Climate Changes Updates 1-6 August 2013
1) What is the future for biodigesting?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-23354772
2) Alpine glaciers ‘protect mountain peaks from erosion’
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23553094
3) Rise in violence ‘linked to climate change’
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23538771
4) Desert ‘carbon farming’ to curb CO2
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23518879
5) Coal at Risk as Global Lenders Drop Financing on Climate
6) Editorial: Turning the Tables; The Climate Exacts Its Revenge
http://www.vnews.com/opinion/7912796-95/editorial-turning-the-tables-the-climate-exacts-its-revenge
7) Editorial: Water agencies must prep for climate change
http://www.sacbee.com/2013/08/03/5620477/water-agencies-must-prep-for-climate.html
8) Terry McAuliffe’s Green Billionaire Ally Is Wasting His Money
http://www.newrepublic.com/article/114167/green-billionaire-tom-steyer-has-bad-strategy-environment#
9) Editorial: Balance coal’s export benefits with health concerns of citizens
- Warsaw UN climate conference ‘will be safe’ says minister
http://www.thenews.pl/1/10/Artykul/143520,Warsaw-UN-climate-conference-will-be-safe-says-minister
11) Study Questions Nature’s Ability to ‘Self-Correct’ Climate Change
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130806203148.htm
12) Seafood Menus from Hawaii Reflect Long-Term Ocean Changes
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130805152430.htm
13) Carbon Emissions to Impact Climate Beyond the Day After Tomorrow
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130805152422.htm
14) Ozone-Protection Treaty Had Climate Benefits, Too, Study Says
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130805143310.htm
15) Looking to the Past to Predict the Future of Climate Change
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130805092632.htm
16) Global Investigation Reveals True Scale of Ocean Warming: Species Changing Breeding Times, Shifting Homes
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130804144456.htm
17) Climate Science Boost With Tropical Aerosols Profile
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130802095150.htm
18) More Accurate Model of Climate Change’s Effect On Soil
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130801142430.htm
19) Cool Heads Likely Won’t Prevail in a Hotter, Wetter World: Climate Change Will Likely Exacerbate Violence
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130801142422.htm
20) Climate Change Occurring Ten Times Faster Than at Any Time in Past 65 Million Years
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130801142420.htm
21) As Climate, Disease Links Become Clearer, Study Highlights Need to Forecast Future Shifts
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130801142329.htm
22) Extreme Wildfires in Western U.S. Likely Fueled by Climate Change
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130801113148.htm
23) Aerial Pictures Reveal Climate Change
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130801095522.htm
24) Brisbane winter weather warmer and drier than average
25) Solar energy plants get the green light
26) Big emissions cuts possible at home, study finds
27) California says no to linking emissions schemes
28) Unilever CSO: We want ‘active role’ in shaping future green policies
http://www.edie.net/news/4/Unilever-CSO–We-want–active-role–in-shaping-future-green-policies-/
29) Climate change strongly linked to rising violence, scientists say
http://www.edie.net/news/5/Climate-change-strongly-linked-to-rising-violence–scientists-say-/
30) Barclays energy efficiency measures cut CO2 emissions by 7%
http://www.edie.net/news/6/Barclays-energy-efficiency-measures-cut-CO2-emissions-by-7/
31) Anthropogenic aerosols caused global temperature drop in 1950s
http://environmentalresearchweb.org/cws/article/news/54263
32) Insight: short-lived climate responses matter too
http://environmentalresearchweb.org/cws/article/news/54258
33) Evidence of Global Climate Change Found in Marine Breeding and Habitat Shifts
http://www.enn.com/wildlife/article/46287
34) Marine ecosystems shifting in response to warming climate
http://www.enn.com/ecosystems/article/46285
35) Growth of Global Solar and Wind Energy Continues to Outpace Other Technologies
http://www.enn.com/business/article/46273
36) Survey: Fund managers increasingly wary of climate change threat
37) Young Republican voters won’t support climate denial, poll finds
38) Ignoring climate change is like driving on to a collapsed bridge
http://www.treehugger.com/climate-change/ignoring-climate-change-driving-collapsed-bridge.html
39) Toward Improved Discussions of Methane & Climate
http://www.skepticalscience.com/toward-improved-discussions-methane.html
40) Global warming could increase human conflict worldwide: study
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/sci/2013-08/02/c_125104257.htm
41) New Zealand must plan to adapt: climate change report
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/sci/2013-08/01/c_132593298.htm
- Frustration grows at New Zealand’s climate change ‘coma’
http://www.rtcc.org/2013/08/06/frustration-grows-at-new-zealands-climate-change-coma/
- Montreal Protocol may have prevented accelerated climate change –
http://www.rtcc.org/2013/08/06/montreal-protocol-may-have-prevented-accelerated-climate-change/
- Can Latin America’s leaders balance climate and growth?
http://www.rtcc.org/2013/08/06/can-latin-americas-leaders-balance-climate-and-growth/
- Australia’s climate change laws
http://www.rtcc.org/2013/08/06/australias-climate-change-laws/
46) How Health Care Providers are Preparing for Climate Change
47) Will Climate Change Make Us More Violent?
http://www.care2.com/causes/will-climate-change-make-us-more-violent.html
48) Keystone Fails The President’s Environmental Impact Test
http://www.care2.com/causes/keystone-fails-the-presidents-environmental-impact-test.html
49) What can history tell us about species coping with climate change?
http://theconversation.com/what-can-history-tell-us-about-species-coping-with-climate-change-16611
50) Decade of unprecedented extreme climate change