Mountains with 85 percent of current snow. Twenty-year droughts in the Southwest. Collapsing aquifers and economic losses.
Tag: climate change
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Cal Poly sophomore wins district assembly position for the Democratic Party
A political science sophomore was backed by the San Luis Obispo County Progressives and won a seat as an Assembly District delegate for Assembly District 35.
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Students build device to extract carbon dioxide from the air
A group of Cal Poly students and graduates are working to combat climate change with a carbon dioxide capturing device.
Posted inEnvironment
Cal Poly Climate Action Plan encourages sustainability in order to meet CSU policy
The PolyCAP Team has created the Cal Poly Climate Action Plan to address and meet new CSU policies on sustainability.
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Do students care about climate change? Climate Change Action Research Group examines Cal Poly
A survey created by a team of student researches looked at Cal Poly students’ perspective on climate change.
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California drought scorches Learn By Doing
While the drought has prevented students from gaining practical experience, it hasn’t stopped students from wanting to learn by doing.
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Facts can't change climate debate
For about forty columns, I’ve avoided talking about climate change.
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Cal Poly researchers study climate change
Cal Poly joined the Mathematic and Climate Change Research Network on Oct. 1. The analysis of ice core data is Cal Poly’s contribution to the network.
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Cal Poly students back from Copenhagen now making impact locally
Eight Cal Poly students and alumni who attended the UN Global Climate Summit in Copenhagen were discouraged by the lack of political involvement, so they decided to implement change on a smaller scale.
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Speaker outlines possible solutions to climate change
Barbara Levi, co-editor of the book “Global Warming: Physics and Facts” talked to students about the causes, concerns and possible solutions to climate change.