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OUR TAKE: Unintended Consequences! Bushfire Smoke Prompts Plankton Bloom
Who in Australia would have guessed the 2019-20 bushfires would trigger a huge, continent-sized phytoplankton bloom in the Southern Ocean? Deadly to animals, out of season, unprecedented in two decades of satellite records, this anachronistic event was tracked by biological oceanographers of the University of Tasmania, with results
OUR TAKE: Supergrid — Bring It On
A barrage of news images of downed electrical towers and power lines from recent climate related hurricanes and tornados are a bleak reminder that our power system is careening towards failure. In an opinion piece by Jennifer M. Granholm for CNN Business, the former U.S. Secretary of Energy says
Our Take: A New Pipeline? In East Africa? Are You Kidding?
It’s hard to believe that on the heels of the cataclysmic climate report by the authoritative UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the call by UN Secretary General António Guterres for the abrupt end of any new fossil fuel exploration and production, plans to build the
Our Take: How serious is Biden about climate?
Since ascending to the Presidency with bold and ambitious plans for tackling the climate crisis, Joe Biden has compiled a lengthy and damning list of disappointing decisions accommodating or favoring the fossil fuel industry. These indicate that while Biden “gets” climate, he’s still a politician at heart. He
Our Take: We Need a World Climate Authority
This ClimateYou post is written in reaction to the informative article in Smithsonian Magazine posted on August 4, 2021 titled: “Just 5 Percent of Power Plants Release 73 Percent of Global Electricity Production Emissions”. The study upon which the article is based examined the emissions generated by all
OUR TAKE: A Soil-Science Revolution Upends Plans to Fight Climate Change
This article published in Quanta on July 27, 2021 by Gabriel Popkin says soils don’t sequester carbon long term, contrary to the dominant soil science humus paradigm. The Global Climate Models (GCMs) that the IPCC uses reflect the old, not the new paradigm. This overstates the capacity of
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My Take: Climate Change
What is climate change? Climate change is the drastic change in weather that usually occurs in a specific region. This change comes in many forms such as rising temperatures for a prolonged period or the increase in rain and snow activity (NASA 2014). Having understood what climate change
My Take: Be Part of the change
Climate change is a worrying problem that concerns the future of humanity and life on Earth. In fact, in the last couple of weeks, the US was hit by two hurricanes (Ida and Larry) caused by climate change that saw terrible consequences including loss of life and property.
Consequences: Bangladesh is Under Water due to Climate Change
My home country is Bangladesh which is located in South East Asia. Growing up I was privileged to spend half of my life in Bangladesh. Bangladesh is a country which is surrounded by river and oceans with beautiful seasons and natural beauties. But climate change has been affecting
As Students How Can We Help Slow, Stop or Solve Climate Change?
Can you imagine a city where you wake up in a clean environment and breath clear air? No, we cannot, and I believe it is too late for us to stop climate change. We all know deep inside our hearts that we are directly responsible for climate change,
We Stand or We Crumble; Climate United Front
What is Climate Change? Climate Change is a change in global or regional climate patterns. Climate patterns can include any recurring characteristic of climate including glacial periods, extensive heat waves, droughts, famines, floods. Global warming is the main cause for most of these natural disasters. Heavy concentration of
Climate Change in the Dominican Republic
Many of our Latin American countries located throughout South America have undergone extreme environmental changes. Climate change has affected agriculture, migration and the economy. One of the countries that has been impacted by climate change is the Dominican Republic (DR). The country is located in the Caribbean region and despite its small size, it is one
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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
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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.
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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.
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.
