July 2019 was the hottest month ever recorded on Earth
2019 could prove to be the second-hottest year on record.
07 August, 2019
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- A new report from the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Programme describes how 2019 has already logged several record-hot months.
- Alarmingly, these temperature increases are occurring even though the planet is transitioning into a more neutral El Niño phase.
- This year brought several severe heat waves to Europe, India, and Pakistan, among other areas.
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Scotland is generating so much wind energy, it could power all of its homes — twice over
Why doesn't the U.S. generate more electricity from wind?
17 July, 2019
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- Wind turbines in Scotland produced more than 9.8 million megawatt-hours of electricity in the first half of 2019.
- Scotland is a global leader in renewable energies, generating more than half of its electricity consumption from renewables.
- The U.S. currently generates about 7 percent of its electricity from wind.
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Lunar and solar eclipses make animals do strange things
Spiders, fish, birds, and bats all break with their daily routines.
06 July, 2019
‘Climate apartheid’: Report says the rich could buy out of climate change disaster
The world's richest people could breeze through a climate disaster – for a price.
25 June, 2019
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- A new report from a United Nation expert warns that an over-reliance on the private sector to mitigate climate change could cause a "climate apartheid."
- The report criticizes several countries, including the U.S., for taking "short-sighted steps in the wrong direction."
- The world's poorest populations are most vulnerable to climate change even though they generally contribute the least to global emissions.
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What is the summer solstice? An astronomer explains
Ever wondered why the longest day of the year happens when it does?
21 June, 2019
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