#California wine country adapting to annual wildfire threat

#California wine country adapting to annual wildfire threat

“#California wine country adapting to annual wildfire threat” SAN FRANCISCO — Harvest season in Northern California’s wine country is what dream weddings are made of: ripe grapevines and golden sunsets provide ceremonies an alluring backdrop that every year draws millions of visitors. But harvest season now overlaps with fire season as wildfires, too, have become…

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#US researchers dream of life after Trump

#US researchers dream of life after Trump

“#US researchers dream of life after Trump” WASHINGTON, DC – From his lab in Toulouse, France, Benjamin Sanderson models the range of extreme risks to humans from climate change, research he hopes can inform policymakers planning for worsening wildfires and floods. It is the kind of work he once performed in the United States –…

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#Canada’s climate-change inaction violates Indigenous human rights: report

#Canada’s climate-change inaction violates Indigenous human rights: report

“#Canada’s climate-change inaction violates Indigenous human rights: report” Two Human Rights Watch experts describe how First Nations people are struggling to sustain traditional diets, as fish and wildlife become more difficult and dangerous to reach While the entire country grapples with COVID-19, the international research and advocacy organization Human Rights Watch is shining a spotlight…

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#Melting Alaska glacier could unleash ‘mega-tsunami’ this year

#Melting Alaska glacier could unleash ‘mega-tsunami’ this year

“#Melting Alaska glacier could unleash ‘mega-tsunami’ this year” An unprecedented ‘mega-tsunami’ could be caused by a melting Alaska glacier, scientists have warned. The concerned experts claim the catastrophic event could even happen within the next 12 months if melting ice triggers a landslide of unstable rocks. If it’s not that soon, they think the ‘mega-tsunami’…

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#Scientists return from Arctic with wealth of climate data

#Scientists return from Arctic with wealth of climate data

“#Scientists return from Arctic with wealth of climate data” BERLIN — An icebreaker carrying scientists on a year-long international effort to study the high Arctic has returned to its home port in Germany carrying a wealth of data that will help researchers better predict climate change in the decades to come. The RV Polarstern arrived…

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