CMNS 235 Study Guide - Final Guide: Climate Justice, Food Security, Participatory Culture
11 Apr 2016
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Week 9 - journalism and global crisis: the case of climate change. Origins of emissions (global/naional: human are to blame, any gains from alberta reducing its admissions have been countered by the oil sands, big problem in bc is transportaion, most of our energy is renewable from hydro. Carbon budget will be gone in a decade or two. Extreme weather: they will become more and more frequent instead of thinking of these events as very rare and isolated. Because of thermal expansion: once greenland starts to melt, the whole thing goes, it can"t be stopped. Water and food security: water freezes when unwanted during winter/spring. Ater global warming, water will come when we don"t want it in form of liquid water. As the degree increases there is a larger risk for posiive feedback: natural processes that amplify warming trends. The environmental beat: news organizaions begin to establish a regular environmental beat in the 1960s and.
