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Tipping points: News links for ...[month]... 2019

Brakes gone: The Great Acceleration

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Arctic Carbon:

Boom means bust

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Particulate Pollution:

Bandaid™ in the sky

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Hothouse Earth: Domino Effect

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Photo Attributions

Banner picture: Photo by: Daria Devyatkina

Hothouse earth: Photo by: Bernard Spragg. NZ

Arctic carbon: Photo by: Daxis

Brakes gone: Photo by: Marcus Pink

Particulate Pollution: Photo by: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

Tipping points: News links for ...[month]... 2019

Brakes gone: The Great Acceleration

Headline

Arctic Carbon:

Boom means bust

Headline

Particulate Pollution:

Bandaid™ in the sky

Headline

Hothouse Earth: Domino Effect

Headline

Photo Attributions

Banner picture: Photo by: Daria Devyatkina

Hothouse earth: Photo by: Bernard Spragg. NZ

Arctic carbon: Photo by: Daxis

Brakes gone: Photo by: Marcus Pink

Particulate Pollution: Photo by: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

Ice and sea level: News links for ...[Month]... 2019

Melting Ice: Sword of Damocles

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Sea levels: How fast, how much?

Photo Attributions

Banner : Photo by: Ian D. Keating

Melting Ice: Photo by: Ash

Sea levels: Photo by: .Martin.

Tsunamis: Photo by: yisris / Flickr

Tsunamis: Unsettling news

Ice and sea level: News links for ...[Month]... 2019

Melting Ice: Sword of Damocles

Headline

Sea levels: How fast, how much?

Photo Attributions

Banner : Photo by: Ian D. Keating

Melting Ice: Photo by: Ash

Sea levels: Photo by: .Martin.

Tsunamis: Photo by: yisris / Flickr

Tsunamis: Unsettling news

Ice and sea level: News links for ...[Month]... 2019

Melting Ice: Sword of Damocles

Headline

Sea levels: How fast, how much?

Photo Attributions

Banner : Photo by: Ian D. Keating

Melting Ice: Photo by: Ash

Sea levels: Photo by: .Martin.

Tsunamis: Photo by: yisris / Flickr

Tsunamis: Unsettling news

Ice and sea level: News links for ...[Month]... 2019

Melting Ice: Sword of Damocles

Headline

Sea levels: How fast, how much?

Photo Attributions

Banner : Photo by: Ian D. Keating

Melting Ice: Photo by: Ash

Sea levels: Photo by: .Martin.

Tsunamis: Photo by: yisris / Flickr

Tsunamis: Unsettling news

Ice and sea level: News links for ...[Month]... 2019

Melting Ice: Sword of Damocles

Headline

Sea levels: How fast, how much?

Photo Attributions

Banner : Photo by: Ian D. Keating

Melting Ice: Photo by: Ash

Sea levels: Photo by: .Martin.

Tsunamis: Photo by: yisris / Flickr

Tsunamis: Unsettling news

Ice and sea level: News links for ...[Month]... 2019

Melting Ice: Sword of Damocles

Headline

Sea levels: How fast, how much?

Photo Attributions

Banner : Photo by: Ian D. Keating

Melting Ice: Photo by: Ash

Sea levels: Photo by: .Martin.

Tsunamis: Photo by: yisris / Flickr

Tsunamis: Unsettling news

c l i m a t e n e w s s i n c e 2 0 1 8

Teachers' Guide

Not The Weather Report

Climate change news for Thursday 12th of April 2018

Marine heat waves / Fish populations in Great Barrier Reef collapse after devastating coral bleaching events Independent

"The coral bleaching events that have devastated the Great Barrier Reef in recent years have also taken their toll on the region’s fish population, according to a new study"

Wind Forecast / Doubling Global Capacity by 2027 Will Be a Breeze Greentech Media

"Global wind capacity is set to double by 2027, driven by a rush to capture tax subsidies in the U.S., the rise of emerging markets, and a coming surge for offshore wind"

Marine ecology threat / Marine heatwaves have become ‘34% more likely’ over past century Climate Brief

"Nature Communications [has compiled] a global record of marine heatwaves going back as far as 1925 for the first time. The new dataset shows that marine heatwaves have become 34% more likely"

*Photo credit: see #4 below

Litigation boom / Litigation rising with the seas as victims revert to 'Plan B' ABC News

"Across the world a shift towards climate change litigation is gathering steam as low-lying island countries and even United States' cities take aim at governments and big oil companies for failing to act proportionately"

China competition / Apple says repeal of EPA carbon plan would threaten investments Reuters

"Repealing the plan would jeopardize the country’s position in the race for investments in clean energy, particularly its competition with China, Apple said"

X Prize / The $20 MILLION competition to fight climate change heats up Daily Mail (Aust)

"Ten finalists have qualified to compete in a $20 million moonshot competition to transform dangerous carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from power plants into usable products"

*Photo credit: see #7 below

Carbon grenade / Indonesia land swap... to protect peatlands, risks wider deforestation Eco-Business

"Up to half the land that could potentially be awarded... is classified as natural forest, the groups say. This amounts to 9,719 square kilometers (3,753 square miles) of forest, an area roughly the size of Lebanon"

Dramatic increase / Projections of Antarctic ice shelf melting

American Meteorological Society

"During the 21st-century simulations, total ice shelf basal mass loss increases by between 41% and 129%... The main mechanism driving this melting is an increase in warm Circumpolar Deep Water on the... continental shelf"

UK wind power / World’s most powerful offshore turbine installed Belfast Telegraph

"Vattenfall has installed the first of 11 turbines at its development centre in Aberdeen Bay – which previously attracted opposition from Donald Trump"

White heat / Los Angeles paints its streets white to beat... summer heat Daily Mail Australia

"City officials in Los Angeles are on a quest to reduce the effects of climate change by painting some of its streets in a light-colored, heat-reducing sealcoat"

Floating solar / AqvaFloat readies factory for floating solar PV production Business Green

"UK-based firm AqvaFloat has announced the completion of its new Cumbria factory, where it plans to begin production of "game-changing" floating systems for solar farms across the UK and Europe"

We need to talk / Business and climate resilience discussions Eco-Business

"Companies... find it difficult to incorporate climate resilience into business strategies. Responses range from “we don’t know how to do this...” to “do [disasters] really have a high probability of occurring...?”"

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