Tag: melting ice
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Melting Ice in Greenland Raises Alarms for Flooding
New research by the University of Leeds found that Greenland’s rapidly melting ice raises global flood risks. In the past forty years, the world’s ice sheets have disappeared at alarming rates due to climate change. The increasing intensity and frequency of ice melting events raise sea level and flood concerns worldwide. Scientists have documented the…
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Harvard Explains How Geoengineering Might Slow Down Climate Change
New research by Harvard shows how geoengineering may be one of the most promising climate change solutions and keep the worst effects of climate change at bay. Scientists already know that solar geoengineering can help minimize climate risks. This involves putting aerosols into the atmosphere, which then reflect sunlight and reduce global warming. There are…
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20 Photos That Perfectly Capture the Seriousness of Climate Change
Whether you are ready to admit it or not, climate change is real, and it is dire. It is changing the world around us more and more every day. This drastic change in the climate ruins the air we breathe, causing serious respiratory illnesses and other diseases. It kills land and marine animals, hindering the…
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NASA Reveals 2020 Tied for the Warmest Year Ever Recorded
According to recent research by NASA, 2020 tied with 2016 as the warmest year in Earth’s recorded history. Scientists at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York studied the global average surface temperature for last year. They found that the temperature had risen 1.84 degrees Fahrenheit above the baseline 1951-1980 mean. 2020…