climate variability and change
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Sooty Emissions from Private Space Flight Are Way Worse Than We Thought
I don’t know about you, but when Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson were caught in their race to be the first billionaire in space, I wasn’t excited. It didn’t feel like a great leap forward for humanity or anything lofty like that. Instead, it just felt like a bunch of rich kids finding a new…
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Austin Residents Ordered to Limit Water Usage as Dry Spell Sweeps Region
The Lone Star State is being pummelled by high temperatures and dry weather. The city of Austin is starting to feel the effects of the ongoing drought in the American Southwest. Earlier this week, Austin began restrictions as water that is stored in lakes Buchanan and Travis, dropped significantly, the Austin American-Statesman reported.
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Climate Change May Be Giving the World’s Oceans Amnesia
Climate change is making the world’s oceans lose their “memory,” according to new research.
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One Weird Trick for Fossil Fuel Companies to Actually Do Something Right
This week’s IPCC report laid out in no uncertain terms how little time we have left to get our act together to prevent disastrous global warming. Hidden inside the dense report is a challenge for, of all industries, fossil fuel producers: Step up your game on methane.