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Arguments over Solar Geoengineering Research

Legal Planet

And serious anticipatory adaptation measures, even for risks as well known as coastal inundation from sea-level rise, remain few, weak, and highly contentious. Yet at the same time, the far-too-weak mitigation measures enacted thus far have triggered serious political opposition in many jurisdictions.

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Glossary of Greenhouse Gas Terms

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Biofuels Gas or liquid fuel made from plant material. Relative Sea Level Rise The increase in ocean water levels at a specific location, taking into account both global sea level rise and local factors, such as local subsidence and uplift. The dry atmosphere consists almost entirely of nitrogen (78.1%

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Day After Earth Day, the Climate Pope, and the 89%

Legal Planet

LA Times climate columnist Sammy Roth reread the Laudato Si encyclical , and was struck by his nuanced discussion of extreme weather and sea level rise, and the need to phase out fossil fuels making it almost certainly the most famous climate essay ever written. In that way, we just lost one of the most impactful climate communicators.

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