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Arctic Melt Raises Sea Levels and Reinforces Global Warming - 0 views

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    If you want to see global warming's signature, look to the Arctic. Up north, the air is warming and the ice is melting. As all of that reflective ice goes away, the Arctic Ocean is soaking up more sunlight, further enhancing warming. Melting Arctic ice is also contributing significantly to sea level rise.
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Greenhouse gases rise by highest amount on record - 0 views

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    The levels of greenhouse gases are higher than the worst case scenario outlined by climate experts just four years ago
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Background reading for HOMEWORK 'act local, think global' - 3 views

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    exert "However, national-level efforts ... must be complemented by people-centred action at grassroots level"
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Greenhouse gas levels pass symbolic 400ppm CO2 milestone - 0 views

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    Monitoring stations in the Arctic detect record levels of carbon dioxide, higher than ever above 'safe' 350ppm mark The world's air has reached what scientists call a troubling new milestone for carbon dioxide, the main global warming pollutant. Monitoring stations across the Arctic this spring are measuring more than 400 parts per million of the heat-trapping gas in the atmosphere.
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Thailanld flooding at crisis level - 1 views

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    Worst ever flooding in Thailand threatens capital Bangkok Rising floodwaters which have killed or injured hundreds of people and destroyed thousands of homes across Thailand are now threatening the capital Bangkok.
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The environment in 2017: a polluted wasteland hit by floods and droughts - 0 views

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    Pollution and climate change create misery with petrol and energy prices at record levels and flooding rife
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We know the terrible legacy of our love of fossil fuels. But will it stop us? No chance - 0 views

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    Not a tonne of coal or a barrel of oil will be left in the ground if money can be made from extracting and burning it Build a bunker with a vegetable plot on some high but sheltered ground and leave it to your grandchildren: dangerous levels of climate change now look all but inevitable.
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