Climate Changes Updates 8-10 July 2013

1)   Antarctic’s Pine Island glacier produces giant iceberg

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23249909

2)   Climate change’s heat intensifies drought in the USA

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/07/09/climate-change-drought-texas/2451409/

3)   Climate Change Could Make Hurricanes Stronger—and More Frequent

http://science.time.com/2013/07/09/a-new-study-says-hurricanes-will-get-stronger-and-more-frequent-thanks-to-climate-change/

4)   Droughts could hit food production in England in 2020s, report warns

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jul/10/droughts-hot-dry-summers-england

5)   Trees Use Water More Efficiently as Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Rises

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130710141845.htm

6)   Cloud Brightening to Cool Seas Can Protect Coral Reefs: Targeted Cooling Could Offer a 50-Year ‘Breathing Space’ for Coral Protection

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130710103434.htm

7)   Birds Outpace Climate Change to Avoid Extinction

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130710062444.htm

8)   Evolution Too Slow to Keep Up With Climate Change

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130709175747.htm

9)   How Early Earth Kept Warm Enough to Support Life

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130709155642.htm

10)                     Nanomaterial to Help Reduce Carbon Dioxide Emissions

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130709115024.htm

11)                     Glimpse Into the Future of Acidic Oceans Shows Ecosystems Transformed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130708171040.htm

12)                     Innovative Study Estimates Extent to Which Air Pollution in China Shortens Human Lives

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130708161941.htm

13)                     Sydney’s Urban Areas to Be Hit Hardest by Global Warming

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130708115148.htm

14)                     Earthworms Could Help Scientists ‘Dig’ Into Past Climates

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130708102924.htm

15)                     Climate change to strain water supplies used by power plants: study

 http://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/climate-change-to-strain-water-supplies-used-by-power-plants-study-20130709-2po6m.html#ixzz2YhoyskDe

16)                     Businesses offered environmental qualifications to drive greener workforce

http://www.edie.net/news/6/Businesses-offered-environmental-qualifications-to-drive-greener-workforce/

17)                     Power plants near river mouths cause less damage to ecosystems

http://environmentalresearchweb.org/cws/article/news/53984

18)                     Chinese lose 2.5 billion years of life expectancy due to coal burning

http://www.enn.com/pollution/article/46193

19)                     Global Warming Down Under

http://www.enn.com/climate/article/46192

20)                     Climate change will still not be taught in English primary schools

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2013/jul/08/climate-change-geography-national-curriculum

21)                     “You won’t find climate change deniers on the fire line in the American west”

http://www.treehugger.com/climate-change/you-wont-find-climate-change-deniers-fire-line-american-west.html

22)                     CO2 making the deserts bloom

http://www.treehugger.com/climate-change/co2-making-deserts-bloom.html

23)                     Empirical evidence that humans are causing global warming

http://www.skepticalscience.com/empirical-evidence-for-global-warming-basic.html

• Comment: it’s time for the fourth era of climate change

http://www.rtcc.org/comment-its-time-for-the-fourth-era-of-climate-change/

25)                     Congress tells NASA to prioritise Mars exploration over climate change

http://www.rtcc.org/congress-tells-nasa-to-prioritise-mars-exploration-over-climate-change/

• Comment: education is the key to addressing climate change

http://www.rtcc.org/comment-education-is-the-key-to-addressing-climate-change/

27)                     Acting up – climate change cause needs performers’ help

http://theconversation.com/acting-up-climate-change-cause-needs-performers-help-14822

28)                     Birds have potential to adapt to climate change

http://theconversation.com/birds-have-potential-to-adapt-to-climate-change-15961

29)                     Beefing up the planet adds more global warming

http://www.dailyplanetmedia.com/index.php/daily-news-archive/632-beefing-up-the-planet-adds-more-global-warming.html#.Ud4yiayQDFw

30)                     Microbes will inherit Earth as Sun gets hotter

http://www.dailyplanetmedia.com/index.php/daily-news-archive/626-microbes-will-inherit-earth-as-sun-gets-hotter.html#.Ud4ykayQDFw