost instant death of corals, scientists working on the Great Barrier Reef have found.
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The Cry of the Cryosphere

Summer snow cover in the Arctic has decreased by 2.5 million km2 in fifty years. The changes for animals and human livelihoods in the affected regions are dramatic.
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Deforestation must decrease by 95 per cent in a 1.5 °C world

Measures within the land sector could contribute about 30 per cent, or 15 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (GtCO2e) per year ...
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Amazon rainforest “close to irreversible tipping point”

The Amazon rainforest is dangerously close to an irreversible “tipping point” within two years according to a new report, the Guardian writes.
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Ocean acidification can cause the mass extinction

Carbon emissions make seas more acidic and wiped out 75 per cent of marine species around 66 million years ago, reports a new study according to the Guardian.
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Editorial: IPCC Ocean and Cryosphere report is a powerful diplomatic asset

The IPCC’s Special Report on The Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate and its summary for policymakers provide scary reading about ongoing changes and risks, as well as projected risks.
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