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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?

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

Climate change news for Saturday 17th of March 2018

Photo: https://oilprice.com/Energy/Crude-Oil/

World's biggest oil producer wants trucks' emissions E&E Climatewire

"Saudi Arabian Oil Co., the world's biggest oil producer, is working on technology to collect carbon dioxide emissions from heavy-duty trucks. Saudi officials hope to store that carbon dioxide at refueling stations and use it to harvest more oil"

Amplification of heat extremes by plant CO2 physiological forcing Nature

"Plants influence extreme heat events... [Feedbacks from vegetation] to a quadrupling of CO2 [have the effect of] increasing summer heat wave occurrence by 20 days or more… Our results indicate CO2-driven vegetation changes enhance future heat wave frequency and intensity"

Photo: http://unfccc.int/meetings/bonn_apr_2018/meeting/10552.php

UN floats draft rulebook for international emissions trade, keeps [Certified Emissions Reductions] on the table Carbon Pulse

"UN officials on Friday released a draft paper to help guide governments working on a year-end deadline to finalise rules on international emissions trade under the Article 6 of the Paris Agreement"

At this rate, it’s going to take nearly 400 years to transform the energy system

MIT Technology Review

“Ken Caldeira, [a senior scientist at the Carnegie Institution] says it’s clear we’re overhauling the energy system about an order of magnitude too slowly… the world has barely even begun to confront the problem"

When Disaster Is Always Looming Slate

"Rising temperatures melt more of the snowpack… Sometimes [the glacial lakes] grow too big… [water] can drain out of the moraine with... enough force to wipe out roads, fields, even whole human settlements"

Perspectives... from Finnish Lapland: Local insights on the global imaginary of Arctic [solar] geoengineering Geoforum

"This paper synthesizes perspectives from [Finland's north]. Rather than approaching solar geoengineering from the perspective of Arctic or local interests, respondents took a global view of its prospects and governance."

When It Comes to Climate Change, the Ocean Never Forgets Hakai Magazine

"The deep ocean is like a roast in the oven, remaining hot long after the heat’s been turned off… According to [climate scientist Kirsten Zickfeld’s research], the deep ocean will hold on to its heat for centuries, if not millennia"

Photo source: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10823

Regional Climate Impacts of Stabilizing Global Warming at 1.5 K Using Solar Geoengineering Earth's Future

"Solar geoengineering may reduce global mean impacts but is imperfect... at the regional level, where the effects of climate change are experienced. Our results should galvanize research into the regionality [aspect]"

Mass die-offs are driving efforts to create hardier corals

"The biggest killer [of coral] is warming seawater…. If oceans are changing faster than coral can adapt... why not, [a growing number of] researchers argue...speed up evolution? One way to do this would be selective breeding"

[Massachusetts] Gov. Baker Announces Climate Resiliency Bond Bill WBUR News

"The $1.4 billion bond bill... would authorize the governor to spend the money at a future date... "for critical infrastructure and the prevention, adaptation and mitigation of climate change"

Photo: http://blogs.edf.org/ By Jenna Muirhead via Office of Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr

Second tripartite [Western Climate Initiative] auction to feature over 103 million allowances Carbon Pulse

"California, Quebec, and Ontario will conduct their second quarterly auction of the year on May 15, which will include over 13.4 million previously unsold [greenhouse gas allowance] units"

US coal hasn’t set aside enough money to clean up its mines Climate Home News

"As the US coal industry winds down, does it have enough money set aside to clean up the vast pits, walls and broken mountains left behind? A Climate Home News investigation has found the answer is no"

Photo: Sam Wheeler - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=25112137

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