Recent Posts in Climate Change Category
Posted on Nov 3, 2021 By David Thomas
THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON GEORGIA As world leaders gather at the 26th United Nations Climate Change conference in Glasgow, Scotland known as COP26 (the 26th “Conference of the ...
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Posted on Dec 14, 2019 By David Thomas
CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE AGENDA--AND THE COVER In our blog of September 27, 2019, we profiled the 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg, who spoke at the United Nations General Assembly’s ...
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Posted on Sep 27, 2019 By David Thomas
“YOU ARE FAILING US” Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old climate activist from Sweden, angrily spoke these words in her address on Monday to the United Nations General Assembly’s Climate ...
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Posted on Dec 13, 2018 By David Thomas
This past weekend, December 8-9th, 2018, was notable for many reasons. In particular, three events occurred in three different countries across the world that at first blush seem to be unconnected. ...
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Posted on Jan 3, 2018 By David Thomas
GEORGIA’S STATE OF EMERGENCY The deep freeze that has enveloped the mid-Atlantic and eastern part of the United States is now threatening to become a dangerous ice and snow event as a huge storm ...
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Posted on Jul 17, 2017 By David Thomas
THE BIG HEAT This week marks Atlanta’s peak heat period, when it typically experiences its hottest temperatures of the year according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ...
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Posted on Apr 23, 2017 By David Thomas
MARCH FOR SCIENCE—AND FOR FACT This past weekend, on Saturday, April 22, 2017, Earth Day was celebrated around the world. Here in the United States, the day was headlined by the first-ever March ...
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