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The impacts of climate change at 1.5C, 2C and beyond (CarbonBrief) Carbon Brief has extracted data from around 70 peer-reviewed climate studies to show how global warming is projected to affect the world and its regions. Go to the website...
Abstract UNESCO World Heritage sites (WHS) located in coastal areas are increasingly at risk from coastal hazards due to sea-level rise. In this study, we assess Mediterranean cultural WHS at risk from coastal flooding and erosion under four sea-level rise…...
On World Food Day, WWF warns against the dramatic impact of overfished oceans on people around the globe. Currently, 33 percent of fish stocks are overfished (in the Mediterranean it is 85 percent) with a further 60 percent at maximum…...
Hamidov A, Helming K, Bellocchi G, Bojar W, Dalgaard T, Ghaley BB, ... Schönhart M (2018) Impacts of climate change adaptation options on soil functions: A review of European case-studies. Land Degradation and Development, 29, 8, 2378-2389, https://doi.org/10.1002/ldr.3006 ABSTRACT Soils are vital for supporting food security…...
Global Warming of 1.5 °C An IPCC special report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways, in the context of strengthening the global response to the threat of…...
Soils provide numerous essential services in terrestrial ecosystems, ranging from the support of plant growth in agriculture and forestry to moderation of flood risks, water purification, large-scale carbon storage, and support of biodiversity. However, despite soils’ essential roles, they are…...