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7 Tipping Points That Could Transform Earth | Wired Science | Wired.comWhen the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issue its last report in 2007, environmental tipping points were a footnote. A troubling footnote, to be sure, but the science was relatively new and unsettled. Straightforward global warming was enough to worry about. But when the IPCC meets ...
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Climate science update: from bad to worse - Yahoo! NewsThe planet could warm by seven degrees Celsius (10.8 degrees Fahrenheit) this century, a figure that lies at the farthest range of expert predictions made only two years ago, scientists said on Tuesday. The study is the biggest overview on global warming since the UN Intergovernmental Panel on ...
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Learning and Knowing in Indigenous Societies todayHome Explore Community Help Sign Up Log In Document Information 4 Reads | 0 Comments The loss of their specialised knowledge of nature is a grave concern for many indigenous communities throughout the world. Education, as it is understood in a Western context, occupies a pivotal ...
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CO2 and Carbon Sinks: How Nature Helps Cancel Out Humanity's SinsCO2 and Carbon Sinks How Nature Helps Cancel Out Humanity's Sins Carbon dioxide is the primary perpetrator of climate change and most efforts to slow global warming go into preventing CO2 production and aiding CO2 absorption. But a new study suggests that the more CO2 we make, the more ...
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Asia peatland loss 'helps drive warming': scientists - Yahoo! NewsScientists pointed the finger on Wednesday at Southeast Asian countries for draining wetlands for palm oil and cheap timber production, warning the practice was stoking dangerous global warming. In a presentation on the sidelines of the UN climate talks, a network of scientists branded ...
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Hive Electricity: The Coming Energy RevolutionHive Electricity The Coming Energy Revolution Electric cars, intelligent washing machines, mini power plants in your basement: Germany is on the verge of an energy revolution. SPIEGEL ONLINE looks at the latest developments in the smart grid and how it will change the relationship between ...
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Two meter sea level rise unstoppable: expertsA rise of at least two meters in the world's sea levels is now almost unstoppable, experts told a climate conference at Oxford University on Tuesday. "The crux of the sea level issue is that it starts very slowly but once it gets going it is practically unstoppable," said Stefan Rahmstorf, a ...
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How China, A Rising World Power Deals with the Current Crisis and Challenges Facing the WorldHaving the future of humankind in mind, we have to be aware that we are facing several closely interrelated and interlinked major challenges: 1. Sustainable development of the world economy as threatened by the volatility of financial markets, due to the prevailing short-term profit interest of ...
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Developing countries and global warming: A bad climate for development | The EconomistDeveloping countries and global warming Poor countries’ economic development will contribute to climate change. But they are already its greatest victims IN LATE April Mostafa Rokonuzzaman, a farmer in south-western Bangladesh, gave an impassioned speech at a public meeting in his village, ...
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Worldchanging: Bright Green: A Global Climate Deal Must Be Simpler, Fairer, and More Flexible Than KyotoA Global Climate Deal Must Be Simpler, Fairer, and More Flexible Than Kyoto by Claus Leggewie Negotiations on emissions in the run-up to the UN climate summit show no sign of the radical change we need Limiting global warming to 2C above preindustrial levels is absolutely crucial, says ...
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