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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

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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

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

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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

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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

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Not The Weather Report

Climate dominoes / Climate change on track to cause major insect wipeout, scientists warn The Guardian

"Global warming is on track to cause a major wipeout of insects, compounding already severe losses, according to a new analysis. Insects are vital to most ecosystems and a widespread collapse would cause extremely far-reaching disruption to life on Earth..."

Climate dominoes / Climate change on track to cause major insect wipeout, scientists warn The Guardian

Photo credit: Joel Sartore/NG/Getty Images

Climate change news for Saturday 19th of May 2018

For 400 Months in a Row, the Earth Has Been Warmer Than 20th Century Average

Impregnable statistics / For 400 Months in a Row, the Earth Has Been Warmer Than 20th Century Average Source

"April marked the 400th consecutive month with global temperatures exceeding the 20th century average, more evidence the earth is warming, according to the U.S. National Centers for Environmental Information in Asheville, North Carolina"

Photo credit: NOAA

Water stress / Mapped: How global warming and land-use change threaten water security worldwide Carbon Brief

Water stress / Mapped: How global warming and land-use change threaten water security worldwide Carbon Brief

"The world’s water supply has been severely altered by global warming and changes to land use – such as agriculture and damming – over the past 15 years, new satellite data shows"

Source: Rodell et al. (2018)

Ecology / Rising sea levels putting wildlife at risk Yale Climate Connections

Ecology / Rising sea levels putting wildlife at risk

Yale Climate Connections

"Just as rising seas pose serious threats to coastal residents and human-built systems and structures, and cause human climate refugees to flee low-lying atolls, these seas are also threatening many diverse species of wildlife"

Photo credit: Marc Averette

Range shift / Warming seas may scramble North America’s fishing industry Science

Range shift / Warming seas may scramble North America’s fishing industry Science

"Warming seas will force many of North America’s most valuable fish and shellfish stocks north in coming decades, a major new... study finds... Some species could see their ranges shrink by half... others are poised to expand into vast new territories"

Photo credit: ROBERT F. BUKATY/AP

Australia / Senate inquiry: Climate change an 'existential security risk'... The Guardian

Australia / Senate inquiry:

Climate change an 'existential security risk'... The Guardian

"Climate change is a “current and existential national security risk” to Australia, a Senate inquiry has told parliament, one that could inflame regional conflicts over food, water and land, and even imperil life on Earth"

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