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Environment
COP29: Climate change could kill millions, world leaders must work to limit deaths
Credit: Pok Rie on Pexels The COP29 climate change conference has concluded, but as usual, it looks like little will happen. The most urgent thing the United Nations can do is point out that “extreme weather events are affecting people around the world.” It is unlikely that a flurry of national policy actions will follow COP29. The results, while not…
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Researchers highlight inequalities for young people at UN climate change summit
Credit: Rustamli Studio Today, young people from all over the world can participate in the United Nations’ major climate conference. But inequality and bureaucracy make this impossible for many. This is the conclusion of a study conducted at Linköping University in Sweden. One of the researchers behind the study says the United Nations needs to invest more money in youth…
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Nitrate levels in soil suggest extreme weather events due to climate change are accelerating groundwater contamination
Researchers at the University of California, Davis will insert devices underground that continuously collect water samples, providing real-time data on the movement of nitrate pollutants. Credit: Isaya Kisekka / UC Davis Extreme weather events caused by climate change, such as droughts and heavy rains, can increase the risk of nitrates from fertilizers entering groundwater, according to a recent study by…
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Fighting air pollution could affect soil carbon stocks and contribute to climate change
Distribution of study sites across the geographic range of northern hardwood forests in Michigan, USA. These locations were selected because of their similar flora and inflorescence characteristics. Credit: Ecology (2024). DOI: 10.1002/ecy.4444 Decades-old policies aimed at improving air quality may also be accelerating global climate change, a recent study published in the journal Ecology warns. For generations, atmospheric nitrogen pollution…
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Asset owners may encourage investment in climate change mitigation, research suggests
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Asset owners, who control substantial capital in the financial system through pension funds, endowments, foundations, and private holdings, can help drive investments in climate change mitigation, according to a new study from the Yale School of the Environment. It may play an important role. The study, led by researcher Emil Moldovan, asked owners of large asset…
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Scientists find that climate change is contributing to droughts in the American West, even without rainfall deficits
The Enterprise Bridge passes over a portion of nearly dry Lake Oroville on September 30, 2014 in Oroville, California. Credit: Andrew Innerarity/California Department of Water Resources Rising temperatures caused by anthropogenic climate change turned a normal drought into an abnormal one, drying out the American West from 2020 to 2022. A study by climate scientists at UCLA and the National…
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Modeling study reveals that ‘greening’ of Africa’s Sahara Desert could change the climate of the Northern Hemisphere
Winter temperature (a, b), summer temperature (c, d), and annual precipitation (e, f) between preindustrial values, paleoclimate model (MH-PMIP), and Sahara Greening Model (MH). Comparison of the reconstructed model and environmental surrogate-GS). Credit: Past Climate (2024). DOI: 10.5194/cp-20-1735-2024 Africa’s Sahara Desert may be considered an extreme environment for flora and fauna to thrive, with vast expanses of barren sand and…
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AI models predict diarrheal disease outbreaks related to climate change
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Extreme weather events related to climate change, such as massive floods and prolonged droughts, often cause dangerous outbreaks of diarrheal diseases, especially in developing countries, and diarrheal diseases are the third leading cause of death in young children. It becomes. A study published in Environmental Research Letters on October 22, 2024, by an international research team…
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Tea-CUP Project: A joint initiative to provide climate change services to support the tea industry
The cover photo, taken by study co-author Zhou Tianjun at a tea plantation in China’s Yunnan province, emphasizes the importance of Yunnan as a major tea-producing region. Credit: Advances in Atmospheric Science Tea is a globally important commodity, with an industry worth tens of billions of dollars and growing. However, its production, both in terms of quantity and quality, is…
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Understanding the relationship between food waste, climate change, and population aging
Researchers investigated how household food waste is related to a variety of demographic and economic factors and found that age plays a complex role. Credit: Dr. Yosuke Shigetomi, Ritsumeikan University Producing food and delivering it to people’s tables requires the consumption of large amounts of energy and resources. Unfortunately, around one-third of the food produced around the world goes to…
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