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Atlantic Ocean Currents on the Verge of Collapse. This is What it Means for the Planet
Atlantic Ocean Currents on the Verge of Collapse
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Energy Industry Trade Body Chief to Head UKs Climate Watchdog
Energy Industry Trade Body Chief to Head UKs Climate Watchdog
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Growing Number of Earths Vital Signs Endangered by Climate Change
{Earths Vital Signs Endangered – Earth and Leaf editorial} {extract below} A growing number of the planet’s “vital signs” have reached record levels due to climate change and other environmental threats, according to a stark report by a group of prominent researchers. “We are on the brink of an irreversible climate disaster,” writes William Ripple at Oregon State University and his colleagues. “This is a global emergency beyond any doubt. Much of the very fabric of life on Earth is imperilled.” The report is the fifth annual State of the Climate report led by Ripple in an effort to present a clear warning of what the researchers say is a…
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Early Winter Ice Halts Arctic Shipping Traffic Weeks Ahead of Schedule
Early Winter Ice Halts Arctic Shipping Traffic Weeks Ahead of Schedule
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The Worlds Largest Wetland Is Burning
The World’s Largest Wetland Is Burning, and Rare Animals Are Dying
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The Difference Between Global Warming and Climate Change
The Difference Between Global Warming and Climate Change
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Consumerism and the Climate Crisis Threaten Equitable Future for Humanity
{Consumerism and the Climate Crisis – Earth and Leaf editorial} {extract below} Consumerism and the climate crisis The Earth Commission says hope lies in sustainable lifestyles, a radical transformation of global politics and fair distribution of resources All of humanity could share a prosperous, equitable future but the space for development is rapidly shrinking under pressure from a wealthy minority of ultra-consumers, a groundbreaking study has shown. Growing environmental degradation and climate instability have pushed the Earth beyond a series of safe planetary boundaries, say the authors from the Earth Commission, but it still remains possible to carve out a “safe and just space” that would enable everyone…
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Gulf Stream Collapse would throw tropical monsoons into chaos for at least 100 years
This is serious. The gulf stream prevents the seas around the UK from freezing in winter. Our climate will get colder locally. This change will wipe the Amazon off the face of the earth.
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Australias Climate is Entering a Different Phase
Australias climate is entering a different phase
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You Think we Dont Have a Choice When it Comes to Saving the Planet
You think we dont have a choice
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Biomass Power Station Produced Four Times the Emissions of UK Coal Plant, Says Report
{Drax Biomass Power Station – plus that coal fired power station at Ratcliffe on Soar has now shut – Earth and Leaf Editorial} {extract below} The Drax power station was responsible for four times more carbon emissions than the UK’s last remaining coal-fired plant last year, despite taking more than £0.5bn in clean-energy subsidies in 2023, according to a report. The North Yorkshire power plant, which burns wood pellets imported from North America to generate electricity, was revealed as Britain’s single largest carbon emitter in 2023 by a report from the climate thinktank Ember. The figures show that Drax Biomass Power Station, which has received billions in subsidies since it…
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Landmark New Rainfall Research
Landmark new rainfall research shows how global warming is messing with our rainfall
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Most Homes will need Heat Pumps
{Most Homes will need Heat Pumps. We are going to investigate this at length at Earth and Leaf. Dale Vince is unconvinced. So are we. The Government grants available for pumps may just be a waste of money. We will investigate this – Earth and Leaf editorial} {extract below} Most homes will need heat pumps Heat pumps will need to be installed in the vast majority of Welsh homes to meet climate targets, the Welsh government has said. However, the government’s new heat strategy stops short of saying if or when oil and gas boilers will be banned, acknowledging the switch was still “beyond the means” of many. It…
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Net Zero or Real Zero? Assessing the Carbon Dioxide Removal in Net Zero Pledges
Net zero or real zero? Assessing the carbon dioxide removal in net zero pledges
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Tongas Volcanic Eruption Could Cause Unusual Weather For the Rest of the Decade, New Study Shows
Tonga’s volcanic eruption could cause unusual weather for the rest of the decade, new study shows
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Top Climate Scientists are Terrified but Determined to Keep Fighting
{Top Climate Scientists – All the evidence does now point to 3 degrees plus of warming – Earth and Leaf Editorial} {extract below} Top climate scientists are terrified but determined to keep fighting “Sometimes it is almost impossible not to feel hopeless and broken,” says the climate scientist Ruth Cerezo-Mota. “After all the flooding, fires, and droughts of the last three years worldwide, all related to climate change, and after the fury of Hurricane Otis in Mexico, my country, I really thought governments were ready to listen to the science, to act in the people’s best interest.” Instead, Cerezo-Mota expects the world to heat by a catastrophic 3C this century,…
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Worlds top climate scientists expect global heating to blast past 1.5C target
World’s top climate scientists expect global heating to blast past 1.5C target
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Indian Ocean in near-permanent state of marine heat wave
https://earthandleaf.org/document/indian-ocean-headed-for-a-near-permanent-state-of-marine-heat-wave/
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Methane Emissions from Gas Flaring Being Hidden from Satellite Monitors
Flares are used by fossil fuel companies when capturing the natural gas would cost more than they can make by selling it. They release carbon dioxide and toxic pollutants when they burn as well as cancer-causing chemicals.
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The Carbon Footprint of Major Travel Methods Revealed
The carbon footprint of major travel methods revealed
