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Jee Yoon Park

By 2047, Coldest Years May Be Warmer Than Hottest in Past, Scientists Say - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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  • temperatures across most of the earth will rise to levels with no recorded precedent by the middle of this century
    • Jee Yoon Park
      Jee Yoon Park on 27 Oct 13
       
      Is this saying that Earth will reach a higher temperature? Would there be 60 degrees Celsius? I am very worried about my descendants.
  • “the coldest year in the future will be warmer than the hottest year in the past,”
    • Jee Yoon Park
      Jee Yoon Park on 27 Oct 13
       
      (Light bulb) Global warming is a very serious issue going around the world. If Mora's statement is true, does this mean that there would not be negative temperatures? No snow? Would snow be a thing our descendants would see only from the book?
  • Go back in your life to think about the hottest, most traumatic event you have experienced,” Dr. Mora said in an interview. “What we’re saying is that very soon, that event is going to become the norm.”
    • Jee Yoon Park
      Jee Yoon Park on 27 Oct 13
       
      It feels like Dr.Mora is persuading as well as warning us to reduce carbondioxide and other harmful gases.
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  • caveats
    • Jee Yoon Park
      Jee Yoon Park on 27 Oct 13
       
      (Vocabulary) Caveats: noun) warning against certain acts
  • emissions cuts would buy critical time for nature and for human society to adapt, as well as for development of technologies that might help further reduce emissions.
    • Jee Yoon Park
      Jee Yoon Park on 27 Oct 13
       
      The writer is telling us that vigorous global effort is needed in order to make a better environment for our descendants and us.
  • relatable
    • Jee Yoon Park
      Jee Yoon Park on 27 Oct 13
       
      (vocabulary) relatable: adj) to be related to something else
  • extra heat being trapped by greenhouse gases will push the temperature beyond historical bounds much sooner
    • Jee Yoon Park
      Jee Yoon Park on 27 Oct 13
       
      (Check mark) Prior knowledge
  • 2031 for Mexico City, 2029 for Jakarta and for Lagos, Nigeria, and 2033 for Bogotá, Colombia.
    • Jee Yoon Park
      Jee Yoon Park on 27 Oct 13
       
      This is very soon. We should either start to prepare for the future or give strong efforts to reducing CO2.
Sierra Ross

By 2047, Coldest Years May Be Warmer Than Hottest in Past, Scientists Say - NYTimes.com - 1 views

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  • the coldest year in the future will be warmer than the hottest year in the past
  • What we’re saying is that very soon, that event is going to become the norm
  • temperatures could be delayed by 20 to 25
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  • We wanted to give people a really relatable way to understand climate,
  • most striking findings are in the tropics
Cynthia Chao

By 2047, Coldest Years May Be Warmer Than Hottest in Past, Scientists Say - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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shared by Cynthia Chao on 28 Oct 13 - No Cached
  • by 2047, plus or minus five years, the average temperatures in each year will be hotter across most parts of the planet than they had been at those locations in any year between 1860 and 2005.
  • “the coldest year in the future will be warmer than the hottest year in the past,”
  • temperatures could be delayed by 20 to 25 years if there is a vigorous global effort to bring emissions under control
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  • lowing emissions would have a bigger effect in the long run
  • If current trends in carbon dioxide emissions continue, we will be pushing most of the ecosystems of the world into climatic conditions that they have not experienced for many millions of years,
  • “climate departure”
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