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Earth estimated to have briefly passed critical warming threshold on Friday

Mon, 2023-11-20 11:01 — mike kraft

Earth likely briefly passed critical warming threshold on Friday The 2-degree threshold for a single day is symbolic, but indicative of how swiftly the climate is warming. Andrew Freedman Axios

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The indication that Friday was the first day on record to have a global average surface temperature above 2°C when compared with preindustrial levels, emerged first from a dataset maintained by the European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)

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New government report descibes how climate change is affecting all regions of the U.S.

Tue, 2023-11-14 09:49 — mike kraft

Worsening warming is hurting people in all regions, US climate assessment shows | AP News

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Canada's forest fires undermine its efforts to fight climate change and be a major oil nation

Fri, 2023-11-10 18:03 — mike kraft

Canada says it can fight climate change and be major oil nation. Massive fires may force a reckoning Thousands of wildfires in Canada have incinerated an area larger than Florida since May. Early estimates say the fires have released into the atmosphere more than three times the carbon dioxide that Canada’s entire economy does in a year. AP News

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Climate change: Extreme heat could lead to 233% increase in U.S. excess cardiovascular deaths--study

Mon, 2023-10-30 10:55 — mike kraft

Extreme heat could lead to 233% increase in U.S. excess cardiovascular deaths, study says A large increase in greenhouse gas emissions would lead to a 233% increase in excess cardiovascular deaths in the U.S., or 5,491 excess deaths annually, according to a new study. Theresa Gaffney STAT

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White House asking Congress for 23 Billion to cope with natural disasters

Wed, 2023-10-25 17:57 — mike kraft

White House wants more than $23 billion from Congress to respond to natural disasters The White House is asking lawmakers for more than $23 billion in emergency funding to help the government respond to the natural disasters that have ripped through the U.S. this year. AP News

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Climate change: Arctic cyclones ae getting stronger

Mon, 2023-10-23 17:38 — mike kraft

Arctic Cyclones Are Getting Stronger, More Damaging As the climate warms, Arctic cyclones are lasting longer and becoming stronger, leading to more sea ice loss Chelsea Harvey,E&E News Scientific American

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Hurricanes are now twice as likely to become more powerful than in the past--study

Mon, 2023-10-23 11:51 — mike kraft

Hurricanes are now twice as likely to zip from minor to whopper than decades ago, study says With warmer oceans serving as fuel, Atlantic hurricanes are now more than twice as likely as before to rapidly intensify from wimpy minor hurricanes to powerful and catastrophic. AP News

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Better buildings could help protect older adults vulnerable to climate change

Thu, 2023-10-19 12:22 — mike kraft

Older adults are vulnerable in a warming climate. Better buildings could help protect them Older adults are living in a world that wasn’t built for them. STAT Wunderkind Amir Baniassadi is working to change that. Sarah Todd STAT

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Climate change can impact young people’s mental health, report says

Wed, 2023-10-11 11:29 — mike kraft

Climate change can have ‘lifelong impacts’ on young people’s mental health, report says | CNN Climate change can play a major role in affecting young people’s mental health, according to a new report from the American Psychiatric Association. Giri Viswanathan CNN

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Natural disasters can lead to post-traumatic stress disorder in these groups, the report says. Longer-term problems like heat, drought and poor air quality can increase the risks of anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, aggression, cognitive impairment and more.

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