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4 November 2017. A report on human-caused climate change by 13 U.S. federal agencies released yesterday cites a mountain of evidence and concludes …
based on extensive evidence, that it is extremely likely that human activities, especially emissions of greenhouse gases, are the dominant cause of the observed warming since the mid-20th century. For the warming over the last century, there is no convincing alternative explanation supported by the extent of the observational evidence.
Science & Enterprise reports on energy and climate change, particularly the effects on agriculture and health. Our friends at Statista provide a look at the financial impact of climate change since 1990, just from extreme weather events. Last year alone, according to data from the journal The Lancet, 797 extreme weather events occurred, resulting in $129 billion in losses.
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