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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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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

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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

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

Melting Ice: Sword of Damocles

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Sea levels: How fast, how much?

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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

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Sea levels: How fast, how much?

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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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Equities risk / Europe’s Largest Asset Manager Sees ‘Tipping Point’ on Climate Bloomberg

"We are really observing a tipping point among the institutional investors on climate change [said Frederic Samama of Amundi]... Until recently that question was not on their radar screen. It’s changing and... changing super fast"

Equities risk / Europe’s Largest Asset Manager Sees ‘Tipping Point’ on Climate Bloomberg

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Hotter, drier, stormier / Climate change increasing risks of lightning-ignited fires, study finds PhysOrg

Hotter, drier, stormier / Climate change increasing risks of lightning-ignited fires, study finds PhysOrg

"Fires ignited by lightning have and will likely continue to increase across the Mediterranean and temperate regions in the Southern Hemisphere under a warmer climate, according to a new study co-led by a Portland State University researcher."

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If at first you don't succeed / Blocked by Trump, Climate Change Activists Focus on Cities and States Time

If at first you don't succeed / Blocked by Trump, Climate Change Activists Focus on Cities and States Time

""Our goal has been to shift the zeitgeist on climate," says Thanu Yakupitiyage, an activist at... 350.org. "The way we have to frame climate is really personal. In order to talk about climate you have to talk about it with other issues.""

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Middle-east heat rises faster / Climate change is making the Arab world more miserable The Economist

Middle-east heat rises faster /

Climate change is making the Arab world more miserable

"Longer droughts, hotter heatwaves and more frequent dust storms will occur from Rabat to Tehran, according to Germany’s Max Planck Institute for Chemistry. Already-long dry seasons are growing longer and drier, withering crops."

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Emerging economies / Indonesia neglects renewables in export and domestic-driven coal boom Eco-Business

Emerging economies /

Indonesia neglects renewables in export and domestic-driven coal boom Eco-Business

"Indonesia’s coal industry is enjoying a resurgence, driven both by rising demand from China—the world’s biggest consumer of the fossil fuel—and a push by the government in Jakarta to build more coal-fired power plants."

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Airconditioning feedback? / Study: Hotter temperatures hurt U.S. students

Airconditioning feedback? /

Study: Hotter temperatures hurt U.S. students

Axios

"Hotter temperatures cut academic achievement by inhibiting cognitive skill development, but more air conditioning in schools can mitigate those harms, new research on U.S. students shows."

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Headline #1 photo: By Peazapata [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], from Wikimedia Commons

Headline #3 photo: By Mark Dixon from Pittsburgh, PA - DC-Climate-March-2017-1070500, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=58405564

Headline #6 photo: David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

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