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Isle de Jean Charles, 135–136 polar ice caps, 32, 34, 91, 94–97,
IUCN Red List of Threatened 99–101, 103–104
Species, 119–120 pollution, 21, 25, 56, 61, 114, 116,
153, 163, 166–167
jet stream, 47, 51, 63, 68
Reagan, Ronald, 148, 157
Keeling curve, 31–32 record-breaking precipitation,
Keeling, David, 30 44–45, 49–50, 53, 59
Kerry, John, 173 record-breaking temperatures,
king tides, 88–89 15–16, 34, 45, 48–49, 52, 64, 68,
Kiribati, 75, 93, 141, 153 81, 150
koalas, 44, 82–83, 153 renewable energy, 160, 164–167
costs of, 164
lawns, 65–66 geothermal power, 162, 164–165
hydropower, 162–165
mass extinctions, 20, 111–113
Mauna Loa, 30–31 solar power, 160, 162–165
meatless Mondays, 160 wind power, 162–166
monsoons, 52–53, 55, 77, 108–109, Sahara Desert, 17, 71, 142, 149, 151
131 seabed samples, 34
Morrison, Scott, 81 sea level rise, 8, 10, 13, 30, 58, 89, 94,
mosquito-borne illnesses, 127–128 103, 108, 134–136, 141
and melting ice, 91–92, 94,
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA), 15, 26, 100–101, 103–105
34, 73, 82, 96, 100 estimates, 90–92, 101, 107
National Oceanic and Atmospheric land loss, 92–93, 106–109, 111,
Administration (NOAA), 15, 62, 115, 125, 131, 135
108–109, 122 Sopoaga, Enele, 88
National Science Foundation, 30 Sunrise Movement, 170
New Zealand, 8, 59, 81, 104, 139, Swain, Daniel, 69
156, 164 Thunberg, Greta, 152, 170
nuclear energy, 104, 163 tides, 7, 13, 88–89, 94, 102–103, 109,
121, 162
Obama, Barack, 14, 157
ocean acidity, 113, 120, 122–123 tigers, 115
Okjökull glacier, 105 tobacco companies, 38–39
Oppenheimer, Michael, 35 transportation emissions, 25, 155,
157–159
ozone layer, 156, 173
tree rings, 34, 42, 73
peer review, 36–37 Trump, Donald, 118, 144, 148, 173
permafrost, 105–106 tsunamis, 104
phytoplankton, 122–124 Tuvalu, 6–9, 12, 88–90, 92–93, 141
polar bears, 118–119, 123, 125, 153 Tyndall, John, 29

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