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Quick Climate Links: Professor Mark Maslin writes about saving our planet


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This cartoon (episode artwork) delights Professor Mark Maslin, who is a Professor of Earth System Science at the University College London and the author of "How to Save Our Planet; the facts".
You can watch Professor Maslin talk about his book  - "How To Save Our Planet" - here. Also, you can read the interview: "‘We really have contaminated everywhere’".
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"‘Stabilising global population is not the solution to climate change’ – Mark Maslin";
"The end of natural gas has to start with its name";
"Lost Viking ‘highway’ revealed by melting ice";
"The environmental activists bringing the climate crisis to the courtroom";
"Blooming flowers, fledgling birds … the UK’s spring is early – and always will be";
"‘Sewage discharges will be routine’: Chichester protests at Tory housing targets";
"Renewables account for 79% of energy construction";
"Embracing low-carbon hydrogen in the energy transition";
"Equinor posts US$15bn earnings on high gas prices";
"Arctic seed vault to receive rare deposits";
"Oil majors face backlash as era of big profits returns";
"Crossbench MPs put climate in focus";
"Experts sceptical of Shine Energy’s proposed ‘flexible’ coal power station";
"Oceans are better at storing carbon than trees. In a warmer future, ocean carbon sinks could help stabilise our planet";
"We couldn’t have the Beijing Olympics without snow machines. How do they work, and what’s the environmental cost?";
"The ban that wasn’t - mining on conservation land";
"AGL’s early coal closures spark job security fears";
"Green Energy: Australia’s largest wind project hits milestones on way to delivering 8pc of Victoria’s power";
"UN: Australia pushes for plastic export ban in pollution crisis";
"Senate launches inquiry into politicisation of research grants";
"Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest hits record January high";
"With just 20 facilities operating commercially, carbon capture and storage has failed, says Marco Magrini".
Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".
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