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Leaving The Paris Agreement: One Of America’s Worst Mistakes

January 24, 2020 Stephanie Kopp Trump, Climate Change, Global Warming, Paris Agreement

The evening of Nov. 4 was the first day that the Trump administration could back out of the Paris Agreement with a year’s notice. A week prior, scientists forewarned the importance of cutting CO2 emissions in half by 2023 as vital to preventing catastrophic weather reactions and irreversible results. … Read the rest at our website.

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The Dangers Of Glacial Retreat

October 4, 2019 Sonali Saha Science, Environment, Climate Change, glacial retreat, ecosystem

The Ancash province of Northern Peru is well known for the “Cordillera Blanca” mountain range which harbors Huascarán, the tallest mountain in Peru and in the entire tropics. Huascarán towers around 6,800 meters above sea level, and the Huascarán National Park (HNP) is the only region in the entire… Read the rest at our website.

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Speculative Machine IV: Workshop For A Sustainable Culture

March 29, 2019 Natalie Gutierrez Freedom Tower, Climate Change, Exhibition, Discussion, MOAD

Miami Dade College’s Museum of Art and Design will present Speculative Machine IV: Workshop for A Sustainable Culture on April 6 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Freedom Tower, 600 Biscayne Blvd. Beka Economopoulos, founding director of The National History Museum, and Jason Jones, co-founder and director of… Read the rest at our website.

Climate change graphics done by Eduardo Badal.

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Climate Change Won’t Stop On Its Own

October 19, 2018 Jason Perez Florida, Climate Change

In the last few decades, our planet’s climate has been changing and it doesn’t seem to be stopping anytime soon. There are many factors that cause these changes, but the most prevalent one is the human factor. Climate change has a wide range of effects on the planet that… Read the rest at our website.

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MDC MOAD To Host Follow The Carbon: Climate Change, Housing Struggles, And The Reinvention Of The Built Environment

August 23, 2018 Teresa Schuster MOAD, Climate Change, Exhibition

Miami Dade College’s Museum of Art and Design will host Follow the Carbon: Climate Change, Housing Struggles, and the Reinvention of the Built Environment with Daniel Aldana Cohen on Sept. 12 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the museum’s Citizen Design Lab on the second floor of the… Read the rest at our website.

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Miami: The New Atlantis

December 8, 2017 Justin Marcano Global Warming, Miami, Climate Change

The year is 2075. South Florida is underwater. Miami and its rich history is lost under the waves of time and share the same fate as the mythical city of Atlantis. So, Floridians did what Floridians do best—make amusement parks. “Welcome! All aboard the submarine S.S. Pitbull. Today, I… Read the rest at our website.

Everglades illustration by Brooke Stewart.

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We Are Destroying Our Own Backyard

October 9, 2017 Justin Marcano Climate Change, Everglades, envorinment

“There must be progress, certainly. But we must ask ourselves what kind of progress we want, and what price we want to pay for it. If, in the name of progress, we want to destroy everything beautiful in our world, and contaminate the air we breathe, and the water… Read the rest at our website.

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Reevaluating Miami’s Infrastructure After Irma

October 9, 2017 Hannah Loop Miami, Climate Change, infrastructure

After escaping the worst of Hurricane Irma, local policy makers are ready to take a long, hard look at Miami’s infrastructural resilience. Climate change is not a new perplexity for South Florida but, amid an onslaught of hurricanes, the eminent risks of rising sea levels are coming to a… Read the rest at our website.

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United States An Outlier Among Industrialized Countries

August 22, 2017 Allessandra Inzinna Climate Change, health care

The United States alienates itself from most industrialized countries on a number of important subjects. Most recently, health care and climate change has taken center stage with the House of Representatives passing the American Health Care Act and the U.S. pulling out of the Paris Climate Agreement. Both have… Read the rest at our website.

Climate change illustration by Kevin Flores.

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The Evident Reality Of Climate Change And What We Can Do About It

December 5, 2016 Surkhab Shaikh Florida, Climate Change, Global Warming, Greenhouse, Rick Scott

In the words of Astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson, “the good thing about science is that it’s true whether or not you believe in it.” Climate change is real. The evidence is there and the causes are indisputable. Hearing the term climate change, one might automatically imagine dying polar bears… Read the rest at our website.

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