Please find links below to some aspects of climate change and extreme weather that were in the news today…
Solar energy will be mainstream by 2020, says new report http://www.sciencebusiness.net/news/79878/Solar-energy-will-be-mainstream-by-2020%2c-says-new-report#.V4_wARRfUas.twitter
Antarctica: One of last century’s fastest warming places is temporarily cooling, scientists find http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-07-21/part-of-antarctica-gets-a-chill-after-warming-fast:-study/7647276
Study: Antarctica has a ‘pause’ in warming – may be linked to ozone hole stabilization https://wattsupwiththat.com/2016/07/20/study-antarctica-has-a-pause-in-warming-may-be-linked-to-ozone-hole-stabilization/
Blinded by the Heat http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2016/07/_2016_will_be_the_hottest_year_ever_again.html
Trying to Save an Endangered Islands’ Cultural Heritage http://www.climatecentral.org/news/trying-to-save-a-threatened-islands-cultural-heritage-20524?utm_content=bufferd7b34&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
The climate that most of us grew up with is gone for good http://mashable.com/2016/07/20/climate-of-20th-century-gone-for-good/#Ux3v0C0cm5q5
The global insurance industry is failing to rise to the challenge of climate change http://aodproject.net/insurers-lag-behind-pension-funds-on-tackling-climate-risk-threatening-financial-shock/?utm_content=buffer42cb1&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Historical Records Miss a Fifth of Global Warming: NASA http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6576
The bedrock beneath Antarctica https://sealevel.nasa.gov/resources/75
The Enduring Climate Legacy of Mauna Loa http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/enduring-climate-legacy-mauna-loa-180959859/?no-ist
Through the first half of July, Arctic sea ice extent continued tracking close to levels in 2012 https://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/2016/07/despite-a-stormy-arctic-low-ice-continues/
Greenland’s melt, what does it mean for future atmospheric methane? http://climatestate.com/2016/07/21/ice-sheet-deglaciation-and-methane-emissions-with-the-scope-on-greenlands-melt-season/
What science can tell us about the links between global warming and massive heat waves https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/07/21/what-science-can-tell-us-about-the-links-between-global-warming-and-massive-heat-waves/?postshare=6581469121414497&tid=ss_tw
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