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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

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 Wednesday 28th of March 2018

Arctic sea ice had second worst year on record Science

"This year’s peak is the second lowest on record... Scientists have used satellites to measure the extent of Arctic sea ice for the past 39 years. As it stands, 2017 had the lowest amount of Arctic sea ice on record, followed by 2018, 2016, and 2015"

*Photo credit: see #2 below

EU leaders order long-term climate strategy by early 2019 Climate Home News

"EU leaders have directed the European Commission to produce a long-term climate strategy “by the first quarter of 2019”"

*Photo credit: see #3 below

Earth Hour: Millions participate in global switch-off to raise climate change awareness Independent

"Since beginning in Sydney in 2007, Earth Hour has spread to more than 180 countries, with tens of millions of people joining in"

Forest loss and Borneo's climate IOP Science: Environmental Research Letters

"We found a strong island-wide relationship between forest loss and increases in daily temperature and reductions in daily precipitation"

[California] adopts... ambitious hydrofluorocarbon regulations Carbon Pulse

"California regulator ARB voted on Friday to accept a new regulation to curb [the] potent heat-trapping gases... coming after a 2017 US federal court decision limited the EPA’s authority to regulate [hydrofluorocarbons]"

Europe's $38 Billion Carbon Market Is Finally Doing Its Job Bloomberg Technology

"Europe’s $38 billion a year carbon market is finally starting to work the way it was intended, reining in pollution with a minimum of squealing from industry"

*Photo credit: see #7 below

Life on Earth Is Under Assault—But There’s Still Hope

National Geographic

"[The] losses are driven mainly by unsustainable consumption of resources, including deforestation and expansion of agriculture, along with pollution, climate change, and impacts of invasive alien species"

Scott Pruitt’s Attack on Science Would Paralyze the E.P.A.

The New York Times

"Scott Pruitt, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, has announced that he alone will decide what is and isn’t acceptable science... when developing policies that affect your health and the environment"

*Photo credit: see #9 below

Nissan aims to sell a million EVs a year by 2022 Energy Live News

"Nissan has outlined plans to launch eight new electric vehicles (EVs) and sell a million every year by 2022... It expects electrified vehicles to make up 40% of the company’s sales in Japan and Europe by 2022 and 50% by 2025"

*Photo credit: see #10 below

Changing employee behaviour to... fight climate change

Eco-Business

"The UN's Industrial Development Organization helps companies... implement energy management systems by allowing managers to track and quantify energy consumption to improve their performance"

*Photo credit: see #11 below

China meets Copenhagen climate target early, vows to stick with ETS... Carbon Pulse

"China has already met its 2020 carbon intensity target, according to a senior climate change official who also stressed that the country will continue building its national emissions trading scheme despite the recent government shuffle"

Friday Editorial: U.S. military prepares for climate change The Florida Times-Union

"America’s military forces are preparing for the multiple threats posed by climate change. This is nothing new, but it has been obscured by some of the more sensational debates"

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Article #2 Photo: European Union: http://www.climatechangenews.com/2018/03/23/eu-leaders-order-long-term-climate-strategy-early-2019/

Article #3 Photo: Getty Images: https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/earth-hour-climate-change-global-warming-lights-off-wwf-a8272466.html

Article #7 Photo: Frans Lanting, National Geographic Creative: https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/03/ipbes-biodiversity-report-conservation-climate-change-spd/

Article #9 Photo: Nissan: http://www.energylivenews.com/2018/03/25/nissan-aims-to-sell-a-million-evs-a-year-by-2022/

Article #10 Photo: Berkeley Lab,CC BY-SA 2.0, via IFPRI Flicker: http://www.eco-business.com/news/changing-employee-behaviour-to-improve-energy-efficiency-and-fight-climate-change/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Digest%2027032018&utm_content=Daily%20Digest%2027032018+CID_9a9fc7cdf8be3eade5a26d000903b7f8&utm_source=Campaign%20Monitor&utm_term=Changing%20employee%20behaviour%20to%20improve%20energy%20efficiency%20and%20fight%20climate%20change

Article #11 Photo: By fading, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=54448325

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