Please find below some links to important climate change news for this week…
App zeros in on loss of equatorial glaciers http://climatenewsnetwork.net/app-loss-equatorial-glaciers/
EU Nations Approve Ratification of Climate Change Pact http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/09/30/world/europe/ap-eu-europe-climate-pact.html?_r=0
Sea level rise is already here http://daily.jstor.org/sea-level-rise-is-already-here/
The tiny nation of Kiribati will soon be underwater — here’s the plan to save its people https://news.vice.com/article/doomed-by-climate-change-kiribati-wants-migration-with-dignity
Melting Arctic Sea Ice Shows Global Warming http://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/wmo-says-melting-arctic-sea-ice-shows-global-warming/3532218.html
Rift Speeds Up Across Antarctic Ice Shelf http://www.climatecentral.org/news/rift-speeds-up-across-antarctic-ice-shelf-20752
CAIT Climate Data Explorer – Paris Agreement Tracker http://cait.wri.org/indc/#/ratification
With Public Opinion on Climate Change Evolving Slowly, AAAS Leshner Fellows Help Communities https://www.aaas.org/news/public-opinion-climate-change-evolving-slowly-aaas-leshner-fellows-help-communities?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=news_tweet_button&utm_content=public-opinion-climate-change-evolving-slowly-aaas-leshner-fellows-help-communities&utm_campaign=aaasorg_news
U.S. Concern About Global Warming at Eight-Year High http://www.gallup.com/poll/190010/concern-global-warming-eight-year-high.aspx
Haiti Hurricane Matthew Climate Change Effects: Global Warming Means More Devastation, Climate Refugees http://www.ibtimes.com/haiti-hurricane-matthew-climate-change-effects-global-warming-means-more-devastation-2426201
The Politics of Climate http://www.pewinternet.org/2016/10/04/the-politics-of-climate/
Atlantic City Gambles on Rising Seas http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/05/160502-rising-seas-climate-change-atlantic-city/
No country on Earth is taking the 2 degree climate target seriously http://www.vox.com/2016/10/4/13118594/2-degrees-no-more-fossil-fuels
Europe pushes Paris climate deal over the top http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/10/europe-pushes-paris-climate-deal-over-top
Adapting to rates versus amounts of climate change: a case of adaptation to sea-level rise http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/11/10/104007
Velocity fields of Greenland outlet glaciers https://data1.geo.tu-dresden.de/flow_velocity/index.shtml
Was climate change to blame for the Adelaide storm? http://andrewdking.weebly.com/blog-posts/was-climate-change-to-blame-for-the-adelaide-storm
Rapid ice growth follows the seasonal minimum, rapid drop in Antarctic extent https://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/2016/10/rapid-ice-growth-follows-the-seasonal-minimum-rapid-drop-in-antarctic-extent/
Lessons from South Australia’s blackout: we need to make infrastructure more resilient to climate change http://www.preventionweb.net/news/view/50496
The effects of climate change will not be evenly distributed; vulnerable older people will be affected more than others https://www.sei-international.org/blog-articles/3493?utm_content=bufferf91df&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Landmark Paris Climate Pact to Take Effect in 30 Days http://www.climatecentral.org/news/landmark-paris-climate-pact-take-effect-30-days-20766?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20climatecentral%2FdjOO%20Climate%20Central%20-%20Full%20Feed
Why the Worst Storms Will Just Keep Getting Worse http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2016/10/hurricane-matthew-climate-change