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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

"Despite a growing trend toward green cars and the investment in low-carbon energy to power them, a recovery in oil prices... is just one more sign that the global demand for carbon-producing fossil fuels remains strong"

Good news averted / Fossil fuels roar back in a world hungry for energy CBC News

Photo credit: Ben Nelms/Reuters

Climate change news for Tuesday 24th of April 2018

U.S. Sea Level / Climate Change Is Already Depressing the Price of Flood-Prone Real Estate Fortune

"New research shows that real estate properties in areas affected by extreme weather and sea level rise are losing value relative to less exposed properties. The effects are already substantial..."

Photo credit: Nikita Zimov

Methane mobilization / Baby Bison Are Being Flown To Siberia To Try To Save The Permafrost Fast Company

"Pleistocene Park, in the wilds of Siberia, is trying to recreate the ecosystem of 20,000 years ago, in the hopes that the actions of grazing animals can help keep the ground from thawing and releasing...carbon"

Photo credit: NASA

Sea level / Here’s how fast a glacier can slip into the sea once it’s destabilized Quartz

"There’s a foreboding climate-change lesson nestled in the Chugach Mountains of southeastern Alaska. Or rather, the lesson is in the 12-plus miles of bare sea and land where a glacier once stood"

Photo credit: CP

Canada / 'Extreme weather' weighs on CP first-quarter earnings World Grain News

"“This was a challenging quarter, as we battled extreme weather and unprecedented demand, specifically in the northern reaches of our network,” said Keith Creel, president and chief executive officer of CP"

Photo credit: see #6 below

Mental health / The impact of climate change on mental health... Carbon Brief

"Heatwaves, for example, are of particular concern. Research across the Australian population shows their impact on mental health is similar to that of unemployment"

Photo credit: see #7 below

Demographic shift / Latest Climate Threat for Coastal Cities: More Rich People Bloomberg

"Hurricane Irma... caused the floor of Terry and Sharon Baron’s cream-colored mobile home to collapse. On Marathon Key, twenty miles north, the winds lifted Diane Gaffield’s mobile home off its concrete pad..."

Photo credit: Carolyn Kaster / AP file

The good seed / Green pastors bringing environmentalism to evangelicals NBC News

"While many evangelical Christians dismiss climate change as major concern, some scripture-citing environmentalists within their churches are on a mission"

Photo credit: see #9 below

World Bank / New... high-level competitiveness forum

Carbon Pulse

"The World Bank announced a high-level forum on carbon pricing and competitiveness amid the release of a report on decarbonising the global power and chemicals sectors"

Photo credit: see #10 below

Coal feels heat / HSBC turns its back on coal The Telegraph [UK]

"HSBC has become the latest financial institution to turn its back on financing high carbon energy projects after ruling out funds for new coal-fired power plants"

Photo credit: see #11 below

Range shift / Migratory birds... moving Lyme disease to new places... The Daily Climate

"In 2008, veterinarians in Canada were asked to pitch in on a project with pressing implications for human health. The question: had an anticipated wave of Lyme disease arrived, and where was it emerging?"

Photo credit: Roman Decca

Desperate deeds / Could sprinkling sand save the Arctic's shrinking sea ice? The Guardian

"While the North Meadow Lake near Utqiaġvik, formerly known as Barrow, may be relatively nondescript, it will be the staging ground this month for an ambitious attempt to safeguard the Arctic’s rapidly diminishing sea ice"

Photo Attributions

Article #6 photo by: Jim West/Alamy Stock Photo

Article #7 photo by: By Cayobo from Key West, The Conch Republic - Hurricane Irma 45, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=63539438

Article #9 photo by: By Shiny Things - Flickr, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2390362

Article #10 photo by: Photo by Viktor Kiryanov on Unsplash

Article #11 photo by: By CNX OpenStax - https://cnx.org/contents/5CvTdmJL@4.4, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=53713243

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