Tag: extreme weather

Today in climate change (24 March 2017)

Please find below a list of links to recent climate change news…

The last remaining piece of the vast ice sheet that once covered North America is doomed to vanish in the next few centuries, a new study finds https://news.agu.org/press-release/last-remnant-of-north-american-ice-sheet-likely-to-disappear-in-300-years

Climate change mitigation requires systemic social change, not just technological optimism https://ensia.com/voices/climate-change-social-fix/

Atlantic City and Miami Beach: two takes on tackling the rising waters https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/mar/20/atlantic-city-miami-beach-sea-level-rise

Faced with rising seas, French Polynesia ponders floating islands http://news.trust.org/item/20170320000842-qcn8y/?source=reOtherNews2&utm_content=buffer4a26c&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

WMO Report: State of the Global Climate in 2016 http://library.wmo.int/opac/doc_num.php?explnum_id=3414

How Americans Think About Climate Change, in Six Maps https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/03/21/climate/how-americans-think-about-climate-change-in-six-maps.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0

State of the Warming Climate in 2016: ‘Truly Uncharted Territory’ https://insideclimatenews.org/news/21032017/climate-change-2016-world-meteorological-organization-arctic-weather?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Climate Change is on Pace to Kill an Ice Age Remnant http://www.climatecentral.org/news/climate-change-ice-age-21266

Stopping climate change could boost the world economy by £15 trillion http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/stopping-climate-change-could-boost-the-world-economy-by-19-trillion-a7641096.html?utm_content=buffer63a0f&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer.SEIclimate

Peru Floods Highlight Challenge of a Warming Planet Says UN http://floodlist.com/america/peru-floods-climate-change

North American Drought Portal https://www.drought.gov/nadm/content/map/2017/02

Including Ozone Complexities in Climate Change Projections https://eos.org/research-spotlights/including-ozone-complexities-in-climate-change-projections

Current Global Warming Is ‘Not Outside The Range Of Natural Variations’ http://dailycaller.com/2017/03/22/report-current-global-warming-is-not-outside-the-range-of-natural-variations/?utm_campaign=Contact+Quiboat+For+More+Referrer&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=quiboat

With More Than 300 Tornadoes, It’s the Most Active Start to a Year Since 2008 https://weather.com/storms/tornado/news/tornadoes-january-february-march-2017-fast-start

Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters: Overview https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/billions/

How Do We Know That Humans Are Causing Climate Change? These Nine Lines of Evidence http://blogs.edf.org/climate411/2017/03/23/how-do-we-know-that-humans-are-causing-climate-change-these-nine-lines-of-evidence/

What does staying below 2°C entail? https://flipboard.com/@flipboard/flip.it%2FcxGOqh-scientists-made-a-detailed-roadmap-for-/f-6db5e19272%2Fvox.com

A roadmap for rapid decarbonization http://science.sciencemag.org/content/355/6331/1269/tab-pdf

64% of US adults say they are worried a “great deal” or “fair amount” about global warming http://www.sightline.org/2017/03/23/us-climate-attitudes-hit-record-highs/

Global CO2 emissions have remained roughly the same for the third year in a row http://www.enn.com/climate/article/50862

CARibbean Weather Impacts Group (CARIWIG) gives access to climate data that has been downscaled, making it relevant for use in the Caribbean region https://cdkn.org/2017/03/feature-climate-data-caribbean/?loclang=en_gb&utm_content=buffer387d2&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Major TV networks spent just 50 minutes on climate change — combined — last year https://mediamatters.org/research/2017/03/23/how-broadcast-networks-covered-climate-change-2016/215718

A new study looks at the complex relationship between global warming and increased precipitation https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2017/mar/22/global-warming-is-increasing-rainfall-rates

 

Today in climate change (24 February 2017)

Please find below links to recent climate change news…

Which part of East Antarctica is most susceptible to warming? https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/which-part-of-east-antarctica-is-most-susceptible-to-warming

State of Alpine Glaciers in 2016-Negative for 37th Consecutive Year http://blogs.agu.org/fromaglaciersperspective/2017/02/17/state-alpine-glaciers-2016-negative-37th-consecutive-year/

Study shows China’s severe weather patterns changing drastically since 1960 https://phys.org/news/2017-02-china-severe-weather-patterns-drastically.html

Global heat continues, sea ice hits new record lows https://public.wmo.int/en/media/news/global-heat-continues-sea-ice-hits-new-record-lows

Is climate change causing more UK floods? http://www.nerc.ac.uk/latest/publications/planetearth/win16-climate/

Manhattan-Sized Iceberg Breaks off Antarctica http://www.ecowatch.com/iceberg-breaks-off-antarctica-2268242877.html

More than 70% believe Coalition not doing enough on energy – poll https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/feb/21/more-than-70-believe-coalition-not-doing-enough-on-energy-poll

Changes to the tropical circulation in the mid-Pliocene and their implications for future climate http://www.clim-past.net/13/135/2017/

The Real Surprise Behind the 3rd Hottest January on Record http://blogs.agu.org/wildwildscience/2017/02/18/real-surprise-behind-3rd-hottest-january-record/

Study from decades ago proved remarkably accurate in showing how global warming would affect the Arctic’s sea ice, currently in steep decline https://insideclimatenews.org/news/16022017/arctic-sea-ice-extent-nasa-global-warming-climate-change

Canadian glaciers now major contributor to sea level change https://phys.org/news/2017-02-canadian-glaciers-major-contributor-sea.html

Australia’s new normal … as city temperatures hit 47C people shelter from the deadly heat https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/feb/19/australia-new-normal-47c-climate-change?CMP=share_btn_tw

The race to 100 per cent renewable town is on http://www.dailyadvertiser.com.au/story/4475851/the-race-to-100-per-cent-renewable-town-is-on/

There are critical two-way feedbacks missing from current climate models https://phys.org/news/2017-02-climate_1.html

Scientists Got a New Look at the Growing Larsen C Crack http://www.climatecentral.org/news/scientists-larsen-c-crack-21178?utm_content=buffera3597&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Caribbean warned to prepare for more severe storms https://caribbeanclimateblog.com/2017/02/21/caribbean-warned-to-prepare-for-more-severe-storms/

How Do Climate Models Work? http://blogs.agu.org/wildwildscience/2017/02/21/climate-models-work-answer/

The Geographic Impact of Climate Signals on European Winter Storms http://www.air-worldwide.com/Blog/The-Geographic-Impact-of-Climate-Signals-on-European-Winter-Storms/

Heat Wave Breaks Records in Australia http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=89683&src=share

California rains put spotlight on atmospheric rivers http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/02/california-rains-put-spotlight-atmospheric-rivers

New research challenges the perception that Arctic sea ice extent was unperturbed by human-caused climate change until the 1970s http://news.agu.org/press-release/air-pollution-may-have-masked-mid-20th-century-sea-ice-loss/

As algae, detritus, and meltwater darken Greenland’s ice, it is shrinking ever faster http://science.sciencemag.org/content/355/6327/788.full

Melting Sea Ice May Be Speeding Nature’s Clock in the Arctic https://www.ucdavis.edu/news/melting-sea-ice-may-be-speeding-natures-clock-arctic

The U.S. is Poised to Set a Record-Setting Record http://www.climatecentral.org/news/record-high-temperature-february-21186?utm_content=buffera0111&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Here’s what the Ice Age tells us about future sea level rise http://mashable.com/2017/02/22/ice-age-21st-century-sea-level-rise/?utm_cid=hp-r-1#h5DSpgp_DmqA

Erratic weather brings snow, cyclones http://thenewdaily.com.au/weather/2017/02/20/australias-wild-weather/

 

Today in climate change (10 February 2017)

Please find links below to some recent important climate change news…

Connecting Delta Cities http://www.deltacities.com/about-c40-and-cdc

Global flood risk to increase five-fold with a 4°C temperature rise http://www.preventionweb.net/news/view/51744

Record-busting heat in eastern Australia as climate warming goes extreme http://www.climatecodered.org/2017/02/record-busting-heat-in-eastern.html?spref=tw

How the World Passed a Carbon Threshold and Why It Matters http://e360.yale.edu/features/how-the-world-passed-a-carbon-threshold-400ppm-and-why-it-matters

Sydney weather: Heat could break century-old record http://www.smh.com.au/environment/weather/sydney-weather-heat-could-break-centuryold-record-before-cool-change-hits-20170205-gu6269.html

New explanation links competing theories of the origin of Antarctic glaciation and highlights complexity of climate change https://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/channels/news/making-antarctica-265483

Study Examines Trends in Global Warming https://www.geolounge.com/study-examines-trends-global-warming/

Sweden sets goal to phase out greenhouse gas emissions by 2045 http://www.reuters.com/article/climatechange-sweden-idUSL5N1FN6F2

Massive hurricane-force Atlantic storm to push abnormally mild air toward North Pole https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2017/02/06/massive-hurricane-force-atlantic-storm-to-push-abnormally-mild-air-towards-north-pole/?utm_term=.afbdc0484641

A Crack in an Antarctic Ice Shelf Grew 17 Miles in the Last Two Months https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/02/07/science/earth/antarctic-crack.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=photo-spot-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0

Risk of ‘megafires’ to increase as climate warms https://www.carbonbrief.org/risk-megafires-increase-climate-warms

Heatwaves to be hotter, longer and more frequent, climate change report says http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-02-08/heatwaves-to-be-hotter-longer-and-more-often-report-says/8248304?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Links between climate change and bushfires and heatwaves are well-established, also links to increased flooding https://www.climatecouncil.org.au/cranking-intensity-report

The Winter of Blazing Discontent Continues in the Arctic http://www.climatecentral.org/news/winter-extreme-heat-arctic-21141?utm_content=bufferaf9bb&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Record low daily Arctic ice extents continued through most of January 2017 https://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/2017/02/2017-ushers-in-record-low-extent/

UK cricket disrupted by climate change, as grounds face increased rain and flooding http://home.bt.com/news/uk-news/uks-treasured-cricket-grounds-hit-by-extreme-weather-linked-to-climate-change-11364145465302

Glaciers in have retreated and thinned steadily since 1995 – Icelandic glaciers weighed from space http://www.icenews.is/2017/02/03/glaciers-in-have-retreated-and-thinned-steadily-since-1995-icelandic-glaciers-weighed-from-space/#axzz4Y85MV5Ln

Arctic Ice Isn’t Doomed Yet—Here’s How to Save It http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/02/arctic-sea-ice-tipping-point-climate-science/

Nordic Arctic Strategies in Overview http://www.nordregio.se/Global/Publications/Publications%202017/PB%202017%201.pdf

D.C. just broke a 117-year old high temperature record by 6 degrees https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2017/02/08/washington-d-c-is-about-to-break-a-117-year-old-high-temperature-record/?utm_term=.ae23677d57bc

Droughts and flooding rains already more likely as climate change plays havoc with Pacific weather https://theconversation.com/droughts-and-flooding-rains-already-more-likely-as-climate-change-plays-havoc-with-pacific-weather-71614

Humans have already increased the risk of major disruptions to Pacific rainfall http://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms14368

Antarctica’s Changing Larsen Ice Shelf http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=89588&src=twitter-iotd

The history of climate and human health gives us a glimpse of the dramatically amplified risks we face if present trends continue http://www.dailyclimate.org/tdc-newsroom/2017/feb/The-Holocene-climate-experience

Chilean Wildfires Offer A Glimpse Of Climate Risks In California And Elsewhere http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/chilean-wildfires-offer-a-glimpse-of-climate-risks_us_5898d8bce4b061551b3e018c

Delving through settlers’ diaries can reveal Australia’s colonial-era climate https://theconversation.com/delving-through-settlers-diaries-can-reveal-australias-colonial-era-climate-72652

Why the worst drought in U.S. history was a ‘climate surprise’ http://www.eenews.net/stories/1060049766?utm_content=buffer6234a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Snow Cover on the Decline in North America http://www.climatecentral.org/gallery/graphics/snow-cover-on-the-decline-in-north-america?utm_content=buffereae37&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Today in climate change (20 January 2017)

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

Epic Antarctic voyage maps seafloor to predict ocean rise as glacier the size of California melts https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/15/totten-glacier-antarctic-voyage-to-map-seafloor-hobart-invstigator?CMP=share_btn_tw

Climate change shows in shrinking Antarctic snows http://indianexpress.com/article/technology/science/climate-change-shows-in-shrinking-antarctic-snows-4474075/

Climate change: 90% of rural Australians say their lives are already affected https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jan/16/climate-change-90-of-rural-australians-say-their-lives-are-already-affected?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Kenyan slum activists build climate change resilience from the bottom up http://www.irinnews.org/feature/2017/01/12/kenyan-slum-activists-build-climate-change-resilience-bottom

The ‘Madhouse Effect’ of climate denial in America http://www.pri.org/stories/2017-01-15/madhouse-effect-climate-denial-america?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocailFlow

1953 storm surge: how Britain’s worst natural disaster kicked off the debate on climate change https://theconversation.com/1953-storm-surge-how-britains-worst-natural-disaster-kicked-off-the-debate-on-climate-change-71310

Snow slowly melting away on Africa’s second highest mountain http://africa.cgtn.com/2017/01/16/snow-slowly-melting-away-on-africas-second-highest-mountain/

Understanding Causes and Effects of Rapid Warming in the Arctic https://eos.org/project-updates/understanding-causes-and-effects-of-rapid-warming-in-the-arctic

2016 Annual Global Climate and Catastrophe Report http://thoughtleadership.aonbenfield.com/Documents/20170117-ab-if-annual-climate-catastrophe-report.pdf

2016 Officially Declared Hottest Year on Record http://blog.ucsusa.org/astrid-caldas/noaa-and-nasa-confirm-2016-is-warmest-year-on-record

2016 marks three consecutive years of record warmth for the globe http://www.noaa.gov/stories/2016-marks-three-consecutive-years-of-record-warmth-for-globe

Compensatory water effects link yearly global land CO2 sink changes to temperature http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature20780.html

Seven in ten Americans think global warming is happening http://climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications/climate-change-in-the-american-mind-november-2016/3/

Record-breaking extreme weather in Australia in 2016 devastates ecosystems https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/jan/05/record-breaking-extreme-weather-in-australia-in-2016-devastates-ecosystems

New Climate Index Shows Extreme Weather Is Now 3 Times More Frequent http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2017/01/12/438768.htm

Manitoba breaks its severe weather record http://www.insurancebusiness.ca/ca/news/breaking-news/manitoba-breaks-its-severe-weather-record-219672.aspx

New regional sea level scenarios help communities prepare for risks

New U.S. regional sea level scenarios developed by NOAA and its partners will give coastal communities better, more localized data to help them plan for and adapt to the risk of rising sea levels http://www.noaa.gov/media-release/new-regional-sea-level-scenarios-help-communities-prepare-for-risks

Defra outlines five-year climate action plan in national risk assessment http://www.edie.net/news/9/Government-publishes-2017-climate-change-risk-assessment–/#.WICqy-jQMb0.twitter

UK Climate Change Risk Assessment 2017 https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/584281/uk-climate-change-risk-assess-2017.pdf

Sea levels could rise by six to nine metres over time, new study warns https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/jan/19/sea-levels-could-rise-by-six-to-nine-metres-over-time-new-study-warns?platform=hootsuite

Regional and global sea-surface temperatures during the last interglaciation http://science.sciencemag.org/content/355/6322/276

Regional Sea-Level Scenarios Will Help Northeast Plan for Faster-than-Global Rise http://news.rutgers.edu/news/regional-sea-level-scenarios-will-help-northeast-plan-faster-global-rise/20170118#.WIEu19J97IV

 

Today in climate change (18 November 2016)

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

We use the nunataks as ‘dipsticks’ http://www.magicdml.com/about

Warming up: new research points to a more sensitive climate to rising CO2 http://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/warming-up-new-research-points-to-a-more-sensitive-climate-to-rising-co2-20161113-gso3z0.html

Policy documents as sources for measuring societal impact: how often is climate change research mentioned in policy-related documents? http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11192-016-2115-y

Stunningly good news for the planet: Carbon emissions were flat for the third straight year https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/11/13/stunningly-good-news-for-the-planet-carbon-emissions-were-flat-for-the-third-straight-year/

‘Oldest Ice’ drilling project https://www.bas.ac.uk/project/beyond-epica/

Climate Change in the Pacific: COASTS (narrated by Neil deGrasse Tyson) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dq234w56n2o

2016 Likely to Top 2015 as Hottest Year on Record, Scientists Say http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/15/science/2016-hottest-year-on-record.html

Marrakech climate talks an emotional ride as reports show need to end coal power https://www.theguardian.com/environment/planet-oz/2016/nov/15/marrakech-climate-talks-an-emotional-ride-as-reports-show-need-to-end-coal-power

2016 on track to beat heat record despite slowdown in CO2 emissions http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/2016-heat-record-climate-co2-emissions-1.3849636

October 2016 was the third warmest on record http://ds.data.jma.go.jp/tcc/tcc/products/gwp/temp/oct_wld.html

Natural hazards in Australia: sea level and coastal extremes http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10584-016-1647-8

Climate Adaptation – The State of Practice in U.S. Communities http://kresge.org/library/climate-adaptation-state-practice-us-communities-full-report

New Model Teases an Ideal Response to Climate Change https://nextcity.org/daily/entry/ideal-urban-resilience-climate-change-plans-cities

Climate change may prevent volcanoes from cooling the planet https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/11/161116114217.htm#.WCygBVwXAyo.twitter

Warming global temperatures have already impacted nearly every aspect of life on earth http://e360.yale.edu/digest/climate_change_affecting_nearly_every_aspect_of_life/4842/

Super-Charged Storms in Australia: The Influence Of Climate Change https://www.climatecouncil.org.au/stormsreport

D.C. Prepares For Heat Emergencies To Nearly Double By 2020, Among Other Climate Change Effects http://dcist.com/2016/11/washingtonians_should_brace_for_mor.php

36% of Americans are deeply concerned about the issue of global climate change http://www.pewinternet.org/2016/11/17/two-varietals-of-green-oriented-americans/

West Africa is being swallowed by the sea http://gulfnews.com/culture/environment/west-africa-is-being-swallowed-by-the-sea-1.1930483#.WC4U5y7PH2A.twitter

Ice shelves can behave like dominos http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2016/11/14/the-domino-effect/

Peatlands protection seen key to preventing climate change “tipping point” http://news.trust.org/item/20161117182958-ytmbn/

Climate Action Tracker Steps To Limit Warming To 1.5°C Outlines 10 Most Important Short-Term https://cleantechnica.com/2016/11/17/climate-action-tracker-outline-10-important-short-term-steps-limit-warming-1-5c/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+IM-cleantechnica+%28CleanTechnica%29

Today in climate change (14 October 2016)

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

World Bank says Paris climate goals at risk from new coal schemes https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/oct/09/world-bank-jim-yong-kim-paris-climate-coal-power-emissions

Collaboration Vital For Cities To Tackle Climate Change http://cleantechnica.com/2016/10/06/collaboration-vital-cities-tackle-climate-change/?utm_content=buffera0904&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Matthew Flings All-Time Surge and Rainfall Records Across Southeast https://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/matthew-flings-alltime-surge-and-rainfall-records-across-southeast

Fewer October Nights Below 40°F http://wxshift.com/news/graphics/fewer-october-nights-below-40f?utm_content=bufferf19f1&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Rising sea levels could reduce several UK mountains to hills https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/oct/09/rising-sea-levels-reduce-several-uk-mountains-hills-ordnance-survey

Young People’s Burden: Requirement of Negative CO2 Emissions http://www.earth-syst-dynam-discuss.net/esd-2016-42/esd-2016-42.pdf

Season 2: Tears of Living Dangerously http://yearsoflivingdangerously.com/?utm_content=bufferea627&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Expect more wildfires, flooding, say climate scientists http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2016/1010/Expect-more-wildfires-flooding-say-climate-scientists?cmpid=push013

Impact of anthropogenic climate change on wildfire across western US forests http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2016/10/05/1607171113.abstract

Oil, Gas and Cows Culprits in Methane Spike, Study Says http://www.climatecentral.org/news/oil-gas-cows-culprits-in-methane-spike-20772?utm_content=buffer1f229&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

New York City at risk of flooding every two decades: climate study http://news.trust.org/item/20161010190244-qh687/

Ancient Andes glaciers have lost half their ice in just 40 years https://www.newscientist.com/article/2108455-ancient-andes-glaciers-have-lost-half-their-ice-in-just-40-years/

God, Politics, and Global Warming http://www.huffingtonpost.com/katharine-hayhoe/god-politics-and-global-w_b_12388020.html?

Coal-fired power stations: Senate committee to examine how best to close them https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/oct/12/coal-fired-power-stations-senate-committee-to-examine-how-best-to-close-them?CMP=share_btn_tw

How Greenland’s ice is melting from both above and below https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/10/11/how-greenlands-ice-is-melting-from-above-and-below/?postshare=4041476217040553&tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.7ede262f4e2c

Historic Shrinking of Antarctic Ice Sheet Linked to CO2 Spike http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/news-events/historic-shrinking-antarctic-ice-sheet-linked-co2-spike

Claim that wildfires are on increase due to ‘climate change’ is shown to be ‘a prescribed result’ of climate models https://wattsupwiththat.com/2016/10/12/claim-that-wildfires-are-on-increase-due-to-climate-change-is-shown-to-be-a-prescribed-result-of-climate-models/

The End of Ice http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/fromthefield/2016/10/12/the-end-of-ice/

Special Climate Statement 58 – record September rains continue wet period in much of Australia http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/current/statements/scs58.pdf?cid=017tw10

Warmer-than-average sea surface temperatures around northern Australia will help to fuel the tropical cyclone http://media.bom.gov.au/releases/298/average-to-above-average-cyclone-season-expected-for-australia-this-year/

What two million years of climate history tells us about the future https://cosmosmagazine.com/climate/what-two-million-years-of-climate-history-tells-us-about-the-future?utm_source=Today+in+Cosmos+Magazine&utm_campaign=3957c6de2d-RSS_EMAIL&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5f4ec2b124-3957c6de2d-179977041

Out in the heat: why poorer suburbs are more at risk in warming cities https://theconversation.com/out-in-the-heat-why-poorer-suburbs-are-more-at-risk-in-warming-cities-66213

Could urban greening mitigate suburban thermal inequity?: the role of residents’ dispositions and household practices http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/11/9/095014/meta;jsessionid=1D00F51DF4233905C479FFF00A57D00E.c2.iopscience.cld.iop.org

Why 2015 Was a Big Hurricane Year for the Eastern North Pacific https://eos.org/research-spotlights/why-2015-was-a-big-hurricane-year-for-the-eastern-north-pacific

Interactive resource to help local governments effectively deliver services to their communities even as the climate changes https://www.epa.gov/arc-x

Today in climate change (7 October 2016)

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

Today in climate change (2 September 2016)

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

This new weather satellite is a game changer — if it can survive the journey to launch https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2016/08/25/this-new-weather-satellite-is-a-game-changer-if-it-can-survive-the-journey-to-launch/

Cities vs. Climate Change http://www.huffingtonpost.com/linda-p-fried/cities-vs-climate-change_b_11664066.html

The Anthropocene epoch: scientists declare dawn of human-influenced age https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/aug/29/declare-anthropocene-epoch-experts-urge-geological-congress-human-impact-earth

Scientist finds clever new way to represent same old depressing climate trends http://www.vox.com/2016/8/26/12637438/new-climate-image-old-climate-trends

Can progress on climate change keep up with its quickening pace? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/can-progress-on-climate-change-keep-up-with-its-quickening-pace/2016/08/26/f5934118-68b8-11e6-8225-fbb8a6fc65bc_story.html?utm_term=.587c0bae3f0c

Climate skeptics and climate deniers are not the same thing http://grist.org/briefly/climate-skeptics-and-climate-deniers-are-not-the-same-thing-science-says/?utm_content=buffer6262c&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Earth is warming at a pace ‘unprecedented in 1,000 years’ https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/aug/30/nasa-climate-change-warning-earth-temperature-warming?CMP=share_btn_tw

Technique could assess historic changes to Antarctic sea ice and glaciers https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/technique-could-assess-historic-changes-to-antarctic-sea-ice-and-glaciers

Subterranean Caverns Hold Clues to Past Droughts https://eos.org/articles/subterranean-caverns-hold-clues-to-past-droughts

Tremors Reveal the Structure of Deep Glacial Shafts https://eos.org/research-spotlights/tremors-reveal-the-structure-of-deep-glacial-shafts

Siberia might as well be where the world begins to end http://www.rawstory.com/2016/08/siberia-might-as-well-be-where-the-world-begins-to-end/

Predictors of public climate change awareness and risk perception around the world http://www.nature.com/nclimate/journal/v5/n11/full/nclimate2728.html

The consequences of climate change http://climate.nasa.gov/effects/

Chicago Architects Team Up on Climate Change https://nextcity.org/daily/entry/chicago-architects-advocate-action-climate-change-campaign

A note on Arctic sea ice loss https://blogs.agu.org/geospace/2016/08/31/note-arctic-sea-ice-loss/

Climate Change Authority’s key report ‘neglects to join the dots’, critic says http://www.theage.com.au/environment/climate-change/climate-change-authoritys-key-report-neglects-to-join-the-dots-critic-says-20160830-gr52kc.html

Dhaka Could Be Underwater in a Decade http://www.ipsnews.net/2016/08/dhaka-could-be-underwater-in-a-decade/

Global Temperature Report: August 2016 https://wattsupwiththat.com/2016/09/01/global-temperature-report-august-2016/

Scientific Study Group Favors Recognizing Human-Influenced Epoch https://eos.org/articles/scientific-study-group-favors-recognizing-human-influenced-epoch