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Pro: Disastrous Floods are Increasing Floods in inland areas are the most common type of natural disaster in the United States, and one of the most harmful to people and property. In 2017 alone 25 people lost their lives trapped in floods, and more than 3 billion dollars were lost in property damages and ruined crops. Global

Pro: The Warming Isn’t Evenly Dispersed Global warming reaching 1.5 degrees doesn’t mean that average temperatures in some places won’t rise significantly beyond that number. Again – it’s just the global average. Then there’s the fact that as average temperatures rise, spikes and heatwaves will go much, much higher than just 1.5 degrees. As the

Pro: Climate Change Cause Global Weirding Here’s a video from Texas A&M scientist Katherine Hayhoe discussing this issue. But how is global warming to blame? (for the cold weather) The answer is simple: because the phenomenon that causes the polar vortex to break down is known as sudden stratospheric warming, where the upper layers of the

It’s 35 years since formation of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) “to advance scientific knowledge about climate change caused by human

The famous fishing festival staggers under the pressure of extreme weather, low water levels, irregular rainfall patterns and other factors.

Two recent disasters in Morocco and Libya highlight the deadly consequences of outdated infrastructure in the face of natural hazards.

Pro: Antarctic Ice Melt is Dangerous Climate Change is causing accelerated ice loss in Antarctica and Greenland. This is causing sea level rise to increase dangerously. This rising sea level threatens the homes and livelihoods of 100’s of millions of people living on coasts and low-lying islands. NASA presents this graph showing sea level rise

Young people in Africa have called on developed countries to double the funding for climate change adaptation in Africa. 

Since 1990, the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change has held that global warming is due to the increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO-2) as a result of the

Improved medical coding can help quantify health consequences of climate change