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Understanding the Anthropocene, Resilience Thinking, and the Future of Industry

Green Business Bureau

The word Anthropocene was coined by biologist Eugene Stormer and chemist Paul Crutzen in 2000 and has since gained popularity and acclaim. . Permafrost and methane hydrates – Permafrost is ground soil or rock that contains ice or frozen organic material that has remained at or below 0C for at least two years.

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Does talking about climate ‘tipping points’ inspire action — or defeat?

Grist

The long-frozen soil beneath the Arctic could rapidly thaw and release vast amounts of carbon dioxide and methane stored within it, heating up the atmosphere even more in a feedback loop. Thats because fear is an unreliable motivator. Tipping points are not, as a way of looking at the world, some inherent property of the world, Kopp said.

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Lost Decade: How Shell Downplayed Early Warnings Over Climate Change

DeSmogBlog

A graph projecting that the concentration of CO2 would reach 380 parts per million (ppm) by 2000 proved to be broadly accurate — the actual value that would be recorded at the turn of the century was close to 370 ppm. President Jimmy Carter to triple coal production by the G7 countries until the year 2000.