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Climate Change Part 20: The IPCC’s Second Assessment 1996
The environmental bells tolled again when the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published its…
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Climate Change Part 17: Margaret Thatcher Warns 1990
The United Nations set up the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) at the request…
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Climate Change Part 16: The Ozone Layer 1987
1987 was not a good year for Earth spinning in space. The human population had…
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International Shipping Navigates Around CO2
Graceful cruise ships and giant container boats look so serene as they glide across the…
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Climate Change Part 12: The Keeling Curve 1961
Charles David Keeling was an American scientist who first alerted the world to the possibility…
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Climate Change Part 10: Gilbert Plass Warns 1956
We have chronicled several early warnings of climate change on these pages. But we have…
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Climate Change Part 6: Knut Angström 1900
Life, science and knowledge have their ups and downs. First, John Tyndall demonstrated how greenhouse…
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How Carbon is Running Ahead of Plants
Earth’s atmosphere – the precious air we breathe – was not always that way. In…
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How Do We Know Climate Change Is Real
Climate change is in the realm of politics, because large corporations may be behind it…
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Energy Consumption is a Double-Edged Sword
A double-edged sword is twice as dangerous. Because it could also harm the bearer, if…