Climate Changes Updates 7 January

1. Major Cuts to Surging Carbon Dioxide Emissions Are Needed Now, Not Down the Road, Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/01/130107100053.htm

2. Seismic Fabric Coming On the Market

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/01/130107095734.htm

3. Counting the Cost of Mercury Pollution

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/01/130107082308.htm

4. Carbon market shrinks 36% but signs for a prosperous 2013 remain

http://www.rtcc.org/carbon-market-shrinks-36-but-signs-for-a-prosperous-2013-remain/

5. Hobbits set to dominate in a warming world

http://www.rtcc.org/hobbits-set-to-dominate-in-a-warming-world/

6. Climate scientists say sea level rise estimates must be increased

http://www.rtcc.org/climate-scientists-say-sea-level-rise-estimates-must-be-increased/

7. Prince Charles repeats call for urgent climate change action

http://www.rtcc.org/prince-charles-repeats-call-for-urgent-climate-change-action/

8. Prince Charles urges swift climate action as he prepares to become a grandfather

http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/2234178/prince-charles-urges-swift-climate-action-as-he-prepares-to-become-a-grandfather

9. Dark matter for Greenland melting

http://www.skepticalscience.com/Dark-matter-Greenland-melting.html

10. Plans to build 292 Himalayan hydroelectric dams described as “train wreck”

http://www.rtcc.org/sea-level-rise-could-reach-one-metre-by-2100/

11. ‘Dome of heat’ covers the continent

http://www.smh.com.au/environment/weather/dome-of-heat-covers-the-continent-20130107-2ccno.html

12. Bushfire threatens town in state’s west

http://www.smh.com.au/environment/weather/bushfire-threatens-town-in-states-west-20130107-2cclw.html

13. Canberra‘s hot, but Batemans forecast to boil

http://www.smh.com.au/environment/weather/canberras-hot-but-batemans-forecast-to-boil-20130107-2cc8w.html

14. Sydney to swelter but heat records won’t be broken

http://www.smh.com.au/environment/weather/sydney-to-swelter-but-heat-records-wont-be-broken-20130107-2cc2r.html#ixzz2HM6wtToS

15. Fires blaze as state prepares for heatwave

http://www.smh.com.au/environment/weather/fires-blaze-as-state-prepares-for-heatwave-20130107-2cbto.html

16. Biofuels may not be as green as hoped: Nature

http://www.smh.com.au/business/carbon-economy/biofuels-may-not-be-as-green-as-hoped-nature-20130107-2cbn5.html#ixzz2HM7VXm5o

17. Climate threat to state assets

http://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/climate-threat-to-state-assets-20130106-2cbfm.html

18. New Doubt Cast on Link Between Global Warming and Increased Drought

http://www.enn.com/agriculture/article/45426

19. Sea Level Rise

http://www.enn.com/sci-tech/article/45423

20. Sea level rise of more than 3 feet plausible by 2100

http://www.enn.com/climate/article/45422

21. ‘Reef Balls’: A Strange Name for an Ocean Cure-All

http://www.takepart.com/article/2012/12/20/lifelong-california-fisherman-promotes-reef-building-return-virgin-abundance

22. News

Tennessee Senators Block Reappointment of Energy and Climate Policy Professor to TVA Board

Retiring Republican Chair of House Rules Committee Calls Climate Action a Priority

California Receives Federal Waiver on Vehicle Emission Standards

New York to Increase Energy Efficiency of State Buildings

Gov. O’Malley Orders Maryland Agencies to Consider Sea Level Rise in Building Placement

Kyoto Protocol’s Second Commitment Period Began Jan. 1, 2013

Post-Sandy, Rebuilding Quickly Versus Rebuilding Resiliently

Arctic Ocean Absorbing More Solar Energy Than Previously Thought

New Study Finds Methane Leaks of Up to Nine Percent at Fracking Sites

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