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      Homes are partially toppled onto the beach after Hurricane Nicole came ashore on November 10, 2022 in Daytona Beach, Florida.

      AI Study Warns World Could Hit 2°C Within Decades—Even With Emissions Cuts

      "This new study, using a new method, adds to the evidence that we certainly will face continuing changes in climate that intensify the impacts we are already feeling," said the lead author.

      Jessica Corbett
      Jan 31, 2023

      Even with ambitious action to reduce planet-heating emissions, the world could pass the two key temperature thresholds of the Paris climate agreement in the coming decades, according to new research that relied on artificial intelligence.

      With the 2015 deal, nations agreed to work toward keeping global temperature rise this century "well below" 2°C and ultimately limiting it to 1.5°C. The study, published Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, used a type of AI known as a neural network to predict how likely it is that the world will breach both limits before 2100.

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      Destructive Hurricanes Fuel Calls for Biden to Declare Climate Emergency

      "Mother Nature is not waiting for the president or Congress to declare a climate emergency. She's showing us in real-time here in the United States—with wildfires, floods, heatwaves, hurricanes, and drought."

      Jessica Corbett
      Sep 30, 2022

      With Puerto Rico and Florida still reeling from a pair of hurricanes--one of which made landfall again Friday as a Category 1 storm in South Carolina--activists across the United States have renewed calls for President Joe Biden to declare a climate emergency.

      "President Biden, declare a climate emergency. If not now, when?"

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      Florida Told to Brace for Deadly Impact as Ian Expected to Become Category 4 Hurricane

      The Tampa Bay area has long been a "sitting duck for catastrophic storm surge and has dodged several bullets," said one climate scientist. "Might not be so lucky this time."

      Brett Wilkins
      Sep 27, 2022

      Government officials and extreme weather experts on Tuesday warned Floridians to brace for impact from Ian, the first hurricane to threaten the Tampa Bay area in a century and the latest in what scientists say will be an era of more frequent and stronger storms due to the climate emergency.

      "If you're good at prayer put Tampa on your list--the worst-case scenarios for Ian are haunting."

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