Today in climate change (2 December 2016)

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

What’s Happening in the Arctic is Astonishing http://blogs.agu.org/wildwildscience/2016/11/24/whats-happening-arctic-astonishing/

We can limit global warming to 1.5°C if we do these things in the next ten years https://theconversation.com/we-can-limit-global-warming-to-1-5-c-if-we-do-these-things-in-the-next-ten-years-69158

‘Remarkable year’: What’s behind the record low sea ice in Antarctica http://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/remarkable-year-whats-behind-the-record-low-sea-ice-in-antarctica-20161125-gsxo4p.html

Climate change ‘hotspots’: why they matter and why we should invest in them https://theconversation.com/climate-change-hotspots-why-they-matter-and-why-we-should-invest-in-them-68770

Global Climate Risk Index, 2017, German Watch https://germanwatch.org/de/download/16411.pdf

Climate Catastrophe and Resilience https://germanwatch.org/de/download/16411.pdf

Impacts of sea ice thickness initialization on seasonal Arctic sea ice predictions http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0437.1

Climate Change Solutions for the Poorest Countries https://ida.worldbank.org/content/climate-change-solutions-poorest-countries?CID=CCG_TT_climatechange_EN_EXT

Study Finds Northeastern U.S. Could See Increased Hurricane Activity http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2016/11/29/433361.htm

This is what it would take for Trump to truly damage the planet’s climate https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/11/29/this-is-what-it-would-take-for-trump-to-truly-damage-the-planets-climate/?utm_source=rss_energy-environment&utm_term=.4ec579cd254a

Bigger, hotter ‘firestorms to become the new normal’ in Australia http://www.perthnow.com.au/technology/bigger-hotter-firestorms-to-become-the-new-normal-in-australia/news-story/176c62c0b16f5991413b7138980cd4bf

Why extreme weather is the new normal http://edition.cnn.com/2016/11/28/us/extreme-weather-normal/index.html

A Wrenching Choice for Alaska Towns in the Path of Climate Change http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/11/29/science/alaska-global-warming.html?_r=0

Early, Late, and Far-Flung: The Eclectic 2016 Atlantic Hurricane Season https://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/early-late-and-farflung-the-eclectic-2016-atlantic-hurricane-seaso

Earth warming to climate tipping point, warns study http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-38146248

Navigating Complexity: Climate, Migration, and Conflict in a Changing World https://www.newsecuritybeat.org/2016/11/navigating-complexity-climate-migration-conflict-changing-world-report-launch/?utm_content=buffer87119&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Responding to the Millennium drought: comparing domestic water cultures in three Australian cities http://watersensitivecities.stfi.re/content/responding-millennium-drought-comparing-domestic-water-cultures-three-australian-cities-news/?sf=rgzyneg#aa

Extreme Tornado Outbreaks Are Becoming More Extreme http://www.climatecentral.org/news/tornado-outbreaks-becoming-more-extreme-20926?utm_content=buffer55eff&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Staying afloat: using Jason-3 to measure sea level rise https://sealevel.nasa.gov/news/69/staying-afloat-using-jason-3-to-measure-sea-level-rise

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