Real Climate

AUGUST 13, 2021

This is a pretty clear illustration of how sea level starts to rise slowly; but in the long run, sea-level rise caused by fossil-fuel burning and deforestation in our generation could literally go off the chart and inundate many coastal cities and wipe entire island nations off the map. But first things first. Observed Past Rise.

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A Greener Life

JANUARY 18, 2022

During last November’s COP26 climate change conference, the president of Costa Rica, Carlos Alvarado, signed an agreement that will see US$20 million flow towards the conservation of the country’s forests, funds earmarked to increase protection and help avoid deforestation. Debt-for-nature swaps in Costa Rica.

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Our Environment

MAY 21, 2021

The winds pick up Saharan dust, which then travels across the Atlantic Ocean to where it is deposited in the Amazon basin [4]. African biomass burning is a substantial source of phosphorus deposition to the Amazon, Tropical Atlantic Ocean, and Southern Ocean. Shukman, D. Sanchez, P. Science, 216(4548), 821-827. O’Shea, N.

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HumanNature

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

SIDS face a range of risks, including extreme floods, storms, droughts, unpredictability of precipitation patterns and sea-level rise, ocean acidification and deoxygenation (World Health Organization, 2018; Douglas & Cooper, 2020, Thomas, 2020). Small Islands, Large Oceans: Voices on the Frontlines of Climate Change. OECD (2022).

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ESA

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Global deforestation pledge will be missed without urgent action, say researchers – The Guardian. Notably, Kimmerer is the author of the 2013 New York Times bestseller Braiding Sweetgrass. NOAA – Public Comment of the Interagency Working Group on Ocean Acidification (IWG-OA). White House OSTP – Ocean Climate Action Plan.

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ESA

MAY 9, 2022

White House Fact Sheet: President Biden Signs Executive Order to Strengthen America’s Forests, Boost Wildfire Resilience, and Combat Global Deforestation. BLM: The Interior Department reverted to a 2013 management plan for Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve. Blog post: Accounting for Nature on Earth Day 2022. NOAA – U.S.

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