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Air Travel and Climate Change

Green Market Oracle

Air travel is a major source of climate change causing greenhouse gases. The impact of air travel on climate change is multifaceted. A plane traveling from North America to London and back generates about 1.4 Source: Climate Change Connection Subscribe in a reader

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Why is the idea of the Anthropocene so contentious?

Grist

The geologic epoch had reigned for 11,700 years, ever since the sprawling ice sheets covering North America and Europe began melting rapidly, and Crutzen thought its time was up. Since the Industrial Revolution, climate change has warmed the globe by 2 degrees Fahrenheit (1.2 degrees Celsius) and counting.