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Climate Disruption Dispatches
Each month, we chronicle the catastrophic impacts of climate change.
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As North Pole Melts in November, Wildfires Rage Across US Well Into Winter
Add 36 degrees Fahrenheit to the current temperature wherever you are for a sense of the crisis at the North Pole.
Dahr Jamail | Climate Disruption’s Legacy: Megadroughts, Extinctions, Obituaries for Reefs
As the planet continues to warm, studies show that global wildlife numbers have fallen by 58 percent since just 1970.
Dahr Jamail | Scientists Sound Alarm on Climate but US Still Toys With Skepticism
Earth is already warmer than it has been in 120,000 years but in the US, climate skeptics are still taken seriously.
Dahr Jamail | Toxic Slime Spreads Across Oceans as Climate Disruption Continues
Alaska is the proverbial canary in the coal mine for a world experiencing rapid anthropogenic climate disruption.
In Arctic, Ancient Diseases Return and Highways Melt as Temperatures Hit Records
Just eight months after the Paris climate talks, we are close to reaching the 1.5C upper limit of planetary warming.
Dahr Jamail | Alaskans Witness Collapsing Mountains, Shattered Lives
As the GOP's platform refuses to acknowledge climate disruption, people across Alaska and the world face dramatic impacts.
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Biblical Flooding, Crocodiles in the Arctic and Warning Signs on North America’s Highest Mountain
Dramatic signs of the impacts of human-caused climate disruption abound, even on North America's highest peak.
Dahr Jamail | Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Concentration Has Passed the Point of No Return
Human-caused climate disruption is causing “unprecedented” melting in the Arctic, and record wildfires and temperatures.
Dahr Jamail | As Climate Disruption Advances, UN Warns: “The Future Is Happening Now“
Global temperatures keep rising as human-caused climate disruption continues to break records and shock scientists.
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Dahr Jamail | Climate Disruption in Overdrive: Submerged Cities and Melting That “Feeds on Itself“
In this month's climate disruption dispatch: Arctic cruises, ongoing animal extinctions, world food shortages predicted, and more.