Today in climate change (30 June 2016)

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

Scientists Still Uncertain How Melting Permafrost Will Impact Climate http://edmdigest.com/news/scientists-still-uncertain-how-melting-permafrost-will-impact-climate/

Hotter Years, More Fires http://www.climatecentral.org/gallery/graphics/hotter-years-more-fires?utm_content=buffer01739&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

31 Science Groups to Congress: Greenhouse Gases Emitted by Human Activities Is Primary Driver of Climate Change https://ecowatch.com/2016/06/29/scientists-congress-climate-change/

A River Network Preserved Beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet https://eos.org/research-spotlights/a-river-network-preserved-beneath-the-greenland-ice-sheet

Scientists: Window for avoiding 1.5C global warming ‘closed’ http://www.climatechangenews.com/2016/06/29/scientists-window-for-avoiding-1-5c-global-warming-closed/

‘Houston, We Have a Problem’: 4 Ways Climate Change Impacts Texas https://ecowatch.com/2016/06/29/climate-change-impacts-texas/

Climate Change: The Large Scale Impact of Small Scale Change http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ef-education-first/climate-change-the-large_b_10720534.html

The climate change letter most candidates won’t answer http://www.smh.com.au/comment/the-letter-most-candidates-wont-answer-20160628-gptmfs.html

Climate Change’s Growing Impact On People Experiencing Homelessness http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2016/06/29/3793278/climate-change-air-pollution-homelessness/

What Makes Agriculture Vulnerable to Climate Change, and the Mortality Effects of Fruit and Vegetable Scarcity https://www.newsecuritybeat.org/2016/06/agriculture-vulnerable-climate-change-mortality-effects-fruit-vegetable-scarcity/?utm_content=buffera7688&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Paris Agreement climate proposals need a boost to keep warming well below 2 °C http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v534/n7609/full/nature18307.html

16 of the Craziest Weather Events We’ve Seen So Far in 2016 http://www.climatesignals.org/headlines/16-craziest-weather-events-weve-seen-so-far-2016?utm_content=buffer00ec9&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Paris climate targets aren’t enough, but we can close the gap https://theconversation.com/paris-climate-targets-arent-enough-but-we-can-close-the-gap-61798