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Los Angeles Wildfires Were More Likely Due to Climate Change: Report

Los Angeles Wildfires Were More Likely Due to Climate Change: Report

The enormous wildfires that ravaged Los Angeles in January were both more likely to form and more devastating due to climate change, a rapid study from the World Weather Attribution has found. The scorching and dry conditions that led to the fires were made about 35% more likely due to human-caused climate change, the researchers […]

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    North Pole Temperature Reaches 20°C Above Average

    North Pole Temperature Reaches 20°C Above Average

    Temperatures in the North Pole on Sunday reached 20 degrees Celsius above the average set between 1991 and 2020, after reaching 18 degrees higher than the average on Saturday. With the rise, the temperature in the North Pole surpassed the point of freezing, or 0 degrees Celsius. One reading measured the temperature at 0.5 degrees […]

    USDA and Forest Service Ordered to Remove Climate Change References From Websites

    USDA and Forest Service Ordered to Remove Climate Change References From Websites

    According to internal guidelines obtained and reviewed by various sources including Politico, The Hill and The Guardian, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has begun removing references to climate change on its webpages and sites, including the U.S. Forest Service website. As The Guardian reported, the internal memo stated that the department must “identify and […]

    9% of England’s Farmland Needs to Be Converted Into Wildlife Habitats and Forests: UK Government Land Use Blueprint

    9% of England’s Farmland Needs to Be Converted Into Wildlife Habitats and Forests: UK Government Land Use Blueprint

    Roughly nine percent of England’s farmland needs to be converted into habitats for wildlife and forest by 2050 in order to meet the country’s nature and net-zero goals, according to a consultation launched by Steve Reed, the United Kingdom’s environment secretary. Reed announced on Friday the government’s plans for land use changes intended to balance […]

    Genetic Diversity of Two-Thirds of Plant, Animal and Fungi Species Studied Is Declining, but Conservation Efforts Offer ‘Glimmers of Hope’

    Genetic Diversity of Two-Thirds of Plant, Animal and Fungi Species Studied Is Declining, but Conservation Efforts Offer ‘Glimmers of Hope’

    The most comprehensive worldwide analysis of wildlife genetic diversity ever undertaken has found that it is plummeting at an astonishing rate, but that conservation efforts can help protect species. Two-thirds of the populations studied were declining in genetic diversity. However, the researchers found that conservation was sustaining — and even increasing, in some cases — […]