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A coalition of environmental groups has gathered more than one million signatures on a petition to President Barack Obama to reject Keystone XL pipeline.
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1 million+ comments to stop the KeystoneXL pipeline
April 23rd, 2013 by Guest Blogger
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Top 5 Videos that Say NO to KXL
April 20th, 2013 by JD
Public comments are being accepted from now until Earth Day, you have the power to help influence one of the most important decisions regarding climate change to date.
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james hansen, Keystone, Keystone XL, KXL, NOKXL, obama, Spring Into Action, Tar Sands
JD is a storyteller and rock star, making the world a better place through ACE. He lives in Denver with his wife and two dogs, Utah and Charlie.
A Dummy’s Guide to Keystone XL
February 12th, 2013 by Rebecca
Reb provides a Dummy’s Guide to Keystone XL – all the things you wanted to know, but were afraid to ask.
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Canada, climate change, Climate News, co2, Keystone, Keystone XL Pipeline, KXL, NO KXL, Ogalala aquifer, texas
Rebecca is an ACE Educator and the ACE Team Scientist. She's done research in the Arctic and Antarctic and loves to geek-out on all things climate science-related! Ask her a question at science@climateeducation.org.
Climate Recap of 2012
February 4th, 2013 by Rebecca
Where did climate take us in 2012 and what can we expect for the next 12–scratch that–11 months?
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Rebecca is an ACE Educator and the ACE Team Scientist. She's done research in the Arctic and Antarctic and loves to geek-out on all things climate science-related! Ask her a question at science@climateeducation.org.
Superstorm Sandy and Climate Silence
October 31st, 2012 by Rebecca
Staff Scientist and NorCal Educator Reb connects the Frankenstorm, climate science and climate silence.
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climate change, climate silence, frankenstorm, global warming, hurricane, hurricane sandy, new england, superstorm sandy
Rebecca is an ACE Educator and the ACE Team Scientist. She's done research in the Arctic and Antarctic and loves to geek-out on all things climate science-related! Ask her a question at science@climateeducation.org.
Ask ACE: CO2 Saturation?
August 27th, 2012 by Rebecca
Here’s a question that came in over the summer from a middle school science teacher in Colorado:
In college, I remember something about a “saturation effect,” I think it was called. The idea was that CO2 absorbed only certain wavelengths of long wave radiation and once all that radiation was absorbed, adding more CO2 would not raise the temperature anymore. I haven’t found much …
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Rebecca is an ACE Educator and the ACE Team Scientist. She's done research in the Arctic and Antarctic and loves to geek-out on all things climate science-related! Ask her a question at science@climateeducation.org.
Burning up: Colorado wildfires and climate change
June 29th, 2012 by Rebecca
The State of Colorado is on fire. The day after the landmark Supreme Court decision on the Affordable Care Act, Colorado’s fires are so bad that President Obama is in Colorado Springs to tour the damage. On Thursday evening, the federal government approved Governor Hickenlooper’s request for the state to be considered a major disaster area.
From where I write this in Estes …
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Rebecca is an ACE Educator and the ACE Team Scientist. She's done research in the Arctic and Antarctic and loves to geek-out on all things climate science-related! Ask her a question at science@climateeducation.org.
The Game of Risk: Climate Change Edition
March 19th, 2012 by Gaby
Howdy from the staff at Chabot Space & Science Center in the Oakland Hills! Chabot works to encourage students to actively address climate issues within the Bay Area community. We’ll be dropping by ACE occasionally to share some interesting facts, zany stories, and conversations regarding climate change and how it all relates to you! And THIS blog is from our esteemed Executive Director and CEO, Alexander Zwissler.
Hi there – I’m Alexander Zwissler, and I’m the head guy over here at Chabot Space & Science Center. I wanted to stop by and tell you guys about this amazing experience I had the other night…
I’m really interested in climate change, and so I went to hear one of the leading minds on the topic give a talk. Afterwards, I was invited to join the speaker and a number of other leading environmentalists at dinner (yeah, I was feeling a little special). I gotta be honest, though – I was actually a bit anxious and self conscious. Here were some of the greatest minds in the game, and there’s me, standing next to them: the earnest amateur science center guy, hoping they won’t notice me too much, or ask any hard questions. We’ve all kinda felt that way before, right?
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Gaby is a East Coast transplant and a new addition to the ACE Oakland team. She loves coming up with and sharing new, cool ideas about green technologies and trends. Follow her on Twitter at @Gabyberk!
Moving an Entire Population
March 15th, 2012 by Gaby
Imagining moving from one house to another is difficult enough, but could you imagine being forced to leave your house AND hometown because of climate change?
That’s exactly what the leaders of Kiribati, an island in the Pacific archipelago, are starting to fear. Actually, Kiribati leaders are afraid that the effects of climate change, such as the varying amounts of rainfall and unusual tidal and storm patterns could wipe out the entire Pacific archipelago, which is home to 103,000 people, about 14, 927 of whom are Latter-Day Saints.
The effects of climate change are already disrupting aspects of everyday life for the residents of Kiribatu. For example, sea water has continually been contaminating the island’s underground source for fresh water. Fresh water is imperative for trees and the growing of crops. Also, ocean levels have already seen a slight but steady rise. Scientist estimate that the sea levels in the Pacific are rising by 2 millimeters, or .1 inches per year. Kiribatu is a well-cited example in the debate on climate change because of these consequences.
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Gaby is a East Coast transplant and a new addition to the ACE Oakland team. She loves coming up with and sharing new, cool ideas about green technologies and trends. Follow her on Twitter at @Gabyberk!
Where’s All My Snow?
February 28th, 2012 by Rebecca
I live in Truckee, CA, at about 6000 feet in the Sierras, a part of the country known for getting hit with a lot of snow.
As I write, however, the snowpack depth in my backyard is precisely 0 feet 0 inches. Higher up in the mountains, it’s more like 2 feet. In terms of overall water stored in the snowpack, that’s about 30% of normal.
On top of that, I love to ski, as do most people who live in Truckee. This year, people are freaking out about our lack of snow. At first it was a joke, but then as weeks stretch into months, the possibility of snow has become a taboo subject. “Something looks possible this weekend,” said one fellow skier to me last week, “but I didn’t tell you that.” ‘Nope,” I said. “I didn’t hear a thing.”
People who work for the ski resorts are being cut down to part-time or being let go entirely. Business at the resorts was down 40-50% over the Christmas holiday, according to the California Ski Industry Association. What is going on?
To make matters worse, we are mocked by the record snowfall Tahoe had last winter – a grand total of over 800 inches by the end of the season. People skied all through the summer. Look out at the mountains now and many of the south-facing slopes are bone dry.
It’s not just Tahoe that’s suffering, although we do take the cake for worst snow in the West. Lack of snow across the Northeast has resulted in less than half the number of skiers that came to some resorts last year and business has dropped by up to 38%.
Is climate change to blame here or not?
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Rebecca is an ACE Educator and the ACE Team Scientist. She's done research in the Arctic and Antarctic and loves to geek-out on all things climate science-related! Ask her a question at science@climateeducation.org.