Today in climate change (11 October 2019)

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Please find below links to recent climate change news…

Analysis: How well have climate models projected global warming? https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-how-well-have-climate-models-projected-global-warming

My Community Is Warming Three Times Faster Than the Rest of the World https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/wjwp5q/my-community-is-warming-three-times-faster-than-the-rest-of-the-world

How citizen science is building climate resilience in South Asia http://www.acclimatise.uk.com/2019/10/01/people-power-how-citizen-science-is-building-climate-resilience-in-south-asia/

Black Communities Need Climate Change Help, Groups Tell Congress https://news.bloombergenvironment.com/environment-and-energy/black-communities-need-climate-change-help-groups-tell-congress

Climate change poses a ‘direct threat’ to Australia’s national security https://theconversation.com/climate-change-poses-a-direct-threat-to-australias-national-security-it-must-be-a-political-priority-123264

Killer Heat in the United States: Climate Choices and the Future of Dangerously Hot Days https://www.ucsusa.org/global-warming/global-warming-impacts/killer-heat-in-united-states

The National Climate Assessment (NCA): Volume II: Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States https://nca2018.globalchange.gov/

This graph illustrates the change in global surface temperature relative to 1951-1980 average temperatures https://climate.nasa.gov/vital-signs/global-temperature/

What are Extinction Rebellion’s key demands? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/08/what-are-extinction-rebellion-key-demands-climate-emergency?

Hundreds of temperature records broken over summer https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-49753680

There are three types of climate change denier, and most of us are at least one https://theconversation.com/there-are-three-types-of-climate-change-denier-and-most-of-us-are-at-least-one-124574?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=twitterbutton

‘What happens in the Arctic, doesn’t stay in the Arctic’—why the north pole matters to Asia https://www.eco-business.com/news/what-happens-in-the-arctic-doesnt-stay-in-the-arctic-why-the-north-pole-matters-to-asia/

New Research Tying 20 Companies to One-Third of Global Emissions Aids Liability Argument https://www.climateliabilitynews.org/2019/10/09/global-emissions-carbon-majors-richard-heede/

Is it time for Asian cities to declare a climate emergency? https://www.sei.org/perspectives/asian-cities-climate-emergency/

Improved understanding of conditions in the stratosphere is helping to produce more-accurate short-term climate forecasts https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02985-8

Ice core source discovery adds to study of volcanic activity, climate system interactions https://phys.org/news/2019-10-ice-core-source-discovery-volcanic.html

The world needs a massive carbon tax in just 10 years to limit climate change, IMF says https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2019/10/10/world-needs-massive-carbon-tax-just-years-limit-climate-change-imf-says/

Offering solutions to Ice Age ocean chemistry puzzle https://phys.org/news/2019-10-solutions-ice-age-ocean-chemistry.html

Rich Counties Get More Help to Escape Climate Risk, New Data Show https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/09/climate/disaster-flood-buyouts-climate-change.html

Peruvian Glaciers Have Shrunk By 30 Percent Since 2000 https://e360.yale.edu/digest/peruvian-glaciers-have-shrunk-by-30-percent-since-2000

‘Super lucky to catch it’: Researchers get time-lapse video of glacial lake flood https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/glacial-lake-bursts-in-yukon-1.5312116

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I am a Principal at Water Technology Pty Ltd, an Australian-based coastal, environment and natural hazards company - see https://www.watertech.com.au/. I specialise in the community aspects of disaster risk reduction and emergency management. Samples of my research and projects can be accessed at https://works.bepress.com/neil_dufty/ Check out my latest book 'Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement' at https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1119569796/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i6 I am also a published fiction writer specialising in short stories and poems - see https://neilduftyfiction.com/

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