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Current approaches for deciding what science is covered in the media portray only a narrow slice of climate change research and aren’t well suited for stoking climate action.

New study says the world blew past 1.5 degrees of warming 4 years ago.

How scientists are using an unexpected organism — sea sponges — to refine climate projections.

Global temperatures may have already risen by 1.5 degrees since the pre-industrial period, according to an Australian-led team of researchers. They warn that warming could reach 2 degrees by the end of the decade - much sooner than predicted. Their findings come from an unusual source - rare, sea sponges that have a lifespan of hundreds of years.

The moral of the story? Don’t whine for global government and the rule of ‘experts’. Don’t exaggerate. Prepare for change (Revkin, above). And adaptation to change requires … abundant, affordable, resilient, flexible energies–the fossil fuels primarily.

Australian-led research into Caribbean sea sponges indicates global warming had already smashed the 1.5 degree threshold by 2012. We’re now on the cusp of 2 degrees.

The report said that the upper layer is warming at 0.13 degrees Celsius yearly because of global warming.

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Last month, delegates met in Istanbul for IPCC-60 to determine the topics and timeline for the seventh assessment cycle (AR7). Learn more about their decisions.

A study in the top journal Science identifies potentials, and warns that the fight against global heating should not ignore problems such as food