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Time is running out on climate denial | Dana Nuccitelli | Environment | The Guardian
Conservative policymakers in the USA, Australia, and Canada are among the last major holdouts obstructing action to curb climate change, but in the face of physical reality and growing public will, that's not a sustainable political position. ... In other words, if we take too much action to curb climate change, the worst case scenario (upper left grid) is easily avoided.
Climate Change Is Kicking the Insurance Industry's Butt | Mother Jones
FEMA's underfunded flood insurance program allows and even encourages owners rebuild repeatedly in danger zones. ... That's a problem even if you don't live by the coast: When private insurers back out, the government is left to pick up much of the damage costs; already, the federal flood insurance program is one of the nation's largest fiscal liabilities .
As permafrost soils thaw, soil microbes amplify global climate change -- ScienceDaily
"As permafrost soils thaw, soil microbes amplify global climate change." ... As permafrost soils thaw, soil microbes amplify global climate change ...
New Reports Offer Clearest Picture Yet of Rising Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Two days before the UN Climate Summit in New York, three new studies paint the clearest picture yet of rising greenhouse gas emissions and the dwindling opportunity for staving off the worst impacts -- and also of at least one way that huge undertaking might be shared fairly among the nations of the world. ... "We're talking a lot about putting the brakes on emissions, but we're actually accelerating." According to the new carbon budget, global greenhouse gas emissions rose by 2.3 percent in 2013 over 2012.
Climate change may disrupt global food system within a decade, World Bank says
Australia to bake as western heat heads east ... Australia to bake as western heat heads east
The Way the Wind Blows May Not Be Enough to Prevent Ocean "Dead Zones" From Growing
This causes low oxygen areas, such as the " oxygen minimum zones" (OMZs) with very low oxygen content found at intermediate ocean depths. ... This causes low oxygen areas, such as the "oxygen minimum zones" (OMZs) with very low oxygen content found at intermediate ocean depths.
Beautiful and sad GIFs that show whatâs happening to the ocean | ideas.ted.com
During that time, she's witnessed a steep decline in ocean wildlife numbers, and a sharp incline in the number of ocean deadzones and oil drilling sites. ... The number of oil drilling sites then and now:
Sea temperature off Plymouth hotter than California - Telegraph
The warmer sea temperatures are also likely to have a noticeable effect on ... Meanwhile hot temperatures blowing in from Europe are bringing with it
Arctic Warming and Increased Weather Extremes: The National Research Council Speaks
Since the mid-1990s we have been discovering highly accurate evidence that shows ancient abrupt climate changes have happened repeatedly across our planet in ways that dwarf current modeling projections. ... We know that massive abrupt climate changes are a regular occurrence on earth, and we are finding that arctic amplification is changing our climate faster than has previously been projected by the consensus opinion.
The race to stop Las Vegas from running dry - Telegraph
restaurants have stopped serving glasses of water unless requested to do so. ... Strip have made big strides toward using water wisely.
Report: World's Oceans on Brink of Collapse | Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community
The 18-month study proposes increased governance of the oceans, including limiting oil and gas exploration, capping subsidies for commercial fishing, and creating marine protected areas (MPAs) to guard against pollution, particularly from plastics. ... About 60 percent of such subsidies encourage unsustainable practices like the fuel-hungry "bottom trawling" of ocean floors -- funds that could be rerouted to conservation efforts or employment in coastal areas.
Ebola In West Africa Is 'Totally Out Of Control,' Medical Group Says
"This is the highest outbreak on record and has the highest number of deaths, so this is unprecedented so far," said Armand Sprecher, a public health specialist with Doctors Without Borders. ... British Columbia
Third warmest may in satellite record might portend record-setting El Nino
January through August of 1998 are all in the 14 warmest months in the satellite record, and that El Nino started when global temperatures were somewhat chilled; the global average temperature in May 1997 was 0.14 C (about 0.25 degrees F) cooler than the long-term seasonal norm for May. ... The global average temperature for May was 0.33 C (about 0.59 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than seasonal norms for the month.
Warming climates intensify greenhouse gas given out by oceans -- ScienceDaily
"Warming climates intensify greenhouse gas given out by oceans." ... "Warming climates intensify greenhouse gas given out by oceans."
World On Brink Of Sixth Great Extinction, Species Disappearing Faster Than Ever Before
Threats To Survival: Illegal logging and habitat degradation due to agricultural expansion and infrastructure development
Tropical Pacific Ocean Acidification Occuring Much Faster Than Expected, NOAA Finds
These winds cause upwelling, a process whereby deep ocean waters high in CO2 are driven to the surface, where they mix with surface waters that are enriched with CO2 from human and natural sources. ... And here we have CO2 over this stretch emitting CO2 from increased upwelling from deep ocean waters rich in CO2, again suggesting other than just a local near-term source.
Nasa-funded study: industrial civilisation headed for 'irreversible collapse'? | Nafeez Ahmed | Environment | The Guardian
The two key solutions are to reduce economic inequality so as to ensure fairer distribution of resources, and to dramatically reduce resource consumption by relying on less intensive renewable resources and reducing population growth: ... A new study partly-sponsored by Nasa's Goddard Space Flight Center has highlighted the prospect that global industrial civilisation could collapse in coming decades due to unsustainable resource exploitation and increasingly unequal wealth distribution.
NASA satellites see Arctic surface darkening faster -- ScienceDaily
A new study shows that the magnitude of surface darkening in the Arctic (due to the retreat of sea ice) is twice as large as that found in previous studies. ... Scripps graduate student Kristina Pistone and climate scientists Ian Eisenman and Veerabhadran Ramanathan used satellite measurements to calculate Arctic albedo changes associated with the changing sea ice cover.
UK weather: mild spell causes birds to break into song and flowers to bloom - Telegraph
The unseasonably mild winter weather has brought early signs of spring, ... including blooming flowers, budding trees and bird song
Abrupt Impacts of Climate Change: Anticipating Surprises | The National Academies Press
This study differs from previous treatments of abrupt changes by focusing on abrupt climate changes and also abrupt climate impacts that have the potential to severely affect the physical climate system, natural systems, or human systems, often affecting multiple interconnected areas of concern. ... Although there is still much to learn about abrupt climate change and abrupt climate impacts, to willfully ignore the threat of abrupt change could lead to more costs, loss of life, suffering, and environmental degradation.
Study: Arctic seafloor methane releases double previous estimates | EurekAlert! Science News
Study: Arctic seafloor methane releases double previous estimates
Monarch butterfly numbers drop to new lows - Technology & Science - CBC News
Point Pelee National Park cancels monarch butterfly count
Pacific Ocean takes perilous turn | Sea Change: Ocean acidification | The Seattle Times
Now the phenomenon known as ocean acidification -- the lesser-known twin of climate change -- is helping push the seas toward a great unraveling that threatens to scramble marine life on a scale almost too big to fathom, and far faster than first expected. ... Ocean acidification, the lesser-known twin of climate change, threatens to scramble marine life on a scale almost too big to fathom.
Unprecedented rate and scale of ocean acidification found in the Arctic -- ScienceDaily
As sea ice cover recedes to record lows, as it did late in the summer of 2012, the seawater beneath is exposed to carbon dioxide, which is the main driver of ocean acidification. ... "In the Arctic, where multi-year sea ice has been receding, we see that the dilution of seawater with melted sea ice adds fuel to the fire of ocean acidification" according to co-author, and co-project chief, Jonathan Wynn, a geologist from the University of the South Florida.
The oceans are acidifying at the fastest rate in 300 million years. How worried should we be? - The Washington Post
Rising acidification is likely to add to that stress. ... That doesn't bode well for areas like the Great Barrier Reef, which has already lost roughly 50 percent of its live coral over the past 27 years, thanks to a combination of tropical cyclones, an invasive sea star, and "bleaching" caused by higher ocean temperatures.