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Human-caused global warming at all-time high, new report concludes

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Dr. Sarah Adams

Last year alone, human activities — such as burning coal for cheap power — led to our planet warming by 1.3 degrees ...

New study finds Earth warming at record rate, but no evidence of climate change accelerating

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Dr. Sarah Adams

The rate Earth is warming hit an all-time high in 2023 with 92% of last year’s surprising record-shattering heat caused by humans, ...

Study says El Nino, not climate change, was key driver of low rainfall that snarled Panama Canal

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Dr. Sarah Adams

WASHINGTON (AP) — The climate phenomenon known as El Nino — and not climate change — was a key driver in low ...

Study says it’s likely a warmer world made deadly Dubai downpours heavier

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Dr. Sarah Adams

Circumstantial evidence points to climate change as worsening the deadly deluge that just flooded Dubai and other parts of the Persian Gulf, ...

Study says 2023’s crazy Atlantic ocean heat, low Antarctic sea ice give glimpse of much hotter world

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Dr. Sarah Adams

Off the charts “crazy” heat in the North Atlantic ocean and record-smashing Antarctic sea ice lows last year are far more severe ...

Jury awards climate scientist Michael Mann $1 million in defamation lawsuit

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Dr. Sarah Adams

WASHINGTON (AP) — A jury on Thursday awarded $1 million to climate scientist Michael Mann who sued a pair of conservative writers ...

Ocean sponges suggest Earth has warmed longer, more than thought; some scientists dubious

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Dr. Sarah Adams

A handful of centuries-old sponges from deep in the Caribbean are causing some scientists to think human-caused climate change began sooner and ...

A critical climate goal may be ‘deader than a doornail,’ and scientists are bitterly divided over it

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Dr. Sarah Adams

For years, the fight against climate change has been symbolized by one number: 1.5. Ever since countries agreed in 2015 to an ...

US in deep freeze while much of the world is extra toasty? Yet again, it’s climate change

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Dr. Sarah Adams

Much of the United States is shivering through brutal cold as most of the rest of the world is feeling unusually warm ...

Scientists explain why the record-shattering 2023 heat has them on edge. Warming may be worsening

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Dr. Sarah Adams

The latest calculations from several science agencies showing Earth obliterated global heat records last year may seem scary. But scientists worry that ...