Some Short (and Not So Short), Hopeful Research Links

Good explanation of basic terms:
https://www.climaterealityproject.org/blog/key-terms-you-need-understand-climate-change

A longer list, but with less explanation – you have to follow each link through:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_climate_change

NOAA Children’s Science Site:
https://scijinks.gov/atmosphere-formation/

The Origin of Oxygen in Our Atmosphere
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/origin-of-oxygen-in-atmosphere/

National Geographic on Methane:
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/methane/

Timelines for the Evolution of Life:
https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17453-timeline-the-evolution-of-life/

The Goldilocks Zone:
https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/faq/15/what-is-the-habitable-zone-or-goldilocks-zone/

Snowball Earth:
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150112-did-snowball-earth-make-animals

Timeline of Human Civilization:
https://www.southampton.ac.uk/~cpd/history.html

Carbon Dioxide Poisoning:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5380556/

Early Use of Fire:
https://time.com/5295907/discover-fire/

How Fossil Fuels Formed:
https://www.gsi.ie/en-ie/education/earth-resources/Pages/Fossil-fuels.aspx

Coal’s Role in Making Steel:
https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/infrastructure/a20722505/history-of-steel/

Coal in the Industrial Revolution:
https://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/britain-1700-to-1900/industrial-revolution/coal-mines-in-the-industrial-revolution/

Uses of Petroleum:
http://www.petroleum.co.uk/other-uses-of-petroleum

When Will Oil Run Out?:
https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/energy/run-out-of-oil.htm

Fall in Demand for Oil:
https://www.aljazeera.com/ajimpact/peak-oil-finally-opec-prepares-age-falling-demand-200728064859370.html

Eco Anxiety:
https://friendsoftheearth.uk/climate/how-cope-eco-anxiety

Understanding Weather:
https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/learn-about/met-office-for-schools/other-content/other-resources/understanding-weather

The Climate Has Warmed by One Degree:
https://www.edf.org/blog/2018/10/18/how-can-half-degree-warming-matter-so-much#:~:text=Earth%20has%20already%20warmed%20by,by%20as%20early%20as%202030.&text=The%20region%20is%20looking%20at,warming%20below%201.5%20%C2%B0C.

Other Causes of Climate Change:
https://www.bgs.ac.uk/discoveringGeology/climateChange/general/causes.html

The Hockey Stick:
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/05/the-hockey-stick-the-most-controversial-chart-in-science-explained/275753/

Mann’s Article on the Hockey Stick:
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/earth-day-and-the-hockey-stick-a-singular-message/

How Is Today’s Warming Different from the Past?:

https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/GlobalWarming/page3.php

Carbon Dioxide Levels in the Atmosphere:

https://www.climate.gov/news-features/understanding-climate/climate-change-atmospheric-carbon-dioxide

Warming Oceans:

https://weather.com/science/environment/news/2019-01-08-oceans-warming-15-atomic-bombs-per-second

Sea Level Rise Due to Thermal Expansion:

https://sealevel.nasa.gov/understanding-sea-level/global-sea-level/thermal-expansion

Increased closures of the Thames Barrier

https://www.carbonbrief.org/risk-and-uncertainty-calculating-the-thames-barriers-future

Florida flooding information:

https://sealevelrise.org/states/florida/

Bangkok Flooding:

https://www.ft.com/content/bed1cb22-c28d-11e9-a8e9-296ca66511c9

Phytoplankton

https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/Phytoplankton

Distribution of marine life:

https://ocean.si.edu/ecosystems/census-marine-life/census-marine-life-overview

Great Barrier Reef Dying

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2018/08/explore-atlas-great-barrier-reef-coral-bleaching-map-climate-change/

Great Barrier Reef, lost coral:

https://www.aims.gov.au/docs/media/latest-releases/-/asset_publisher/8Kfw/content/2-october-2012-the-great-barrier-reef-has-lost-half-of-its-coral-in-the-last-27-years

Electrified Reefs:

http://www.globalcoral.org/_oldgcra/Electric%20Reefs.htm

Ocean acidification:

https://www.noaa.gov/education/resource-collections/ocean-coasts-education-resources/ocean-acidification

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/rising-acidity-in-the-ocean/

Dead Zones

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/ocean-dead-zones-are-getting-worse-globally-due-climate-change-180953282/

https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/deadzone.html

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/06/massive-dead-zone-predicted-to-be-one-of-largest-gulf-of-mexico/

Thermohaline Circulation:

https://pmm.nasa.gov/education/videos/thermohaline-circulation-great-ocean-conveyor-belt

Could Thermohaline Circulation stop?

https://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2017/06/06/could-climate-change-shut-down-the-gulf-stream/

The Cold Blob in the North Atlantic:

https://www.carbonbrief.org/scientists-shed-light-on-human-causes-of-north-atlantics-cold-blob

Glaciers:

https://nsidc.org/cryosphere/glaciers

Greenland Melting Record:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/greenland-lost-record-breaking-125-billion-tons-ice-single-day-180972808/

https://www.met.ie/why-ice-matters

Sea Ice:

https://www.worldwildlife.org/pages/why-are-glaciers-and-sea-ice-melting

https://nsidc.org/cryosphere/seaice/environment/global_climate.html

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/04/arctic-ecosystem-ice-disappear-ecosystem-polar-bears-fish

The Albedo Effect:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/zhmb4wx

Increases in Extreme Weather:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180321130859.htm

Extreme Weather:

https://www.carbonbrief.org/mapped-how-climate-change-affects-extreme-weather-around-the-world

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/learn-about/weather/types-of-weather/wind/sudden-stratospheric-warming

https://skepticalscience.com/argument.php?p=2&t=96&&a=107

https://www.dw.com/en/the-worlds-deadliest-hurricanes-typhoons-and-cyclones/a-45460388

https://www.britannica.com/event/Pakistan-Floods-of-2010

European Heatwave:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48756480

India-Pakistan Heatwave of 2015:

https://www.britannica.com/event/India-Pakistan-heat-wave-of-2015

Persian Gulf Heat:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/the-countries-that-will-be-so-hot-by-2100-humans-won-t-be-able-to-go-outside-a6710121.html

The Great Famine, the Choctaw Nation and the Irish Response to the Navajo COVID crisis:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/coronavirus-ireland-native-american-donation-history-navajo-hopi-choctaw-b1020340.html

Australian Bushfires:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-50951043

https://time.com/5758186/australia-bushfire-size/

https://sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2020/01/08/australian-bushfires-more-than-one-billion-animals-impacted.html

Indigenous, Community-Based Fire Rangers:

https://theconversation.com/the-worlds-best-fire-management-system-is-in-northern-australia-and-its-led-by-indigenous-land-managers-133071

Wildfires:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/01/extreme-wildfires-reshaping-forests-worldwide-recovery-australia-climate/

African Wildfires:

https://www.newsweek.com/nasa-images-show-africa-has-five-times-more-wildfires-burning-amazonheres-why-theyre-1456382

The History of Weather Forecasting:

https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/WxForecasting/wx2.php

Mass Extinctions:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/prehistoric-world/mass-extinction/

Greenhouse Gases from Farming:

https://www.teagasc.ie/publications/2017/reducing-greenhouse-gas-emissions-from-agriculture.php

Methane:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/methane/

Farming:

https://www.oecd.org/agriculture/topics/climate-change-and-food-systems/

https://www.euroscientist.com/you-need-to-understand-the-relationship-between-agriculture-and-climate-change/

Tillage and Carbon Dioxide:

https://www.nature.com/articles/srep04586

Water in the Human Body:

https://www.usgs.gov/special-topic/water-science-school/science/water-you-water-and-human-body?qt-science_center_objects=0#qt-science_center_objects

Water Cycle and Distribution:

https://www.usgs.gov/special-topic/water-science-school/science/fundamentals-water-cycle?qt-science_center_objects=0#qt-science_center_objects

Water for Crops:

https://www.usgs.gov/centers/wgsc/science/global-crop-water-productivity-and-savings-through-watersmart-gcwp?qt-science_center_objects=0#qt-science_center_objects

UN Water Facts:

https://www.unwater.org/water-facts/climate-change/

Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1332683/

https://www.nae.edu/7623/ToxicandContaminantConcernsGeneratedbyHurricaneKatrina

Conflict Over Water:

https://www.worldwater.org/water-conflict/

Dispute over Dam on the Nile:

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02987-6

Water Supply Cut to Aleppo in Syria:

https://news.un.org/en/story/2017/02/550932-syria-un-provides-emergency-water-around-aleppo-18-million-cut-water-supply

War in Syria:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-35806229

Water Contamination:

https://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/other/agricultural/contamination.html

https://www.epa.ie/water/dw/hhinfo/protprivwell/

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/freshwater/pollution/

https://pacinst.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/water_quality_facts_and_stats3.pdf

Threat to Water from Nitrates:

https://www.soilassociation.org/blogs/2018/march/07/nitrate-pollution-a-critical-environmental-issue/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6068531/

Threat to Water from Mining:

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/environment-costs-fast-fashion-pollution-waste-sustainability-a8139386.html

Threat to Water from Mining:

https://www.safewater.org/fact-sheets-1/2017/1/23/miningandwaterpollution

Las Vegas Water Supply:

https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2017-02/documents/ws-ourwater-nevada-state-fact-sheet.pdf

Arizona Water Supply:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2019/11/arizona-water-drying-up-how-will-farmers-survive/

Colorado River Running Dry:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-colorado-river-runs-dry-61427169/

Water Solutions:

https://www.un-ihe.org/sites/default/files/unesco-ihe_innovations_e_vs050315.pdf

Three Gorges Dam:

https://www.usgs.gov/special-topic/water-science-school/science/three-gorges-dam-worlds-largest-hydroelectric-plant?qt-science_center_objects=0#qt-science_center_objects

https://interestingengineering.com/13-facts-about-the-controversial-massive-chinese-dam-that-slowed-the-earths-rotation

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-weather-power/in-drastic-move-chinas-top-hydropower-plants-slash-capacity-idUSKBN19P0D6

Chinese Airpocalypse:

https://www.ft.com/content/46cbaeea-c669-11e6-8f29-9445cac8966f

China Tackling Air Pollution:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2017/05/china-air-pollution-solutions-environment-tangshan/

More on Three Gorges Dam:

https://www.businessinsider.com/three-gorges-dam-south-to-north-water-diverson-project-china-2010-7?r=US&IR=T#although-the-dam-was-supposed-to-control-flooding-on-the-yangtze-2010-is-on-track-to-be-one-of-the-worst-flood-years-ever-7

Ecological Effects of the Three Gorges Dam:

https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-science/three-gorges-dam-disaster1.htm

Flooding from Three Gorges Dam:

https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/record-floods-raise-questions-about-chinas-three-gorges-dam

Three Types of Power Stations:

https://interestingengineering.com/3-different-types-of-power-plants-that-generate-electricity-for-us

The Biggest Coal Power Plants:

https://www.nsenergybusiness.com/features/biggest-coal-power-plants/

Samsung to stop building coal-fired plants:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-27/samsung-c-t-pledges-to-finish-two-more-coal-projects-before-exit

Toshiba to stop building coal-fired plants:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artices/2020-11-11/toshiba-will-quit-coal-after-building-more-plants-to-last-years

Peat as a Fuel:

https://www.worldenergy.org/assets/images/imported/2013/10/WER_2013_6_Peat.pdf

The End of Peat as a Fuel:

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/12/power-peat-more-polluting-coal-its-way-out-ireland

Natural Gas Replacing Oil:

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/natural-gas-use-is-rising-is-that-good-news-or-bad-news-for-the-climate/

Fracking:

https://www.gsi.ie/en-ie/geoscience-topics/energy/Pages/Fracking.aspx

Renewables Out-Perform Fossil Fuels in EU for the First Time:

https://www.euronews.com/living/2020/08/14/renewables-generate-more-energy-than-fossil-fuels-in-europe-for-the-first-time-ever

Sources of the electricity in the EU:

https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/cache/infographs/energy/bloc-3b.html

Ireland’s Sustainable Energy:

http://www.askaboutireland.ie/enfo/irelands-environment/energy/re/

Solar and Wind Energy in the Sahara:

https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/wind-solar-power-sahara-desert-green-climate-change-renewable-energy-a8526361.html

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-45435593

Solar Power is Cheapest Energy in History:

https://www.carbonbrief.org/solar-is-now-cheapest-electricity-in-history-confirms-iea

World Energy Consumption:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_energy_consumption

Is Nuclear an Answer?:

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-46905416

Nuclear Accident Timeline:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-13047267

Three Mile Island Accident:

https://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/safety-and-security/safety-of-plants/three-mile-island-accident.aspx

Fukushima Accident:

https://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/safety-and-security/safety-of-plants/fukushima-daiichi-accident.aspx

Eight Years After the Fukushima Accident:

https://www.nippon.com/en/news/fnn20190311001/eight-years-on-the-situation-at-fukushima-daiichi-nuclear-power-station.html

Greenpeace and United Nations Challenge Japan over Fukushima:

https://www.greenpeace.org/japan/sustainable/press-release/2018/09/13/1395/

Chernobyl Accident:

https://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/safety-and-security/safety-of-plants/chernobyl-accident.aspx

Chernobyl Deaths:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths_due_to_the_Chernobyl_disaster

Nuclear Waste:

https://www.ft.com/content/db87c16c-4947-11e6-b387-64ab0a67014c

Shooting Our Garbage Into Space:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2019/09/20/this-is-why-we-dont-shoot-earths-garbage-into-the-sun/

Nuclear Power vs Renewables TED Talk:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-yALPEpV4w

Argument Against Nuclear:

https://www.sortirdunucleaire.org/Nuclear-power-a-false-solution-to-climate-change-44206

James Hansen’s (pro-nuclear) Paper on Climate Change:

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0081648

Facts on Nuclear vs Fossil Fuels:

http://www.world-nuclear.org/uploadedfiles/org/info/pdf/economicsnp.pdf

Fossil Fuels are More Harmful than Nuclear Power:

https://climate.nasa.gov/news/903/coal-and-gas-are-far-more-harmful-than-nuclear-power/

Uranium Mining:

https://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/mining-of-uranium/uranium-mining-overview.aspx

Nuclear Powered Vessels:

https://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/non-power-nuclear-applications/transport/nuclear-powered-ships.aspx

Lots of Data on Emissions:

https://ourworldindata.org/co2-and-other-greenhouse-gas-emissions#how-have-global-co2-emissions-changed-over-time

Denmark Bans Any Future Gas Exploration:

https://www.greenpeace.org/international/press-release/45831/denmark-cancels-new-oil-and-gas-permits-and-sets-date-to-end-existing-production/

Prelude FLNG, Natural Gas Facility:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prelude_FLNG

Emissions for the Shipping Sector:

https://ec.europa.eu/clima/policies/transport/shipping_en

Cutting Sulphur Emissions in Shipping:

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/01/biggest-change-in-fuel-since-leaded-gas-went-away-could-raise-prices.html

Container Ship Design:

http://www.worldshipping.org/about-the-industry/liner-ships/container-ship-design

Maersk Shipping Commits to Going Carbon Neutral:

https://www.ft.com/content/44b8ba50-f7cf-11e8-af46-2022a0b02a6c

Air Travel and the Environment:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/how-bad-is-air-travel-for-the-environment-51166834/

Boeing 747 vs a Car:

https://www.sciencefocus.com/future-technology/how-many-cars-equal-the-co2-emissions-of-one-plane/

Global Emissions for Transport:

https://www.wri.org/blog/2019/10/everything-you-need-know-about-fastest-growing-source-global-emissions-transport

Hydrogen as Fuel for Shipping:

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20201127-how-hydrogen-fuel-could-decarbonise-shipping

The Future of Hydrogen:

https://www.iea.org/reports/the-future-of-hydrogen

Metals Supply for Car Batteries:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/woodmackenzie/2019/07/24/can-metals-supply-keep-up-with-electric-vehicle-demand/

Aims for Electric Cars in Ireland:

https://www.thejournal.ie/ireland-transport-climate-4785268-Aug2019/

Cobalt and Child Labour:

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/03/the-dirty-secret-of-electric-vehicles/

Alternatives to Cobalt:

https://www.wired.com/story/alternatives-to-cobalt-the-blood-diamond-of-batteries/

Drop in Emissions Because of COVID Pandemic:

https://www.dw.com/en/global-carbon-emissions-down-by-record-7-in-2020/a-55900887

Waste Figures:

https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2018/09/20/global-waste-to-grow-by-70-percent-by-2050-unless-urgent-action-is-taken-world-bank-report

Dangers of Incineration:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/waste-incinerator

Exporting Rubbish from Ireland:

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/were-exporting-rubbish-worth-millions-every-year-31374633.html

Exporting Rubbish to Poorer Countries:

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/07/29/opinions/by-exporting-trash-rich-countries-put-their-waste-out-of-sight-and-out-of-mind-varkkey/index.html

Ireland’s Recycling:

https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/arid-30930421.html

The Carbon Footprint of Cement:

https://www.carbonbrief.org/qa-why-cement-emissions-matter-for-climate-change

Low Carbon Forms of Cement:

https://www.hse.ie/eng/about/who/healthbusinessservices/national-health-sustainability-office/files/how-to-specify-low-carbon-cement.pdf

Fly Ash Cement:

https://home.howstuffworks.com/home-improvement/construction/materials/fly-ash-concrete.htm

Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag:

https://www.building.co.uk/cpd/cpd-24-2015-introduction-to-ground-granulated-blast-furnace-slag/5078251.article

Comparisons of CO2 by Country:

https://ourworldindata.org/per-capita-co2

Bangladesh:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/01/climate-change-drives-migration-crisis-in-bangladesh-from-dhaka-sundabans/

Too Hot to Survive:

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/05/05/world/global-warming-climate-niche-temperatures-intl-hnk/index.html

9 Tipping Points:

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/12/climate-change-tipping-points-earth/

Amazon Tipping Point:

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00508-4

Coral Reef Tipping Point:

http://oceantippingpoints.org/portal/otp/case-study-hawaii/coral-reef-tipping-points

Changes in the Oceans:

https://climatekids.nasa.gov/ocean/

Global Sea Levels:

https://www.climate.gov/news-features/understanding-climate/climate-change-global-sea-level

Slowing of Thermohaline Circulation:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180718131128.htm

Climate Denial in Numbers:

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/04/18/a-look-at-how-people-around-the-world-view-climate-change/

Climate Denial Myths and Responses:

https://www.skepticalscience.com/argument.php

The Psychology of Climate Change:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/climate-change-psychology-1.4920872

Oil Companies Knew About Climate Change in the 1970s:

https://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2016/11/30/503825417/exxonmobil-vs-the-world

ExxonMobil’s Lying Timeline:

https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/global-warming/exxon-and-the-oil-industry-knew-about-climate-change/exxons-climate-denial-history-a-timeline/

Solar-Powered Water Pumps in India:

https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/solar-powered-water-pumps-offer-ray-of-hope-for-spiti-s-farmers/story-wRU3dFKseGM5AyEKhvsgRM.html

Kono, the Māori Food and Drink Company Using Regenerative Farming:

https://www.nzstory.govt.nz/stories/kono-unique-maori-values-drive-international-success/

Hakka Tulous in China – Rammed Earth Structures:

https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011PhDT…….140S/abstract

Cloughjordan Houses:

http://www.thevillage.ie/building-a-house/

School Strike for Climate:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_strike_for_climate

6 Million March for the Climate:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/sep/27/climate-crisis-6-million-people-join-latest-wave-of-worldwide-protests

Eco-Schools:

https://www.ecoschools.global/

Akon Lighting Africa:

https://thetimesofafrica.com/akon-lighting-africa/

Solar Powered Projects:

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/12/solar-power-pioneer-award-winning-schwab-foundation-social-entrepreneur-sierra-leone-liberia-africa/

Access to Electricity in Sierra Leone:

https://www.indexmundi.com/facts/sierra-leone/indicator/EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS

Population Growth:

https://www.un.org/development/desa/en/news/population/world-population-prospects-2019.html

Women’s Rights and Population Growth:

https://worldpopulationhistory.org/womens-status-and-fertility-rates/

70% of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Come From 100 Companies:

https://www.cdp.net/en/articles/media/new-report-shows-just-100-companies-are-source-of-over-70-of-emissions

Fact Check for 70% from 100 Companies Figure:

https://fullfact.org/news/are-100-companies-causing-71-carbon-emissions/

Financial Firms Dropping Fossil Fuel Investments:

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/09/10/business/investors-11-trillion-assets-pledge-shift-fossil-fuels-report/#.XzqggUko9Bw

Ireland Divests From Fossil Fuels:

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jul/12/ireland-becomes-worlds-first-country-to-divest-from-fossil-fuels

Six Types of Geo-Engineering:

https://www.carbonbrief.org/explainer-six-ideas-to-limit-global-warming-with-solar-geoengineering

China’s Climate-Controlled Zone:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/trevornace/2018/05/10/china-is-launching-a-massive-weather-control-machine-the-size-of-alaska/

Geo-engineering Explained:

https://www.britannica.com/science/geoengineering

Artificial Trees:

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/02/scientists-call-for-artificial-trees-to-fight-climate-change

Ocean Fertilization:

https://www.britannica.com/technology/ocean-fertilization

Antarctica Treaty:

https://www.ats.aq/index_e.html

The People Behind the Moon Landing:

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190617-apollo-in-50-numbers-the-workers

The Moon Agreement:

https://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/ourwork/spacelaw/treaties/intromoon-agreement.html

The Eradication of Smallpox:

https://ourworldindata.org/smallpox-is-the-only-human-disease-to-be-eradicated-heres-how-the-world-achieved-it

The Millenium Bug:

https://theconversation.com/if-you-think-the-millennium-bug-was-a-hoax-here-comes-a-history-lesson-129042

The Hole in the Ozone Layer:

https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/world-of-change/Ozone

CERN and the Large Hadron Collider:

https://home.cern/

The Creation of the World Wide Web:

https://webfoundation.org/about/vision/history-of-the-web/

Nuclear Arms Treaty:

https://www.un.org/disarmament/wmd/nuclear/npt/

The Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic:

https://www.un.org/en/un-coronavirus-communications-team/un-mobilizes-global-cooperation-science-based-covid-19-responses

The Paris Agreement:

https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/the-paris-agreement/the-paris-agreement

https://ec.europa.eu/clima/policies/international/negotiations/paris_en

https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/the-paris-agreement/what-is-the-paris-agreement