Tag: global warming
Satellite images show the damage caused by the floods in Spain
Climate scientists said that they have seen a clear link between flash floods in Spain and human-caused global warming. An analysis by Climate Central, a nonprofit research group, found that global warming likely increased temperatures in the part of the Atlantic Ocean where most of the moisture contained in the storm originated. Climate scientists have been warning about the impact of global warming on floods.
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Increased Amazon carbon emissions can be explained by decline in law enforcement
Researchers have said that the southern Amazon is becoming a carbon source, due to decline in law enforcement in the region. They added that the world’s third-largest wetland has been losing vegetation at an average rate of 1 crore per year since 2015. The researchers also said that if global warming hits 2.5C above pre-industrial temperatures, the Amazon would reach a tipping point.
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