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WMO reports GHG concentrations at highest in 800K years

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Concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere surged at a record-breaking speed in 2016 to the highest level in 800,000 years, according to the World Meteorological Organization’s Greenhouse Gas Bulletin. ppm in 2015 because of a combination of human activities and a strong El Niño event. ppm in 2015.

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Lancet Series Finds That Cutting Greenhouse Pollutants Will Have Major Direct Health Benefits Worldwide

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Carefully choosing how we reduce greenhouse gas emissions will have the added benefit of reducing global health inequities. Each study in the series examines the health implications in both high- and low-income countries of actions designed to reduce the release of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) and other greenhouse gases. —Kirk R.

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Why Electric Buses Are the Healthy School Choice

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Depending on how the electricity to charge them is produced, electric school buses may still have well-to-wheel greenhouse gas emissions, but even these emissions will disappear as more utility companies switch to renewable energy. Electric school buses do not emit harmful greenhouse gas emissions, so their adoption supports healthier air.

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Climate Expert: Don't Call It Geoengineering

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In light of this situation, there's increasing talk of actions that governments can take beyond reducing greenhouse gas emissions—actions that could either remove existing greenhouse gases from the atmosphere or reduce the amount of sunlight coming into the atmosphere. Hardly the breakthroughs we need to stave off disaster. Which is good.

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UN Review of Recent Climate Research Concludes That Impacts Of Climate Change Coming Faster Than Anticipated

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The report released by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), entitled Climate Change Science Compendium 2009 , highlights new research that identifies some events thought likely to occur in longer-term time horizons as already happening or set to happen far sooner than had previously been thought. per year from 2000-2007.