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According to two people familiar with the draft, it would eliminate the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse-gas emissions threaten human life by dangerously warming the planet.
Diarrhea remains one of the most serious health threats to young children in the Global South, and new research shows that climate change is set to worsen the risk substantially. However, improved access to education and targeted health policies could help families protect their children from this deadly disease.
McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) — A new report by two nonprofit groups finds that climate policies implemented by the Trump administration are driving migrants north to the U.S. border.
The executive order on state climate policies “works in the opposite direction,” Greenfield said. “It’s taking away authorities that states have been exercising,” she said.
Tourism is also affected, with changes in seasonal activities. Warmer and shorter winters are making it harder to sell skiing and snowmobiling equipment, much less operate hills and trails. And more frequent heat waves, extreme rain events and vanishing fish populations are making summer events less predictable.
Climate models also struggle to capture the nonlinearity of climate change. If climate moved in a line, each 0.1°C (0.18°F) of warming would cause proportionally larger impacts.
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Live Science on MSN96% of oceans worldwide experienced extreme heatwaves in 2023, new study findsThe most intense warming, which occurred in the North Atlantic, tropical Pacific, South Pacific and North Pacific, accounted for 90% of unexpected oceanic heating during 2023. The North Atlantic MHW lasted for 525 days, and the Southwest Pacific MHW broke records for geographic extent and duration.
The report from the Environmental Law and Policy Center is an update to a 2019 assessment. Researchers found that the Great Lakes region is undergoing rapid environmental change, that will have serious impacts.
But, today’s changes in the climate and the environmental responses are the first caused by humans. “The time scale of change is the real issue.
McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) — A new report by two nonprofit groups finds that climate policies implemented by the Trump administration are driving migrants north to the U.S. border. And it…