Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.English · 10 days ago

Scorching heat across five continents set 1,400 records this week and showed how human-caused global warming has made catastrophic temperatures commonplace.

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Scorching heat across five continents set 1,400 records this week and showed how human-caused global warming has made catastrophic temperatures commonplace.

Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.English · 10 days ago

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The US has had falling greenhouse gas emissions since around 2005 or so. There is actually a lot happening there.

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