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Climate Questions: Why do small degrees of warming matter?

Climate Questions: Why do small degrees of warming matter?

On a thermometer, a tenth of a degree seems tiny, barely noticeable. But small changes in average temperature can reverberate in a global climate to turn into big disasters as weather gets wilder and more extreme in a warmer world.
Climate Questions: How much has the climate changed already?

Climate Questions: How much has the climate changed already?

Relentless drought in China , East Africa , the U.S.
Climate Questions: What are the sources of emissions?

Climate Questions: What are the sources of emissions?

BENGALURU, India (AP) — Greenhouse gases, like carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and fluorinated gases, are all heating up the planet.
Climate Questions: What are the solutions to climate change?

Climate Questions: What are the solutions to climate change?

As the world warms and extreme weather events mount , governments and corporations have been called on to address climate change by top officials , climate scientists and activists and to curb levels of heating.
Climate Questions: Is it too late to stop climate change?

Climate Questions: Is it too late to stop climate change?

BENGALURU, India (AP) — Global average temperatures have risen and weather extremes have already seen an uptick , so the short answer to whether it's too late to stop climate change is: yes.
Climate Questions: What's going on with climate change?

Climate Questions: What's going on with climate change?

Addressing climate change — a now ubiquitous term for the warming of the planet caused by humans emitting carbon dioxide and methane from coal, oil and natural gas into the atmosphere — is becoming exponentially more pressing, with the language of sc
At global summits, Biden aims to assert America's leadership

At global summits, Biden aims to assert America's leadership

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will aim to assert America’s global leadership during his upcoming trip to Southeast Asia that will be shadowed by a verdict on his presidency after Tuesday’s elections.
It's the democracy, stupid: midterm stakes for Canadians are much the same as in U.S.

It's the democracy, stupid: midterm stakes for Canadians are much the same as in U.S.

WASHINGTON — It's not every day that a Canadian prime minister gets name-checked in a political debate in the United States. But in a hyper-polarized midterm election season, it's not surprising it would happen to Justin Trudeau.
B.C. diver shakes a leg with giant Pacific octopus, in 'mind-blowing' encounter

B.C. diver shakes a leg with giant Pacific octopus, in 'mind-blowing' encounter

CAMPBELL RIVER — British Columbia scuba diver Andrea Humphreys' new acquaintance greeted her more like a long-lost friend, with extended arms, then a full-body hug, and finally a kiss, lip to tentacle.
Ahead of COP27, young African climate activists speak out

Ahead of COP27, young African climate activists speak out

WINDHOEK, Namibia (AP) — Young climate activists from African nations have high demands but low expectations for the U.N. climate conference which begins Sunday in the Egyptian coastal resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.
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