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    Olympic Records Won't Come Easy in Rio as Climate Changes ...
    <http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-08-08/olympic-records-won-t-come-easy-in-rio-because-of-climate-change>

Bloomberg 	 -‎10 hours ago‎ 	

Climate change warnings poignantly made during the Olympic Games opening 
ceremony on Friday are likely to resonate with athletes over the next 
fortnight as ...Even though the games are taking place during Brazil’s 
winter, the heat may still impede performance, particularly in the 
marathon where Olympic records have only been broken in temperatures 
below 12 degrees Celsius. Runners perform best between 8 degrees and 11 
degrees, well below the level expected this month in Brazil, ...Over the 
coming years, athletes are likely to "give into fatigue earlier on, even 
if they remain in the competition until the end," according to the 
report.  The heat is likely to be particularly painful for athletes from 
colder climates, says Brazilian tennis player Fernando Meligeni. He 
reckons European players won’t be used to the humidity, which will make 
them sweat more than usual.

    Can We Help the Losers in*Climate Change*?
    <https://www.technologyreview.com/s/602093/can-we-help-the-losers-in-climate-change/>

MIT Technology Review 	 -‎9 hours ago‎ 	

..the *disappearance of the coal economy is a harbinger of major 
transformations that climate change will bring about in other regions* 
and other sectors. Industries from agriculture to real estate are likely 
to be devastated by global warming. While the effects on those sectors 
will look very different from the impact on the coal industry, the 
results will be similar: *economic harm to large regions of the 
country*.... among the regions most affected by climate change will be 
the coasts: by 2050, losses of property due to the rise in sea level 
will total between $66 billion and $106 billion,.. The real question is 
'What can we do to create a new, diverse, and sustainable economy in a 
region that’s been economically distressed for more than a half-century?'.

    US tribes work with scientists against climate change - News from Al
    ...
    <http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2016/07/tribes-work-scientists-climate-change-160713092436522.html>

Aljazeera.com 	 -‎Aug 7, 2016‎ 	

Combining science and indigenous knowledge, this US research group seeks 
new ways to adapt to climate change.

    Rejection of experts spreads from Brexit to*climate change*with
    'Clexit'
    <https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2016/aug/08/rejection-of-experts-spreads-from-brexit-to-climate-change-with-clexit>

The Guardian 	 -‎3 hours ago‎ 	

The group's president is Christopher Monckton, whose extensive 
misunderstanding of basic*climate science*was revealed in a thorough 
debunking by John Abraham, and who insists that President Obama was born 
in Kenya, among his many controversial ...

    Op-ed:*Climate Change*Is the Most Urgent Existential Risk
    <http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/Torres20160807>

Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies 	 -‎20 hours ago‎ 	

*(opinion) Climate change*and biodiversity loss may pose the most 
immediate and important threat to human survival given their indirect 
effects on other risk scenarios...With such threats in mind, an informal 
survey conducted by the Future of Humanity Institute placed the 
probability of human extinction this century at 19%. To put this in 
perspective, it means that the average American is more than a thousand 
times more likely to die in a human extinction event than a plane crash.*

    Crews struggle to contain mountain*wildfire*
    <http://www.pe.com/articles/san-810036-bernardino-burned.html>

Press-Enterprise 	 -‎8 hours ago‎ 	

A brush engine dives away from the fast moving flames on the ridge in 
the background during the Pilot Fire east of Silverwood Lake on Sunday, 
Aug. 7.

    Evacuations Ordered, Roads Closed as Pilot Fire Near Silverwood Lake
    Grows to 1500 Acres
    <http://ktla.com/2016/08/07/pilot-fire-near-silverwood-lake-burns-40-50-acres/>

KTLA 	 -‎8 hours ago‎ 	

A fast-moving wildfire near Silverwood Lake in the San Bernardino 
Mountains continued to burn out of control Sunday night, scorching some 
1,500 acres, and prompting evacuation orders and road closures, 
officials said.

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