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      This aerial view shows cars that fell into a large sinkhole

      Stop 'Caving to Fossil Fuel Industry,' Experts Say as 2022 Confirmed Among Hottest Years on Record

      "Should U.S. and global policymakers fail to significantly ratchet up the ambition of existing climate policies they will all but guarantee irreversible tipping points will be exceeded," one scientist warned.

      Kenny Stancil
      Jan 12, 2023

      Multiple agencies concurred this week that 2022 was among the hottest years on record—a continuation of a dangerous trend that experts say underscores the need to move rapidly away from fossil fuels, the primary source of planet-heating pollution.

      The World Meteorological Organization confirmed Thursday that last year was one of the hottest since record-keeping began. Citing its analysis of six international datasets, the WMO said that the average global temperature in 2022 was roughly 1.15°C above preindustrial (1850-1900) levels.

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      'Climate Change Is the Asteroid,' Say Critics of NASA Earth Defense Mission

      "The actual clear and present danger to humanity is of course Earth breakdown from burning fossil fuels," said one NASA climate scientist.

      Brett Wilkins
      Sep 26, 2022

      Critics of a NASA planetary defense mission said this week that instead of spending hundreds of millions of dollars learning how to manage the infinitesimal danger of Earth-bound asteroids, the government should focus on tackling the immediate--and ever-worsening--threat of climate catastrophe.

      "Climate change is a thousands of times greater problem and must be addressed."

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      NASA Images of Shrinking Lake Mead Offer 'Stark Illustration' of Climate Crisis

      "This is not a drought, this is aridification," said one water law expert. "This is the new world we live in."

      Julia Conley
      Jul 22, 2022

      Newly released images from NASA show how drastically decades of drought in the American West have caused water levels in crucial Lake Mead to decline, threatening water access for tens of millions of people and millions of acres of farmland.

      NASA Earth Observatory released satellite images of the reservoir, part of the Colorado River watershed, taken in early July 2000, 2021, and 2022.

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