‘…This work — if it holds up — offers the tantalizing possibility that climate change might be slow and limited enough that human society could adapt to it without major trauma.’

via What Will a Doubling of Carbon Dioxide Mean for Climate? – NYTimes.com.

‘From Hurricane Sandy’s devastating blow to the Northeast to the protracted drought that hit the Midwest Corn Belt, natural catastrophes across the United States pounded insurers last year, generating $35 billion in privately insured property losses, $11 billion more than the average over the last decade.’

via Insurers Stray From the Conservative Line on Climate Change – NYTimes.com.

‘If governments were really committed to limiting the rise in temperatures to 2 degrees, two-thirds of the currently known oil, coal and gas reserves would have to be left in the ground, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA).’

via COLUMN-Busting the carbon budget: Kemp | Reuters.

‘The world’s glaciers lost 260 gigatons of water each year between 2003 and 2009, making these rivers of ice responsible for almost a third of sea-level rise in that time, new research finds.’

via Melting Glaciers Cause One-Third of Sea-Level Rise – Yahoo! News.

‘(Reuters) – With a barrage of legal briefs, a coalition of business groups and Republican-leaning states are taking their fight against Obama administration climate change regulations to the U.S. Supreme Court.’

via Analysis: Obama climate agenda faces Supreme Court reckoning | Reuters.

‘The North Pole’s surprise trip toward Greenland is due to Earth’s rapidly melting ice sheets, a new study finds.’

via North Pole Moves as Ice Sheets Melt – Yahoo! News.

‘The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) revised its May 9 reading at the Mauna Loa observatory in Hawaii, saying it remained fractions of a point below the level of 400 ppm, at 399.89.’

via Carbon dioxide in atmosphere did not break 400 ppm at Hawaii site – latimes.com.

‘The study’s authors looked at 50,000 common species. They found that more than half the plants and about a third of the animals could lose about 50% of their range by 2080 if the world continues its current course of rising greenhouse gas emissions.’

via Common plants, animals threatened by climate change, study says – latimes.com.