Today in climate change (5 July 2016)

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

Canadian rating agencies ignore climate risk http://www.nationalobserver.com/2016/07/04/analysis/willful-blindness-canadian-rating-agencies-ignore-climate-risk

Climate change is speeding up the spread of Lyme disease https://www.statnews.com/2016/07/01/lyme-disease-climate-change/

Ocean circulation implicated in past abrupt climate changes http://www.enn.com/climate/article/49705

Abrupt Sea Level Rise Looms As Increasingly Realistic Threat http://e360.yale.edu/feature/abrupt_sea_level_rise_realistic_greenland_antarctica/2990/

Small temperature increases lead to more sea level rise http://www.yaleclimateconnections.org/2016/07/small-temp-increases-and-sea-level-rise/

Climate change forcing builders to rethink how they design structures: expert https://ca.news.yahoo.com/climate-change-forcing-builders-rethink-design-structures-expert-140008728.html

Insurers’ pledge to help developing countries on climate change https://next.ft.com/content/04d57130-274d-11e6-8ba3-cdd781d02d89

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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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