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- Half of world’s beaches will disappear by 2100 because of climate change, experts say https://www.foxnews.com/science/half-worlds-beaches-disappear-by-2100-climate-change 32 comments politics
- The world and the fight against climate change is better off without the US in the agreement, some experts argue https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/05/31/these-experts-say-it-may-actually-be-best-if-the-u-s-left-the-paris-climate-agreement/?utm_term=.0c4fbe97756e 9 comments politics
- World has three years left to stop dangerous climate change, warn experts https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jun/28/world-has-three-years-left-to-stop-dangerous-climate-change-warn-experts 28 comments worldnews
- Goldman Sachs (Investment banking company) expert: Ripple has the potential to change the world https://blazetrends.com/goldman-sachs-expert-ripple-has-the-potential-to-change-the-world/ 24 comments cryptocurrency
- Climate change: ditch 90% of world's coal and 60% of oil and gas to limit warming to 1.5°C – experts https://theconversation.com/climate-change-ditch-90-of-worlds-coal-and-60-of-oil-and-gas-to-limit-warming-to-1-5-c-experts-167494 29 comments futurology
- The world is not on track to meet the greenhouse gas “turning point” required to avoid the most catastrophic impacts of climate change, experts have warned https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change-greenhouse-gas-emissions-co2-world-resources-institute-a8775751.html 3 comments worldnews
- Plastic pollution in sea set to treble in a decade, warn government scientists: Experts say it is time to change 'out of sight, out of mind' approach to problems in world's oceans. https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/plastic-pollution-sea-increase-government-scientists-uk-oceans-a8266356.html 8 comments worldnews
- World food supplies at risk as climate change threatens international trade, warn experts http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/world-food-supplies-climate-change-international-trade-global-warming-chatham-house-chokepoints-a7808221.html 5 comments worldnews
- Sea ice at record low in Arctic and Antarctic: Experts across the world are alarmed at how small the area covered by sea ice has become. They are saying the change is unprecedented - and they're calling for action. http://www.dw.com/en/sea-ice-at-record-low-in-arctic-and-antarctic/a-37604360 493 comments worldnews
- World will start COOLING DOWN in 2017, claims one of planet's top climate change experts http://www.express.co.uk/news/science/611111/former-government-expert-disproves-climate-change-and-says-world-will-soon-cool-down 16 comments science
- Experts from around the world are to gather at the World Meteorological Organisation to discuss how powerful laser pulses can be used to generate changes in the atmosphere that influence the weather. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/weather/10268455/weather-could-be-controlled-using-lasers.html 23 comments science
- Millions face starvation as world warms, say scientists: World is unprepared for changes that will see parts of Africa turned into disaster areas, say food experts http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2013/apr/13/climate-change-millions-starvation-scientists? 218 comments worldnews
- World Leaders Failed to Bend the Emissions Curve for 30 Years. Some Climate Experts Say Bottom-Up Change May Work Better https://insideclimatenews.org/news/28102021/cop26-glasgow-bend-emissions-curve/ 156 comments science
- Risk experts: Candidates not focusing on biggest threats - Associated Press asked 21 risk experts to analyze the presidential campaign and list what they consider the five biggest threats to the world. Climate change topped the list http://bigstory.ap.org/article/2ffebf4cc62e4fc48a8fddfd110c975b/risk-experts-candidates-not-focusing-biggest-threats 17 comments politics
- More than one-tenth of the world's population, or 643 million people, live in low-lying areas at risk from climate change, say U.S. and European experts http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071020/ap_on_re_as/sinking_cities 6 comments science
- A groundbreaking new book, Intelligent Decarbonisation, has experts from around the world explaining how artificial intelligence could help end climate change https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86215-2 16 comments science
- World on track to miss emissions ‘turning point’ for tackling climate change | The world is not on track to meet the greenhouse gas “turning point” required to avoid the most catastrophic impacts of climate change, experts have warned https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change-greenhouse-gas-emissions-co2-world-resources-institute-a8775751.html 1215 comments worldnews
- World unprepared for impact of climate change on mountain water supplies: experts | Mountain-sourced water supplies, which provide about half of all drinking water worldwide, is becoming more unpredictable as warmer temperatures melt glaciers and change precipitation, affecting countries unevenly https://www.reuters.com/article/us-climate-change-mountain-summit-previe/world-unprepared-for-impact-of-climate-change-on-mountain-water-supplies-experts-iduskbn1x8193 47 comments worldnews
- Experts say climate change is driving up the risk of wildfires in Canada | Canadian wildfire experts say Canada is very vulnerable to the kind of devastating wildfires ravaging Australia right now. "We're as vulnerable as any country in the world" https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/experts-say-climate-change-is-driving-up-the-risk-of-wildfires-in-canada-1.4757203 69 comments worldnews
- Climate change deniers’ new battle front attacked | "The forces of denial are exploiting the lifestyle change movement to get their supporters to argue with each other. It takes pressure off attempts to regulate the fossil fuel industry," said one of the world’s leading climate experts, Michael Mann https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/nov/09/doomism-new-tactic-fossil-fuel-lobby 16 comments worldnews
- Climate change deniers’ new battle front attacked | "There is an attempt being made by them to deflect attention away from finding policy solutions to global warming towards promoting individual behaviour changes," said one of the world’s leading climate experts, Michael Mann https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/nov/09/doomism-new-tactic-fossil-fuel-lobby 17 comments worldnews
- Climate change could wreak "irreversible damage" on the world's most precious ancient monuments and other cultural sites, experts warned Saturday as they pushed for UN protection for major global sites https://www.france24.com/en/20190622-experts-raise-alarm-over-climate-change-threat-cultural-heritage 11 comments worldnews
- Killing off animals and plants now threatens humanity itself, UN experts to warn in urgent call for action - Up to a million species facing extinction in the world’s sixth mass die-off - as big a risk as climate change, say scientists https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/un-nature-biodiversity-report-2019-humans-animals-earth-paris-a8899926.html 1033 comments worldnews
- Climate change: Experts predict five-year global heatwave and more weather disasters | The next five years could be the hottest the world has seen, leading to more extreme weather events, meteorologists have warned. https://news.sky.com/story/climate-change-experts-predict-five-year-global-heatwave-and-more-weather-disasters-11630107 10 comments worldnews
- World’s worst climate change-induced disasters cost countries £50bn in 2018 | Warming planet leading to more sweltering heatwaves, extreme rainfall, shrinking harvests and water shortages, experts warn https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/climate-change-disasters-cost-countries-2018-hurricane-earthquake-wildfires-christian-aid-a8701306.html 15 comments worldnews
- CLIMATE CHANGE - ALARMING REPORT! A team of 27 experts has found that we may have already crossed several tipping points - "It's the end of the world as we know it" - Discovery News http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/09/24/earth-tipping-point.html 9 comments reddit.com
- Lockdown emissions fall will have 'no effect' on climate | Absent a systemic change in how the world powers and feeds itself, experts warned in the study on Friday that the emissions saved during lockdown would be essentially meaningless https://phys.org/news/2020-08-lockdown-emissions-fall-effect-climate.html 11 comments worldnews
- Expert says Australia wildfires are a direct ‘impact of human caused climate change | Wildfires continue to tear through Australia, displacing more than 1 billion animals in one of the world's most unique ecosystems. https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp-video/mmvo76466757828 11 comments worldnews
- Cryptocurrencies are taking the developing world by storm, with more users now in Nigeria than in the US - 2 experts lay out how bitcoin is changing emerging-market finance https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/cryptocurrencies-are-taking-the-developing-world-by-storm-with-more-users-now-in-nigeria-than-in-the-us-2-experts-lay-out-how-bitcoin-is-changing-emerging-market-finance/ar-aamg3iy 19 comments cryptocurrency
- Climate change contributing to increase in extreme weather events, says expert report. Comprising 21 peer-reviewed studies of extreme weather around the world in 2018, the report is based on the research of 121 scientists in 13 countries. https://physicsworld.com/a/climate-change-contributing-to-increase-in-extreme-weather-events-says-expert-report/ 24 comments worldnews
- Climate change threatens to spark conflicts around the world | Climate change threats – from worsening water shortages in Iraq & Pakistan to harsher hurricanes in the Caribbean – are a growing security risk and require concerted action to ensure they don’t spark new violence, security experts warned https://globalnews.ca/news/4977601/climate-change-conflict-security-risk/ 11 comments worldnews
- Climate change tops World Economic Forum's global risk list ahead of Davos | Business leaders and experts surveyed by WEF said that extreme weather, migration caused by climate change and natural disasters are the three risks they're most likely to face in 2019 https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/16/business/climate-change-global-risk-wef-davos/index.html 5 comments worldnews
- Climate change 'will create world's biggest refugee crisis'. Experts warn refugees could number tens of millions in the next decade, and call for a new legal framework to protect the most vulnerable. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/nov/02/climate-change-will-create-worlds-biggest-refugee-crisis 124 comments worldnews
- Factory Farms Put Climate at Risk, Experts Say in Urging Health Officials to Speak Out - In a letter, 200 experts called on the next director-general of the World Health Organization to confront the role factory farming plays in climate change. http://www.alternet.org/environment/factory-farms-put-climate-risk-experts-say-urging-health-officials-speak-out 30 comments worldnews
- As climate change debate heats up, UN experts warn ‘we are running out of time’ “We know without any doubt that our climate is changing and our weather is becoming more extreme due to human activities such as the burning of fossil fuels,” World Meteorological Organization Secretary-General said http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?newsid=48673#.vbbdnedd0lk 320 comments worldnews
- Coronavirus outbreak causes decline in China greenhouse gas emissions. Experts say greenhouse gas emissions in China, the world’s largest current contributor to climate change, are down 25 per cent https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/coronavirus-china-greenhouse-gas-emissions-climate-change-a9384346.html 1975 comments worldnews
- 'No doubt' climate change causing wildfires, experts say as Australia burns | Review shows global warming is leading to an increase in hot, dry weather around the world that creates the conditions for wildfires to take hold. There is “no doubt whatsoever” of the link between climate and fire risk https://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-australia-climatechange/no-doubt-climate-change-causing-wildfires-experts-say-as-australia-burns-iduskbn1zd009?utm_source=reddit.com 3 comments worldnews
- Tax fossil fuel companies to raise billions and fix damage caused by climate change, experts say - A tax on the fossil fuel industry could be used to protect the world’s most vulnerable people from climate change, according to a coalition of environmental groups. https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/cop24-climate-change-tax-fossil-fuel-companies-carbon-emissions-damages-a8676316.html 106 comments worldnews
- Massive mangrove die-off on Gulf of Carpentaria worst in the world, says expert - Climate change & El Niño the culprits, says Norm Duke, an expert in mangrove ecology, after seeing 7,000ha of dead mangroves over 700km https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jul/11/massive-mangrove-die-off-on-gulf-of-carpentaria-worst-in-the-world-says-expert 3 comments worldnews