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Living With Climate Change: What happens if Antarctica’s Florida-sized ‘Doomsday’ glacier melts faster? 5 things to know Climate Change

Living With Climate Change: What happens if Antarctica’s Florida-sized ‘Doomsday’ glacier melts faster? 5 things to know

Scientists have been closely monitoring Antarctica’s “Doomsday” glacier since the 1970s. But recent studies show a faster rate of melting. And now the first-ever images from a pencil-shaped, 13-foot underwater robot reveal the critical softening point of the ice formation’s chaotic breakup, as scientists have described it. So here are…
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February 18, 2023
Huge EVs are far from perfect, but they could still help fight climate change. Climate Change

Huge EVs are far from perfect, but they could still help fight climate change.

This article is from The Spark, MIT Technology Review's weekly climate newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here. When it comes to watching the Super Bowl, I’ve always been more of a football person than a commercials person. During Sunday’s game, though, I couldn’t help but…
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February 16, 2023
Tech advances offer new hope for easing looming Middle East water crisis Climate Change

Tech advances offer new hope for easing looming Middle East water crisis

WASHINGTON: As the effects of climate change are increasingly felt worldwide, countries in the Middle East and North Africa, which was already the most water-scarce region in the world, are facing ever-greater depletion of their water resources. Meanwhile economic instability often stands in the way of effective water-related development and…
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February 15, 2023
UAE’s Cop28 boss calls for “course correction” on climate change Climate Change

UAE’s Cop28 boss calls for “course correction” on climate change

Jaber, who also heads the state oil giant Adnoc, fueled activists’ worries about fossil fuels in the upcoming UN climate negotiations. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) climate envoy and designated president of the Cop28 climate summit said on Tuesday that the world needed a “course correction” to limit global warming.…
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February 14, 2023
Deep-sea mining noise pollution threatens whales: study Climate Change

Deep-sea mining noise pollution threatens whales: study

PARIS - Scientists warned on Tuesday that controversial seabed mining could significantly threaten ocean ecosystems, especially blue whales and other cetaceans already stressed by shipping, pollution and climate change.  A study in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science found that commercial-scale extraction of valuable minerals from the ocean floor, which could begin for the first time later this…
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February 14, 2023