climate instability
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On a warmer planet, you might feel much colder.
A simple science demonstration with some jam jars, water, and food coloring can help us understand why global warming would make sudden winter storms more common.
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On social norms.
Would you pull over for a fire truck on its way to fight climate change?
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On two degrees and the worst year (yet) to be alive.
We’re hoping to limit climate change to two degrees … but even two degrees could turn our world into a terrible place to live.
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On Syria, and the complexity of causality.
Syria was in dire straits before the drought — climate change made a bad situation even worse.
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