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Climate change linked to more pollen, allergies, asthma

Tests show that the more CO2 in the atmosphere, the more plants generally grow and the more pollen they produce.

‘Too Expensive, Too Utopian’: Desertec Abandons Sahara Solar Export Dream | The Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF)

The Desertec Industrial Initiative (Dii) has abandoned its strategy to export solar power generated from the Sahara to Europe, killing hopes of boosting the continent’s share of renewable electricity with cheap external supplies

Global warning: the rise of 'cli-fi' | Books | The Guardian

Polar City Red bombed, selling precisely 271 copies

Coming off fossil fuels is akin to quitting smoking – only harder | Guardian Sustainable Business | guardian.co.uk

Clearly, a physiological addiction to nicotine is not a perfect analogy for a societal-wide dependence on the energy, services and convenience that fossil fuels provide.

Ice going, humanity: Arctic melting at alarming rates | Grist

[Warmist Phil Plait] No one knows when we’ll have the first ice-free Arctic summer — extrapolating into the future can be difficult — but one thing we can bet on is that it’ll be a lot sooner than the year 2100 as originally predicted just a few years ago...the Earth is warming up. That’s melting the ice at both poles