Tag: Climate Change
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Hundred Plus Countries, Such As Brazil Commit To Ending Deforestation By 2030
During the COP26 climate summit, more than 100 countries around the world, including Brazil, committed to ending deforestation by 2030. Over $14 in private and public funds have been committed to achieving the goal. In 2014, a similar pledge, which included more than a dozen fast-food companies and palm oil producers, failed to produce any…
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Climate Change, Not Humans, Helped Wipe The Woolly Mammoths Off The Face Of The Earth
Woolly mammoths were one of the largest species of land mammals to ever exist on planet Earth and were an integral part of early humans’ diet and lifestyle. Humans hunted these giant beasts for their thick hides and bones, as well as for their meat. Researchers have discovered harpoons and musical instruments made from mammoth…
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Planet Earth Needs A Lot More Solar And Wind Energy To Fight Against Global Warming
Globally, countries have massively increased their investments in renewable energy sources such as wind and solar in the last decade. In spite of this, fossil fuels are still heavily favored in most parts of the world. According to researchers from Chalmers University of Technology, Lund University in Sweden, and Central European University in Austria, increasing…
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Six months of summer, shorter winter and spring in Northern hemisphere by 2100
Summers may last up to half-a-year while winters may get only two months of the year by the end of this century in the Northern Hemisphere. This is a possibility if humans continue to emit greenhouse gases (GHG) at the current rate, according to a recent study. Spring and autumn seasons will also become shorter,…