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![Rear view of person in high viz safety vest and white hard hat standing at entrance to large sewage tunnel]()
![Rear view of person in high viz safety vest and white hard hat standing at entrance to large sewage tunnel]()
Cities are investing billions in new sewage systems. They’re already obsolete.
The use of decades-old rainfall estimates do not reflect current – let alone future – climate risk.
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![Fires burn in the Amazon rainforest.]()
![Fires burn in the Amazon rainforest.]()
Amazon rainforest is nearing critical ‘tipping point’
New research indicates that the forest is losing its ability to recover from deforestation, fire, and drought.
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Deep-sea mining could begin next year. Here’s why ocean experts are calling for a moratorium.
The risks vastly outweigh the potential benefits, they argue.
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![Blue sky with large, concentrated cloud of mosquitoes dotted across it]()
![Blue sky with large, concentrated cloud of mosquitoes dotted across it]()
Dengue, Lyme, and cholera: how climate change is spurring disease
The IPCC's latest climate report warns governments to prepare as diseases move into new regions.
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![In Mindanao, Philippines, siltation from a mine is washed down the river and into the ocean.]()
![In Mindanao, Philippines, siltation from a mine is washed down the river and into the ocean.]()
Climate change is intensifying Earth’s water cycle at twice the predicted rate, research shows
Rising temperatures pushing much more freshwater towards poles than climate models previously estimated.
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Time is running out to adapt to climate change, new IPCC report says
Region by region, the analysis describes “widespread, pervasive impacts” to ecosystems, people, settlements, and infrastructure.
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Satellites don’t lie: Methane emissions are 70% higher than reported
A new IEA report says oil and gas companies could earn a profit by plugging methane leaks.
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World must ‘restrain demand’ for plastic, OECD report says
Annual plastic production weighs as much as 45,500 Eiffel Towers.
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![Flames and fire in a burnt field with orange smoke rising in the dark blue sky]()
![Flames and fire in a burnt field with orange smoke rising in the dark blue sky]()
UN report warns climate change could spur 50% more wildfires by 2100
Governments are spending too much money on fire suppression and not enough on prevention.
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![Eifel, Elz valley, flood disaster, July 15th 2021.]()
![Eifel, Elz valley, flood disaster, July 15th 2021.]()
It’s not just climate: Are we ignoring other causes of disasters?
A growing number of scientists are cautioning that blaming disasters solely on climate overlooks the poor policy and planning decisions that make these events much worse.
