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CBC.ca Atlantic Ocean circulation could collapse with climate change influence, study saysCBC.caNew research from scientists suggests that, as a result of climate change, Atlantic Ocean currents may not be as stable as current climate models suggest and could collapse in 300 years. If you’ve seen the disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow, you may …Climate Change…

Ars Technica Future rice yield losses due to climate change could be extremeArs TechnicaPrevious studies have shown that temperatures above rice’s optimum physiological temperature can reduce crop yield. As a result, the International Food Policy Research Institute has stated that the effects of rising temperatures from climate change … and more »

StateImpact Pennsylvania Protesters urge Senators to reject Trump nominees to environment postsStateImpact PennsylvaniaSome 200 people gathered in center city Philadelphia on Monday to urge Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senators to reject President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees for key environmental positions in his new administration. The demonstrators rallied in freezing … and more »

The Independent Global warming could see rise in toxic shellfish that can lead to memory loss and potentially killThe IndependentHowever the scientists warned that if ocean temperatures rise because of global warming, this could lead to an increase in the numbers of poisonous shellfish. One of the researchers, Bill Peterson, of the US National Oceanic…

Paste Magazine Global Warming Arguments You’ll Hear for the Next Four YearsPaste MagazineAnd no topic can heat up a room quite as fast as global warming, as many Americans view this subject through a political lens rather than a scientific microscope. Back up your arguments with facts with this list of five global warming arguments…

Foreign Policy Obama puts pressure on Trump to adhere to US climate change strategyThe GuardianBarack Obama called the adoption of clean energy in the US “irreversible” on Monday, putting pressure on his successor, Donald Trump, not to back away from a core strategy to fight climate change. Obama, penning an opinion article in the journal…

Yahoo News Forget About Global Warming Pause — It Doesn’t ExistYahoo NewsForget about the so-called climate change hiatus — a period beginning in 1998 when the increase in the planet’s temperature reportedly slowed — it doesn’t exist, according to a new study that found the planet’s ocean temperatures are warming faster …Global Warming Is Not…

Washington Post Without action on climate change, say goodbye to polar bearsWashington PostAs the Arctic warms faster than any other place on the planet and sea ice declines, there is only one sure way to save polar bears from extinction, the government announced Monday: decisive action on climate change. In a final plan to save…

Study Sheds New Insights into Global Warming “Hiatus”EosA new study of the temporary slowdown in the global average surface temperature warming trend observed between 1998 and 2013 concludes the phenomenon represented a redistribution of energy within the Earth system, with Earth’s ocean absorbing the …

New York Times Human-Driven Global Warming Is Biggest Threat to Polar Bears, Report SaysNew York TimesFederal wildlife officials on Monday called climate change the biggest threat to the survival of the polar bear and warned that without decisive action to combat global warming, the bears would almost certainly disappear from much of the Arctic. “It…