Today in climate change (27 June 2016)

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

Climate Change Poses Urgent Threat to Poor of Coastal Bangladesh http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2016/06/24/climate-change-poses-urgent-threat-to-poor-of-coastal-bangladesh?CID=AGR_TT_agriculture_EN_EXT

Climate impacts life strategies, time orientation, self-control https://news.osu.edu/news/2016/06/24/climate-theory/

Seven climate records set so far in 2016 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jun/17/seven-climate-records-set-so-far-in-2016?CMP=share_btn_tw

Climate Change is Tipping Scales Toward More Wildfires http://www.climatecentral.org/news/western-wildfires-climate-change-20475

Melbourne’s carbon emissions could reduce by 138,000 tonnes per year http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2016/jun/10/climate-change-melbourne-renewable-energy-project-provides-global-blueprint

Global warming amplifies the threat of wildfires through increased heat and drought, reduced snowpack, season shift and pine beetle outbreaks http://www.climatesignals.org/headlines/events/western-wildfire-season-2016#/overlay=node/3535/edit

Holland is relocating homes to make more room for high water http://www.pri.org/stories/2016-06-22/holland-relocating-homes-make-more-room-high-water

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