Tag: Global Climate Change
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Are tornados connected to climate change? Maybe, but resilient design is needed now.
Just as we saw following Hurricane Sandy, the devastating tornado that hit Moore, Oklahoma raised the question of whether the storm could be attributed to climate change. Either way, Andrew Revkin notes, this is less important in the short-term.
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The conversation about climate change is stuck. This American Life investigates why.
The popular radio program and podcast, This American Life, covers climate change and why the conversation is stuck in the United States.
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Why interconnectedness makes disaster relief so hard
Kevin Kelly explains why the complex interconnectedness of modern technology and society makes disaster relief and system change so challenging.
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10 NASA scientists speak on 400 ppm CO2 milestone
Earlier this month, our atmosphere crossed an important - and potentially dangerous - milestone. Here's some context provided by some of NASA's climate scientists.
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Survey shows 70% of Americans think global warming should be a priority, but...
Let's pretend that there's someone with a gun to your head, and he gives you a hard quantum mechanics problem with two answers, only one of which is correct.
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Why Keystone XL pipeline must be stopped
The New Yorker's Elizabeth Kolbert explains why the Keystone XL pipeline must be a line in the sand for a livable future.
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Why Environmental "Hypocrisy" Is Irrelevant and Inevitable
Accusations of hypocrisy against environmentalists because they too use fossil fuels are a dangerous and counterproductive distraction.
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Out of 11,944 peer-reviewed climate papers, 97.2% agree on man-made global warming
Like in Groundhog Day, we have to relive the same day over and over again, not to become a better person and get the girl, but to break through the public perception that somehow there's still a scientific debate on global warming.
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Lobster Boat Successfully Blockades 40,000 Ton Coal Shipment
Yesterday, two activists moored their tiny lobster boat infront of a giant coal tanker, successfully halting the delivery of 40,000 tons of central Appalachian coal.
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Meet America's first climate refugees
The people of Newtok, Alaska are living a slow-motion disaster that will end, very possibly within the next five years, with the entire village being washed away.
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Should we geoengineer the climate? We already are.
Geoengineering can be more than doing stuff to the environment. We could try leaving it alone.
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Sea levels could rise 27 inches by 2100 because of melting ice
If it's hard to stop rising water from causing massive damage during a temporary storm surge in a single location, think of how hard it would be to prevent rising sea levels from wreaking havoc all around the world at the same time.
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Not too late to reverse dramatic declines in biodiversity
A new study finds climate change will halve the living space of half of plants and one third of animals if we don't act now; but there is hope.
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The Wall Street Journal's defense of CO2 is 'monumentally naive'
A recent op-ed in the Wall Street Journal titled In Defense of Carbon Dioxide” suggests climate change isn't a problem because plants need CO2 to grow. Climate writers call it a new low for climate denial.
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Climate hits 400ppm of CO2 for first time in 3 million years
It is a sign of our rapidly changing world that we can get daily updates on the growing levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere via Twitter.
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The Republican civil war on climate change
Coral Davenport at National Journal has a well-reported piece on the "coming civil war in the Republican party." Can the moderates turn the fundamentalists around?
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Vice President Biden talks climate to Rolling Stone
Douglas Brinkley at Rolling Stone sat down for an hour with Vice President Joe Biden and the topic of climate change made up considerable bulk of the interview. It's worth a read
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Quid Pro Quo on Keystone approval? Not likely.
As we wait for President Obama and the State Department to make a decision on the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, talk seems to have shifted away from why the pipeline should be rejected to what should be done in the event the project is approved.
