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Climate Litigation Has a Big Evidence Gap

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 23 July 20211 June 2023

Climate-related lawsuits don’t often quantitatively link the defendant’s greenhouse gas emissions to the impacts on the plaintiff. Better lines of communication between climate scientists and climate lawyers could help bridge that gap.

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A Road Map for Climate Retreat

Megan Sever, Science Writer by Megan Sever 23 July 20211 June 2023

Scientists say managed retreat from climate-related dangers has to start now, and they are exploring potential guidelines for response and adaptation.

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Permanence of Nature-Based Climate Solutions at Risk

Eric Davidson, president-elect of AGU by Eric Davidson 22 July 20211 June 2023

Conserving native ecosystems helps sequester carbon and mitigate climate change, but new statistical modeling questions the permanence of California’s carbon-rich forests with climate change.

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Astronomers for Planet Earth

by Jure Japelj 16 July 20211 June 2023

A volunteer network of astronomers is using a unique astronomical perspective to educate people about the climate crisis while at the same time striving for sustainability in academia.

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Half of the IPCC Scenarios to Limit Warming Don’t Work

by Jordan Wilkerson 7 July 20211 June 2023

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change showcased 50 scenarios to limit global warming to 1.5°C above preindustrial temperatures. A new study finds that only half of those scenarios are realistic.

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Chile’s Glacier Protection Law Needs Grounding in Sound Science

by A. Fernández, S. MacDonell, M. Somos-Valenzuela and Á. González-Reyes 6 July 20211 June 2023

In the works for more than a decade, proposed legislation to protect glacial and permafrost environments in Chile suffers from uncertainties and omissions that could sow conflict instead of solutions.

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Climate Grant Universities Could Mobilize Community Climate Action

by Robert Kopp 6 May 20214 April 2024

With cues from the successful land grant model, the United States should establish a system of universities to democratize access to climate knowledge and aid efforts to tackle the climate crisis.

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Focus on Climate Solutions, Panelists Say

by Randy Showstack 15 December 201712 January 2024

Time remains to prevent dangerous climate change if people take action now and don’t lose hope, climate experts said.

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