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2022
1,500 Square Miles of Coastal Wetlands Have Vanished in Two Decades
Southern states cause 40% of carbon emissions
Greenest states
Up to 40% of the World’s Land Is Degraded by Humans
50% of U.S. Lakes and Rivers Are Too Polluted for Swimming, Fishing, Drinking
WHO says 99% of world's population breathes poor-quality air
The environmental problem we put aside: us
140 million Americans have had coronavirus, according to blood tests analyzed by CDC
Water intake calculator
Southwest drought worst in 1,200 years
Measure your carbon footprint
2021
More Than 38,000 Species Are Now at Risk of Extinction
Top scientists call for new UN sustainable development goal on population
Over 10,000 Amazon Rainforest Species Risk Extinction, Landmark Report Warns
US logs hottest June on record after 'exceptional heat waves'
10 Plastic Products From Takeout Food Are Clogging Up Our Oceans
Falling birthrates could be a tonic for the planet
Collapse of Antarctic glacier could cause sea levels to rise 1.5 - 3 feet
Over 4 of 10 Americans breathe polluted air, report says. People of color hit harder
Earth Has Lost More Than 28 Trillion Tons of Ice
Since 199410 Million Climate Refugees in Past Six Months
87 Percent of American Shoppers Concerned About Plastics, Packaging Waste
10 Plastic Products From Takeout Food Are Clogging Up Our Oceans
Falling birthrates could be a tonic for the planet
Collapse of Antarctic glacier could cause sea levels to rise 1.5 - 3 feet
Over 4 of 10 Americans breathe polluted air, report says. People of color hit harder
Earth Has Lost More Than 28 Trillion Tons of Ice
Since 199410 Million Climate Refugees in Past Six Months
87 Percent of American Shoppers Concerned About Plastics, Packaging Waste
2020
- Sea level rise update
- 2020 Ties 2016 as Hottest Yet
- World at its hottest for 12,000 years
- Population growth and climate change
- Global Carbon Emissions Fall by Record 7% in 2020
2019
CLIMATE CHANGE
- 2019 was second hottest year ever
- Greenland's ice sheet melting seven times faster than in 1990s
- In its fifth assessment report, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) predicted between 52 and 98 centimeters (approximately 1.7 to 3.2 feet) of sea level rise by 2100. But the new study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Monday, put the range at 62 to 238 centimeters (approximately two to 7.8 feet).
- Slashdot - Major hurricanes and wildfires fueled a record year for costs related to natural disasters in the United States, according to a new report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. That report also said 2017 was the third-warmest year in 123 years of record keeping, behind only 2014 and 2012. Natural disasters in the United States cost more than $300 million last year, far surpassing the previous record of $214.8 billion set in 2005,
- North America has lost more than one in four birds in last fifty years
- Transportation replaces power as top source of CO2 emissions
- The year climate change spun out of control
- Sea level already becoming an urban factor
CLIMATE CHANGE
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