Climate Changes Updates 1-2 July 2013
1) G.O.P. Sees Opportunity for Election Gains in Obama’s Climate Change Policy
2) Summer reading for the climate crowd
http://wwwp.dailyclimate.org/tdc-newsroom/2013/07/summer-reading-list
3) The Climate Context Behind the Deadly Arizona Wildfire
http://www.climatecentral.org/news/the-climate-context-behind-the-deadly-arizona-wildfire-16175
4) What’s Behind the Heat Wave: Climate Change or Weather?
- Western problems Climate change is central issue
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/opinion/56538367-82/governors-climate-energy-issue.html.csp
6) Antarctic flood produces ‘ice crater’
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23144184
7) Climate change is a ‘big business opportunity for the UK’
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jul/01/climate-change-business-opportunity
8) Amazon, Mediterranean and East Africa likely hot spots for severe climate changes
9) Greenhouse Gas Likely Altering Ocean Foodchain: Atmospheric CO2 Has Big Consequences for Tiny Bacteria
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130702141506.htm
10) Climate Change: Disequilibrium Will Become the Norm in the Plant Communities of the Future
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130701081135.htm
11) Rate of Temperature Change Along World’s Coastlines Changed Dramatically Over Past Three Decades
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130701100558.htm
12) Improving Crop Yields in a World of Extreme Weather Events
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130701151602.htm
13) Identifying Climate Impact Hotspots Across Sectors
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130701151604.htm
14) Mapping the Benefits of Our Ecosystems
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130701163753.htm
15) Butler urged to lift carbon ambitions
16) Greens call for 90% clean energy by 2030
17) El Nino pattern intensified by climate change: study
18) Climate change opportunities could outweigh risks for UK businesses
http://www.edie.net/news/6/Climate-change-opportunities-could-outweigh-risks-for-UK-businesses-/
19) Decrease in industrial pollution could spark droughts and floods
http://www.edie.net/news/4/Decrease-in-industrial-pollution-could-spark-droughts-and-floods-/
20) UK not expected to hit 2020 renewables target
http://www.edie.net/news/6/UK-not-expected-to-hit-2020-renewables-target-/
21) Insight: world oil prices could amplify indirect greenhouse-gas emissions
http://environmentalresearchweb.org/cws/article/news/53928
22) Climate Change May Hinder Regeneration of Conifers after Forest Fires
http://www.enn.com/wildlife/article/46175
23) Cloudy Worlds Climate
http://www.enn.com/sci-tech/article/46174
24) Defra Climate Adaptation update urges businesses to seize £66bn global opportunity
25) Climate change poses grave threat to security, says UK envoy
26) Yes, wildfires are connected to climate change. Here’s how.
27) Will climate change make Florida uninsurable?
http://www.treehugger.com/climate-change/will-climate-change-make-florida-uninsurable.html
28) Giant Australian animals not wiped out by climate change: study
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/sci/2013-07/01/c_132499563.htm
- NASA experiment uncovers Arctic climate time bomb
http://www.rtcc.org/nasa-experiment-uncovers-arctic-climate-time-bomb/
- Climate change Q&A: ask John Ashton
http://www.rtcc.org/climate-change-qa-ask-john-ashton/
- Green Climate Fund set to open for business in 2014 –
http://www.rtcc.org/green-climate-fund-set-to-open-for-business-in-2014/
32) How clean energy can make a better world
33) News
- President Obama Releases Climate Action Plan
- President Will Not Approve Keystone XL Pipeline If It Significantly Increases GHG Emissions
- Senators Introduce Legislation for Federal Land Agencies to Collaborate to Prepare for Climate Change
- Rep. McNerney Introduces Legislation to Provide Grants for Training of Climate Mitigation Professionals
- EU Cap and Trade Rescue Plan Passes the Environment Committee
- More Countries Support Reducing HFCs under the Montreal Protocol
- Insurance Industry Concerned about Costs from Extreme Weather, Climate Change
- Sharp Reductions in HFCs Can Avoid Up to Half a Degree of Warming by 2100
- Poll Finds Strong Support for Carbon Regulations
- Study: Government Underfunding Climate Resilience
- Assessment of Geologic Carbon Dioxide Storage Potential Released by Dept. of Interior
- Study Links Australia’s Hottest Summer on Record to Climate Change
- Other Headlines