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Climate Change Is Intensifying the Water Cycle, New IPCC Report Finds

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This trend will continue as glacial melting, decreased rainfall, and a “thirstier” atmosphere jeopardize sources of freshwater in some parts of the globe. It finds more evidence that severe weather events are linked to carbon in the atmosphere and are becoming more extreme. Heavy rainfall will also become more common and more powerful.

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What Are The Tallest Trees In The World?

Earthava

Environmental and atmospheric conditions are perfectly balanced in these locations, leaving trees with only one thing left to compete for – light. However, more greenhouse gases escaping into the atmosphere could enable Redwoods to grow quicker. Increasing its concentration in the atmosphere could result in better growth.

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Climate Litigation in Latin America and the Caribbean:  launching a regional Platform for Climate Litigation

Law Columbia

With the largest rainforest in the world, the largest freshwater reserves on the planet and the most significant amount of arable land where food is produced, the importance of Latin America and the Caribbean in the fight against climate change is undeniable. By Maria Antonia Tigre, Florencia Ortúzar, Javier Dávalos.

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A Sea Full of Trash: Tackling the Plastic Problem

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To make matters worse, extracting oil as a basis for these textiles adds fuel to the global warming fire by sustaining a demand for fossil fuels and toxic contamination. For the plastic that remains solely on land, students from Yale University’s Rainforest Expedition and Laboratory discovered a . through their .

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Conservation: History and Future

Environmental Science

This applies to food resources such as fish, habitats such as rainforests, cultural monuments as a mark of respect for their human interest. We live in an age of dwindling fossil fuels and inaction on renewable energy. Fossil fuel supplies are dwindling, and many believe we have already reached (and passed) peak oil.

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What is COP26 and why does it matter? The complete guide

A Greener Life

China is not the only country in the frame: major fossil fuel producers including Saudi Arabia, Russia and Australia have also refused to strengthen their commitments. These are important initiatives, and the destruction of the Amazon and other rainforests around the world is a huge contributor to climate change and biodiversity loss.

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Back in the game: Brazil’s reengagement in climate governance

Law Columbia

At this year’s conference, namely, COP 27, Brazil, Indonesia, and the Democratic Republic of Congo signed a rainforest protection pact , vowing to cooperate on sustainable development management and conservation. Nationally, Brazilian courts routinely operated as a fierce check on the Executive’s anti-environmental policies.