Today in climate change (16 September 2016)

Please find below some links to important climate change news for this week…

Visualizing the Warmest August in 136 Years http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/earthmatters/2016/09/12/heres-how-the-warmest-august-in-136-years-looks-in-chart-form/?utm_content=buffercc30f&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Oceans Are Absorbing Almost All of the Globe’s Excess Heat http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/09/12/science/earth/ocean-warming-climate-change.html?action=click&contentCollection=Science&module=RelatedCoverage&region=EndOfArticle&pgtype=article&_r=0

One Simple Comic Explains Climate Change http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/one-simple-comic-explains-climate-change/?WT.mc_id=SA_TW_ENGYSUS_NEWS

Louisiana Downpours, August 2016 https://wwa.climatecentral.org/analyses/louisiana-downpours-august-2016/?utm_content=bufferef04b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

This is what Greenland’s melting ice looks like — up close https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/09/09/this-is-what-greenlands-melting-ice-looks-like-up-close/?postshare=3101473729921464&tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.9ad65f510177

Carbon Dioxide http://climate.nasa.gov/vital-signs/carbon-dioxide/

Risky business: how companies are getting smart about climate change https://theconversation.com/risky-business-how-companies-are-getting-smart-about-climate-change-65221

Poll: Americans favor slightly higher bills to fight warming http://bigstory.ap.org/article/4e555a1f920548db84aeb4c83fc1a284/poll-americans-favor-slightly-higher-bills-fight-warming?utm_content=buffer32bf9&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Report: For Best Results, Address Equity and Climate Change Together http://cal.streetsblog.org/2016/09/13/report-for-best-results-address-equity-and-climate-change-together/

NSIDC: 2016 ties with 2007 for second lowest Arctic sea ice minimum https://wattsupwiththat.com/2016/09/15/nsidc-2016-ties-with-2007-for-second-lowest-arctic-sea-ice-minimum/

Lives in the balance: climate change and the Marshall Islands https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/sep/15/marshall-islands-climate-change-springdale-arkansas

Arctic death spiral: Icebreakers reach North Pole as sea ice disintegrates https://thinkprogress.org/arctic-sea-ice-death-spiral-b928be2fde0a#.8p20twc1v

The difficulty of predicting an ice-free Arctic http://www.colorado.edu/today/2016/09/14/difficulty-predicting-ice-free-arctic?utm_content=buffer744aa&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

In an English City, a Lesson in Climate Change http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/13/science/carlisle-england-climate-change-flooding.html?smid=tw-nytimesscience&smtyp=cur&_r=0

El Nino and global warming combine to cause extreme drought in the Amazon rainforest http://phys.org/news/2016-09-el-nino-global-combine-extreme.html#jCp

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