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It’s been a bad season for forest fires in N.B., and it’s not over yet

With waterfront views of the St. John River, Heritage Country Camping
in Lower Queensbury is an oasis for New Brunswickers looking to get
away, but COVID-19 isn’t the only concern this camping season.

“Very, very, very dry,” said co-owner Diann Estey. “We haven’t mowed
for two weeks. We finally did it yesterday, so we’re hoping it doesn’t
burn out.”

July 3, 2020

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It Hit 80 Degrees in the Arctic This Week

A little farther south, in Siberia—you know, the region of world we reference when we want to connote something cold—it was 86 degrees Fahrenheit. Arctic sea ice in the neighboring Kara Sea took the deepest May nose dive ever recorded. Oh, and random swaths of the region are on fire. Things are extremely wrong.

May 26, 2020

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Scientists hate to say ‘I told you so’. But Australia, you were warned

Those who say “I told you so” are rarely welcomed, yet I am going to
say it here. Australian scientists warned the country could face a
climate change-driven bushfire crisis by 2020. It arrived on schedule.

For several decades, the world’s scientific community has periodically assessed
climate science, including the risks of a rapidly changing climate.
Australian scientists have made, and continue to make, significant
contributions to this global effort.

I am an Earth System scientist, and for 30 years have studied how humans are changing the way our planet functions.

January 21, 2020

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Siemens Backs Adani Coal Mine as 30,000 Protest – The Energy Mix

“You’re a coward,” said @RossHammondSF. “History—and potential future customers—will not judge you kindly.”

“‘We should have been wiser about this project beforehand,’” wrote @AnnemarieBotzki. “You either have a plan to decarbonize and take responsibility or not. Stop the greenwashing & justifications for a morally corrupt decision. #BoycottSiemens”

“Joe, by supporting a project that draws 12.5 billion litres of water from the environment via the Suttor River every year, in the driest inhabited continent on earth, @Siemens will eventually be called out as #ClimateCriminals & charged with #ecocide,” warned @ELCA_Brett.

January 13, 2020

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How wildfires may be permanently changing Canada’s boreal forest

Normally, fires don’t come around more often than every 30 years and
often much longer. The lack of fuel in recently burned stands helps
regulate that frequency.

Climate change is breaking those rules, Whitman said.

“We’re experiencing more hot, dry windy days – the main trigger for
large fire years. As more years experience more extreme fire weather,
(the blazes) are able to overwhelm that resistance that recently burned
sites have.”

January 13, 2020

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