‘Rising sea levels have been mostly measured in inches in the past decades, but scientists said they could increase more than 20 feet in the future as global warming continues to melt ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica.’

via Climate change could lead to seas rising 20 feet – CBS News.

‘As the climate changes, plants and animals are on the move. So far, many are redistributing in a similar pattern: As habitat that was once too cold warms up, species are expanding their ranges toward the poles, whereas boundaries closer to the equator have remained more static.’

via Bumblebees being crushed by climate change | Science/AAAS | News.

‘PARIS (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A new global climate change deal, due to be agreed in Paris in December, must give clear guidance that moving away from fossil fuels is inevitable and wise, economists said on Friday.’

via Paris climate deal must signal end to carbon economy: experts | Reuters.

‘…One psychologist who works with climate scientists told Richardson they suffer from “pre-traumatic stress,” the overwhelming sense of anger, panic, and “obsessive-intrusive thoughts” that results when your work every day is to chart a planetary future that looks increasingly apocalyptic. Some climatologists merely report depression and feelings of hopelessness.’

via Climate Scientists Face Psychological Problems — Science of Us.

‘After two days of rubbing shoulders with an international collection of politicians, Gov. Jerry Brown emerged from a climate-change conference here with new partnerships in the fight against global warming.’

via World is on a collision course with fossil fuels, Gov. Jerry Brown says – LA Times.

‘Exxon deliberately deceived the public about the human impact on climate change for nearly three decades, launching its campaign to deliberately spread misinformation years before global warming became a hot-button issue, according to a new report.’

via Exxon Knew of Human Role in Climate Change in 1981 | Al Jazeera America.

‘…In villages across Gnagna people connect these extreme climate events with deteriorating living standards. They explain how these increasingly frequent “red” winds wreak havoc, burying their crops in sand, destroying their homes, and spreading disease among their flocks.’

via Winds of climate change blast farmers’ hopes of sustaining a livelihood in Burkina Faso | World news | The Guardian.

‘More than $280bn (£180bn) of liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects being planned over the next decade risk becoming “stranded” if global action is taken to limit climate change to 2C, according to a report by the thinktank Carbon Tracker.’

via Billions in gas projects stranded by climate change action, says thinktank | Environment | The Guardian.’

‘His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s message to thousands who flocked to UC Irvine to hear him speak on his 80th birthday, Monday, was: Take action.’

via Dalai Lama urges action in discussion of climate change – The Orange County Register.

‘Climate change is the greatest challenge to human health, according to the recent Lancet Commission report which calls for action to protect the global population. The report says that tackling climate change could deliver huge public health benefits, largely through phasing out coal, embracing renewable energy, and moving to a low-carbon economy. There is however one crucial issue the report fails to address: meat.’

via Meat is a complex health issue but a simple climate one: the world needs to eat less of it.