Please find below some links to important climate change news for this week…
Extreme Weather and Climate Change
Climate Change Is Making Floods Like Louisiana’s Historic One More Common http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/08/17/climate_change_is_making_floods_like_louisiana_s_historic_one_more_common.html
Pacific sea level predicts global temperature changes https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160818212759.htm?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
‘Next year or the year after, the Arctic will be free of ice’ https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/aug/21/arctic-will-be-ice-free-in-summer-next-year
As July’s Record Heat Builds Through August, Arctic Ice Keeps Melting http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/08/19/490628323/as-julys-record-heat-builds-through-august-arctic-ice-keeps-melting?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social
NASA monitors the ‘new normal’ of sea ice https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160819114213.htm
This Entire Alaskan Village Has To Relocate Thanks To Global Warming https://www.good.is/articles/alaskan-village-relocation
Cruel Summer http://mashable.com/2016/08/19/extremes-floods-fires-global-warming/#.b6e7f7zD5qC
Clouds’ climate impact defies simple analysis http://climatenewsnetwork.net/clouds-climate-impact-defies-simple-analysis/
How Hot Was It in July? Hotter Than Ever http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/23/science/how-hot-was-it-in-july-hotter-than-ever.html?smid=tw-nytimesscience&smtyp=cur&_r=0
Flooding, Extreme Weather, and Record Temperatures: How Global Warming Puts it All Together http://blog.ucsusa.org/astrid-caldas/flooding-extreme-weather-and-record-temperatures-how-global-warming-puts-it-all-together
In Streak of Extreme Storms, What’s the Role of Warming? http://www.climatecentral.org/news/streak-of-extreme-storms-role-of-warming-20626?utm_content=buffer3816e&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Historical documents reveal Arctic sea ice is disappearing at record speed https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2016/aug/22/historical-documents-reveal-arctic-sea-ice-is-disappearing-at-record-speed
Is Hong Kong ready for climate change? http://www.eco-business.com/news/is-hong-kong-ready-for-climate-change/
A New Strategy for Climate Change? Retreat https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-08-22/nj-s-blue-acres-program-a-new-strategy-for-climate-change
As temperatures rocket, cities fight heat waves http://www.eenews.net/stories/1060041854
Extreme weather like the Louisiana floods should serve as a warning https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/extreme-weather-like-the-louisiana-floods-should-serve-as-a-warning/2016/08/22/6e351564-68ab-11e6-99bf-f0cf3a6449a6_story.html?utm_term=.d6827c1ac6ed
Neither Coalition nor Labor emissions reduction targets are good enough, says climate body https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/aug/23/australia-will-need-to-remove-co2-from-air-to-keep-warming-below-2c-says-climate-body?CMP=soc_568
Without a longer-term view, the Paris Agreement will lock in warming for centuries https://theconversation.com/without-a-longer-term-view-the-paris-agreement-will-lock-in-warming-for-centuries-64169
Why climate change could be making some sea levels fall https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/08/why-climate-change-could-be-making-some-sea-levels-fall/
This Chart Shows Why Insurers Are Climate-Change Believers http://fortune.com/2016/08/23/munich-re-disaster-insurance/?utm_content=bufferf793a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
When Glaciers Melt, Engineers Build Artificial Ones http://glacierhub.org/2016/08/24/glaciers-melt-engineers-build-artificial-ones/
Human-induced climate change began earlier than previously thought https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/aug/24/human-induced-climate-change-began-earlier-than-previously-thought?CMP=twt_a-science_b-gdnscience
NASA Flies to Africa to Study Climate Effects of Smoke on Clouds http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-flies-to-africa-to-study-climate-effects-of-smoke-on-clouds
Climate Change and Vector-Borne Diseases http://climatenexus.org/learn/public-health-impacts/climate-change-and-vector-borne-diseases?utm_content=bufferbb132&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Adaptation takes centre stage as IPCC prepares 1.5C study http://www.climatechangenews.com/2016/08/24/adaptation-takes-centre-stage-as-ipcc-prepares-1-5c-study/
As sea levels rise, nearly 1.9 million U.S. homes could be underwater by 2100 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/08/24/as-sea-levels-rise-23-states-could-see-nearly-1-9-million-homes-underwater/?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_ee-underwater-1155am%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.ada5e441c432
Climate Hackers: One man’s plan to stop global warming by shooting particles into the atmosphere http://www.theverge.com/2016/8/24/12589796/climate-hackers-david-keith-geoengineering-climate-change
Early onset of industrial-era warming across the oceans and continents http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v536/n7617/full/nature19082.html
Climate Change Could Cost Millennials $8.8 Trillion https://nextcity.org/daily/entry/report-climate-change-cost-millennials-trillions
Global warming is melting the Greenland Ice Sheet, fast https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2016/aug/25/global-warming-is-melting-the-greenland-ice-sheet-fast?CMP=twt_a-environment_b-gdneco
This Is What the Ice-Free Northwest Passage Looks Like http://www.climatecentral.org/news/ice-free-northwest-passage-20624?utm_content=buffer608c2&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Kronotsky Peninsula, Kamchatka Glacier Fragmentation/Retreat http://blogs.agu.org/fromaglaciersperspective/2016/08/25/kronotsky-peninsula-kamchatka-glacier-fragmentationretreat/
A Chunk of Ice the Size of a US State Is About to Collapse in Antarctica http://futurism.com/a-chunk-of-ice-the-size-of-a-us-state-is-about-to-collapse-in-antarctica/
Report: Sea Level Rise Worries Home Buyers http://www.voanews.com/a/report-sea-level-rise-worries-home-buyers/3480081.html
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