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50-50 Chance We Hit 1.5 Degrees of Warming by *Checks Watch* 2026
The world’s leading meteorological organisation said Monday that there’s a “50:50” chance that we could see warming of 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels by 2026 — an incredibly worrying reality check about the runaway pace of climatic changes human beings have created.
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Devastating NOAA Report Warns Sea Levels Along U.S. Coasts Will Rise 12 Inches by 2050
Sea levels on U.S. coastlines are expected to rise an average of 10 to 12 inches by 2050, according to a new report led by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). It’s the latest jarring assessment of how climate change is disrupting life as we knew it.
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Satellite Images Reveal Greece’s Hell on Earth
Satellite images of the Greek island of Evia reveal in stark relief the devastation wrought by climate change-fuelled wildfires that have ripped through the Mediterranian in recent days, leaving behind hundreds of thousands of acres of decimated forests and communities forced to rebuild their lives in a warming world.
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Methane Is a New Big Enemy in the Battle Over Climate Change, IPCC Says
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is ringing its first serious alarm bell on the role methane emissions play in climate change. Hundreds of scientists said in the latest IPCC report, published on Monday, that methane emissions in the atmosphere are at their highest levels in hundreds of thousands of years, thanks to human activity.…