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June 19, 2018 by Deborah Phelan in 2050, Displacement and Migration, TIme Capsule

World Refugee Day

The number of “forcibly displaced people” rose to 68.5 million last year, according to the UN refugee agency reporting. 16.2 million people were newly driven from their homes in 2017. 44,400 each day. 1 every 2 seconds. “International responsibility-sharing for displaced people has utterly collapsed,” said Secretary General of the

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June 12, 2018 by Deborah Phelan in 2050, Climate Change, TIme Capsule, Water, Youth and Climate Change

Glacial Melt: The Sea’s Loudest Sound

The reason they make sounds at all is basically because glaciers contain bubbles, which make sounds. We mentioned that a glacier is a big body of ice, and the number of bubbles in one is just enormous—there are billions of bubbles inside. In contrast, when you have an iceberg, that’s

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June 8, 2018 by Deborah Phelan in Climate Change, Global Goals, TIme Capsule, UN SDGs, Water, Youth and Climate Change

World Oceans Day: The Air that We Breathe

Groups of plankton, jellyfish, turtles, and seabirds are migrating toward the north and south poles by as much as 10 degrees latitude. Fish stocks are down in some areas, and the future of some tropical fisheries may be in danger. Rainfall patterns globally are out of whack, and ecosystems like

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June 5, 2018 by Deborah Phelan in 2050, Climate Change, Global Goals, TIme Capsule, UN SDGs

World Environment Day: Refuse What You Can’t Reuse

By 2050, there will be more plastic than fish in the world’s oceans unless we begin cutting back on production and improper disposal methods, according to a World Economic Forum report. Worldwide, over the course of the past 50 years, plastic use has increased 20%. Without dramatic shifts in production

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