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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

Climate change news for Tuesday 20th of March 2018

UN Arctic chief: ‘Climate change isn’t linear – it’s accelerating’ Euractiv

"Thierry Lucas is the new acting head of UNEP’s Brussels office: "One thing to remember is that this change isn’t linear. It is accelerating and there will be tipping points when it comes to factors like methane emissions""

End of days: Is Western civilisation on the brink of collapse? New Scientist

"History tells us all cultures have their sell-by date. Do political strife, crippling inequality and climate change mean the West’s time is now up?"

A Bold, Divisive Plan to Wean
Californians From Cars The New York Times

"A bill in the State Legislature... would allow eight-story buildings near major transit stops... The idea is to foster taller, more compact residential neighborhoods that wean people from long, gas-guzzling commutes, reducing greenhouse-gas emissions"

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“Sign of change”?: Japan’s environment ministry to draw up carbon pricing proposal Carbon Pulse

"Japan’s environment ministry (MoE) will begin drawing up a detailed policy proposal for a carbon pricing mechanism despite lingering opposition against emissions trading in parts of the Abe administration"

Stark Differences in Climate Impacts Between 1.5 and 2 Degrees of Warming Yale

"The research, led by scientists at Princeton University... also found that if nations managed to limit warming to 1.5 degrees, extreme sea-level events could still be catastrophic for coastal communities"

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Chevron, Oil Giants Lose Latest Fight Over Climate Jurisdiction Bloomberg

"California cities and counties seeking to hold five of the largest oil companies accountable for their contribution to climate change through a trio of lawsuits will make their case in California state court, a judge ruled"

These Climate Pollutants Don't Last Long, But They’re Wreaking Havoc on the Arctic Inside Climate News

"Tackling the problems raised by these potent pollutants—methane, black carbon, tropospheric ozone and hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) chief among them—offers a glimmer of opportunity for saving the rapidly warming Arctic"

A complicated calculus keeps the remaining [US] coal fleet alive Utility Dive

"Some of the coal plants that are still running are scheduled to retire, but that still leaves a sizable fleet of operating coal plants. What's keeping them alive?... a [complex] mix of economics, commodity pricing and regulations"

Kelp Farms and Mammoth Windmills Are Just Two of the Government’s Long-Shot Energy Bets The New York Times

"Off the coast of California, the idea is that someday tiny robot submarines will drag kelp deep into the ocean at night, to soak up nutrients, then bring the plants back to the surface during the day, to bask in the sunlight"

Global energy giants forced to adapt to rise of renewables The Guardian

"Companies face world where falling cost of solar and wind power pushes down prices"

Ontario should bury the idea of ‘no-till’ farming offsets, experts warn Carbon Pulse

"‘No-till’ farming has important environmental benefits but does not make sense as an offset protocol in the Ontario cap-and-trade programme, according to offset developers and registries"

*Photo credit: see below

Beijing snowfall hailed as ‘auspicious’ ... but it’s man-made South China Morning Post

"For one government minister it was an auspicious sign... But much like proceedings in the legislature, the snow was carefully choreographed – weather officials said they had intervened to help ease the drought"

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