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We live in a rare time in the history of the Earth. A rapidly changing climate is clearly bringing on the 6th Mass Extinction in Earth's history. It threatens all species, including our own. We were once capable of preventing it, now we are only capable of reducing its impact, though this could means the difference between a climate we can adapt to and one that we are unable to adapt to. Rather than shutting our eyes with dread or denial, we need to open them and see what is happening to our dear Earth.  
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1. [[The Arctic Region]]
===[[Sea Level Rise Tools]]===


2. [[Wild Fires]]
We live in a rare time in the history of the Earth. A rapidly changing climate is clearly bringing on the 6th Mass Extinction in Earth's history. It threatens all species, including our own. We were once capable of preventing it, now we are only capable of reducing its impact, though this could mean the difference between a climate we can adapt to and one that we are unable to adapt to. Rather than shutting our eyes with dread or denial, we need to open them and see what is happening to our dear Earth.  


3. [[Extreme Weather]]
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NYTime Greenland Melt.jpg| [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/08/opinion/sunday/science-climate-change.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&fbclid=IwAR1ziUwAwSpQ36fNuF47Bi1i69wW-UyBSGd4Ay3nbwc2m23m88OoVPZb8_E How Scientists Got Climate Change So Wrong]
AGGI by Type.png|Annual Greenhouse Gas Index by type
AGGI summary.png|Annual Greenhouse Gas Index cumulative
BBC climate stripes 976-nc.png|[https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-48678196?fbclid=IwAR1ai4DEW7KgbRoj1jf5pkRuZqgx1bSxI0w-Xt_1-IowMXvtltDpWO08-IU The Chart that Defines Our Warming World]
2624.jpg|[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/01/precipitous-fall-in-antarctic-sea-ice-revealed 'Precipitous' fall in Antarctic sea ice since 2014 revealed]
Rafe Pomerance (center) and Daniel Becker (far right) at the Noordwijk meeting in 1989. From Daniel Becker.png|[https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/08/01/magazine/climate-change-losing-earth.html?smid=pl-share The Decade we Almost Stopped  Climate Change NY Times]
Chart of Alaska Temps.jpg|https://[http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jun/13/climate-crisis-alaska-is-melting-and-its-likely-to-accelerate-global-heating Climate crisis: Alaska is melting and it’s likely to accelerate global heating The Guardian]
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4. [[Drought]]
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[[File:Rafe Pomerance (center) and Daniel Becker (far right) at the Noordwijk meeting in 1989. From Daniel Becker.png|thumb|center|[https://wikidemocracy.us/index.php/Climate_Change-Effects Climate Change Effects]]]


5. [[Infectious Diseases]]
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6. [[Mass Migration]]
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7. [[Overview]]
==Resources==


[[But Canada has done little to prepare for flooding that is likely to become even more common as the planet continues to warm, she said. “Responding to disaster is going to be a lot more expensive than being proactive in vulnerable sites.”|The Guardian- Canada Flooding 4/30/2019]]
=====Sea Level Rise Blog=====
[https://tamino.wordpress.com/2019/12/10/a-century-and-more-of-sea-level-acceleration/ Open Mind Kid's Lives Matter]


[https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/4/29/1853872/-Heat-Dome-over-Greenland-Causing-Unprecedented-Early-Melting?utm_campaign=trending Daily Kos Greenland Heat Dome 4/29/2019]
=====Climate Disinformation Database=====
[https://www.desmogblog.com/global-warming-denier-database?utm_source=dsb%20subscriber%20newsletter&fbclid=IwAR0fj5IA7UuPHN1AahmnSmwMhNOuX89Mgq8fSqY31NDbQ-3iqzHqDeu0Er4 List of prominent climate deniers.]


[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/26/hurricane-maria-puerto-rico-youth-mental-health-study-report The Guardian- Hurricane's impact on Puerto Rico 4/26/19]
=====DEEP ADAPTATION FORUM=====
https://jembendell.com/2019/09/09/six-months-of-the-deep-adaptation-forum/


[https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2018/10/ipcc-report-climate-change-impacts-forests-emissions/ National Geo Climate change impacts worse than expected, global report warns 10 07 2018]
=====THE GLOBAL CLIMATE 2015–2019=====
[http://ane4bf-datap1.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/wmocms/s3fs-public/ckeditor/files/Five_year_report_2015-2019_0.pdf?4M6Z45W4mlGplwRxbJnQrgi08Ssq5LXe WMO 9/22/2019]


[https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/mar/04/heatwaves-sweeping-oceans-like-wildfires-scientists-reveal Ocean Heat Waves The Guardian 2019]
=====Ocean Acidification=====
https://phys.org/search/?search=ocean+acidification
=====Hurricanes=====
https://phys.org/search/?search=hurricanes
=====Sea Level Rise=====
[https://phys.org/tags/sea+level+rise/ Phys.org]
=====Coastal Flooding=====
[https://phys.org/tags/coastal+flooding/ Phys.org ]


=====Greenland Ice Melt Xavier Fettweiss=====
[https://twitter.com/xavierfettweis xavierfettweis]


=====SkepticalScience=====
[https://skepticalscience.com/volcanoes-and-global-warming.htm SkepticalScience Getting skeptical about global warming skepticism.]


[https://www.quantamagazine.org/cloud-loss-could-add-8-degrees-to-global-warming-20190225/ Quanta magazine a World without Clouds]
=====National Snow and Ice Data Center=====
[https://nsidc.org/ National Snow and Ice Data Center]
NSIDC manages and distributes scientific data, creates tools for data access, supports data users, performs scientific research, and educates the public about the cryosphere.


[https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/14/climate-disasters-cost-650-billion-over-3-years-morgan-stanley.html CNBC Costs of Climate Change last 3 years]
=====Climate Science Special Report=====
https://science2017.globalchange.gov/
This report is an authoritative assessment of the science of climate change, with a focus on the United States. It represents the first of two volumes of the Fourth National Climate Assessment, mandated by the Global Change Research Act of 1990.


[https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/sep/26/global-warming-climate-change-targets-un-report The Guardian-No Progress on Climate Change 9/2018]
=====Sierra Club Beyond Coal=====
[https://content.sierraclub.org/coal/ Sierra Club Beyond Coal]
Coal is our country’s dirtiest energy source, from mining to burning to disposing of coal waste. Our campaign is uniting grassroots activists across the country to move America Beyond Coal.


[https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-018-0282-y.epdf?referrer_access_token=1Qeet7tfpI_WDq9OgMBcYdRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0Ms70oz073vBeHQkQJXsJbee8ZREj2S6_6onKkLAlgfEZXqMcb8a9MZYUmeQspMdzRIrOp4QXjYDM9K5-UMUoCr-6aU0OUq-o8ng7E-n4k4_pOKKYJVkuvXqFLVxD1nf4wWIqectVNDRAK7UmJl_XyycEO8U7BKmxbB2olAhdbgsHqPXytifq9-K9ktVun3EQGP9CgsLU-zw7eI3S8o3utB3yPSKOlvO0cjOasbQ2IUiff5A3JowNYdDbTh8kvegqKXSYUU5NJ3S0LFjdWgDAd3&tracking_referrer=thinkprogress.org Nature Climate Change- Research Country-level social cost of carbon 9/18]
==Unformatted Articles==
=====Attributing long-term sea-level rise to Paris Agreement emission pledges=====
https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2019/10/31/1907461116?cct=1815


[https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/sep/24/americas-era-of-climate-mass-migration-is-here The Guardian- Climate Migration 9/18]
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/29/rising-sea-levels-pose-threat-to-homes-of-300m-people-study


https://www.sfchronicle.com/environment/article/Kelp-disappearing-from-coastal-waters-as-fish-14551459.php?fbclid=IwAR1noztdh45xUVh9itnR1C2L460T-B0b6Tpqr3v11RU9X4N2xaE84UuXpV0


[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sixth_Extinction:_An_Unnatural_History wikipedia- The Sixth Extinction: Elizabeth Kolbert]


[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/02/11/there-have-been-five-mass-extinctions-in-earths-history-now-were-facing-a-sixth/?utm_term=.248d098349a3 Washington Post- The 6th Extinction]
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/environment/planet-will-survive-but-what-about-mankind?fbclid=IwAR1NO6_Son4KN3uBzJ6_4LfCjRIdrejaAq7lvxHpQ2uCMKnbkcx8sFx4-XQ


[http://www.climateassessment.ca.gov/state/docs/20180827-StatewideSummary.pdf California 4th Annual Report Climate Change]


[https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/aug/27/climate-change-will-make-hundreds-of-millions-more-people-nutrient-deficient Crops grown in High CO2 are less nutritious- The Guardian]
[https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/21/world/australia/australia-climate-change-malcolm-turnbull.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news NY Times- Australia and it's Electoral support of Coal]
[https://newsroom.heart.org/news/wildfire-smoke-associated-with-more-er-visits-for-heart-stroke-ailments-among-seniors Heart Association Study on Wildfire Smoke 4/18]
[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/are-devastating-wildfires-a-new-normal-its-actually-worse-than-that-climate-scientist-says/ CBS News California Fires 2018]
[https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/08/01/magazine/climate-change-losing-earth.html?smid=pl-share NY MAG article Climate Change efforts 1979-1989]
[https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jul/23/rising-temperatures-linked-to-increased-suicide-rates Rising Temps linked to Suicides (Climate Change) 7/2018]
[https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-018-0222-x.epdf?referrer_access_token=XvNfBccavc25tsN8jx80HtRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0Od0PBRrqjld84cND8FX46EXQXeVI2E2Repk6was59BX1bWvZ-OAUrV_zvd1vMZW-3DEwjDyeB4nHqxIUTwtSx2MjX8UtiBhs3opkI7UxR2rDR4LtQiaUrrK08i3nDqVYmV2z-wy00OAFI4nFm-av3iGCVbN9G5NObNJqmRDyJ3t0EE1FaUNW_DHcuz3jAXv6KfPmu6K_9SdP8oK5zjVJ170IpRS8B8hj_NDi8gljCqTgfcf78-Df8zY_jhzCM5bNo%3D&tracking_referrer=www.theguardian.com High Temps/Suicide Scholarly Research (Climate Change) 7/2018]
[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/20/heatwave-grips-japan-after-deadly-floods Heat Wave Grips Japan after Deadly Floods (Climate Change) 7/2018]
[https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/in-india-summer-heat-could-soon-be-unbearable-literally/ Unbearably heat in India- Soon (Climate Change) 7/2018]
[https://insideclimatenews.org/news/11072018/kentucky-coal-mining-black-lung-disease-armstrong-indictments-parkway-kronos-mine-safety-health 8 Black Lung Indictments (Fossil Fuels) 7/2018]