‘Since the dawn of farming, humans have been accidentally creating a huge carbon sink that by now may store more carbon than all of the world’s living plants.’

via Humans accidentally created hidden carbon sink in the desert – New Scientist.

‘A new paper by prominent climate scientist James Hansen and colleagues says even a moderate increase in global temperatures could lead to much greater sea level rise than the most recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report predicts.’

via Climate Change Will Cause Increased Flooding In Coastal Cities.

‘The Obama administration is likely to change some deadlines for states to comply with its climate rule for power plants when the regulation is made final.’

via Climate rule likely to relax some deadlines | TheHill.

‘According to the report, by the end of this century, the Southeast and Texas could see 14 times as many days over 95°F each year. Some regions, the report states, could see as many as 124 of these extremely hot days a year. And changes could come sooner than the end of the century for some states: by around 2050, Mississippi is expected to see 33 to 85 extremely hot days each year.’

via New Report Reveals The Severe Economic Impacts Climate Change Will Have In The South | ThinkProgress.

‘Hillary Clinton laid out part of her agenda to combat climate change on Sunday, calling for a sharp increase in the use of solar energy and other green energy sources with the stated goal of powering every home in America with renewable energy by 2027.’

via Election 2016: Hillary Clinton climate plan draws praise, skepticism – CBS News.

‘What makes the B61-12 bomb the most dangerous nuclear weapon in America’s arsenal is its usability. This usability derives from a combination of its accuracy and low-yield.’

via The Most Dangerous Nuclear Weapon in America’s Arsenal | The National Interest Blog.

‘A business boom in countries like Kenya and Ethiopia has the United States and China competing to invest. We look at Chinese and American engagement in Africa and the underlying political and economic impact of their trade.’

Interesting conversation on Huffington Post Live with panelists Joshua Muldavin, Jake Bright, John Burnett, and Eric Olander.

via China & U.S. Race To Invest In Africa.

Abstract: ‘Natural gas has significant potential carbon benefits over coal when used for electricity generation, but these benefits can be offset by emissions of fugitive methane or delays in the adoption of near-zero carbon technologies. We analyze the time-evolution of radiative forcing from both natural gas and coal-based electricity generation by calculating average radiative forcing over an interval of time from greenhouse gas emissions under a range of assumptions for fugitive methane leakage, electricity generation efficiency, and delays in the adoption of near-zero carbon technologies….’

via Bounding the climate viability of natural gas as a bridge fuel to displace coal.

‘Hansen’s idea to curb climate change: “…As long as fossil fuels are the cheapest energy, people are going to keep burning them and going to find them, to dig them up wherever they can find them. …what we need to do is add a gradually rising fee to the fossil fuels, which you would collect from the fossil fuel companies at the source… And that money should be distributed to – all legal residents of the country.’

via Dr. James Hansen gives his idea to curb climate change on Fareed Zakaria GPS – CNN Press Room – CNN.com Blogs.

‘England’s lead scientific adviser warned recently that increased demand for water and energy, and a warmer world, may combine to create a ‘perfect storm’ of “public unrest, cross-border conflicts and mass migration by 2030″, with developing regions hardest hit: ”there’s not going to be a complete collapse, but things will start getting really worrying if we don’t tackle these problems,” he noted.’

via There’s An Inconvenient Hole in the Climate Forecasting Map.