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The Food System Is Awful for the Climate. It Doesn’t Have to Be – WIRED

A steak at a market sells at an explicit price per pound. But it also has a much higher implicit price: It took energy, land, and water to grow the feed that nourished the cow. As that cow grew, it belched…

Even with ‘moderate emissions’, India’s heat is set to get worse – The Hindu

The climate crisis is no longer a distant event that might happen in the future. It is here, bringing new and previously unimaginable challenges. Temperatures are rising, rainfall patterns are shifting, and extreme events such as record-high temperatures and heavy…

Call for ban on zoos keeping polar bears as captivity ‘adds to global warming’ – The Independent

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email The UK and European governments should ban zoos from keeping polar bears because their enclosures are stressful and…

Inability to cool homes in summer heat making almost 90% of Centrelink recipients ill, survey finds

Nearly 90% of people on income support payments say the inability to cool their homes in hot weather is making them sick, and even those who have air conditioning avoid using it because it is too expensive, a survey by…

Fungal Pathogens May Be Adapting Dangerously to Global Warming – ScienceAlert

If you’ve played the video game The Last of Us, or watched any of the recent TV adaptation, you’ll be familiar with the idea of a mutated fungus infecting most of humanity – and there’s now some science to match…

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