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Global warming talk can be a lot of hot airThe GuardianGlobal warming talk can be a lot of hot air. A jumbo jet flies in front of the moon, leaving a long trail of vapour. Cutting down on flying is one way to reduce your carbon footprint, but reader Val Mainwood says she encounters resistance…

Breitbart News DELINGPOLE: Donald Trump’s Environment Chief Could be his …Breitbart NewsDonald Trump’s next head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) could be his most inspired and devastatingly effective pick yet. The name of this dark … and more »

Nature World News Waterless Toilets Can Help Save the EnvironmentNature World NewsThis latest technology may be the best one yet, as waterless toilets are aimed to save the environment. They have been designed to use no water at all for flushing to reduce the need to have a big septic tank underneath the house. They…

Vox Cities are central to any serious plan to tackle climate changeVoxEven before the election of Donald Trump, it was clear that states and cities — what climate nerds call “subnational actors” — are central to tackling climate change. Now that the US federal government is getting out of the climate protection … and more »

Washington Post Climate change could quadruple severe rainstorms in just decadesPopular ScienceAs global climates get hotter and hotter, atmospheric scientists predict that extreme weather events will become stronger and more frequent. In a paper published today in Nature Climate Change, researchers used climate data from 2000 to 2013 to predict …Extreme rainfall risks could triple…

Phys.Org Powerful new technique reveals the mechanical environment of cells in their natural habitat, the living embryoPhys.Org“We know that the mechanical environment of cells is important,” explained Campàs, who holds the UCSB Mellichamp Endowed Chair in Systems Biology and Bioengineering. “Growing stem cells on synthetic surfaces with different levels of compliance … and more »

Business Insider Al Gore just had an ‘extremely interesting conversation’ with Trump on global warmingBusiness InsiderAl Gore Former Vice President Al Gore exits after a meeting with President-elect Donald Trump. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid. Donald Trump met with former Vice President Al Gore on Monday to discuss climate change. Gore was scheduled to meet with …Ivanka Met With…

CNN Trump Just Met With Al Gore to Discuss Climate ChangeGizmodoTrump may never remove that dumb tweet about climate change being a Chinese hoax, but there are signs that our prez-elect is warming up to the notion that maybe—just maybe!—global warming isn’t a liberal conspiracy. The latest signal came on Monday, …Donald Trump meets with Al…

Report reassesses variations in global warmingEurekAlert (press release)The experts also document substantial warming since then: global temperature peaked in February 2016 at a level around 1.5ºC above its level early in the Industrial Revolution. Pursuing efforts to limit the long-term temperature increase to 1.5 ºC was …

New York Times Science|Japan Is Obsessed With Climate Change. Young People Don’t Get It.New York TimesSatoru Morishita, deputy director general of global environment affairs at the ministry, said the policy is a daily reminder of the stakes of climate change. “We’re trying to change behaviors in addition to changing attitudes on climate change, and …What…