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What are climate feedback loops?

Positive climate feedback loops accelerate global warming

by Charlotte Venner

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Latest
Explainers
What are climate feedback loops?

Positive climate feedback loops accelerate global warming

by Charlotte Venner

Risk Tipping points
Profiles
“Climate change is impacting our world physically, socially, and economically, and young people are acutely aware of these implications for their generation.”
Designing a climate change course for the next generation

Dr. Meredith Galloway of Westlake Charter School helps students understand climate impacts around the world

by Charlotte Venner

Maps Risk
Seasonal essays

March 20, 2022, 11:33am ET

Equinox greetings: do you know how to share?

On what we share and what separates us

by Spencer Glendon

Markets Risk
Seasonal essays

December 21, 2021, 10:59 am ET

Solstice greetings: bear stories

by Spencer Glendon

Risk
Seasonal essays

March 20, 2021, 5:37 am ET

Equinox greetings: bounded imagination

by Spencer Glendon

Risk
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“By overlaying Kontur data with the Probable Futures’s map data, we have been able to add the humanitarian perspective to the impacts of climate change.”
Mapping climate data and humanitarian metrics

Kontur’s Disaster Ninja tool helps communities and first responders better prepare for natural disasters

by Charlotte Venner

Maps Risk
Seasonal essays

December 21, 2020, 5:02 am ET

Solstice greetings: small sounding numbers

by Spencer Glendon

Extremes Maps Risk
Seasonal essays

September 22, 2022, 9:04 pm ET

Equinox greetings: climate and culture

by Spencer Glendon

Maps Risk
Seasonal essays

December 21, 2022, 4:48 pm ET

Solstice greetings: predications, participation, and play

by Spencer Glendon

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