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    *Climate Change*is Here and Now, Dire NOAA Report Warns
    <http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/08/02/climate-change-here-and-now-dire-noaa-report-warns>

Common Dreams (press release) 	 -‎Aug 2, 2016‎ 	

'*The impacts of****climate change****are no longer subtle*. ... 
Association (NOAA) released its annual State of the*Climate*report with 
the dire warning that 2015 was the hottest year on record since at least 
the mid-to-late 19th century, confirming the*...
**Greenhouse gases highest on record*. ... carbon dioxide (CO2), methane 
and nitrous oxide, rose to new record high values during 2015.
*Global surface temperature highest on record*. Aided by the strong El 
Niño, the 2015 annual global surface temperature hit record warmth for 
the second consecutive year...Across land surfaces, record to 
near-record warmth was reported across every inhabited continent.
*Sea surface temperatures highest on record.* The globally averaged sea 
surface temperature was also the highest on record, breaking the 
previous mark set in 2014.
*Global upper ocean heat content highest on record*. Globally, upper 
ocean heat content exceeded the record set in 2014... Oceans absorb over 
90 percent of Earth’s excess heat from global warming.
*Global sea level highest on record.* ...sea level rose to a new record 
high in 2015 and was about 70 mm (about 2¾ inches) higher than the 1993 
average... Over the past two decades, sea level has increased at an 
average rate of 3.3 mm (about 0.15 inch) per year, with the highest 
rates of increase in the western Pacific and Indian Oceans.
*Extremes were observed in the water cycle and 
precipitation*....enhanced precipitation variability around the world. 
An above-normal rainy season led to major floods in many parts of the 
world. But globally, areas in "severe" drought rose from 8 percent in 
2014 to 14 percent in 2015.*
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Most Referenced:*State of the Climate - American Meteorological Society 
<https://www.ametsoc.org/ams/index.cfm/publications/bulletin-of-the-american-meteorological-society-bams/state-of-the-climate/>*American 
Meteorological SocietyDownlo
Download State of the Climate in 2015 
<http://www.ametsoc.net/sotc/StateoftheClimate2015_lowres.pdf> 
http://www.ametsoc.net/sotc/StateoftheClimate2015_lowres.pdf

*The climate crisis is already here – but no one’s telling us 
<https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/aug/03/climate-crisis-media-relegates-greatest-challenge-hurtle-us-collapse-planet>*
(commentary)   George Monbiot
It’s not that the media failed to mention what the two platforms said 
about humanity’s existential crisis.  But the coverage was, for the most 
part, relegated to footnotes, while the evanescent trivia of the 
conventions led the bulletins and filled the front pages. *There are 
many levels of bias in the media, but the most important is the bias 
against relevance.**..*To pretend that newspapers and television 
channels are neutral arbiters of such matters is to ignore their place 
at the corrupt heart of the establishment. At the US conventions, to 
give one small example, the Washington Post, the Atlantic and Politico 
were paid by the American Petroleum Institute to host a series of 
discussions, at which climate science deniers were represented. *The pen 
might be mightier than the sword, but the purse is mightier than the 
pen...*Why should we trust multinational corporations to tell us the 
truth about multinational corporations? And if they cannot properly 
inform us about the power in which they are embedded, how can they 
properly inform us about anything?...If humanity fails to prevent 
climate breakdown, the industry that bears the greatest responsibility 
is not transport, farming, gas, oil or even coal. All of them can behave 
as they do, shunting us towards systemic collapse, only with a social 
licence to operate. *The problem begins with the industry that, 
wittingly or otherwise, grants them this licence: the one for which I work.*

    Artificial Leaf Turns CO2 Emissions Into Fuel
    <http://www.climatecentral.org/news/artificial-leaf-turns-co2-into-fuel-20577>

Climate Central 	 -‎9 hours ago‎ 	

If humans could invent a leaf-like solar cell that could turn carbon 
dioxide pollution from the atmosphere into fuel for electric power 
plants, it could help reduce reliance on fossil fuels and cut emissions 
that contribute to*global warming*. That's*...*

    GOP Senator Compares*Climate Change*Activists To Stalin
    <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ron-johnson-climate-change-stalin_us_57a240fee4b0104052a0fb1c>

Huffington Post 	 -‎1 hour ago‎ 	

The Wisconsin Republican, who's up for re-election in November, is a 
longtime denier of man's role in*global warming*. He once said*climate 
change*was caused by “sunspot activity,” and likened President Barack 
Obama's green energy proposals to the ...

    How Conservatives Can Win The*Global Warming*Policy Debate
    <http://www.forbes.com/sites/jamestaylor/2016/08/03/how-conservatives-can-win-the-global-warming-policy-debate/>

Forbes 	 -‎10 hours ago‎ 	

Conservatives have a golden opportunity to show political leadership and 
checkmate the left on*global warming*policy with a conservative energy 
agenda championing natural gas, hydro, and nuclear power.

    5 Deadly Diseases Emerging from Global Warming - Live Science
    <http://www.livescience.com/55632-deadly-diseases-emerge-from-global-warming.html>

Live Science 	 -‎12 hours ago‎ 	

 From spreading vectors to reviving long-dead viruses, global warming 
may shift and worsen diseases in multiple ways.

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