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A Word from Dr H 1.5 Degrees Centigrade Global Rise May Not Be As Safe As We Thought

A Word from Dr H: 1.5 Degrees Centigrade Global Rise May Not Be As Safe As We Thought

“Climate Tipping Points May Be Triggered Even If Warming Peaks at 1.5C: Ice-sheet collapse, abrupt permafrost thaw and the loss of coral reefs are possible even if the world meets Paris Agreement targets, scientists warn”. ...
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At long last, the US recognizes what the Rohingya already knew

A Word with Dr H: March 22, 2022 ‘At long last, the US recognizes what the Rohingya already knew’

First, you right a wrong and protect those who need refuge. You call their crimes against humanity what it is, genocide, to protect them and make sure justice is served. In the hope that you ...
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A Word with Dr H: Climate Stress and Grief: Solutions Exist

A Word with Dr H, Climate Stress and Grief, Solutions Exist, Mar 11

This article in the NY Times on how the climate is affecting mental health is one of the initial reasons I wrote Starseed R/evolution. Kids with climate grief were coming into my office after getting ...
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How Revisions of Climate Science Can Help Avert Doom

A Word with Dr H, How Revisions of Climate Science Can Help Avert Doom, WP, Feb 26

"How a little-discussed revision of climate science could help avert doom: We can reduce global temperatures faster than we once thought — if we act now". This article in the Wash Post highlights the importance ...
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A Work with Dr H, Jan 25, 2022

A Work with Dr H, Jan 25, 2022

Look at the Exxon memo from 1979, if you have any questions regarding when the oil giant knew about the effects of fossil fuels on the environment. Their new tactic to protect themselves from lawsuits ...
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Why Coal Needs to Go

A Word with Dr H: Why Coal Needs to Go. Now.

"Manchin has also almost single-handedly blocked much of President Biden’s climate agenda in Congress this year, in an effort to give coal a life-line in a carbon-constrained world by pressing for costly and unproven carbon ...
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3 degrees of warming

What will 3 degrees of warming look like, Tipping points, YouTube videos, Dec 2021

What will 3 degrees of warming look like? Many people have difficulty wrapping their minds around what the world will be like when it warms by roughly 2 degrees Centigrade, which is what is now ...
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What are tipping points

What are tipping points, A Word with dr H, Dec 2021

What are tipping points, and why should we be concerned? BBC Earth did a 5-minute YouTube video on the facts around tipping points. Scientists identify some of the reasons we need to pay attention to ...
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Thwaites Glacier is Cracking

Thwaites Glacier is Cracking

A Word with Dr H, December 13, 2021 Would it surprise you that when I started writing my futuristic science fiction book, Starseed R/evolution, the Awakening, back in 2018, I described a several foot sea ...
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The journal Nature asked the question

The COP26 summit: The journal Nature asked the question, is it too late?

The COP26 summit: The journal Nature asked the question, is it too late? Why are scientists divided? Listen to their answers in this 6-minute video. You will hear from those that are cautiously optimistic, and ...
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