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What We’re Reading – February 2025

Circle of Blue

A fortnight after calamitous wildfire swept across the Los Angeles region , forecasters are warning of four days of terrible flooding in southern and northern California caused by an approaching atmospheric river. They produce no carbon emissions that cause climate change, and can be air-cooled. Western N.C.

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What We’re Reading – February

Circle of Blue

A fortnight after calamitous wildfire swept across the Los Angeles region , forecasters are warning of four days of terrible flooding in southern and northern California caused by an approaching atmospheric river. They produce no carbon emissions that cause climate change, and can be air-cooled. Western N.C.

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Getting physical with the climate crisis

Physics World

As air sunk through the atmosphere, it got squeezed and heated. Extreme heat is not just an abstract notion: if we can’t cool our bodies enough, we’re in danger of neurological failure, organ failure and even death, with the risks highest for children and the elderly. Overall, cement accounts for 3% of the world’s carbon emissions.

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Climate Change Grips Trout Streams Across the Nation:

Circle of Blue

As the atmosphere continues to warm, severe weather events have gone from occasionally urgent to relentless assault. . The root cause of the issue is global climate change, which can only be addressed by rapidly curbing carbon emissions. On the Au Sable, the threat is a slow burn.

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Contrary to FIFA’s claims the Qatar World Cup is set to emit record-high CO2 emissions

A Greener Life

Due to the heat challenges in the Gulf, extensive air conditioning systems have been required to keep the stadiums cool. And as Qatar’s energy system is mainly fossil fuel-based, the emissions per unit of energy used are considerably higher than they would have been in most other countries.

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University Of Pittsburgh Names 5 Finalists In Pitt Sustainability Challenge

PA Environment Daily

From freezer upgrades in labs to geothermal heating and cooling at Johnstown, the winner will move the University of Pittsburgh toward its carbon neutrality goal. Excessive food waste and dying soils are having a profoundly negative global impact, notably in creating extreme atmospheric carbon levels.

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Analysis: Too hot to sleep? Nights are warming faster than days as Earth heats up?

A Greener Life

And with gruelling heatwaves becoming more common , the nights can be sweltering, with no cooling breeze to relieve the discomfort. We must cut carbon emissions – or future summers will be long, hot and sleepless. By Stephen Burt. Sleeping at the height of summer can sometimes feel impossible. Warm nights double in 50 years.

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