News Roundup
‘The kind of food crises that helped spark the Arab Spring will occur every 30 years instead of every century thanks to climate change and population increases, according to a new report.’
via Food crises to become more common as climate changes – CSMonitor.com.
‘NASA reports this was the hottest July on record. So we are now in “bet the mortgage†territory that 2015 will be the hottest year in NASA’s 125-year temperature record.’
via Hottest July On Record Keeps 2015 On Track To Crush 2014 For Hottest Year | ThinkProgress.
‘Historians may look to 2015 as the year when shit really started hitting the fan.’
via Page 2 of The Point of No Return: Climate Change Nightmares Are Already Here | Rolling Stone.
‘FAIRBANKS, Alaska – One of the state’s worst wildfire seasons in history has scorched 5 million acres of tundra and forests across Alaska, and experts here fear climate change will cause even more devastating fires through a combination of lower snowpack, drying tundra and melting permafrost.’
via Alaska’s permafrost threatened by intense fires, climate change.
‘..Next year, though, may truly – actually, seriously – be different, if climate scientists are right. The next candidate Americans send to the Oval Office, experts say, may also be the very last who can avert catastrophe from climate change.’
via The 2016 Election Is Critical for Stopping Climate Change – US News.
‘Prominent Muslim leaders are putting the final touches on a new statement on climate change, hoping to issue a sweeping call to protect the planet and insist that followers of Islam have a religious duty to help the environment.’
via Prominent Muslim Leaders To Issue Sweeping Call To Act On Climate | ThinkProgress.
‘…A new study conducted by researchers in the United States, however, has found no evidence of such solar activity culmination that occurred during the 20th century. This suggests that the method of using sunspots to plot climate change can no longer be applied.’
via Some Experts Rethinking Relationship Between Solar Activity Of Climate Change : SCIENCE : Tech Times.
‘See how emissions levels compare, and step through the cards to find out what emissions reductions targets each country has set.’
‘SYDNEY, Australia — Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Tuesday announced a greenhouse gas reduction goal for Australia that he said struck “the right balance†between economic concerns and the need to address climate change, but scientists and environmental groups said the plan fell short of what was needed.’
via Australia Sets Emissions Goal, but Climate Scientists Say It Falls Short – The New York Times.
‘Obama’s Clean Power Plan, released Monday, will force states to slash the amount of greenhouse gases spewing from their power plants. They can do it by boosting their use of renewable power, or replacing coal-burning plants with newer models burning natural gas.’
via Obama climate plan may give California company in cap-and-trade – SFGate.