Please find below some links to important climate change news for this week…
Climate change will exacerbate disasters, but the underlying problems are still worth addressing http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2016/10/blaming_natural_disasters_on_climate_change_will_backfire.html?wpsrc=sh_all_mob_tw_top
Exposed: The Climate Fallacy of 2100 https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/exposed-the-climate-fallacy-of-2100/?WT.mc_id=SA_TW_ENGYSUS_BLOG
The latest disaster risk from climate change — huge glacial floods https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/10/21/the-latest-disaster-risk-from-climate-change-huge-glacial-floods/?postshare=3561477075174603&tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.98c24268e475
The Guardian view on climate change: good news – but not yet good enough https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/oct/23/the-guardian-view-on-climate-change-good-news-but-not-yet-good-enough?CMP=twt_a-science_b-gdnscience
Carbon Dioxide Passed Critical Threshold in 2015 http://www.climatecentral.org/news/carbon-dioxide-400-ppm-threshold-2015-20809?utm_content=buffer1bc86&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Atmospheric CO2 keeps climbing – visual http://folk.uio.no/roberan/t/MLO_weekly.shtml
This Antarctic glacier is the biggest threat for rising sea levels. The race is on to understand it https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/10/20/u-s-and-u-k-announce-major-research-mission-to-enormous-melting-antarctic-glacier/?utm_term=.7c36d4fe9e32
Antarctica’s Ice Sheets Are Melting Faster — and From Beneath https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/10/25/antarcticas-ice-sheets-are-melting-faster-and-from-beneath/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=KQEDScience
We just entered an alarming ‘new era’ of global warming http://mashable.com/2016/10/24/earth-passed-global-warming-threshold/#h5DSpgp_DmqA
What the ancient CO2 record may mean for future climate change http://phys.org/news/2016-10-ancient-co2-future-climate.html
Characterizing Risk in Climate Change Assessments: Proceedings of a Workshop (2016) https://www.nap.edu/catalog/23569/characterizing-risk-in-climate-change-assessments-proceedings-of-a-workshop?utm_source=NAP+Newsletter&utm_campaign=e325f84319-Final_Book_2016_10_26_23569&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_96101de015-e325f84319-102713761&goal=0_96101de015-e325f84319-102713761&mc_cid=e325f84319&mc_eid=7b96484b63
State of the Climate 2016: Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO https://theconversation.com/state-of-the-climate-2016-bureau-of-meteorology-and-csiro-67717
There has been an increase in extreme fire weather, and a longer fire season, across large parts of Australia since the 1970s http://www.bom.gov.au/state-of-the-climate/State-of-the-Climate-2016.pdf
Claim: Why ice ages occur every 100,000 years https://wattsupwiththat.com/2016/10/26/claim-why-ice-ages-occur-every-100000-years/
Tibet Just Had Another Massive Ice Avalanche http://www.climatecentral.org/news/tibet-ice-avalanche-20822
Observed heavy precipitation increase confirms theory and early models http://www.nature.com/nclimate/journal/v6/n11/full/nclimate3110.html
Mediterranean warming fast, deserts may spread in Europe: study http://www.reuters.com/article/us-climatechange-mediterranean-idUSKCN12R2FN?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2Fenvironment+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Environment%29
Why Global Warming Hits the Arctic Harder Than Anywhere Else http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/10/enric-sala-global-warming-climate-change-arctic-btf/
Before the Flood: DiCaprio’s new climate change documentary http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/before-the-flood/
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