{"id":15781,"date":"2018-10-04T23:23:16","date_gmt":"2018-10-05T03:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/ipm\/?page_id=15781"},"modified":"2019-03-04T08:08:52","modified_gmt":"2019-03-04T13:08:52","slug":"climatecitizens","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/ipm\/climatecitizens\/","title":{"rendered":"Citizens Guide to Climate Change"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Readings for Week 3 of A Citizens Guide to Climate Change<\/h3>\n<h4><strong>October 12, 2018<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2018\/aug\/06\/domino-effect-of-climate-events-could-push-earth-into-a-hothouse-state\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Domino-effect of climate events could move Earth into a \u2018hothouse\u2019 state <\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nLeading scientists warn that passing such a point would make efforts to reduce emissions increasingly futile<br \/>\nJonathan Watts. <em>The Guardian.<\/em> 7 Aug 2018.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2018\/aug\/07\/climate-change-catastrophe-political-will-grassroots-engagement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Don\u2019t despair \u2013 climate change catastrophe can still be averted<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nSimon Lewis. <em>The Guardian<\/em>. August 7, 2018.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/why-trumps-reelection-may-lead-to-a-climate-death-spiral-136fcf81c1b7\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>We\u2019re getting dangerously close to a climate death spiral, new study warns<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nWhy Trump\u2019s reelection may push us over the cliff. <a href=\"https:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/author\/joe-romm\/\">JOE ROMM<\/a>, AUG 9, 2018<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Original journal article<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pnas.org\/content\/115\/33\/8252\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Trajectories of the Earth System in the Anthropocene<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nWill Steffen, Johan Rockstr\u00f6m, Katherine Richardson, Timothy M. Lenton, Carl Folke, Diana Liverman, Colin P. Summerhayes, Anthony D. Barnosky, Sarah E. Cornell, Michel Crucifix, Jonathan F. Donges, Ingo Fetzer, Steven J. Lade, Marten Scheffer, Ricarda Winkelmann, and Hans Joachim Schellnhuber.<br \/>\nPNAS published ahead of print August 6, 2018.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pnas.org\/content\/pnas\/suppl\/2018\/07\/31\/1810141115.DCSupplemental\/pnas.1810141115.sapp.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Appendix (PDF)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Links are provided purely for educational purposes. No responsibility is assumed for any content on the linked sites.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Readings for Week 3 of A Citizens Guide to Climate Change October 12, 2018 Domino-effect of climate events could move Earth into a \u2018hothouse\u2019 state Leading scientists warn that passing such a point would make efforts to reduce emissions increasingly futile Jonathan Watts. The Guardian. 7 Aug 2018. 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