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Gideon Mendel: Drowning World Opens May 1

Academy of Natural Sciences

A unique photographic exploration of the impact of flooding on communities around the world due to climate events opens Saturday, May 1 at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. Gideon Mendel: Drowning World is a stark portrayal of the human condition within the context of climate change. Photograph.

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How are Natural Climate Solutions showing up in Olympia?

Washington Nature

by Pascale Chamberland, Masters of Public Administration Candidate 2021, University of Washington Evans School of Public Policy & Governance From a massive social media campaign to plant 20 million trees to businesses planting a tree for each product sold, people seem eager to fight climate change using natural climate solutions (NCS).

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As Soon as Possible

Real Climate

And by the 2007 IPCC AR4 report, or in Lean and Rind (2008) ), at best, scientists had concluded that solar activity wasn’t likely to be responsible for more than 10% or so of the long term rise in global temperature. Lean, and D.H. 32, 2005.

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Should the official Atlantic hurricane season be lengthened?

Real Climate

In 2008, after a series of Atlantic hurricane seasons that began earlier than normal, a study was published that explored whether the anomalously early starts may be part of a larger trend ( Kossin 2008 ). 1987-2007, 2019. 1987-2007, 2019. Li, "Past and Future Hurricane Intensity Change along the U.S. References.

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Celebrating 15 years of blogging

Edouard Stenger

How time flies… I started this blog in January of 2007 as I was seeking work in climate and energy after graduating from my MSc in international management at Audencia. The Great Recession of 2007-2008 made it hard to get just any job and I had to capitalize on my marketing experiences to find employment.

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That Dam Case (Again):  Third District Upholds Oroville Hydropower Facilities Relicensing EIR Against Numerous CEQA Challenges

CEQA Developments

In the late 1990s, the Department of Water Resources (“DWR”) began to prepare for the relicensing required by 2007. Finally, in 2008, DWR approved the settlement agreement and certified the EIR. The Third District upheld the EIR on this point.

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Degradation of coastal regions in the Pacific Islands

Our Environment

Sea level rise within the Pacific has already surpassed the 2007 estimate from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and further predictions infer a further 2m increase within the century. [1] Pacific Climate Change’ accessed 28 February 2021, [link]. [3] References. [1] 3] Gombos, M., Marra, J.