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Nature Is Speaking – Liam Neeson is Ice | Conservation International (CI)

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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2016 will be the hottest year on record, UN says

2016 will be the hottest year on record, UN says | Human Interest | Scoop.it
World Meteorological Organisation figures show global temperature is 1.2C above pre-industrial levels and will set a new high for the third year running

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Time to listen to the ice scientists about the Arctic death spiral

Time to listen to the ice scientists about the Arctic death spiral | Human Interest | Scoop.it
The Arctic’s ice is disappearing. We must reduce emissions, fast, or the human castastrophe predicted by ocean scientist Peter Wadhams will become reality

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Global water shortages to deliver 'severe hit' to economies, World Bank warns

Global water shortages to deliver 'severe hit' to economies, World Bank warns | Human Interest | Scoop.it
The Middle East, north Africa, central Asia and south Asia due to suffer biggest economic hit from water scarcity as climate change takes hold, report finds

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World heritage forests burn as global tragedy unfolds in Tasmania

World heritage forests burn as global tragedy unfolds in Tasmania | Human Interest | Scoop.it
‘Devastating’ long-term prognosis for ancient Gondwana ecosystem as bushfires turn trees more than 1,000 years old to tinder

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Though climate change is a crisis, the population threat is even worse | Stephen Emmott

Though climate change is a crisis, the population threat is even worse | Stephen Emmott | Human Interest | Scoop.it
While the Paris climate summit focuses on global warming, the key issue is the prospect of 10 billion people on Earth

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The world’s climate is in the hands of just three nations | Kevin Rudd and Hank Paulson

The world’s climate is in the hands of just three nations | Kevin Rudd and Hank Paulson | Human Interest | Scoop.it
If India, China and the US work together and back renewable investment, there is hope after the Paris climate summit

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Collapsing Greenland glacier could raise sea levels by half a metre, say scientists

Collapsing Greenland glacier could raise sea levels by half a metre, say scientists | Human Interest | Scoop.it
Huge Zachariae Isstrom glacier has begun to break up, starting a rapid retreat that could continue to raise sea levels for decades to come

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New Study Suggests Global Marine Food Chain Collapse

New Study Suggests Global Marine Food Chain Collapse | Human Interest | Scoop.it
Study warns world’s fisheries, ocean ecosystems threatened even more than previously thought by rising carbon dioxide levels

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Great Barrier Reef species more at risk from climate change, says study

Great Barrier Reef species more at risk from climate change, says study | Human Interest | Scoop.it
Tropical species with narrower ranges were more likely to die out in a rapidly warming climate, scientists say, as ‘invaders’ encroach on established lifeforms

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Why we need to keep fossil fuels in the ground | Keep it in the ground - YouTube

If we were to burn all the fossil fuel reserves we currently know about, experts forecast the Earth's temperature would warm by more than 2C and have catastrophic effects. Guardian journalists explain the 'keep it in the ground' theory in easy to understand terms.


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Dear Future Generations: Sorry - YouTube

An Apology Letter to Future Generations. To DIRECTLY Fight the Destruction and Stand For Trees go to: https://standfortrees.org/en/ Music composed by DJsNeve...

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Bottled Water Comes From the Most Drought-Ridden Places in the Country | Mother Jones

Bottled Water Comes From the Most Drought-Ridden Places in the Country | Mother Jones | Human Interest | Scoop.it
Popular brands like Aquafina and Dasani source from catastrophically dry parts of the West.

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Bella Reagan's curator insight, March 24, 2015 1:38 AM

Unit 5- Agriculture

Summary

Ironically a lot of the water we drink from big water bottle or water selling corporations comes from the driest sources. One main source is California, which is in its third driest year. The water obtained from California is eighty percent used for agriculture with farming and watering but the rest we use to drink. According to the companies it is not required for them to reveal their water sources so most water drinkers do not realize they are taking water from drought ridden countries. 

Insight

People in the water business chose to get their water from California for many reasons other than just to drink California dry. one reason California water is used is because old businesses have been there for many many years and continue to work. Also California doesn't have a groundwater regulation policy so water that companies find they can just have. And because big bottling companies do no thane to reveal their sources people just keep on drinking California dry.

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Humans causing climate to change 170 times faster than natural forces

Humans causing climate to change 170 times faster than natural forces | Human Interest | Scoop.it
Researchers develop mathematical equation to determine impact of people’s intense activity on earth

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Inuit fear they will be overwhelmed as ‘extinction tourism’ descends on Arctic

Inuit fear they will be overwhelmed as ‘extinction tourism’ descends on Arctic | Human Interest | Scoop.it
Visit of giant cruise ship will bring money and tourists to the Northwest Passage, but fears grow for the area’s people and its ecosystem

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'Everything is melting': the thin blue line that startled climate experts

'Everything is melting': the thin blue line that startled climate experts | Human Interest | Scoop.it
In a year of startling data pointing to a warming world, a thin blue line in one closely watched chart was initially dismissed as just too abnormal to b

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Coral bleaching at Barrier Reef 'severe': Australia

Coral bleaching at Barrier Reef 'severe': Australia | Human Interest | Scoop.it
Latest news, politics, business and sport from Thailand and Asean, plus features, opinion and multimedia from across Southeast Asia.

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Climate change could make 175 million more people go hungry, report says

Climate change could make 175 million more people go hungry, report says | Human Interest | Scoop.it
US Department of Agriculture warns of danger of ‘business as usual’ approach with rising temperatures to hit poor and those in tropics hardest

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As dams empty, Thailand is facing a severe water crisis

As dams empty, Thailand is facing a severe water crisis | Human Interest | Scoop.it
THE arrival of the Loy Krathong Festival signals the beginning of the dry season and, traditionally, it is a time for Thais to pay respect to the Goddess of Water and request good fortune for the months ahead. This year many communities may well be wishing for more rain, as authorities warn that water levels are critically low and there are concerns that many regions will experience drought in the months ahead.

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Climate change makes past five-year period the warmest on record: WMO

Climate change makes past five-year period the warmest on record: WMO | Human Interest | Scoop.it
UN weather body says man-made global warming and El Niño oceanic phenomenon made 2011-2015 the warmest five-year period on record

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Seven Nat Geo Photographers on Witnessing Climate Change | PROOF

Seven Nat Geo Photographers on Witnessing Climate Change | PROOF | Human Interest | Scoop.it

This month, as National Geographic’s climate change issue hits the stands, we asked seven photographers to share their most poignant images that reflect climate change. From direct examples to more…


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Three major hurricanes have been pictured over Pacific for the first time

Three major hurricanes have been pictured over Pacific for the first time | Human Interest | Scoop.it
They look like swirls, spirals, missives in the firmament.

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Food production shocks 'will happen more often because of extreme weather'

Food production shocks 'will happen more often because of extreme weather' | Human Interest | Scoop.it
Poorer countries will be hit most by falls in production for major crops but UK and and US will also be exposed to resulting instability, says taskforce

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The Amazon tower that gives scientists the big picture of the rainforest

The Amazon tower that gives scientists the big picture of the rainforest | Human Interest | Scoop.it
The Amazon rainforest has an extraordinary impact on the planet, producing about half of all the oxygen in the atmosphere.

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Climate change: 'Two degrees' may decide the future - CNN.com

Climate change: 'Two degrees' may decide the future - CNN.com | Human Interest | Scoop.it
If we warm the world another 2 degrees Celsius, experts say we risk super droughts, extinctions and worse.

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