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The height of the peak matters because parts of the climate system may fail abruptly beyond certain temperature thresholds. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Climate Change , Environmental Science

Simplified: The height of the global warming peak matters because parts of the climate system may fail abruptly beyond certain temperature thresholds.

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As warming increases, so does the risk that the West Antarctic ice sheet begins an irreversible retreat, that Atlantic circulation slows, or that the Amazon shifts from rainforest to something drier a... 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Climate Change , Food Security , Environmental Science

Simplified: As global warming increases, the risk rises that the West Antarctic ice sheet begins an irreversible retreat, Atlantic circulation slows, or the Amazo...

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Carbon dioxide warms slowly for a long time. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Climate Change , Environmental Science

Simplified: Carbon dioxide warms the atmosphere slowly for a long time.

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Methane, the largest super pollutant and a gas that disappears within roughly a decade of being released, is responsible for roughly half a degree of the warming the world has already experienced. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Climate Change , Environmental Science , Greenhouse Gases

Simplified: Methane, the largest super pollutant and a gas that disappears within roughly a decade of being released, is responsible for approximately half a degr...

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solar radiation modification, which involves injecting reflective particles into the stratosphere to dim incoming sunlight. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Technology , Climate Change , Environmental Science

Simplified: Solar radiation modification is a strategy that involves injecting reflective particles into the stratosphere to dim incoming sunlight.

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And while they might lower temperatures, they would not stop the buildup of climate pollution or the ocean acidification it causes. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Technology , Climate Change , Environmental Science

Simplified: Solar radiation modification interventions would not stop the buildup of climate pollution or the ocean acidification it causes.

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Goldstein N. J., Cialdini R. B., Griskevicius V. (2008). A room with a viewpoint: Using social norms to motivate environmental conservation in hotels. Journal of Consumer Research, 35, 472–482. 1.000

👤 Angela L. Duckworth, Katherine L. Milkman, David Laibson 📋 Academic Journal 🏷️ Psychology , Environmental Science

Simplified: Goldstein, Cialdini, and Griskevicius published "A room with a viewpoint: Using social norms to motivate environmental conservation in hotels" in the...

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3 weeks ago