Clean Technica Climate change

Fossil-Fuelled Heat Has Caused Tropical Birds to Decline by “Up to 38%” since 1950s

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An uptick in heat extremes, driven by human-caused climate change, has caused tropical bird populations to decline by up to 38% since the 1950s, according to a first-of-its-kind analysis. The study combines ecological and climate attribution techniques to trace the fingerprint of fossil-fuelled climate change on declining wildlife populations. It … [continued]

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Why the Recent Slowdown in Arctic Sea Ice Loss Is Only Temporary

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By Dr Mark England, assistant professor in the department of Earth system science at UC Irvine, formerly senior research fellow in the department of mathematics and statistics at the University of Exeter. The retreat of sea ice in the Arctic has long been a prominent symbol of climate change. Observations reveal that Arctic sea ice extent at the … [continued]

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Energy minister visits Bruce Power to announce new isotope production system

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Canada’s minister of energy and natural resources visited Bruce Power on Tuesday to announce a new isotope production system. Tim Hodgson visited the nuclear power plant as Bruce Power detailed the installation of an isotope production system (IPS) in Unit 6, the first reactor to be renewed under the company’s Life-Extension Program and Major Component […]