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Climate Change and Idling Cars, What’s the Connection?

When climate change comes up in conversation, there’s bound to be a mixed reaction. One person may seek to brush it off, saying things like, “I think everything is fine,” and, “that kind of thing won’t happen.” Alternately another person might say, “It is vastly concerning, and we need to focus on solutions as soon as possible.” Within both groups, each individual would likely own a car, and climate change is propelled by pollutants – like the exhaust from a running vehicle.

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$75 Billion in Flood Damages Due to Climate Change

January 19, 2020 $75 Billion in Flood Damage Due to Climate Change  Flooding is One of the Most Costly Natural Disasters in the U.S. A new study from Stanford researchers concludes that climate change has caused nearly $75 billion in flood damage, in the U.S., in the past three decades. This research, published in the journal Proceedings of the National …

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New Information Hub Seeks to Provide Up-To-Date Science-Backed Information on Climate Change

October 1, 2020 There is a new space on social media to learn about climate change. On September 15th, Facebook launched a Climate Science Information Center that is currently accessible to Facebook users in the U.S., U.K., France, and Germany. The space functions as an alternative news feed where users are able to scroll through climate change facts, statistics, and …

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Climate Change, Migration and National Security

As climate change accelerates, as much as one-third of world population could live in places that most humans consider
too hot for habitation. Currently fewer than 25 million people, predominantly in Africa, live in these hot zones, defined as
places where mean annual temperature (MAT) is above 84 degrees Fahrenheit.1 By comparison, Miami’s MAT is a
comparatively “frigid” 74 F.

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Human Fertility and Climate Change

Click here for a downloadable, printable PDF version Human Fertility and Climate ChangeAn NPG Forum Paperby Edwin S. Rubenstein April 2020 Thomas Malthus warned that human population growth would outstrip the food supply. That fear largely dissipated when fertilizers, pesticides, and mechanized agriculture lowered the price, and increased the quantity, of foodstuffs. But today the very things that bailed us …

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