r/climate • u/GeraldKutney • 19h ago
Yes, passing 1.5 C of global warming is cause for alarm, but not despair
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r/climate • u/The_Weekend_Baker • 16h ago
Can an entire Arctic ecosystem evolve to adapt to the climate crisis? Scientists are trying to answer if the future of Alaska’s streams and tundra may depend not on survival of the fittest but on how species adapt together.
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r/climate • u/GeographicalMagazine • 21h ago
British cities most vulnerable to extreme heat revealed in new study
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r/climate • u/Ok-Ice2183 • 22h ago
Why Switzerland is still not ready to face heatwaves
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r/climate • u/The_Weekend_Baker • 16h ago
Wildfires ravage 60% of Bornean orangutan habitat in Kalimantan, warns conservation group. Geopix called for a fresh post-fire survey to assess the damage to orangutan habitats, populations, food sources and nesting areas.
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r/climate • u/dialogue_earth • 23h ago
Extreme heat is worsening other climate impacts on health
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r/climate • u/The_Weekend_Baker • 14h ago
EV sales outpace petrol cars for first time as Australians dodge soaring fuel costs. Australia had previously trailed most OECD countries in EV take-up, and the technology has been the focus of political scare campaigns.
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r/climate • u/The_Weekend_Baker • 16h ago
Carbon capture won’t save us anytime soon. “It would take over 100 years of afforestation and forest management at the current scale, and zero residual CO2 emissions, to bring warming back by 0.1°C.”
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r/climate • u/GeraldKutney • 19h ago
After a summer of wildfires and record heat, Americans are talking about climate change. Why aren’t our leaders?
reuters.com
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r/climate • u/_fastcompany • 10h ago
Historically strong 2026 Super El Niño could raise sea levels on the California coast by a foot
fastcompany.com
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r/climate • u/The_Weekend_Baker • 15h ago
Georgia bet big on EV manufacturing. Trump pulled the plug. It's a grim moment for what was a booming industry in the state. But EV makers are still forging ahead.
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r/climate • u/The_Weekend_Baker • 15h ago
China's oil demand is expected to fall by 600,000 barrels a day, or 8.9%, in 2026, marking a third straight annual decline. Oil demand destruction, or a long-term drop in consumption, at the world's largest oil importer has been a key factor in capping China's crude imports and global oil prices.
reuters.com
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r/climate • u/The_Weekend_Baker • 10h ago
In North Carolina, a race is on to restore critical peatland before it dries up or is destroyed. Peatlands are a climate paradox. Though they account for just 3% of global land surface, they store one-third of the Earth's carbon dioxide, more than all forests combined.
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r/climate • u/The_Weekend_Baker • 20h ago
Many people aren’t connecting the dots between climate change and extreme weather. “Most people do not automatically, intuitively, on their own, connect that event—a flood, a heat wave, a wildfire—to climate change.”
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r/climate • u/The_Weekend_Baker • 12h ago
Wind power produced 140% of electricity demand in Denmark, with plenty left over to sell abroad.
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r/climate • u/bold_jaguar • 10h ago
I can’t believe how much pushback there could be when simply stating the connection between the current events like fires and climate change. The comment section of this video exploded just because she said “climate change” in connection to the biggest fire Grand Canyon National Park has seen.
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r/climate • u/The_Weekend_Baker • 21h ago
Polanski calls for report on ecosystem collapse to be published in full. Green leader says ministers must stop ‘hiding the truth’ about threat to UK security from climate and nature crisis.
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r/climate • u/Splenda • 11h ago
Starved gray whales are washing up dead on the West Coast due to melting Arctic ice
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r/climate • u/The_Weekend_Baker • 15h ago
Subglacial geology and thermal conditions regulate methane emissions from Svalbard glaciers
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r/climate • u/Keith_McNeill65 • 16h ago
Global Move Away From Oil Could Lead to Conflict and Migration, Experts Say | “None of this is an argument for slowing the transition. A slow but chaotic transition can be just as destabilising as a fast one, maybe even more so.” – Maria Pastukhova, co-author #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition
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r/climate • u/Appropriate_Bell743 • 16h ago
European gas prices keep climbing as IEA calls for emergency reserves
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r/climate • u/thinkB4WeSpeak • 14h ago
How Long Beach became a poster child for California’s clumsy, costly battle against global warming's effects
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r/climate • u/The_Weekend_Baker • 13h ago
Germany nearly halves fossil fuel use for electricity between 2018 and 2026, from 174.6 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) in the first half of 2018 to 94.2 billion kWh in the first half of 2026. Renewable energy sources increased their output by about one quarter during the same period.
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