New York Times Oroville Is a Warning for California Dams, as Climate Change Adds StressNew York TimesClimate change adds to the challenges. Scientists have said for years that a warming atmosphere should lead to more intense and frequent storms in many regions. In California, where precipitation in the Sierra Nevada is the source of much…

Norwegian ice cap ‘exceptionally sensitive’ to climate changeScience DailyThe team of researchers from the Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, the Netherlands and the US took a glance into the past to understand how the ice cap Hardangerjøkulen in southern Norway responds to climate change. The authors simulated the …

Philadelphia magazine Bucks School Board VP: Teaching Climate Change Makes Kids DepressedPhiladelphia magazineThis is not an ordinary story about a school board’s conservative members deciding they don’t want climate change taught to children, despite the scientific consensus. That did happen in Quakertown last year, when a school district board member …

Seeker Climate Change Is Threatening Many More Animals Than We ThoughtSeekerNearly half of endangered mammals and a quarter of birds are already harmed by climate change – a much bigger segment than previously thought, researchers have found. Endangered primates and elephants are among the groups squeezed hardest by …More than 700 species facing extinction are being…

USA TODAY Through activism, snowboarders send message to Trump about climate changeUSA TODAYAnecdotally, the athletes see the impact that the scientific community, which has reached a consensus in man’s role in climate change, finds in data. Scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported last month that 2016 was …

LifeZette Uncovering the Extent of Global Warming CheatingLifeZetteMore specifically, NOAA released a study in 2015 announcing that we haven’t had a “pause” in global warming over the past 15 years. Although the study flatly contradicted data from satellites and weather balloons documenting a net flatlining of …Global warming: Pause or no pauseThe Chronicle Journal all…

The Sydney Morning Herald What a relief that climate change doesn’t really existThe Sydney Morning HeraldAs we’ve sweltered through this terrible summer – and lately, as bushfires have raged – what a comfort it’s been to know that climate change doesn’t exist and isn’t happening. Or, if it does exist, it’s not caused by anything…

The Independent Government accused of ‘worrying complacency’ over environment in post-Brexit BritainThe IndependentThe Government is “worryingly complacent” over how it will enforce environmental regulations after the UK leaves the European Union, according to a new House of Lords report. Peers said European institutions – such as the Commission and the Court of …Lords call for post-Brexit…

New Scientist More people now believe human-made climate change is happeningNew ScientistThe proportion of people who accept climate change is happening and is largely human-made has risen to almost two-thirds, a survey shows. A poll of 2,045 people in the UK reveals a “discernible shift” in public opinion as 64 per cent agreed climate …Mish…

USA TODAY Pay now to fight global warming, or pay more later: Your SayUSA TODAYIf the peril of global warming is a myth, then the scientific community will eat crow and life will go on. However, if the experts are right, and global warming is really a problem of the scale and severity that they…