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31 Vital Earth Signs

'Virtual signs' worsening

Tipping points, deepening disaster

• https://phys.org/news/2021-07-earth-vital-worsening-humanity-impact.html

• https://www.dw.com/en/climate-tipping-points-are-now-imminent-scientists-warn/a-58665256

Researchers, part of a group of more than 14,000 scientists who have signed on to an initiative declaring a worldwide climate emergency, said that governments had consistently failed to address the root cause of climate change: "the overexploitation of the Earth".

Of 31 "vital signs"—key metrics of planetary health that include greenhouse gas emissions, glacier thickness, sea-ice extent and deforestation—they found that 18 hit record highs or lows.

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This Big EU Climate Action Announcement

European Union Green Deal - Fit for 55

• https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/European_Union_Green_Deal_-_Fit_for_55

and Add This to the Green Policies Package....

Historic NASA and European Space Agency Agreement on Climate Science Cooperation

• https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-esa-partner-in-new-effort-to-address-global-climate-change

WASHINGTON — NASA and the European Space Agency have agreed to cooperate on future Earth science missions and related activities in an effort to better understand climate change.

The leaders of the two agencies signed a joint statement of intent in a virtual meeting July 13, declaring their plans to cooperate on Earth science research, particularly involving climate change, ranging from missions to research and applications.

“Climate change is an all-hands-on deck, global challenge that requires action now,” NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said in a statement about the agreement. “This agreement will set the standard for future international collaboration, providing the information that is so essential for tackling the challenges posed by climate change and helping to answer and address the most pressing questions in Earth science for the benefit of the United States, Europe, and the world.”

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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Our_Biggest_Experiment

Our Biggest Experiment

by Alice Bell

Publication scheduled for September 2021

Traversing science, politics, and technology, Our Biggest Experiment shines a spotlight

on the little-known scientists who sounded the alarm to reveal the history behind the

defining story of our age: the climate crisis.

 

🥵 When it gets too hot....

Surface temperatures in Siberia heat up to a mind-boggling 118 degrees

Climate change is behind record-breaking heat waves

From heating human bodies to baking the Earth

Via Climate.gov

From Portland, Oregon, to Vancouver, Canada, the heat during the end of June didn't just break records; it buried them. Learn more in this Event Tracker post.

Astounding heat obliterates all-time records across the Pacific Northwest and Western Canada in June 2021

Devastating News: Climate Change Impacts to Hit Sooner than Predicted

• https://phys.org/news/2021-06-climate-impacts-sooner.html

Climate change will fundamentally reshape life on Earth in the coming decades, even if humans can tame planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions, according to a landmark draft report from the UN's climate science advisors obtained by AFP.

Species extinction, more widespread disease, unliveable heat, ecosystem collapse, cities menaced by rising seas—these and other devastating climate impacts are accelerating and bound to become painfully obvious before a child born today turns 30.

The choices societies make now will determine whether our species thrives or simply survives as the 21st century unfolds, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) says in a draft report seen exclusively by AFP.

But dangerous thresholds are closer than once thought, and dire consequences stemming from decades of unbridled carbon pollution are unavoidable in the short term.

"The worst is yet to come, affecting our children's and grandchildren's lives much more than our own."

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