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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

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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

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

"Governments must find sources of finance to support the victims of climate disaster, write officials from four vulnerable countries: "The climate wars have begun and we call to you from its front line. Climate change is not a concept or a future risk, it is our reality"

North/South tension / When will the world’s polluters start paying for the mess they made? Climate Home News

Photo credit: see #1 below

Climate change news for Monday 7th of May 2018

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Of latitude and variability / Models predict increasing temperature variability in poor countries AAS Science Advances

"We show that climate models consistently project increases in temperature variability in tropical countries over the coming decades, with the Amazon as a particular hotspot of concern"

Photo credit: Bloomberg/Getty Images

Of fossils and dinosaurs / Bucking global trends, Japan again embraces coal power

Science

"The nation has fired up at least eight new coal power plants in the past 2 years and has plans for an additional 36 over the next decade"

Photo credit: econews.com.au

Radiative forcing / [How much] can reducing black carbon and methane help? RMETS

"Even total cessation of black carbon aerosol emissions is ineffective... our results highlight the importance of deep and rapid reductions in both CO2 and methane emissions... [in order to attain] the 1.5 °C target"

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New Zealand / Dairy ramps up climate change agenda as Zero Carbon Act looms Stuff.co.nz

"Dairy NZ climate change advisor Kara Lok... [said] "By the time the new government was in place, the dairy sector was already well underway in delivering our commitments to climate change"

Photo credit: Pixabay

Species shifting / Tick-borne and mosquito-borne illnesses are on the rise in the U.S. Science

"Illnesses spread by ticks, mosquitoes, and fleas more than tripled in the United States from 2004–2016...Warmer weather is a major cause for the explosion in these vector-transmitted diseases, The New York Times reports"

Photo Attributions

Article #1 photo by: U.S. Department of Defense Current PhotosPetty Officer 3rd Class Sean Galbreath/Navy Media Content Services - 170925-N-SA412-0082, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=63498446

Article #2 photo by: By Fritz Rudolf Loewa - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15006170

Article #5 photo by: DB Thats-Me, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=54594523

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