Human Interest

India’s population and emissions are rising fast, and its ability to tackle poverty without massive fossil fuel use will decide the fate of the planet

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Supplementary information for the project 'Climate Change: Evidence and causes'.

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Scientists say one of the most rapid periods of warming in Earth’s history was due to gradual release of CO2, warning current levels of emissions were even higher

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Hope alone won’t halt climate change but Al Gore’s latest film highlights the role optimism can play, says Guardian columnist Susana Rustin

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The 1200 residents of Southshore enjoy enviable access to both the estuary and the Pacific Ocean. But for how much longer?

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John Abrahm: A policy briefing from the Woods Hole Research Center concludes that the IPCC doesn’t adequately account for a methane warming feedback

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Beneath the waves, coral reefs are dying on a massive scale. These scientists and filmmakers are fighting to stop it. Chasing Coral is now streaming o

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As we keep pumping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, more of it is dissolving in the oceans, leading to drastic changes in the water's chemistry. Triona McGrath researches this process, known as ocean acidification, and in this talk she takes us for a dive into an oceanographer's world. Learn more about how the "evil twin of climate change" is impacting the ocean -- and the life that depends on it.

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Disaster insurance offers a new model for economic self-sufficiency. In African countries, every $1 invested saves $4.40 in the aftermath of an emergency

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Donald Trump is a creep and unpleasant to look at, but at least he’s not a stunning hypocrite when it comes to climate change

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The science is clear, the future is not

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The effects of climate change are pretty hard to miss no matter where you live, but some countries are going to feel the brunt of the impact more than others.

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Liam Neeson, Julia Roberts, Harrison Ford, Kevin Spacey, Edward Norton, Penélope Cruz, Robert Redford, Ian Somerhalder and Lupita Nyong'o all join forces t

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The real cause of our environmental crisis is captalism, says the Guardian writer George Monbiot

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Climate change 101

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Surprise! Individual actions do matter.

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The worst drought in 40 years has a cruel grip on Somalia. A struggling young government and militant violence have compounded to bring crisis to 6.7 million lives. In Baidoa, surrounded by territory controlled by al-Shabaab, 160,000 people have had to leave their farms and are surviving in camps

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Acclaimed environmental photographer James Balog was once a skeptic about climate change and a cynic about the nature of academic research. But through hi

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Humans must start removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere as soon as possible to avoid saddling future generations with a choice between extreme climate change or spending hundreds of trillions of dollars to avoid it, according to new research. An international team of researchers – led by Professor Jim Hansen, Nasa’s former climate science chief – said their conclusion that the world had already overshot targets to limit global warming to within acceptable levels was “sufficiently grim” to force them to urge “rapid emission reductions”.

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Climate scientist Chris Rapley and his co-author of the acclaimed play 2071 explain why the 2015 Paris climate summit cannot be allowed to fail – for all our sakes

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Was the catalyst for the current conflict in Syria a drought caused by anthropogenic climate change?

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Learn about the effect of Global Warming at National Geographic.

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Public information film unseen for years shows Shell had clear grasp of global warming 26 years ago but has not acted accordingly since, say critics

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