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Climate Crisis Likely to Cause Food Shortages Before We Reach 1.5°C Threshold, UN Expert Says

Climate Crisis Likely to Cause Food Shortages Before We Reach 1.5°C Threshold, UN Expert Says

According to Alain-Ricahrd Donwahi, the president of last year’s United Nations’ COP15 conference on desertification and a former defense minister from the Ivory Coast, it is likely that the planet will experience a major food supply disruption long before temperatures reach the threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. This is due to the […]

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    Algae Blooms: Everything You Need to Know

    Algae Blooms: Everything You Need to Know

    Quick Key Facts What Are Harmful Algae Blooms? Algae are one species within the protist kingdom of living beings, which is mostly composed of single-celled, microscopic organisms that may share traits with animals, fungi and/or plants. The biological grouping also includes kelp and molds. There are two main groups of algae — seaweeds, or macroalgaes, […]

    Tropical Trees Distance Themselves From Their Own Species to Protect Forest Diversity

    Tropical Trees Distance Themselves From Their Own Species to Protect Forest Diversity

    Tropical forests are the most biologically diverse land-based ecosystems on the planet, sometimes nurturing hundreds of tree species within one square mile. The concentration of diversity is astounding, even to scientists. In a new study conducted in a Panamanian forest, researchers from The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) discovered that adult trees were […]

    California’s Winter Waves Getting Bigger Due to Climate Change, Study Finds

    California’s Winter Waves Getting Bigger Due to Climate Change, Study Finds

    California is known for its consistently sunny weather, progressive politics, movie making and the gigantic, rolling waves that crash against its iconic coastline. According to a new study, however, the climate crisis is making those waves even bigger. The study, conducted by Peter Bromirski — University of California, San Diego (UCSD), Scripps Institution of Oceanography […]