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Revealed: Europe’s water reserves drying up due to climate breakdown
Scientists find large swathes of southern Europe are drying up, with ‘far-reaching’ implications
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/20

"Climate change is wreaking havoc on World Cultural Heritage sites, study finds"
#Climate #ClimateChange

Climate change is wreaking havoc on World Cultural Heritage sites, study finds
The Great Wall of China, Petra of Jordan, Ellora Caves of India, the traditional Ottoman Houses in Turkey — none of these world-famous historical sites can easily be replaced if damaged. Yet, each of these sits out in the open, inviting hordes of tourists every year, under alarming climate jolts. A recent global assessment revealed […]

Revealed: Europe’s water reserves drying up due to climate breakdown.
“When we compare the total terrestrial water storage data with climate datasets, the trends broadly correlate,” said Mohammad Shamsudduha, professor of water crisis and risk reduction at UCL.

So why was COP30 such a failure? Didn't "we" understand what is happening?
Revealed: Europe’s water reserves drying up due to climate breakdown
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/20

So why was COP30 such a failure? Didn't "we" understand what is happening?
Revealed: Europe’s water reserves drying up due to climate breakdown
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/20

"Revealed: Only a third of national climate pledges support ‘transition away from fossil fuels’"
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Revealed: Only a third of national climate pledges support ‘transition away from fossil fuels’ - Carbon Brief
Only around a third of the latest country climate pledges submitted to the UN express support for the “transition away from fossil fuels”.

In 2016, The Atlantic’s journalist
Shane Harris
made contact with a person claiming to work as a hacker for Iran’s intelligence,
where he claimed to have worked on major operations,
such as the downing of an American drone and the now-infamous hack against oil giant Saudi Aramco,
where Iranian hackers wiped the company’s computers.
Harris was rightly skeptical,
but as he kept talking to the hacker,
who eventually revealed his real name to him,…

They Killed My Source
A man claiming to be an Iranian intelligence officer promised me he would reveal his country’s secrets. Then he disappeared.

"Global peatlands revealed as critical frontier in fight against climate change"
#Peatlands #Environment #Climate

Global peatlands revealed as critical frontier in fight against climate change
Global peatlands—huge expanses of partially decayed vegetation—store more carbon than is naturally present in the atmosphere but are under pressure from drainage-based agriculture. New research from Murdoch University reveals that peatlands present a major opportunity to arrest natural greenhouse gas emissions.

"‘Massive disruption’: UK’s worst-case climate crisis scenarios revealed by scientists"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Climate

"Heat-Resistant Coral Restoration Offers Hope as Reefs Face Climate Crisis"
#Coral #CoralReef #Climate #ClimateChange

Heat-Resistant Coral Restoration Offers Hope as Reefs Face Climate Crisis | Happy Eco News
Heat-resistant coral restoration in Mauritius shows promise after identifying species that survived mass bleaching. Scientists use heat-tolerant varieties to rebuild reefs facing climate threats.