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Scientific American 2 Major Environment Policies Will Be Hard for Trump to UndoScientific AmericanNo matter whom President-elect Donald Trump puts in charge of the Environmental Protection Agency and names to his cabinet, many observers predict a rollback of President Obama’s environmental policies. But the most controversial ones—the Clean … and more »

Washington Post America’s TV meteorologists: Symptoms of climate change are rampant, undeniableWashington PostAh, Minnesota. Land of 10,000 Lakes — and 10,000 ways to say “damn, it’s cold outside!” But not this year. My home state is experiencing the warmest start to November on record. People are walking around in shorts, still mowing their lawns. Boats…

Face preferences change depending on environment, study findsNews-Medical.netWhen their environments are tough, men prefer heavier women, according to new research by the University of St Andrews. The study, published this week by journal Ethology, is the first to find that our face preferences change when our environment …

Slate Magazine President Trump Might Be Exactly What the Climate Movement NeedsSlate MagazineIt is now evident that the environmental momentum that brought Obama into the presidency in 2008 was not strong enough to produce lasting climate policy. National legislation got as far as the Waxman-Markey bill, the first climate policy to pass either …Woodruff: What…

Voice of America Make Climate Change the ‘Highest Political Commitment,’ Nations SayVoice of AmericaNearly 200 nations are calling on the world to make the “highest political commitment” to fight climate change after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump threatened to toss out the Paris Agreement. “Our climate is warming at an alarming and unprecedented …Donald Trump is…

Harvard Gazette Global concerns on climate changeHarvard GazetteThat possibility was floated at a gathering of climate change experts convened to consider a warming world’s potential impact on developing nations, a discussion that reached back to the developed world. The session, held at Harvard Law School on …

The role of physical environment in the ‘broken windows’ theoryEurekAlert (press release)“There is an ever-present physical environment that people are never separated from, and our research suggests it’s having an influence in marked and important ways on human behavior and possibly the functioning of a neighborhood,” said lead author … and more »

Phys.Org Climate change could outpace EPA Lake Champlain protections, study saysPhys.OrgNew research suggests that Lake Champlain may be more susceptible to damage from climate change than was previously understood—and that, therefore, the rules created by the EPA to protect the lake may be inadequate to prevent algae blooms and … and more »

The Economist (blog) Global warmingThe Economist (blog)Global temperatures this year are about 1.2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial ones—dangerously close to the warming limit of 1.5C that politicians hope to achieve, as agreed during last year’s round of talks in Paris. Particular hot spots include …Climate-change Report: Record Global COOLING Over Last Eight MonthsThe New American…

Phys.Org Corals survived Caribbean climate change – Phys.orgPhys.OrgHalf of all coral species in the Caribbean went extinct between 1 and 2 million years ago, probably due to drastic environmental changes. Which ones survived? and more »