‘The twin threats of climate change and growing nationalism could lead to an outbreak of conflicts over fish stocks – like the infamous Cod Wars between the UK and Iceland – that could threaten the global supply of food and “decimate” marine ecosystems, experts have warned.’

Source: Global ‘fish wars’ could break out as climate change and rising nationalism fuel competition for world’s oceans | The Independent

‘(CNN)There is currently less sea ice surrounding the Antarctic continent than at any point since reliable records began in 1979.’

Source: Antarctic sea ice reaches record low, and is still declining – CNN.com

‘ATLANTA — Infectious-disease specialists are concerned that climate change is contributing to the spread of certain diseases, including the germs that cause cholera and other diarrheal illnesses.’

Source: Cholera, Other Illnesses May Spread with Climate Change

‘President Trump’s nominee to run the Environmental Protection Agency, a climate change skeptic who has for years been an ardent critic of the department he will now lead, got final Senate approval Friday after a prolonged assault from environmentalists.’

Source: After bruising battle, climate change skeptic Scott Pruitt confirmed to lead EPA – LA Times

‘A new scientific paper by a University of Maryland-led international team of distinguished scientists, including five members of the National Academies, argues that there are critical two-way feedbacks missing from current climate models that are used to inform environmental, climate, and economic policies. The most important inadequately-modeled variables are inequality, consumption, and population.’

Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2017-02-climate_1.html#jCp

‘(CNN)The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a hearing Wednesday with Republicans focused on curbing the Endangered Species Act, the latest front in the conservative push to rein in regulations they see as harmful to business.’

Source: Republicans explore curbing the Endangered Species Act – CNNPolitics.com

‘On Saturday (Feb. 11), 200 programmers crammed themselves into the Doe Library at the University of California, Berkeley, furiously downloading NASA’s Earth science data in a hackathon, Wired reported.  The group’s goal: rescue data that may be deleted or hidden under President Donald Trump’s administration.’

Source: Coders Are Racing to Save NASA’s Climate Data

‘BERKELEY, CALIF. – A new case study is the first of its kind to use life-cycle assessment data to show how meat and cheese reduction in school food is an effective strategy for both mitigating climate change and serving affordable, healthy meals. Friends of the Earth partnered with Oakland CA Unified School District to document how a 30 percent reduction in meat, poultry and cheese purchases over two years shrank the school district’s carbon footprint by 14 percent.’

Source: New Data Finds Climate-Friendly, Healthy Meals Within Reach for Public Schools | Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community

‘Trashing the Paris Agreement made for a great campaign prop at Donald Trump’s rallies, where the climate change accord was portrayed as a product of the out-of-touch, insufferable elites that Trump pledged to sweep from power.’

Source: Trump’s vow to scrap the Paris climate change accord faces skepticism from corporations, GOP moderates – LA Times

‘For the first time, researchers have developed a mathematical equation to describe the impact of human activity on the earth, finding people are causing the climate to change 170 times faster than natural forces.’

Source: Humans causing climate to change 170 times faster than natural forces