Tag: global warming
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Enter ‘global boiling’
July was the hottest month ever recorded on our planet. It marks a clear turning point from the previous era of talking about global warming as something that will happen in the future to recognising that it is happening already. This is evident all over the globe; from heat waves in North America and southern…
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Innovative solutions to the plight of climate migrants
Some countries take lead in adopting new approaches in aiding those displaced by natural disasters and climate change. The wealth gap that largely divides the world also manifests itself in the effects of climate change. A United Nations report warned last week that the world is on course for “climate apartheid”, where the rich buy their way…
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A half degree difference
What global warming may mean for the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna Delta It may take centuries for us to discern the slow onset consequences of sea-level rise — impacts that will be felt long after our lifetimes. While rapidly reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the atmosphere will slow sea-level rise, by no means will it erase the already…