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The spread of viruses like Zika and climate change
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GShLuQXJYdw Climate change is expected to alter the geographic and seasonal distributions of existing vectors and vector-borne diseases [Likely, High Confidence]. Rising temperatures, changing precipitation patterns, and a higher frequency of some extreme weather events associated with climate change will influence the distribution, abundance, and prevalence of infection in the mosquitoes that transmit West Nile virus and other pathogens by altering habitat availability and mosquito and viral reproduction rates [Very Likely, High Confidence]. References The Impacts Of Climate Change On [...]
Climate and Apocalyptic Films
As someone who just discovered Netflix i want to share some of their climate related programs. […]
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Close to 10,000 hectares of mangroves have died across a stretch of coastline reaching from Queensland to the Northern Territory.
Dramatic Mangrove die off in northern Australia (Aerial footage)
Close to 10,000 hectares of mangroves have died across a stretch of coastline reaching from Queensland to the Northern Territory.
Climate change 25 yrs ago explained by Isaac Asimov and Frederik Pohl
Back in 1991 Isaac Asimov and Frederik Pohl published a nonfiction book about global warming, the environment and the solutions – Our Angry Earth. […]
The Climate Spiral: Carbon budget, CO2 and Temperature since 1850
07/27/2016 - Global-mean temperatures are breaking one record after the other since instrumental observations began. Driven by burning of fossil fuels and deforestation, carbon dioxide concentrations have also soared to unprecedented levels. In fact, today's CO2 concentrations are higher than they have ever been over the last 800 thousand years. Scientists from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research PIK and the University of Melbourne now put all these elements together to provide a set of new interactive Climate Spiral [...]
Jerry Brown urges bold climate action @Democratic National Convention 2016
JULY 27, 2016 | CLIP OF DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION, DAY 3 | Governor Jerry Brown (D-CA) spoke about combating global climate change. […]
Tim Kaine: The solution to climate change is american innovation
Watch Senator Tim Kaine speak on the solution to climate change, a speech he gave on March 10 2014 on the senate floor. […]
Ella Lagé: What One Person Can Do About Climate Change
Ella Lagé on “What One Person Can Do About Climate Change” at TEDxHamburg (http://www.tedxhamburg.de) […]