Today in climate change (2 June 2016)

Please find links below to some aspects of climate change and extreme weather that were in the news today…

Antarctic coastline images reveal 4 decades of ice loss to ocean http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-06/uoe-aci060116.php

Australia simmers through hottest autumn on record https://theconversation.com/australia-simmers-through-hottest-autumn-on-record-60329

Since the signing of the Paris climate accord in December, have we made any progress in cutting global emissions? https://www.technologyreview.com/s/601601/six-months-after-paris-accord-were-losing-the-climate-change-battle/

The planet cools as El Niño disappears https://wattsupwiththat.com/2016/06/01/the-planet-cools-as-el-nino-disappears/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Warming, fires, warming, fires: How tundra wildfires could create an unstoppable cycle http://www.rcinet.ca/eye-on-the-arctic/2016/05/31/warming-fires-warming-fires-how-tundra-wildfires-could-create-an-unstoppable-cycle/

Sweltering Svalbard http://arcticjournal.com/climate/2364/sweltering-svalbard

Renewable energy surges to record levels around the world http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-36420750

Cattle drugs could fuel climate change, study suggests http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-36368734

Arctic sea ice set a record low every single day in May http://mashable.com/2016/06/01/arctic-sea-ice-record-low/#62.1QoQY2EqO

Texas’ Climate Stubbornness Takes an Increasingly Big Toll http://insideclimatenews.org/news/15072015/texas-climate-change-global-warming-stubbornness-takes-increasingly-big-toll-floods-extreme-weather

Nature’s Answer to Climate Risk https://global.nature.org/content/natures-answer-to-climate-risk

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I am a Principal at Water Technology Pty Ltd, an Australian-based coastal, environment and natural hazards company - see https://www.watertech.com.au/. I specialise in the community aspects of disaster risk reduction and emergency management. Samples of my research and projects can be accessed at https://works.bepress.com/neil_dufty/ Check out my latest book 'Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement' at https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1119569796/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i6 I am also a published fiction writer specialising in short stories and poems - see https://neilduftyfiction.com/

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