Climate Changes Updates 13-14 August 2013
1) Large coal power plants getting life extensions
http://www.startribune.com/business/219501741.html
2) Global warming may be helping redwoods and sequoias grow, new study shows
3) A grand solar minimum would barely make a dent in human-caused global warming
4) Unicorns doled out for climate change deniers
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/08/13/unicorns-doled-out-for-climate-change-deniers/
5) Crunch time for Keystone XL
http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/316899-crunch-time-for-keystone
6) Blackburn Diocese says fracking ‘damages God’s creation’
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-23693106
- World to see more extreme weather due to climate change
http://en.ce.cn/World/Americas/201308/14/t20130814_24659554.shtml
8) IPCC chair Pachauri seeks cleantech help in climate battle
http://yle.fi/uutiset/ipcc_chair_pachauri_seeks_cleantech_help_in_climate_battle/6775177
9) South Africa: SA Cities to Join Climate Change Challenge
http://allafrica.com/stories/201308130828.html
- UNDP embarks on new action plan for climate change awareness
http://www.fijivillage.com/?mod=story&id=1408133d269bdea0b3d324df3bb8a4
11) Extreme Weather Events Fuel Climate Change
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130814132316.htm
12) Earth Orbit Changes Key to Antarctic Warming That Ended Last Ice Age
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130814132228.htm
13) How Will Crops Fare Under Climate Change? Depends On How You Ask
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130814144811.htm
14) Sea level rise may be rapid, scientists say
15) Labor pledges $58.5m to improve forecasting of extreme weather
16) IKEA mitigates energy costs and carbon footprint with Irish acquisition
http://www.edie.net/news/6/IKEA-mitigates-energy-costs-and-footprint-with-Irish-acquisition/
17) Radio waves measure atmospheric temperature changes
http://environmentalresearchweb.org/cws/article/news/54318
18) Worm Community Contributes to Methane Release in Ocean
http://www.enn.com/climate/article/46311
19) China to invest in energy saving industries to tackle pollution
20) UK climate resilience a ‘postcode lottery’
http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/2288667/uk-climate-resilience-a-postcode-lottery
21) Study: Tackling ‘black carbon’ and methane unlikely to deliver promised climate gains
22) US utilities urged to boost climate resilience or risk blackouts
23) A grand solar minimum would barely make a dent in human-caused global warming
http://www.skepticalscience.com/grand-solar-minimum-barely-dent-AGW.html
- UK climate resilience levels branded a ‘postcode lottery’ –
http://www.rtcc.org/2013/08/13/uk-climate-resilience-levels-branded-a-postcode-lottery/
- Heat waves to quadruple by 2040, regardless of emissions cuts
http://www.rtcc.org/2013/08/14/heat-waves-to-quadruple-by-2040-regardless-of-emissions-cuts/
- UN talks on 2015 climate deal must “shift gear” warn officials
http://www.rtcc.org/2013/08/15/un-talks-on-2015-climate-deal-must-shift-gear-warn-officials/
27) Four Hiroshima bombs a second: how we imagine climate change
http://theconversation.com/four-hiroshima-bombs-a-second-how-we-imagine-climate-change-16387
28) Climate change hastened ancient civilisations’ collapse: study
http://theconversation.com/climate-change-hastened-ancient-civilisations-collapse-study-17063
29) New Mars probe will assist climate change solutions
30) Forest destruction triggering climate change implosions