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079 The Guardian Climate Pledge
Curiously Polar
English - December 17, 2019 05:00 - 10 minutes - 9.64 MB - ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsPlaces & Travel Society & Culture Science Earth Sciences arctic antarctic pole polar svalbard greenland north pole south pole polar bear penguin Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The Arctic and the Antarctic are privileged locations for observers interested in understanding how our world is shaped by the forces of nature and the workings of history. These areas have inspired countless humans to undertake epic expeditions of discov
While more than 11,000 scientists just officially declared a Global Climate Emergency, the wording has become more aggressive to underline the urgency linked to it. Respectable major media outlets like The Guardian and the New York Times have not only adopted this new wording, referring to a climate crisis and global heating rather than climate change and global warming, but also the way of "visually communicating the impact the climate emergency is having across the world."