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Defusing the Methane Greenhouse Time Bomb
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Could methane-digesting bacteria and an Arctic cap of fresh water prevent a climate catastrophe?
Methane trapped in Arctic ice (and elsewhere) could be rapidly released into the atmosphere as a result of global warming in a possible doomsday scenario for climate change, some scientists worry. After all, methane is 72 [...]
How Can Humanity Avoid or Reverse the Dangers Posed by a Warming Climate?
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With greenhouse gas emissions continuing to rise, strong efforts will be required to reverse global warming
Wetlands from Bangladesh to Florida submerged. Drought and devastating heat in important granaries such as the Yangtze floodplain in China or Ukraine. Rains that come too often or too hard in India or the U.S. Northeast. The list [...]
‘Safe’ climate means ‘no to coal’
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About three-quarters of the world’s fossil fuel reserves must be left unused if society is to avoid dangerous climate change, scientists warn.
More than 100 nations support the goal of keeping temperature rise below 2C.
But the scientists say that without major curbs on fossil fuel use, 2C will probably be reached by [...]










































