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Virtual Reality Climate Simulator

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The Virtual Reality Climate Research Centre has been developed by the Climate Change Institute. It uses the new medium of…

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The scientific evidence

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The Earth’s climate has changed throughout history. Just in the last 650,000 years there have been seven cycles of glacial…

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  • Sink or swim: Can island states survive the climate crisis?

    Small island nations across the world are bearing the brunt of the climate crisis, and their problems have been accentuated by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has severely affected their economies, and their capacity to protect themselves from possible extinction. We take a look at some of the many challenges they face, and how they could be overcome.

  • From electric dreams to supercharged reality: the road race to a clean energy future

    The global Formula E electric race series, a partner with the UN Environment Programme (UNEP),  has grown in popularity since it launched some seven years ago, attracting the attention of major car manufacturers, changing people’s perceptions of electric vehicles, and bringing the world one step closer to a sustainable transport future.

  • Outstanding sites added to UNESCO World Heritage List 

    An ancient temple in India and a “cultural landscape” in Spain have become two of the latest sites to be registered on the UN’s prestigious World Heritage List. 

    • Are UK Officials Finally Getting Cold Feet About Net Zero?

      There are press reports of growing tension between the UK treasury and the government over its Net Zero agenda. According to the Mail on Sunday, chancellor Rishi Sunak ‘balked’ at the estimated cost of £1.4 trillion. The Sun then claimed the government was considering postponing a central plank of the Net Zero strategy: the ban on the sale of new gas-fired domestic...

    • New Study Shows Extreme Temperature-Related Deaths Declining; Media Silent

      A study just published in the prominent health journal, The Lancet, reports deaths associated with extreme temperatures are declining. The report also demonstrates cold temperatures contribute to far more deaths each year than warmer temperatures. In reporting on a pre-release version of the story in early July, the mainstream media misrepresented the study’s findings. The headline of Bloomberg News’ story discussing the study,...

    • NPR Falsely Claims Rising Seas Will Drown Google And Facebook Campuses

      Among the top Google News search results today for “climate change” is a National Public Radio (NPR) article claiming the Google and Facebook (pictured) campuses near San Francisco Bay are vulnerable to rising seas caused by climate change. The article worries that the tech industry may saddle taxpayers with the costs of relocating or protecting their campuses from rising seas. However, the...

    • Science Magazine Blows The Whistle On Implausibly Hot Climate Models

      Leading climate scientists conceded that models used to estimate how much the world will warm with rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are running too hot. “It’s become clear over the last year or so that we can’t avoid this,” Gavin Schmidt, director of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, told Science ­magazine. The admission is seen as a significant...

    • Mass. Governor Wants To Use Covid Relief Funds To Fight Climate Change

      Gov. Baker is a Republican who is also pushing the Transportation Climate Initiative and higher gas taxes. –CCD Ed. A trip to a 130-year-old dam in Gloucester became the latest backdrop for Gov. Charlie Baker to push his $2.9 billion plan to immediately invest more than half of the state’s remaining coronavirus relief dollars. “We say here in Massachusetts that climate change...

    • To Advance The Climate Agenda, Never Let Bad Weather Go To Waste

      Bad weather is wreaking havoc in parts of the world. The cynical climate alarmist community hopes it will help get Joe Biden’s multi-trillion-dollar climate agenda through Congress. “Amid summer of fire and floods, a moment of truth for climate action,” editorialized the Washington Post. So let’s look at the “summer of fires and floods.” Yes, it has been very hot in the Pacific Northwest....

    • Sink or swim: Can island states survive the climate crisis?

      Small island nations across the world are bearing the brunt of the climate crisis, and their problems have been accentuated by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has severely affected their economies, and their capacity to protect themselves from possible extinction. We take a look at some of the many challenges they face, and how they could be overcome.

    • Support mangrove conservation, UNESCO chief says

      The world is waking up to the importance of mangroves, a senior UN official said on Monday, underscoring the need for everyone to support restoration and protection of these crucial habitats. 

    • From electric dreams to supercharged reality: the road race to a clean energy future

      The global Formula E electric race series, a partner with the UN Environment Programme (UNEP),  has grown in popularity since it launched some seven years ago, attracting the attention of major car manufacturers, changing people’s perceptions of electric vehicles, and bringing the world one step closer to a sustainable transport future.

    • FAO head urges G20 to invest in a healthy planet for healthy food

      The head of the UN food relief agency called on the world’s richest nations on Thursday to invest more in sustainable living, to feed the world’s growing population.  

    • FROM THE FIELD: Cameroon’s displaced, get hooked on fish

      Cameroonians who have been displaced by conflict and climate change in the north of the West African country are turning to aquaculture as an alternative source of income, thanks to support from the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

    • Outstanding sites added to UNESCO World Heritage List 

      An ancient temple in India and a “cultural landscape” in Spain have become two of the latest sites to be registered on the UN’s prestigious World Heritage List. 

    • UN climate science talks open amid heatwaves, floods and drought

      Negotiations began on Monday to approve a UN science report which will anchor high level summits later this year, charged with boosting climate action worldwide.

    • Together, we must tackle growing hunger, urges Guterres  

      Inefficient global food production is at the root of a huge rise in hunger as well as one-third of all emissions and 80 per cent of biodiversity loss, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has warned, in a call to all countries to transform food systems to speed up sustainable development. 

    • No pathway to reach the Paris Agreement’s 1.5˚C goal without the G20: UN chief

      “The world urgently needs a clear and unambiguous commitment to the 1.5 degree goal of the Paris Agreement from all G20 nations”, António Guterres said on Sunday after the Group failed to agree on the wording of key climate change commitments during their recent Ministerial Meeting on Environment, Climate and Energy.

    • Water-related hazards dominate list of 10 most destructive disasters

      Against the backdrop of a rapidly changing global climate, water-related hazards top the list of natural disasters with the highest human losses in the past 50 years, according to a new report by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

    • Deadly flooding, heatwaves in Europe, highlight urgency of climate action

      Heavy rainfall that has triggered deadly and catastrophic flooding in several western European countries, is just the latest indicator that all nations need to do more to hold back climate change-induced disasters, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Friday.

    • EU urged to consider impact of new climate mechanism on developing countries

      Although a new European Union (EU) climate initiative unveiled on Wednesday could change global trade patterns to favour countries where production is relatively carbon efficient, its value in mitigating climate change will likely be limited, the UN trade and development agency, UNCTAD, has warned. 

    • Clouds and Haze over Malay Peninsula

      Two monsoon seasons make space views of this area rare.
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    • A Summer of Fire-Breathing Smoke Storms

      For decades, scientists have been tracking extreme thunderstorms created by wildfires. However, the ferocity of the storms that have popped up in Canada in 2021 has surprised them.
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    • A Long View of Sierra Snow

      Those mountains have seen less snow accumulation in recent years, a decline that plays a role in water management and response to drought.
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    • Extensive Plumes from the Dixie Fire

      The largest fire in California in 2021 has been burning for two weeks near the city of Chico and Lassen National Forest.
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    • Heating Up in Tokyo

      Ever-warmer summers are among the challenges confronting athletes competing in the Olympic Games.
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    • Flooding in Central China

      A slow-moving rainstorm overwhelmed rivers and reservoirs, leading to deadly flooding in the province of Henan.
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    • Fire Island, Cabo Verde

      Fogo is part of an active stratovolcano with a turbulent history.
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    • Meandering to the Source

      A modern term of geography was born in Turkey.
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    • Beauty in the Barents

      There are a few possible reasons why the phytoplankton-rich waters of this high-latitude sea appear both green and turquoise blue.
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    • Smoke Across North America

      Skies turned hazy from Pittsburgh to Washington to Boston, as smoke from fires in Canada poured into the U.S. Northeast.
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    • How Scientists Are Bringing Back Sturgeons, Fish That Once Swam With Dinosaurs

      After thriving for 200 million years, ancient sturgeon were wiped out in the U.S. by fishing and industry. Now they're on their way toward making a comeback.

    • Drought in the Western United States Sets a 122-Year Record

      A vast region is arguably in crisis, and not just because of brutal wildfires. Farmers, ranchers, indigenous people and others are all suffering — with no end in sight.

    • The View From Space as Wildfire Smoke Smothers Large Swaths of North America

      Smoke from blazes in the western United States and Canada has blown across North America and even across the North Atlantic to Europe.

    • The West's Worsening Infernos as Seen From Space

      Extreme conditions exacerbated by climate change are begetting extreme fire behavior visible to satellites orbiting far overhead.

    • As Ghost Forests Spread, Researchers Ask for Help Keeping Track

      Sea level rise is pushing salt water into coastal forests and killing trees. Citizen scientists are helping document the formation of these ghost forests.

    • Just How Environmentally Friendly Is Thrifting?

      The answer is very — but there are ways we can help make thrift stores greener.
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