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RealClimate: Why is future sea level rise still so uncertain?

RealClimate: Why is sea level rise so hard? Data, modeling and projection challenges still exist even while we make incremental progress.

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Why is future sea level rise still so uncertain?

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 — gavin @ 12 May 2021

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Top airlines’ promises to offset flights rely on ‘phantom credits’

A new investigation shows bold offsetting claims made by the likes of British Airways and easyJet can’t be verified

Source: Top airlines’ promises to offset flights rely on ‘phantom credits’

Biden’s Conservation Plan Is a Historic Moment for America’s Indigenous People | The New Republic

Source: Biden’s Conservation Plan Is a Historic Moment for America’s Indigenous People | The New Republic

Last week, on 60 Minutes+, journalist Wesley Lowery visited Manhattan Beach, California, to cover a century-old story about a Black family trying to reclaim beachfront property that had been stolen from their ancestors by white people and the Los Angeles city government. A […]

Is Net-Zero a Fantasy?

Some scientists are saying net-zero is a problematic excuse for inaction.

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20 Million More People Face Food Crises, As Acute Hunger Rates Rise to a 5-Year High

The Global Network Against Food Crises released the 2021 Global Report on Food Crises on Wednesday. The report states that a combination of conflict, climate change and COVID-19 has plunged 155 million people into acute food insecurity

Source: 20 Million More People Face Food Crises, As Acute Hunger Rates Rise to a 5-Year High

A Nonprofit Promised to Preserve Wildlife. Then It Made Millions Claiming It Could Cut Down Trees. — ProPublica

Source: A Nonprofit Promised to Preserve Wildlife. Then It Made Millions Claiming It Could Cut Down Trees. — ProPublica

Biden Presents Vision for Protecting 30% of U.S. Land, Waters by 2030 – EcoWatch

Source: Biden Presents Vision for Protecting 30% of U.S. Land, Waters by 2030 – EcoWatch

The World Is Starting to Acknowledge That Methane Is a Serious Problem | The New Republic

Source: The World Is Starting to Acknowledge That Methane Is a Serious Problem | The New Republic

In the last several years, the fossil fuel industry has tried to paint itself as being on a smooth path toward a clean energy future. Its members are (allegedly) standing by, ready to join the fight for the […]

EarthBeat Weekly: Most of the world’s people are caught in an ‘ecological poverty trap’

Source: EarthBeat Weekly: Most of the world’s people are caught in an ‘ecological poverty trap’

Future tech requires regulations and balanced ties to creation, author says | Earthbeat | National Catholic Reporter

Source: Future tech requires regulations and balanced ties to creation, author says | Earthbeat | National Catholic Reporter