Category: climate change

Please find links below to some aspects of climate change and extreme weather that were in the news today…

NASA’s Earth Minute: Greenland ice https://sealevel.nasa.gov/resources/73

Climate Change Is Making Calendars Run Amok http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/06/towns-changing-clocks-time-climate-change-pamir-science/

TV Networks Backslide By Omitting Link Between Climate Change And Destructive Texas Floods https://mediamatters.org/research/2016/06/06/tv-networks-backslide-omitting-link-between-climate-change-and-destructive-texas-floods/210754

‘We’ve never seen anything like this’: Arctic sea ice hit a stunning new low in May https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/06/07/weve-never-seen-anything-like-this-arctic-sea-ice-hit-a-stunning-new-low-in-may/?postshare=4351465333462155&tid=ss_tw

Climate spirals http://www.climate-lab-book.ac.uk/spirals/

Did Ancient Climate Change Ignite Human Evolution? http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/did-ancient-climate-change-ignite-human-evolution/?WT.mc_id=SA_TW_EVO_NEWS

New study shows a snowline creeping higher in the Rockies, Sierra Nevada and Cascades http://insideclimatenews.org/news/07062016/unabated-global-warming-threatens-west-snowpack-water-rocky-mountains-sierra-nevada-drought

Climate Change and Vector-Borne Diseases http://climatenexus.org/learn/public-health-impacts/climate-change-and-vector-borne-diseases?utm_content=buffer5bcb7&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Low-income New Yorkers take brunt of climate change http://m.timesunion.com/tuplus-opinion/article/Low-income-New-Yorkers-take-brunt-of-climate-7966780.php

Climate change’s role in eastern Australia’s recent wild weather http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2016-06-07/did-climate-change-cause-east-coast-low-storms/7483874

The scientific community is profoundly uncomfortable with the storm of political controversy that climate research is attracting. What’s going on? https://www.opendemocracy.net/transformation/paul-hoggett-rosemary-randall/socially-constructed-silence-protecting-policymakers-fr?utm_content=buffer39d0a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer#

In the Poorest Countries, an Acute Climate Risk https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/poorest-countries-acute-climate-risk-sri-mulyani-indrawati

28 per cent of the Australian public believe “we are just witnessing a normal fluctuation in the Earth’s climate” https://newmatilda.com/2016/06/07/climate-denial-unchanging-new-poll-reveals/

Please find links below to some aspects of climate change and extreme weather that were in the news today…

Spike in Alaska Wildfires is Worsening Global Warming http://www.climatecentral.org/news/alaska-wildfires-worsening-global-warming-20411?utm_content=bufferf4339&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Climate Champions Release Detailed Roadmap http://newsroom.unfccc.int/climate-action/global-climate-action-agenda/

First Nations communities suffering ‘more intense’ impact of climate change, secret briefings say http://www.vancouversun.com/news/national/first+nations+communities+suffering+98more+intense+impact/11960757/story.html

Drought in Ethiopia “This is a climate crisis” http://www.nrc.no/?did=9219095#.V1X1NjV97IX

Climate impacts laid bare as Europe’s flood waters ease http://tcktcktck.org/2016/06/climate-impacts-laid-bare-europes-flood-waters-ease/

EU states to be asked to ratify climate deal in June http://phys.org/news/2016-06-eu-states-ratify-climate-june.html

Extent of Ocean Surface Above 86 Degrees (F) Hits New Record During May of 2016 https://robertscribbler.com/2016/06/06/extent-of-ocean-surface-above-86-degrees-f-hits-new-high-during-may-of-2016/

A Startling Map of How Sea-Level Rise Will Affect NYC http://www.citylab.com/weather/2016/06/how-sea-level-rise-will-affect-nyc-mapped-new-york-city/485123/?platform=hootsuite

Record High Temps vs. Record Low Temp http://www.climatesignals.org/data/record-high-temps-vs-record-low-temp

Past, present, future: how human evolution and climate are linked https://theconversation.com/past-present-future-how-human-evolution-and-climate-are-linked-57336

 

Please find links below to some aspects of climate change and extreme weather that were in the news today…

Arctic could become ice-free for first time in more than 100,000 years, claims leading scientist http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/arctic-could-become-ice-free-for-first-time-in-more-than-100000-years-claims-leading-scientist-a7065781.html?utm_content=buffer74980&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Europe’s floods come at no surprise http://climatenewsnetwork.net/europes-floods-come-as-no-surprise/

Impacts of Climate Change Policy in The Real World https://wattsupwiththat.com/2016/06/05/impacts-of-climate-change-policy-in-the-real-world/

Warming Could Boost Carbon Storage in Alaska Forests http://www.climatecentral.org/news/climate-change-carbon-storage-alaska-forests-20407?utm_content=buffer58d7f&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

7 major changes the Prairies will see as the climate warms http://globalnews.ca/news/2737811/7-major-changes-the-prairies-will-see-as-the-climate-warms/

Water Scarcity: Implications in the Face of Climate Change http://edmdigest.com/news/water-scarcity-implications-in-the-face-of-climate-change/