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The new vocabulary of climate change was written in Icelandic

Grist

Magnason’s book On Time and Water , recently released in the United States, is his attempt to answer that question. During the years he spent gathering research for his book, the world changed dramatically. What if the world will be saved before the book comes out?” Magnason found himself thinking. “It

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Ocean Conservation: Ocean Acidification and the Impacts of Fish Migration

Green Tech Challenge

Put simply, ocean acidification is the imbalance of chemical content in ocean water; whereby there is increased acidity, and upward temperature changes. The ocean has experienced a 26% pH drop in the last century. Ocean acidification has negative effects on sea-life and the ecosystem.

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'Climate breakdown has already begun': Green figures react to IPCC's landmark climate warning

Business Green

Does he want his premiership to be remembered as pioneering and bold - or left out of the history books because he was no match for the task at hand?". With the world on the brink of irreversible harm, every fraction of a degree of warming matters to limit the dangers of climate change. It is clear that keeping global warming to 1.5°C

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Inside the University of Chicago’s controversial solar geoengineering initiative

Grist

Solar geoengineering, for example, does nothing to ameliorate ocean acidification, which occurs when the ocean absorbs carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. His calm, matter-of-fact manner and style of writing—his book makes for a compelling read—are persuasive. Our goal is information, and solid, well-formulated science.”

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Q&A: Meet the Lawyer Fighting To Pry the ‘Jewel’ From ExxonMobil’s Crown 

DeSmogBlog

Building cases on laws she wrote into the statute books 30 years ago, Melinda Janki is deploying every conceivable legal strategy in her bid to halt ExxonMobil’s fast-growing oil drilling operations off the coast of Guyana. We’re on track for probably three degrees centigrade now, and that was a story of false hope.