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How Engineers Can Help Protect Earth From Worsening Climate Change

Cars That Think

The day reminds us of the need to protect our planet and its ecosystems against the worsening climate crisis. The climate crisis is threatening people across the world, as well as every species of animal and plant life. Climate change is a global societal crisis that is causing devastating consequences.

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New Report Concludes That Real Costs of Adapting to Climate Change Will Likely Be At Least 2-3X Greater Than Current Estimates

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Representation of damage from climate change avoided by adaptation, and damage not be adapted to (‘residual damage’) over the longer term. The amount of money on the table at Copenhagen is one of the key factors that will determine whether we achieve a climate change agreement. in connection with ocean acidification).but

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Michael Jackson Comes Back From Dead to Blast L.A. Times Climate Change Coverage

Creative Greenius

Times isn’t a newspaper anymore, it’s an abusepaper that is part of the climate change problem, not part of the solution, said the still world popular entertainment legend. . How can you ignore and cover up the irreversible impacts of the climate crisis that are already happening?

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Ted Lieu To The Rescue! Heroic Climate Champion Saves Community Choice Aggregation.

Creative Greenius

My politically connected friends (who prefer to remain nameless) advise me to accept State Senator Ted Lieu as he is and be happy for his strong environmental record. . They tell me to stop wishing he was somebody else and that I’m dreaming if I think he’s ever going to change into the dynamo that I fantasize about. .

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Making Information Tech Greener Can Help Address the Climate Crisis

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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change delivered its starkest warning ever. The IPCC concluded that human influence has unequivocally warmed the planet and changed weather patterns. At the same time, it noted, there is still a window in which humans can alter Earth's climate path. In August the. estimated 1.4

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This Startup Is Building the Internet of Underwater Things

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Billions of “intelligent objects” packed with sensors are connected to each other and to servers, capturing and exchanging, in real time, huge amounts of data. Well, not all of our planet: IoT does not connect us to seas and oceans. It is just as efficient in more natural environments. This blind spot is rather striking.

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Can Software Save the World at a Profit?

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Can software save the world from climate change and other environmental threats? We’re not going to know the answer to that question for a very long time, but a venture capital firm is betting that companies that develop business management software for addressing climate change can be profitable while they are trying.