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Scientists Say Worse Extreme Weather Disasters Than 2021's Lie Ahead

"Scores of studies presented this week at the world’s largest climate science conference offered an unequivocal and unsettling message: Climate change is fundamentally altering what kind of weather is possible, and its fingerprint can be found in the rising number of disasters that have claimed lives and upended livelihoods around the world."

Source: Washington Post, 12/20/2021

"How Politics Are Determining What Stove You Use"

"New York is the latest Democratic city aiming to fight climate change by ushering out stoves and furnaces that run on gas in favor of electric alternatives. But Republican states and the gas industry are fighting back."

Source: NYTimes, 12/17/2021

"Rising From the Antarctic, a Climate Alarm"

"The immense and forbidding Southern Ocean is famous for howling gales and devilish swells that have tested mariners for centuries. But its true strength lies beneath the waves." "Wilder winds are altering currents. The sea is releasing carbon dioxide. Ice is melting from below."

Source: NYTimes, 12/15/2021

"As Climate 'Net-Zero' Plans Grow, So Do Concerns From Scientists"

"Faced with the prospect that climate change will drive ever deadlier heat waves, ... countries, corporations and cities appear to have come up with a plan: net zero. But scientists and monitoring groups are growing increasingly alarmed at the slew of vague net-zero pledges that appear to privilege offsets and future technological breakthroughs over short-term emissions cuts."

Source: Phys.org, 12/09/2021

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