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OUR TAKE: COP27 — The Good, Bad, Hopes & Fears By ClimateYou Senior Editor Abby Luby
The dust has settled at COP27, the 27th United Nations Climate Conference at Sharm El-Sheikh in Egypt where a record 45,000 people registered to attend. The longest running summit of all the conferences, agreements made in the final moments has left us all with hope but also doubts.
OUR TAKE: U.S. Congress Passes Landmark Climate Legislation By ClimateYou Guest Contributor
After decades of failed attempts, the U.S. Congress in August 2022 passed a climate action bill. The climate legislation comes in the guise of the Inflation Reduction Act, the most pressing immediate issue for many voters. While it does aim to reduce the deficit and enable Medicare to
OUR TAKE: Wildfire Update 2022 by ClimateYou Senior Editor Abby Luby
At any given moment thick, rolling smoke plumes covering several thousand acres are spewed out by raging wild fires burning all over the world. From Asia to Africa, Europe to North and South America, these extreme fires are exacerbated by heat waves and droughts, the perilous extreme weather
OUR TAKE: Gender Equity is Crucial to Fight Climate Change
That women and children have long been victims of the adverse impacts of climate change is not surprising. As global warming creates more extreme weather conditions, women and children living in vulnerable, impoverished countries hit by floods or drought have suffered exponentially and are forced to leave their
Manchin Supports Proactive Climate Bill by ClimateYou Senior Editor Abby Luby
A surprise deal made just last week between Democratic Senators Joe Manchin III of West Virginia and majority leader Chuck Schumer of New York has put into motion the most ambitious climate action plan ever taken by the United States. Manchin had been holding out on voting for
ClimateYou Interviews Climate Artist & Writer Melissa Fleming
Climate Artist Melissa Fleming Editor’s Note: ClimateYou.org has long appreciated the climate artwork of Melissa Fleming and her popular blog The Weather Gamut, that discusses all things related to weather and climate change. Following is our interview with Fleming. ClimateYou: Is your approach to the weather/art connection
What is Climate Change
Student Blogs
Heat Waves, Not a Beach Day! By City Tech Blogger Angela Knafo
Climate change has been a topic of discussion for many years now, and it has affected the whole world. With global warming increasing at a fast rate, we have experienced hotter and longer summers. While global warming is a natural occurring phenomenon, the current climate we are experiencing
Unbearable Heat Waves by City Tech Blogger Andray Whyte
Summer is hotter, winter is warmer. The world as we know it is getting hotter and hotter as the years go by. Global warming is affecting our world in a negative slope. It is affecting our lives and animals’ lives. Across the glob countries are constantly breaking records
How Is Sea Level Rising Changing With Climate Change? by City Tech Blogger Asra Pervaiz
Since the dawn of time, the climate has been changing. The sea level is one aspect of the climate that is significantly impacted by these changes. Sea levels increase in warm climates where seawater expands caused by glacial ice melts in such places as Greenland. The sea level
An Alternative Way to Fight Climate Change By City Tech Blogger Samuel Leriche
The fight against climate change remains one of the most challenging tasks in our era, many efforts have been made to adapt and mitigate climate change. Adaptations are measures taken to cope with the negative impacts of climate change such as seawalls for coastal cities and mitigations
The Climate Catastrophe and the Relation to the Covid-19 Pandemic by City Tech Blogger Mahir Faisal
Climate change plays a vital role in a global pandemic, because of the increasing temperature and deforestation of trees, animals are forced to leave their natural habitat and migrate to a better habitual environment which affects their reproduction cycle. Another point is that during the migration when animals
We are Helping! (actually, they are not helping) By a City Tech Blogger
This year from November 6 to November 18, the 27th Annual Conference of the Parties on Climate Change of the United Nations (COP27) will be held in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. It is expected that this conference will discuss practical actions that will help reduce carbon emissions and
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Brooklyn Botanical Garden
Spring 2020
In spring 2020, an innovative three-way collaboration took place between ClimateYou, the Brooklyn Botanical Garden and two City Tech classes. It was a success. City Tech students in Professor Robin Michals’ Communication Design Photography Class and those in Professor Reginald Blake’s Natural Disaster Class joined together to explore evidence of climate change at the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens. This unique, cross-discipline collaboration paired photography students with student writers, each reflecting and sharing his or her personal observations of how the changing climate affects nature.
Student Posts
ClimateYou-City Tech-Brooklyn Botanic Garden Three-Way Collaboration
In spring 2020, an innovative three-way collaboration took place between ClimateYou, the Brooklyn Botanical Garden and two City Tech classes. It was a success. City Tech students in Professor Robin Michals’ Communication Design Photography Class and those in Professor Reginald Blake’s Natural Disaster Class joined together to explore
The Greenhouse Effect
For the first time in a long time, I went to the and unexpectedly enjoyed it even though it was a required class trip. I found it amazing that the major environmental factors that we talk about in class were demonstrated in such a relatively small garden. The greenhouse
Brooklyn Botanical Garden: How Greenhouse Gases Interact with Plants in Tropical Environments
The Brooklyn Botanical Garden is one of the many places that utilize a greenhouse to conserve plant life at a specific temperature. Like most areas in New York, the Brooklyn Botanical Garden Greenhouse uses greenhouse gases to store heat energy for tropical plants. This heat energy is stored
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ClimateYou provides people of all ages, interests, education levels and professions with a place to learn about climate change. At ClimateYou, you will find out about the causes and effects of climate change, interact with others from around the world, document your own local climate change, and discover ways to respond. ClimateYou is your place.
George Ropes
A former international relief and development worker, George Ropes has lived and worked in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. He is especially interested in how climate change affects the health and food security of people living in the developing world.
Abby Luby
Abby Luby is an environmental journalist, food and arts writer, and educator, whose work has appeared in The New York Daily News, SolveClimateNews, and Edible Hudson Valley. An experienced writing teacher, she now focuses on helping students to communicate about climate change.
Dedication
This website is dedicated to Dr. George H. Ropes, a math educator who lived in Westchester County, New York. He created one of the first interactive software programs in 1990 to teach students about climate change. He would applaud the efforts of ClimateYou.org to link people of all ages from around the world to explore, learn about, and communicate the many ways that a changing climate impacts life today — and what we can do about it.
Our focus is to teach you about all aspects of global climate change
About ClimateYou
ClimateYou provides people of all ages, interests, education levels and professions with a place to learn about climate change. At ClimateYou, you will find out about the causes and effects of climate change, interact with others from around the world, document your own local climate change, and discover ways to respond. ClimateYou is your place.
George Ropes
Former international relief and development worker. He has lived and worked in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. He is especially interested in how climate change affects the health and food security of people living in the developing world.
Abby Luby
Abby Luby is an environmental journalist, food and arts writer, and educator, whose work has appeared in The New York Daily News, SolveClimateNews, and Edible Hudson Valley. An experienced writing teacher, she now focuses on helping students to communicate about climate change.
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This website is dedicated to Dr. George H. Ropes, a math educator who lived in Westchester County, New York. He created one of the first interactive software programs in 1990 to teach students about climate change. He would applaud the efforts of ClimateYou.org to link people of all ages from around the world to explore, learn about, and communicate the many ways that a changing climate impacts life today — and what we can do about it.
