Protecting Amazon forests protects Florida from climate change
The massive Amazon, the world’s largest tropical rainforest, is the most important carbon dioxide vacuum cleaner we’ve got on land.
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If we want to fully protect the Amazon, we must phase out fossil fuels
Colombia's president, Gustavo Petro, writes that the U.S. has the potential to accelerate the transition to a low-carbon economy.
It’s near certain that the next 5 years will be the hottest yet
El Niño may push global temperatures past 1.5 C, the World Meteorological Organization warned.
The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt is carrying a massive bloom of brown seaweed toward Florida and the Caribbean
Until large-scale nutrient pollution is reduced, sargassum blooms will be a recurring presence in Florida and the Caribbean.
On the 5th anniversary of the Paris Climate Agreement, America’s leaders need to embrace the accord’s goals
By Yoca Arditi-Rocha, Executive Director, The CLEO Institute December 12 marks the five-year anniversary of the world coming together to ...
Reducing the speed of ocean-going ships won’t cut emissions, reduce rising sea levels or curb collisions with whales
Occasionally a report appears which claims to be wisdom, but after careful analysis, offers solutions that don’t make much sense. ...
Melting ice and a forest on fire threaten our planet
Warmer seas are higher seas. This inexorable law of physics makes itself felt in South Florida every time water gurgles ...
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