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‘Fight Harder,’ U.N. Chief António Guterres Implores, Rousing Climate Ambassadors at COP31
The United Nations secretary general, António Guterres, spoke at COP31, a meeting aimed at reducing emissions, amid a sharp drop in attendance by world leaders.
NYT Science · EN
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New Orleans faces a future its levees may not be able to buy its way out of
A Nature Sustainability study argues that New Orleans should start packing its bags as rising seas, sinking land, and disappearing wetlands increase the city's risk. Studies confirm what Hurricane Katrina taught us. New Orleans already has a fascinating and entertaining system of levees and defenses to keep a city that lies more than occasionally below the water table somewhat inhabitable. — Read the rest The post New Orleans faces a future its levees may not be able to buy its way out of appeared first on Boing Boing .
Boing Boing · EN
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El Niño Is Hitting California Hard
Rising sea levels and violent weather are testing residents in some of the most picturesque cities along the Pacific Coast.
NYT Science · EN
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Human sacrifices were rare in ancient Peru, except when weather got violent
Ritual violence was an exception to the rule in the Lambayeque Valley. The post Human sacrifices were rare in ancient Peru, except when weather got violent appeared first on Popular Science .
Popular Science · EN
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With Hopes Low and Temperatures High, Climate Summit Opens in Turkey
War, artificial intelligence and the Trump era have overshadowed climate change. But officials from nearly every nation are meeting to confront global warming.
NYT Science · EN
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A Guide to COP31 Climate Talks in Antalya, Turkey
Negotiators and leaders are gathering for annual United Nations climate talks. They come as global temperatures are set to breach a key threshold.
NYT Science · EN
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Lonnie Thompson Has Died. He Dodged Avalanches to Preserve Climate History.
His observations helped establish shriveling mountain glaciers as an unmistakable consequence of human-caused warming. He was 78.
NYT Science · EN
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The Election Day Edition
In the 2022 midterms, Democrats made global warming an issue. Things have changed.
NYT Science · EN