Pollen season is getting longer and more intense with climate change
The maps on the left show the recent average pollen season length in days for three types of plants: platanus, or plane trees, such as sycamores; betula, or birch; and …
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Nations sign up to end global scourge of plastic pollution
Heads of State, environment ministers, and other representatives from 175 nations endorsed a historic resolution at the UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi on Wednesday to end plastic pollution, and forge an …
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IPCC adaptation report ‘a damning indictment of failed global leadership on climate’
New York: UN scientists on Monday delivered a stark warning about the impact of climate change on people and the planet, saying that ecosystem collapse, species extinction, deadly heatwaves, and …
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Canada announces new international climate finance funding for nature-based solutions
#Canada; #ClimateChage; #SubSaharanAfrica; #IndigenousCommunities; #Biodiversity Ottawa/CMEDIA: During participating today in a virtual panel discussion called “ “Partnering for Climate: Increasing Resilience Through Nature-Based Solutions,” Harjit S. Sajjan, Minister of International Development …
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Adapting to climate change ‘happening worldwide’, essential
Destruction and flooding caused by Hurricane Iota left thousands of people homeless across Nicaragua. © UNICEF/Inti Ocon/AFP-Services #ClimateChange; #Adaptation; #UN; #UNICEF; #WMO; #COP26; #UNDPR The impacts of climate change are …
Read More Eco-Anxiety – a Real, Often Frightening Thing
by Debra Atlas #EcoAnxiety; #ClimateChange; #GoodGriefNetwork The idea of climate change affecting people’s well-being may seem like science fiction. Yet the evidence of climate change has barreled full force into …
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Canada and Indigenous partners collaborating to build healthy and resilient ecosystems
North and Arctic climate change. Image credit: Wikimedia commons #Canada; #IndigenosPartners; #ClimateChange; #Ecosystems; # NorthandArcticclimatechange; #PolarKnowledgeCanada; # SmartICEtechnology; #Remotemonitoring technology Ottawa/CMEDIA: Indigenous and northern communities across Canada’s North, are leaders …
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Global early warning system will enable communities to adapt to changing water availability
#GlobalEarlyWarning; #ClimateChange; #WaterAvailability; #UK; #Ecology; #Hydrology; #WMO London (United Kigdom)/CMEDIA: More than two billion people face severe water shortages and a similar number have been affected by flooding over the …
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UK plants flowering a month earlier due to climate change
#UKPlants; #floweringEarlier; #ClimateChange CMEDIA: Climate change is causing plants in the UK to flower a month earlier on average, which could have profound consequences for wildlife, agriculture, and gardeners, https://phys.org/news …
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Measuring climate change: It’s not just heat, it’s humidity
#ClimateChange; #heat; #Hmidity; #GlobalWarming CMEDIA: When it comes to measuring global warming, humidity, not just heat, matters in generating dangerous climate extremes, a new study finds. Researchers say temperature by …
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