Human activity is changing the climate in unprecedented and sometimes irreversible ways, a major UN scientific report has said. The landmark study warns of increasingly extreme heatwaves, droughts and flooding, and a key temperature limit being broken in just over a decade. The report “is a code red for humanity”, says the UN chief. But …
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These can become dangerous to human health when ocean chemistry and temperature, and other marine ecosystem dynamics, are altered, which can lead to shellfish poisoning, mercury exposure and poisoning and other illnesses. Climate change will alter the distribution and severity of pollutants. umans have a deep and complex relationship with the sea. It provides food …
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Playing a part in protecting the environment can also come down to how you manage your finance (Photo: Getty) Sustainable investing has become one of the most important shifts in the investment industry in a generation, says Myron Jobson, a personal finance campaigner at Interactive Investor ‘Green’ concerns from plastic waste to carbon emissions are at the …
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Flooding is common during India’s monsoon season but climate change is making the monsoon stronger, according to a report from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research / © AFP/File Swathes of India are battling deadly floods and landslides after heavy monsoon rains, just the latest example of how the vast country is on the …
Thanks to climate change, the Earth’s atmosphere now holds more moisture than in decades past, which is, in part, leading to more frequent extreme rainfall events, experts say. The last few weeks alone have provided ample evidence to back up that assertion. Up to 7 inches of rain fell on parts of Germany over a …
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