Ayesha Tandon
Climate Science Journalist at Carbon Brief
Climate science journalist at @CarbonBrief
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1 month ago |
eco-business.com | Ayesha Tandon
That is according to a new study, published in Nature, which calculates the number of unprecedented extreme events that people born in different decades and countries might live through. Using a case study focused on Brussels, the researchers find that people born in 2020 will experience an “unprecedented” 11 heatwaves in their lifetime – even if global warming is limited to 1.5°C by the end of the century.
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1 month ago |
carbonbrief.org | Ayesha Tandon
Even passing 1.5C of global warming temporarily would trigger a “significant” risk of Amazon forest “dieback”, says a new study. Dieback would see large numbers of trees die, shifting the lush rainforest into a dry savannah. The research, published in Nature Climate Change, assesses the impact of “overshooting” the aspirational goal of the Paris Agreement on the Amazon and Siberian forests.
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1 month ago |
eco-business.com | Ayesha Tandon
The study, published in Nature Climate Change, uses a field of climate science called “attribution” to determine the contribution of the world’s “wealthiest population groups” to climate change through the greenhouse gases they emit. The authors also calculate the contribution of these high-income groups to the increasing frequency of heatwaves and droughts.
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1 month ago |
carbonbrief.org | Ayesha Tandon
Children born in 2020 will face “unprecedented exposure” to extreme weather events, including heatwaves, droughts and wildfires, even if warming is limited to 1.5C above pre-industrial temperatures. That is according to a new study, published in Nature, which calculates the number of unprecedented extreme events that people born in different decades and countries might live through.
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1 month ago |
carbonbrief.org | Ayesha Tandon
The “wealthiest 10%” of people on the planet are “responsible” for 65% of the 0.61C increase in global average temperatures over 1990-2020, according to new research. The study, published in Nature Climate Change, uses a field of climate science called “attribution” to determine the contribution of the world’s “wealthiest population groups” to climate change through the greenhouse gases they emit.
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