Global warming causes extreme droughts in dry areas, leading to longer fire seasons, while in wetter areas, there is more evaporation of the water resulting in warmer, moist air, which provides greater rainfall, leading to storms.
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Do you know why permafrost is important to our planet? Check out this fantastic graphic from @Reuters to learn what permafrost is and the role it plays in the climate crisis. https://t.co/iYSMTlWB3c
"Feeling anxious about the environmental crisis may not be a bad thing in small doses, if it motivates you to avoid the catastrophic future. A series of small steps implemented by many leads to a large impact and change." Read more:
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Every little action counts; simple steps like elimating the use of single-use plastics, recycling material such as paper, turning the switches off when leaving the room, are all meaningful ways in which we can contribute to saving the planet.
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The speed of climate change is now too great for grassland species of vital food crops to adapt and survive. Since the grass family includes wheat, corn, rice, sorghum, oats, rye, barley and other plants that underwrite human survival, this is serious news.https://t.co/DuQ5wkmAcf
"Renewables are the backbone of the transition but there are massive opportunities in other sectors such as manufacturing, restoring the land, and electrification of transport." #SustainableDevelopment is good for the planet, and the economy!
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Investment opportunity created by an orderly transition to a #NetZero emissions economy would reach hundreds of billions of dollars by 2050 across sectors including renewable energy, manufacturing, carbon sequestration & transport https://t.co/ibmFgvYheJ #Australia#ClimateAction
Happening now! Our founder and chairman, former Vice President @AlGore is speaking @TEDCountdown: a free, live-streamed global event about how we can take bold steps towards a cleaner, safer, fairer future for all. https://t.co/ydnBefFQ7L
"This isn't a new normal [but] a constant reminder that this is the path that we're on, and it's a path we can change if we do something about greenhouse gas emissions." https://t.co/keGcys5qpB
"Raging forest fires and destructive hurricanes will not be Earth's worst crises if humans fail to change their actions. The worst consequences will come from permanent changes — rising sea levels and the potential extermination of species."
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One of the most biodiverse and integral ecosystems on the planet is on the brink of an extreme makeover – and not in a good way.
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"They call it climate anxiety – a sense of dread, gloom and almost paralysing helplessness that is rising as we come to terms with the greatest existential challenge of our generation, or any generation."
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Facing an existential threat is deeply traumatic, and our climate work must recognize and legitimize the psychological toll of the climate crisis.
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"The United Nations Environment Programme estimates there could be as many as 51 trillion microplastic particles in the oceans already." Let's make our sea plastic free by switching to alternatives of plastic!
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