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Best summers of their lives and instead it was kind of offlimits. i never experienced anything like that. >> reporter: the algae bloom fuelled by heavy rains and water temperatures that have jumped almost three degrees fahrenheit in 20 years. the bloom tying up businesses around the lake including the bridge marina. >> we probably lost something in the order of 500 customers this summer. didnt launch as many boats this year. >> reporter: state climatologist says new jerseys climate is out of bal...

Have an outlook that they are trying to finish as many of these rollbacks as they can ideally by the end of this year but if not by the end of next year so that regardless of what happens in the election they have made their mark. and so that certainly is part of their orientation by the epas own estimate its already rolled back roughly 46 rules at this point. and so saving they say over $13 billion in regulatory burdens on the private sector and individuals. and so this is certainly a focus of ...

Largely as a consequence of human activity and were currently in an age of extinction which is the fastest that has ever been recorded in the history of the candidate the dinosaurs probably went extinct or at least a 1000000 or even longer at least a 1000000 years were making a 1000000 species at least of it with that we were given the latest latest estimates that have been been published were making at least a 1000000 species go i think in the space of a probably 10000 yes also thats thats real...

The northern white rhinos and the efforts that are now having to be made to recover that species should be seen as a signal to what is happening to millions of species across the planet as we speak largely as a consequence of human activity and were currently in an age of extinction which is the fastest that has ever been recorded in the history of the planet the dinosaurs probably went extinct or at least a 1000000 or even longer at least a 1000000 years women making a 1000000 species at least ...

Map. hes in a different reality. the problem is we dont have the luxury of debating whether this is an issue. i cant think of anything i could ask him other than would you please step aside and allow us to do something about this issue. youre not ready to lead. >> to your point about what the aspects of persuasion are here. in a recent poll your home state indiana. 51% of people asked believed that human activity is the reason for climate change. and you would have to deal with the president in ...

Climate change is real and caused by human activity and causing devastating problems in this country and around the world and most frighteningly what they tell us is if we dont get our act together and make massive changes, away from fossil fuel to energy efficiency and sustainable energy in the next 11 years, the damage done to our country and the rest of the world will be irreparable. richard is quite right. were proposing the largest, most comprehensive climate change program ever presented b...

The east and wild fires in the west and drought. and heat waves. are really becoming more unavoidable for more americans. two-thirds of americans saying they believe climate change is happening and driven by hup activity. the human activity. the president is calling it a hoax. >> the fact facing all of these hurricanes or major weather events. as you list. all directly connected to climate change. is this going to become a single issue concern for many vote rs. young voters. and something that w...

From things like water bottles, flip-flops, clothing that can be micro beads. the team took samples from six locations around lake tahoe with varying amounts of human activity and boat access. using finals and tubing, they separated the sediment from the plastic and they say the discovery is significant because theres been a lot of work done to under how much micro plastic is in marine environments but theres fewer studies in freshwater and far fewer in alpine lakes and tahoe, of course, is amon...

Are old growth forests and how many of them still exist today. a forest area is called old growth when it has remained unaffected by human activity for a long period of time. the oldest trees in these forests have been around for more than a 1000 years like the famous 10 in my u.t. or lord of the forest which is new zealands biggest curry tree. complex natural systems like water and carbon cycles are seen in old growth forests simply cannot be replicated elsewhere. these trees capture vast amoun...

Fires, so, nick, you got a bi birds-eye view. brazils troops that have headed in by the thousands to help battle this blaze. >> reporter: yes, fredricka. really to see in our three hours above the amazonian fires how little actually ended up being visible so much of the time because of how thick and intense the smoke was. at times, we had to switch the ventilation off inside the aircraft we were in to be sure we didnt actually end up suffocating ourselves, it was that dense. below, startling to ...