adaptation
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Andrew Yang: Fearmonger or climate realist?
Andrew Yang isn't the only person who says it's too late to stop climate change. But it makes him a rarity among candidates for high office. Will it disqualify him?
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Climate refugees, DO NOT MOVE TO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
Sure, you'll be safe from the majority of climate disasters, but the people out here are just. the. worst.
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Should wilderness get the axe?
The Wilderness Act turns 50 this year. But climate change means we need to rethink what "wild" even means.
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Study: The climate is changing faster than species can adapt
Whatever the Republican candidates for president may have told you, climate change and evolution are both realities of nature. But it turns out that in a fight-to-the-death throwdown, climate change would win by a mile. A new study published in the journal PLoS One has found that over the next 90 years, the climate in […]
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Thailand’s DIY climate adaptation solutions
It's more likely than not at this point that climate change will substantially alter the world we live in, and humans will have to adapt. Climate adaption plans usually invoke big ideas, like sea walls and dykes and drought-resistant crops. But the response to the floods (likely due to climate change) that have devastated Thailand […]
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Using Sustainable Water to Plan for the Next Billion
Last week, Danica May Camacho of the Philippines became the world’s symbolic seven billionth person. The occasion drew mixed feelings in the policy world — what does a booming global population mean for climate risks? To cite one issue, leaders are worried about the declining supply of water in regions vital to economic growth. This isn’t […]
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Oil rig escape pods turned into real-life Survivaballs
You remember Survivaballs, don't you? They're the ultimate solution to a planet gone crazy with excess thermal energy, marketed directly to the executives most directly responsible for all this climate change.
Well, now someone has turned oil rig escape pods into the ultimate climate-immune hotel.
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Farmers who don't believe in climate change adapting to it anyway
In our nation's breadbasket, adaptation to climate change is very much already in progress -- the attitudes of those who represent farmers in our nation's capital notwithstanding. Higher minimum temperatures are reducing yields for corn, which likes hot days but cool nights. So whatever their political leanings, farmers have to adapt or face disaster.
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Chicago’s government prepares for climate change to turn the city into Baton Rouge
While other cities ignore climate change, Chicago is doing the obvious: planning its infrastructure as if the next 50 years, and the next generation of Chicagoans, actually matter. Its efforts, started under one of the mayors Richard Daley (we can’t keep track), are now bearing fruit, leading to everything from flood-proof streets to heat-tolerant trees. […]