{"id":32007,"date":"2017-11-04T11:26:36","date_gmt":"2017-11-04T15:26:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sciencebusiness.technewslit.com\/?p=32007"},"modified":"2017-11-04T11:26:36","modified_gmt":"2017-11-04T15:26:36","slug":"infographic-costs-of-climate-change-soar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/?p=32007","title":{"rendered":"Infographic – Costs of Climate Change Soar"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Infographic:<\/a> You will find more statistics at Statista<\/a><\/p>\n

4 November 2017. A report<\/a> on human-caused climate change by 13 U.S. federal agencies released yesterday cites a mountain of evidence and concludes …<\/p>\n

based on extensive evidence, that it is extremely likely that human activities, especially emissions of greenhouse gases, are the dominant cause of the observed warming since the mid-20th century. For the warming over the last century, there is no convincing alternative explanation supported by the extent of the observational evidence.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Science & Enterprise reports on energy and climate change<\/a>, particularly the effects on agriculture and health. Our friends at Statista provide a look at the financial impact<\/a> of climate change since 1990, just from extreme weather events. Last year alone, according to data from the journal The Lancet<\/a>, 797 extreme weather events occurred, resulting in $129 billion in losses.<\/p>\n

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