by Ali Qassim in LAB…Mapuche leader Millaray Huichalaf defends the Pilmaiken River through legal challenges, international alliances, and the arts
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With extreme heat, is the Earth getting too hot for humans to survive?
by The Conversation in Fast Company….https://www.fastcompany.com/91142194/extreme-heat-earth-global-warming-humans-climate-change
How ocean warming is warping the world
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The climate is the economy
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We asked 380 top climate scientists what they felt about the future…
by Damian Carrington in The Guardian…In the face of such colossal danger, why is the world’s response so slow and inadequate? The IPCC experts overwhelmingly pointed to one barrier: lack of political will. Almost three-quarters of the respondents cited this factor, with 60% also blaming vested corporate interests.
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