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These Science Projects Help Researchers Track Climate Change Hazards Climate Change

These Science Projects Help Researchers Track Climate Change Hazards

Citizen Science Salon is a partnership between Discover and SciStarter.org.Climate change is already threatening people and property around the world, from extreme wildfires to the growing intensity of hurricanes. And the science community needs your help tracking emerging climate change hazards, including sea-level rise, extreme temperatures, droughts and floods. Through these science projects…
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August 28, 2020
On Climate Change, We’ve Run Out of Presidential Terms to Waste Climate Change

On Climate Change, We’ve Run Out of Presidential Terms to Waste

Subscribers to The Climate Crisis newsletter received this piece in their in-boxes. Sign up to receive future installments.The working definition of the ongoing brain seizure that is 2020 is either that Coloradans are being told by state authorities to install smoke-resistant “safe rooms” in their houses, or that Californians now…
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August 27, 2020
The Corporate Chaos Behind Republicans’ Silence on Climate Change Climate Change

The Corporate Chaos Behind Republicans’ Silence on Climate Change

Republicans didn’t mention rising temperatures in their first two nights of convention programming. They didn’t even call it a hoax. Climate change doesn’t appear in Trump’s bullet-pointed second-term agenda, released in lieu of an updated 2020 platform as wildfires burn in fifteen states. In a sense, it’s not that surprising:…
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August 26, 2020
New UK-Indonesian research consortium launches to tackle coronavirus and climate change Climate Change

New UK-Indonesian research consortium launches to tackle coronavirus and climate change

A new Anglo-Indonesian alliance has been established to share research and expertise in a bid to build global resilience against pandemics, the climate emergency and natural hazards.Within the next 25 years, the new UK-Indonesia Consortium for Interdisciplinary Sciences (UKICIS) aims to become a beacon for knowledge exchange and tech transfer…
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August 24, 2020
Ramaphosa calls for a post-pandemic economy resilient to climate change Climate Change

Ramaphosa calls for a post-pandemic economy resilient to climate change

President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for a new climate-resilient economy as the country rebuilds after the coronavirus pandemic.In his weekly newsletter on Monday, Ramaphosa said an important aspect of the economy after Covid-19 should be its ability to withstand climate change.“As we work with our social partners to develop an…
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August 24, 2020
Mitigating COVID-19 and Climate Change With Innovative Alternative Cooling Strategies Climate Change

Mitigating COVID-19 and Climate Change With Innovative Alternative Cooling Strategies

The “Cold Tube,” is an an outdoor pavilion made of radiant cooling panels, which provide cooling to passersby without cooling the air. Credit: Photos courtesy of the researchers New radiant cooling technology keeps people cool outside. When most people think of cooling, they automatically imagine air conditioning (AC), or cooling…
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August 23, 2020
When it Comes to Climate Change, It’s Joe Biden Versus the DNC Climate Change

When it Comes to Climate Change, It’s Joe Biden Versus the DNC

The Democratic National Convention this week played against the backdrop of compound crises: Covid-19 and climate change, economic instability and racial injustice. Our country is dying, literally, for change, and the current president cannot deliver. So it’s up to the Democratic Party and its nominees, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris,…
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August 21, 2020