13 Misconceptions About Global Warming
13 Misconceptions About Global Warming
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Winter sports face a double threat, from climate and demographic change | The Economist
Trouble on the slopes THE great limestone peaks of the Dolomites glow ochre and pink in the summer sunset. The slab of the Marmolada glacier, th...
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Meet the Amateur Scientist Who Discovered Climate Change
Eighty years ago, Guy Callendar built the first climate change model that predicted the danger of greenhouse gases. Today his successors are plotti...
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Scientists find massive reserves of mercury hidden in permafrost
Researchers have discovered permafrost in the northern hemisphere stores massive amounts of natural mercury, a finding with significant implication...
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China Unveils Ambitious Plan to Reduce Emissions | Council on Foreign Relations
Daily News Brief - December 19, 2017 “China has unveiled long-awaited plans for a carbon trading market that will cover some 1,700 companies in ...
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Without the Ozone Treaty You’d Get Sunburned in 5 Minutes
National Geographic, 2017: "Turning 30 this month, the Montreal Protocol was a landmark environmental success that serves as a model for addressing...
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How to green the world's deserts and reverse climate change | Allan Savory | TED
"Desertification is a fancy word for land that is turning to desert," begins Allan Savory in this quietly powerful talk. And terrifyingly, it's hap...
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Why air-pollution apps can be misleading - The Economist explains
A GROWING number of apps, such as London Air and AIRNow, are available for metropolitan residents worried about air pollution. In many big cities, ...
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Germany considers free public transport in fight to banish air pollution - The Local
"Car nation" Germany has surprised neighbours with a radical proposal to reduce road traffic by making public transport free, as Berlin scrambles ...
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The temperature of the ocean is rising - Daily chart
MEASURING the temperature of something as stratified as the ocean has never been easy. Before the 1980s, ships automatically recorded the temperatu...
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Greenland is melting | VOA Special Report
The front lines of climate change run through the rapidly warming Arctic. The changes taking place on this faraway, frozen island will be felt much...
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Climate Change Is Messing With Your Dinner | Bloomberg
The future of food looks like lots of lobsters, Polish chardonnay and California coffee.
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The 100th Meridian, Where the Great Plains Begin, May Be Shifting | Columbia University
Two new papers find that the line that divides the moist East and arid West is edging eastward due to climate change—and the implications for farmi...
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Climate Change Can Be Reversed by Turning Air Into Gasoline - The Atlantic
A Harvard professor says his company should be able to suck carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere, at industrial scales, by 2021.
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A climate change report calls for urgent action - 2018 - The Economist
THREE years ago the world agreed in Paris to keep global warming below 2°C relative to pre-industrial levels, and preferably no higher than 1.5°C.
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The UN Climate Report Demands New Transportation Habits - CityLab
In light of the IPCC’s dire report, substituting some personal convenience in the present could mean that much more hope for the planet’s future.
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Don't know how to save the planet? This is what you can do | Environment | The Guardian
Should we become vegetarians? Is it OK to fly? The author of There Is No Planet B, A Handbook for the Make or Break Years, answers the big questions
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Half of the Great Barrier Reef Is Dead - National Geographic
See where coral in the world's largest coral reef system has been bleached to death.
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Use these tools to help visualize the horror of rising sea levels - The Verge
Tools from NOAA, Climate Central, Information is Beautiful, and EarthTime are helpful for visualizing the effects of sea level rise.
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Climate change: 12 excuses for inaction and how to refute them - Vox
How to use moral clarity to counter defeatism in conversations about climate change.
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How frequent flyers can offset their flight emissions
How frequent flyers can offset their flight emissions includes the use of applications such as CarbonFreeTravel and OffCents and sites such as atmo...
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Make the World Greta Again (Full Documentary)
Upon realizing her generation won’t have a future unless the world’s politicians act now on climate change, then 15-year-old Greta Thunberg skipped...
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Winter is not coming - The northern-hemisphere winter of 2019-20 was the warmest ever on land | Graphic detail
Temperatures stayed roughly the same from November to March
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