Climate Change
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We have a larger-than-expected carbon budget for 1.5 degrees
Before we pass the two thresholds of the Paris Agreement, we still have 812 GtCO2eq and 1048 GtCO2eq respectively. 10%…
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Forestry: planting trees is not always good for the climate
Large-scale forestry triggers feedback effects that can cancel up to 1/3 of the climate benefits from increased CO2 sequestration from…
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Geoengineering becomes “viral” and gives us an ocean of solutions against the climate crisis
Use viruses with gene sequences that regulate carbon metabolism to "engineer" microbial communities in the oceans and push them to…
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Warmer climate will increase locust invasions by 25%
Even if we substantially reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the countries most at risk today will remain so until 2100. And…
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The domino effect that will lead to the collapse of the Amazon within 25 years
A study published in Nature identifies the 5 main stressors for the Amazon ecosystem, establishes the "safe thresholds" for each…
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EP blinds EU Green Claims Directive: carbon offsets do not apply
With 85 yes, 2 no and 14 abstentions, he passed the proposed amendment in the Committee on the Internal Market…
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Atlantic Ocean circulation: Europe will become 15°C colder in a few decades
The last stop of the Atlantic Ocean circulation dates back to 10 thousand years ago. Our civilization, based on sedentarism,…
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The Caribbean sponges tell us that we have already exceeded 1.5 degrees of global warming
A study published in Nature rewrites the global warming data of the last centuries. Man’s impact on Earth’s climate would…
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Fertilizers and manure will leave 3 billion people without water more than expected
The forecasts for water scarcity in 2050 triple if account is taken not only of the quantity of water resources,…
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Brazil: New $10 billion fine for 2015 Samarco dam disaster
The collapse of the dam nine years ago spilled 43 million of toxic sludge downstream that polluted almost 700 km…
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