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Timbulsloko in Indonesia

Why does a village Timbulsloko in Indonesia adjust to living on sinking land?

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On her way to work, Sumaira. It’s no longer the 70-year-old’s day to stroll here. It will now take her thirty minutes to reach there by boat paddle. A vast rice field once covered this area. It has since vanished, and fish ponds have been built. The water’s depth has increased from knee to breast. …

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critical 1.5°C warming limit

How will the world respond to the unprecedented occurrence of the first annual global breach of the critical 1.5°C warming limit?

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Image credit: Freepik In order to help prevent the worst effects, world leaders made a commitment in 2015 to attempt to keep the global temperature increase to 1.5C. The historic “Paris agreement” is not broken by this first year-long violation, but it does get the world closer to doing so in the long run. Scientists …

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