This article originally appeared in Knowable Magazine , an independent journalistic endeavor from Annual Reviews. Deep in the frozen ground of the north, a radioactive hazard has lain trapped for millennia. But U.K. scientist Paul Glover realized some years back that it wouldn’t always be that way: One day […] Click here to view original […]
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Sign up for the Fortune Features email list so you don’t miss our biggest features, exclusive interviews, and investigations. I’m generally opposed to arguments that consumers, rather than institutions, need to take the lead on climate change. Consumers are not a coordinated group and have much less potential to […] Click here to view original
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It’s no secret that life is getting more expensive, and it turns out the climate crisis has a worrying role in the rise of prices around the world. As Ken Gillingham writes for the International Monetary Fund, “While the extent of the economic damage cannot be known for certain, […] Click here to view original
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By MORGAN LEE and MEAD GRUVER The Associated Press Updated: 40 minutes ago FILE – Oil rigs stand in the Loco Hills field along U.S. Highway 82 in Eddy County, near Artesia, N.M., one of the most active regions of the Permian Basin. Government budgets are booming in New […] Click here to view original
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To make the necessary transformations to keep global warming in check, we are going to need to build a lot of infrastructure — and do it very quickly. Photo by RoschetzkylstockPhoto/iStock The latest findings from the IPCC paint a grim picture: Despite some signs of progress, the world’s chance […] Click here to view original
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Within the next few decades, 129 countries will experience an increase in droughts – 23 primarily due to population growth and 38 because of their interaction between climate change and population growth, according to a recent UN report. And should global warming reach 3℃ by 2100, drought losses could […] Click here to view original
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