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The Bobcats Senior Honorary kicked off Homecoming 2016 on Sunday night by illuminating the “A” on Sentinel Peak
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EMILY SILL, AN ELEMENTARY education senior and member of the Bobcat senior honorary, checks for more flares to light on “A” Mountain on Sunday, Oct. 23. The lighting of the “A” by the Bobcats is a Homecoming tradition to kick off the week each year.
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Climate change reaches ‘tipping point’ BY MARISSA HEFFERNAN @_mheffernan
In September, the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere stayed over 400 parts per million for the first time in thousands of years—a level more than 100 ppm over the atmosphere’s natural variations. Four hundred ppm had been labeled as a “tipping point” at which the climate would begin an unstoppable slide into
For the first time in thousands of years, the atmosphere’s CO2 levels stayed over 400 ppm, a level more than 100 ppm over natural variations and a growing concern for scientists hotter temperatures. Yet Jonathan Overpeck Ph.D., co-director of the Institute of the Environment, said the number is more symbolic than scientific, though it’s still a cause for concern.
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“We don’t know if the tipping point was higher or lower than this,” Overpeck said. “There are actually many different tipping points.” Even though the tipping point is unclear, Overpeck said that the
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future is not. “We’re at the point where we’re not going below 400 ppm for thousands of years,” Overpeck said. “This is just the tip of the iceberg.”
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