Friday, December 1, 2017

Is transition risk dead in the water?

Source: IPE.com
Details: A recent report from think tank Carbon Tracker argued that limiting warming to 2ËšC could see a quarter of global refining capacity forced to close by 2035. This global temperature increase (above pre-industrial levels) is upheld as the threshold beyond which the effects of climate change would no longer ...

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Can the Great Barrier Reef regenerate?

Source: Cosmos
Details: However, Alroy warned “the paper doesn't really address the fact that global warming is just going to get worse and worse over the next few decades and centuries.” “So, even the 'robust reefs' might be wiped out in the not-too-distant future â€" unless we really get serious right now about mitigating global ...

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This winter will be colder than the one in 2016, says Indian Meteorological

Source: Department
Details: Scroll.in However, maximum and minimum temperatures across the country between December 2017 and February 2018 are likely to be warmer than normal. “The season's mean ... “One of the reasons behind the decreasing trend in the cold waves is global warming,” the department said. “However, the ocean ...

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Coal and wind

Source: Houston Chronicle
Details: The economics of pollution and global warming also come into play. Nations around the globe are increasingly taking into account the costs of greenhouse gas emissions, and the private sector is finding that green energy has become a wiser investment. If natural gas is going to be part of the future ...

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Major Bali eruption could cool the Earth for years to come

Source: The Weather Network
Details: Friday, December 1, 2017, 1:07 - Bali's Mount Agung appears to be on the brink of a major eruption, and according to scientists, such an event has the potential to cool the Earth for years to come, and could diminish the impacts of global warming for more than a decade. Mount Agung, a stratovolcano on ...

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