Major reservoirs in the United States are becoming less reliable and increasingly more vulnerable to extreme weather
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AGU Journals
Declining Reservoir Reliability and Increasing Reservoir Vulnerability: Long‐Term Observations Reveal Longer and More Severe Periods…
Low-storage periods are longer, more severe, and more variable in over-year storage reservoirs and in the western and central CONUS
Longer periods of low storage for some regions in recent years ...
Longer periods of low storage for some regions in recent years ...
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Climate Goal “Will Be Dead Within a Few Years” Unless World Acts, UN Warns
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Scientific American
Climate Goal “Will Be Dead Within a Few Years” Unless World Acts, UN Warns
The world is well on track to blow past a goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius that many countries have put at the center of their climate efforts
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A global meta-analysis of climate change extinction risk emphasizes that we are at a crucial point and drastic action is needed. The impacts of climate change are intensifying, and according to the most recent studies, urgent measures are required to keep warming below 1.5°C.
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UConn Today
Climate Change Extinction Risk
A global meta-analysis of climate change extinction risk emphasizes that we are at a crucial point and drastic action is needed
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More than 10,000 species on brink of extinction need urgent action 🆘, study finds. More than 1,500 species, or 15% of the critically endangered species, are estimated to have fewer than 50 mature individuals remaining in the wild. 🌍🐾🌿
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Nature
The status, threats and conservation of Critically Endangered species
Nature Reviews Biodiversity - Species classified as Critically Endangered are at greatest risk of extinction, and their preservation and recovery are crucial to meeting global biodiversity aims....
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Tying climate action to the protection of people’s way of life can boost motivation 🌍💪, a global study finds. Researchers say people are more likely to act when they see climate change as an immediate threat to their lives ⚠️ or when environmental efforts are framed as a patriotic duty 🇺🇸.
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Nature
Psychological interventions that decrease psychological distance or challenge system justification increase motivation to exert…
Communications Psychology - Pro-environmental actions often require effort. Participants were less motivated to help the climate than a food charity, but two interventions removed this bias....
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Nearly half of the world’s population—about 3.79 billion people—is projected to face extreme heat by 2050 if global warming reaches 2.0 °C above pre-industrial levels, a scenario climate scientists see as increasingly likely as the world surpasses the 1.5 °C Paris Agreement threshold.
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Nature
Global gridded dataset of heating and cooling degree days under climate change scenarios
Nature Sustainability - Accurate projections of heating and cooling needs are vital for planning energy use and achieving the sustainable development goals. A global dataset now maps global heating...
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