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Earthwatch Institute
Earthwatch Institute
Save the Reef and Oceans From biodiversity and food supply to the livelihoods of millions, much depends on our oceans. Coral reefs are home to one quarter of all life in the oceans, and provide humans with immense benefits such as coastal protection, fisheries, and touris
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Evidence | Facts – Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet
The current warming trend is of particular significance because most of it is extremely likel (greater than 95 percent probability) to be the result of human activity since the mid-20 th century and proceeding at a rate that is unprecedented over decades to millennia. 1. Earth orbiting satellites and other technological advances have enabled scientists to see the big picture, collecting many ...
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Climate change mitigation — European Environment Agency
Climate change is one of the biggest challenges of our times. Climate change is already happening: temperatures are rising, drought and wild fires are starting to occur more frequently, rainfall patterns are shifting, glaciers and snow are melting and the global mea sea level is rising.
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Evidence | Facts – Climate Change: Vital Signs of
the Planet
Climate change mitigation — European
Environment Agency
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