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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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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?

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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

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

Not The Weather Report

Climate change news for Tuesday 27th of March 2018

Europe Saw a Spike in Extreme Weather Over Past 5 Years, Science Academies Say Inside Climate News

"Floods and big landslides have quadrupled and extreme heat waves and crop-damaging droughts have doubled since 1980, with a sharp spike in the last five years, according to the European Academies' Science Advisory Council's latest extreme weather update"

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"‘When I first started, the idea that you could actually change the pH of the ocean just wasn’t there – no one expected us to be able to do it', [veteran scientist Peter Wiebe said. 'We're doing it] at a pace that far surpasses anything natural that has ever happened.’"

*Photo credit: see #2 below

*Photo credit: see #3 below

Geoengineering and sustainability

Environmental Politics

"A sustainability orientation does not answer the troubling question whether geoengineering should be developed and deployed. But it can foster a ‘fusion of horizons’ between Prometheans and Gaians, providing common ground in an otherwise polarized debate and making a more productive dialogue possible"

Hemmed in by big coal: 'A bad feeling is constantly hanging over us' The Guardian

"It’s a hot summer’s afternoon at [80,000 hectare cattle station] Riverside, 50km north of the purpose-built mining town Moranbah in central Queensland [Australia]"

*Photo credit: see #4 below

How can companies own their climate narratives?

Eco-Business

"At a recent conference, business leaders discussed the risk that climate change poses and how to signal their climate-readiness to investors and shareholders"

*Photo credit: see #5 below

Norway plans to buy electric planes, mimicking green car success Reuters

"Norway said on Thursday it wants to buy electric passenger planes in the coming years to help slow climate change, building on its success with big tax breaks that have made it the world leader in electric car sales"

China plans tougher goals, beefed-up inspections in war on smog Reuters

"China will set more stringent targets for improving the nation’s air quality under a new three-year plan, as Beijing prepares to beef up a nationwide crackdown on polluters"

*Photo credit: see #7 below

Can Philippines storm survivors hold companies to account for climate damage? Eco-Business

"As the frequency and intensity of storms increased, Veronica Cabe began to speak up about holding someone responsible. In 2015, she became a petitioner in a landmark complaint"

*Photo credit: see #6 below

Forest carbon budget: Ukraine Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

"Ukrainian forests have served as a net carbon sink, absorbing 11.4 ± 1.7 Tg C year−1 in 2010, which is around 25% less than the official values reported to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change"

*Photo credit: see #8 below

Climate change exposes ancient Māori bones Stuff.co.nz

"Climate change has led to extreme weather conditions... chunks of beach front land have disappeared, all of which leaves more bones unearthed, [Chris Bailey, a local Māori leader] said"

Effects of sea ice on Arctic biota: an emerging crisis discipline The Royal Society

"Given the breadth and complexity of Arctic sea ice's effects on Arctic biota, Arctic research requires a truly multidisciplinary approach to address this issue"

‘We want to repower NSW’: thousands rally against coal in Sydney The Guardian

"Thousands of people from across New South Wales – including some on horseback – have marched through Sydney, calling for an end to coal seam gas and coal mining and a renewed focus on renewables."

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* Photo Attributions

#1: By Uwe Kils - http://www.ecoscope.com/hyperia/index.htm, GFDL, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=363757

#2: Gaia: http://www.maicar.com/GML/Gaia.html

#3: Prometheus: By Carl Bloch - www.ribekunstmuseum.dk/samling

#4: By Eco-Business http://www.eco-business.com/news/

#5: By Cccc3333 at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8800348

#6: By TimeWaitsForNobody - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=51559061

#7: Image: 350.org,CC BY-SA 2.0, via IFPRI Flicker http://www.eco-business.com/news

#8: Diana Worthy/Stuff https://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/

#9: By Helen Davidson for the Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/mar/24/we-want-to-repower-nsw-thousands-rally-against-coal-in-sydney

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