Today in climate change (23 September 2016)

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

Fast study showed climate change’s influence on Louisiana’s devastating floods https://insideclimatenews.org/news/15092016/faster-attribution-studies-scientists-zero-climate-change-role-louisiana-floods-downpours?utm_content=bufferde709&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Is La Niña Here? Depends Who You Ask http://www.climatecentral.org/news/la-nina-forecast-winter-2016-20706?utm_content=buffer65b70&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Time is running out for Britain to sign up to the Paris climate change accord https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/sep/17/arctic-sea-ice-climate-change-britain-must-commit-to-paris-agreement?platform=hootsuite

What is new in European climate research? http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2016/09/what-is-new-in-european-climate-research/

It’s time to help communities adapt to climate change http://news.trust.org/item/20160919145304-934th/

Does Climate Change Affect Our Weather? Yes. Yes, It Does http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2016/09/17/climate_change_is_already_changing_our_weather.html?wpsrc=sh_all_dt_tw_top

Global warming making Calif. wildfire season longer, more severe http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/09/14/global-warming-making-calif-wildfire-season-longer-more-severe/90364040/

In a corner of Bengal, people are living on the edge of a rising sea http://scroll.in/article/816687/photos-in-a-corner-of-bengal-people-are-living-on-the-edge-of-a-rising-sea

2016’s hellish summer weather: A told-you-so climate moment? https://apnews.com/34a190741d2c4b39a96a88108128aebe/2016’s-hellish-summer-weather:-A-told-you-so-climate-moment

Australia’s emissions won’t fall by 2030 without greater climate action, modelling shows https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/sep/21/australias-emissions-wont-fall-by-2030-without-greater-climate-action-modelling-shows?CMP=share_btn_tw

Five of the six continents had at least a top 10 warm August http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-09/21/c_135701033.htm

A must-see film on the impact climate change will have on 30 million in Bangladesh http://thirtymillionfilm.org/?mc_cid=3dec65b982&mc_eid=c7cd86d105

How the new focus on 1.5C is reshaping climate research https://www.carbonbrief.org/scientists-new-focus-1-5c-reshaping-climate-research

Scientists may have solved a key riddle about Antarctica — and you’re not going to like the answer https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/09/20/scientists-may-have-just-solved-a-riddle-about-antarctica-and-youre-not-going-to-like-the-answer/?postshare=1771474404947286&tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.9eaf646db2b6

High-Level Event on Entry into Force of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change http://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/climatechange/

Hurricanes, storm surges and icebergs: How warmer seas are changing our planet https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/09/160920152812.htm?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Trump’s climate science denial clashes with reality of rising seas in Florida http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-climate-miami-20160918-snap-story.html

See David Letterman Preview Return to TV for Climate Change Series http://www.rollingstone.com/tv/news/david-letterman-previews-tv-return-for-climate-change-series-w440417

Modeling Climate Change Policy Decisions Using a Probability Tree https://wattsupwiththat.com/2016/09/21/modeling-climate-change-policy-decisions-using-a-probability-tree/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Climate Change Explained in One Comic https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2016/09/13/climate-change-explained-in-one-comic/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=KQEDScience

Rain records falling across Australia http://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/rain-records-falling-across-australia/525022

Climate change poses a major security risk to the U.S. today, intelligence report warns http://mashable.com/2016/09/21/national-security-climate-change-risk-obama/#C0nFxUxG2OqM

From Scientific Skepticism to Conspiracy Theory http://blogs.agu.org/wildwildscience/2016/09/21/scientific-skepticism-conspiracy-theory/

The Climate Could Be More Sensitive to CO2 Than We Think http://knowledge.insead.edu/economics-finance/the-climate-could-be-more-sensitive-to-co2-than-we-think-4935

How Three American U.S. Cities are Adapting to Climate Change http://www.100resilientcities.org/blog/entry/listen-how-three-american-u.s.-cities-are-adapting-to-climate-change#/-_Yz5jJmg%2FMSd1PWI%3D/

Climate Change Art http://www.schuylkillcenter.org/blog/event/going-up-climate-change-philadelphia/?utm_content=buffercf8eb&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Greenland ice loss 40 trillion pounds bigger than thought https://apnews.com/df66b9585fb44d28a7bc6e18f0a1ee77/Greenland-ice-loss-40-trillion-pounds-bigger-than-thought?utm_content=buffer6791e&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

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