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A clash over degrees: How hot should nations allow the earth to get?
The mantra has been: Limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius or risk climate catastrophe. But at COP27, there are hints of backsliding.
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The climate art vandals are embarrassing
Aesthetics matter in politics. But not like … this.
Beyond catastrophe: A new climate reality is coming into view
There's plenty of bad news. But thanks to real progress, we're headed toward a less apocalyptic future.
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Amid kaleidoscopic problems, climate change is still the big picture
John Lennon said life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans. We cannot let climate catastrophe be what happens to us while we’re busy trying to cope with other emergencies.
Doomsday glacier in Antarctica could collapse soon: new research
New data suggests a massive collapse of the ice shelf in as little as five years. “We are dealing with an event that no human has ever witnessed,” says one scientist. “We have no analog for this.”
Earth is getting a 'black box' because of climate change
When a plane crashes, its flight recorder is critical to piecing together the missteps that led to calamity. Now the planet is getting its own in case it self-destructs.
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U.S.A. vs. China vs. climate change
Alfred McCoy argues that American global hegemony will end around 2030, replaced by China as world leader, but Chinese hegemony will last only for about 20 years - and that by 2050, climate change will have brought environmental catastrophe to both countries, and the rest of the world
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