Climate Changes Updates 6 February

2012 Global Temperatures 10th Highest On Record

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130206141250.htm

2012 Warmest and Second Most Extreme Year On Record for the Contiguous United States

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130206140732.htm

Biodiversity Helps Protect Nature Against Human Impacts

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130206131052.htm

Lungs of the Planet Reveal Their True Sensitivity to Global Warming

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130206131050.htm

Predicting a Low Carbon Future for Toronto

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130206121326.htm

Mercury Contamination in Water Can Be Detected With a Mobile Phone

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130206111027.htm

Environmental Factors Determine Whether Immigrants Are Accepted by Cooperatively Breeding Animals

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130206094716.htm

X-Rays Reveal Uptake of Nanoparticles by Soybean Crops

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130206094714.htm

Air Pollution Primes Children for Asthma-Related Cockroach Allergy

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130206094704.htm

Shimmering Water Reveals Cold Volcanic Vent in Antarctic Waters

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130206093900.htm

Fears for villages after major quake hits near Solomons

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/environment/fears-for-villages-after-major-quake-hits-near-solomons-20130206-2dxso.html#ixzz2KBiO3G2t

Quake hits Solomons, four die

http://www.smh.com.au/environment/quake-hits-solomons-four-die-20130206-2dyhu.html

US power plant emissions drop as coal loses favour

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/business/carbon-economy/us-power-plant-emissions-drop-as-coal-loses-favour-20130206-2dx8u.html#ixzz2KBibzxAd

Government’s reef protection claims ’empty’

http://www.smh.com.au/queensland/governments-reef-protection-claims-empty-20130205-2dwco.html

A turning point for deforestation

http://www.smh.com.au/environment/a-turning-point-for-deforestation-20130205-2dwps.html

Mining – not agriculture – is the major worry for the Great Barrier Reef

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2013/feb/06/mining-agriculture-great-barrier-reef

Britain faces risk of power cuts due to solar storms

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/9852476/Britain-faces-risk-of-power-cuts-due-to-solar-storms.html

A Climate Sensitivity Tail

http://www.skepticalscience.com/climate-sensitivity-tail.html

Feature: Sweater-clad Canadian grannies spring into action for climate change

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-02/06/c_132154867.htm

UNEP scientist in climate change reduction recommendation

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/sci/2013-02/06/c_132153285.htm

New study: Work less, fight climate change

http://www.rtcc.org/new-study-work-less-fight-climate-change/

Carbon War Room: Avoiding 2°C impossible without business