Are We Off the Climate Precipice?
Between 150 and 200 species are going extinct every single day. We are likely to begin seeing periods of ice-free Arctic by as soon as this coming summer, or the summer of 2016 at the latest. The 14 hottest years on record have all occurred in the last 16 years. August, September, and October of 201...
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Western CEDAR
2015
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| Online Access: | https://cedar.wwu.edu/fairhaven_wif/2014-2015/2014-2015/15 https://vimeo.com/117539867 |
| Summary: | Between 150 and 200 species are going extinct every single day. We are likely to begin seeing periods of ice-free Arctic by as soon as this coming summer, or the summer of 2016 at the latest. The 14 hottest years on record have all occurred in the last 16 years. August, September, and October of 2014 were each the hottest months ever recorded, respectively, and 2014 is already tied with the hottest year ever recorded. All this and we are only .85C above pre-industrial temperatures. Have we already gone off the climate precipice? What can we expect in the climate disrupted future, and what should we do now? About the Lecturer: Dahr Jamail, independent, award winning journalist |
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