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Staying current for Chapter 8 {2022}-{2021}-{2020}-{2013–2019}-{2006–2012} See non-chronological resources { Climate Change Contents } Articles from 2023–2024 2024-08-28. Canada’s Wildfires Were a Top Global Emitter Last Year, Study Says. By Manuela Andreoni, The New York Times. Excerpt: The wildfires that ravaged Canada’s boreal forests in 2023 produced more planet-warming carbon emissions than the burning of […]

Staying current for Chapter 8 Articles from 2020 Stay current index page for Chapter 8. { Climate Change Contents } 2020-12-23. This experimental vineyard seeks to save wine from climate change. By Sarah Kaplan, The Washington Post. Excerpt: French scientists are hard at work, trying to find varieties of grapes that will thrive in warm weather…. […]

Staying current for Chapter 8 Articles from 2013 to 2019 To Stay current index page for Chapter 8 { Climate Change Contents } 2019-12-27. What Do You Get When You Cross a Thunderstorm with a Wildfire? By Jenessa Duncombe, Eos/AGU.  [https://eos.org/articles/what-do-you-get-when-you-cross-a-thunderstorm-with-a-wildfire] Excerpt: There are few things more ominous than a looming thundercloud. Add a wildfire to […]

Staying current for Chapter 8 Articles from 2006–2012 Stay current index page for Chapter 8 { Climate Change Contents } 2012 December 07. Global Change session at American Geophysical Union (AGU) meeting, titled The Anthropocene: Confronting the Prospects of a +4C World: (2 hours) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98M4i6tNgJ8&feature=player_embeddedIncludes (session GC51H): 01. Temporal and spatial scales of an Anthropocene Series – Jan […]

Staying current for Chapter 7 { Climate Change Contents } See non-chronological resources (bottom of page). 2024-07-24. The Southern Ocean is soaking up more emissions than we thought. By Yuanxu Dong et al, Science. Summary: It’s no secret that the ocean is a big help when it comes to curbing climate change, absorbing carbon and locking much of […]

Staying current for Chapter 6. { Climate Change Contents } See non-chronological resources (bottom of page). 2024-06-06. Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are surging “faster than ever” to beyond anything humans ever experienced, officials say. By Li Cohen, CBS News. Excerpt: Carbon dioxide, the gas that accounts for the majority of global warming caused by human […]

Staying current for Chapter 5. { Climate Change Contents } See Non-chronological resources for this chapter (bottom of page). 2023-02-06. Battling Lava and Snowstorms, 2.5 Miles Above the Pacific. [https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/06/climate/mauna-loa-carbon-dioxide-eruption.html] By Raymond Zhong, The New York Times. Excerpt: Two and a half miles above the Pacific, with the combined exhalations of a vast swath of […]

Stay current for Chapter 4 { Climate Change Contents } See non-chronological resources (bottom of page). 2024-08-30. Alarm as Australia records ‘gobsmacking’ hot August temperatures. By Graham Readfearn, The Guardian. Excerpt: Australia’s winter runs from June to August, but swathes of the country have felt like summer the past week with temperatures topping 40C and […]

Staying current for Chapter 3 { Climate Change Contents } See Non-chronological resources for this chapter (bottom of page). 2024-06-01. Nitrogen-using bacteria can cut farms’ greenhouse gas emissions. By DIANA GITIG, Ars Technica. Excerpt: Microbes in soil convert nitrogen fertilizer into nitrous oxide, and the more nitrogen fertilizer they have to work with, the more […]

Staying current for Chapter 2. { Climate Change Contents } See non-chronological resources for this chapter (bottom of page). 2016-12-13. NASA Releases New Eye-Popping View of Carbon Dioxide. By NASA.  Excerpt: …The 3-D visualization reveals in startling detail the complex patterns in which carbon dioxide in the atmosphere increases, decreases and moves around the globe over […]