effects of climate change
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50-50 Chance We Hit 1.5 Degrees of Warming by *Checks Watch* 2026
The world’s leading meteorological organisation said Monday that there’s a “50:50” chance that we could see warming of 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels by 2026 — an incredibly worrying reality check about the runaway pace of climatic changes human beings have created.
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Antarctica’s Conger Ice Shelf Suffers ‘Complete Collapse’
An ice shelf the size of Hong Kong has collapsed in eastern Antarctica, spawning a large iceberg and concerns that unusually warm temperatures in the region might be responsible.
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Devastating NOAA Report Warns Sea Levels Along U.S. Coasts Will Rise 12 Inches by 2050
Sea levels on U.S. coastlines are expected to rise an average of 10 to 12 inches by 2050, according to a new report led by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). It’s the latest jarring assessment of how climate change is disrupting life as we knew it.
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Boaty McBoatface Is Set to Confront Antarctica’s Doomsday Glacier
The world’s cutest submersible is about the visit the world’s most dangerous glacier. An international team of researchers set off from Chile on a 65-day voyage to Antarctica. There, they’ll deploy Boaty McBoatface and a host of other instruments to explore what’s going on underneath Thwaites Glacier, one of the horsemen of the sea-level-rise apocalypse.