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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

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Teachers' Guide

The News for Saturday 14th of July 2018

Green country / Ireland becomes world's first country to divest from fossil fuels The Guardian

Green country / Ireland becomes world's first country to divest from fossil fuels The Guardian

"The Republic of Ireland will become the world’s first country to sell off its investments in fossil fuel companies, after a bill was passed with all-party support in the lower house of parliament."

Photo credit: see #1 below

Threat to sea life / New gannet study reveals warm water lowers nutritional value of fish and squid Stuff

Threat to sea life / New gannet study reveals warm water lowers nutritional value of fish and squid Stuff

"The nutritional value of fish and squid deteriorates during warm water events, a new study has revealed... the nutritional balance... was shown to be of a lower quality and contained less healthy oils..."

Photo credit: Chris Wood

Arctic Glaciers / Ocean‐induced melt triggers glacier retreat in Northwest Greenland Geophysical Research Letters

Arctic Glaciers / Ocean‐induced melt triggers glacier retreat in Northwest Greenland Geophysical Research Letters

"We find that the timing of glacier retreat coincides with the timing of increased ocean‐induced melting of the ice faces above average, which is driven by increases in ocean temperature and surface melt."

Photo credit: see #3 below

Japan Floods / Japan faces 'frequent' disasters as flood toll reaches 200 Reuters

Japan Floods / Japan faces 'frequent' disasters as flood toll reaches 200

Reuters

"Japan risks more severe weather and must find ways to alleviate disasters, a government spokesman said on Thursday, as intense heat and water shortages raised fear of disease among survivors of last week’s floods and landslides."

Photo credit: see #4 below

Red Alert / On climate change, ‘red alert is on’, says COP21 president Laurent Fabius Euractiv

Red Alert / On climate change, ‘red alert is on’, says COP21 president Laurent Fabius

Euractiv

"President Laurent Fabius: "The figures are not good, the red alert is on. Current... plans are not enough, the world must triple its efforts and Europe needs to show the way. It needs a long-term strategy and must inform on its short-term choices""

Photo credit: Claire Stam

Wasted energy / Ammonia—... made from sun, air, and water—could power the globe without carbon Science

Wasted energy / Ammonia—... made from sun, air, and water—could power the globe without carbon Science

"All told, Australia boasts a renewable energy potential of 25,000 gigawatts, one of the highest in the world... Yet with a small population and few ways to store or export the energy, its renewable bounty is largely untapped."

Photo credit: see #6 below

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Photo Attributions

1st Picture: Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland/Trócaire/350.org

3rd Picture:CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=191569

4th Picture:By Dan Smith - Own work, CC BY-SA 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11751

6th Picture: STEVEN MORTON/FELLOW OF THE ROYAL PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY

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