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    As Peat Bogs Burn, a*Climate*Threat Rises
    <http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/09/science/climate-change-carbon-bogs-peat.html>

New York Times 	 -‎6 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

Like forests, peatlands are threatened by*climate change*. Warming 
temperatures can dry out bogs, making them more susceptible to fires, 
and to deeper, more intense burning...There are an estimated 1.6 million 
square miles of peatlands, or about 3 percent of the earth’s land 
surface, mostly in northern latitudes in Canada, Alaska, Europe and 
Russia...


    Study links*global warming*to rise in waterborne illnesses
    <http://www.wave3.com/story/32711241/study-links-global-warming-to-rise-in-waterborne-illnesses>

WAVE 3 	 -‎51 minutes ago‎ 	

	
	
	

Until now, researchers had indirectly linked*climate change*to an 
increase in illnesses from the bacteria, Colwell said. Using DNA, a 
50-year database of plankton, water temperatures and disease reports, 
she shows a more comprehensive connection.


    Six ways businesses view*climate change*
    <https://www.greenbiz.com/article/six-ways-businesses-view-climate-change>

GreenBiz 	 -‎10 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

It's easy to cast a wide net when referring to the role of the private 
sector in addressing*climate change*. One line of argument holds that 
"business" is responsible for*climate change*, and that we must end 
business's domination of the economic system*...*


    Many Countries Will Need Help Adapting to*Climate Change*
    <http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/08/opinion/many-countries-will-need-help-adapting-to-climate-change.html>

New York Times 	 -‎12 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

At last year's United Nations climate summit meeting in Paris, countries 
agreed to limit*global warming*to 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees 
Fahrenheit) above preindustrial levels, a point beyond which the 
widespread drought, flooding and extinctions of*...*


    GOP Sen. Ron Johnson: Lack of*Global Warming*Is "Scientifically
    Proven." Yeah, About That …
    <http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2016/08/08/gop_senator_ron_johnson_repeats_standard_global_warming_denial_talking_points.html>

Slate Magazine (blog) 	 -‎6 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

This is one of the most egregious of the denier lies, and one of the 
most aggravating: Changing the framing from "*global warming*" to 
"*climate change*" was a Republican strategy. It wasn't progressives who 
did that, it was Frank Luntz, a Republican*...*


    Prominent*global warming*doubter says there was a "hit list"
    apparently targeting climate scientists
    <http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/imageo/2016/08/08/prominent-global-warming-doubter-says-there-was-a-hit-list-targeting-climate-scientists/>

Discover Magazine (blog) 	 -‎3 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

|Note: See the update below about an effort by ExxonMobil in 2001 to get 
the Bush Administration to oust Robert T. Watson as chairman of the 
Intergovernmental Panel on*Climate Change*. Considering the salience 
of*global warming*in the presidential ...


    How*Climate Change*Will Transform the National Parks' Iconic Animals
    and Plants
    <http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-climate-change-transforming-national-parks-iconic-animals-and-plants-180960046/>

Smithsonian 	 -‎4 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

"Among all of the federal land management agencies, they are probably 
paying the most attention to*climate change*," says Bruce Stein, 
associate director of the National Wildlife Federation's Wildlife 
Conservation and*Global Warming*National Advocacy ...


    Enjoy it while you can:*Climate change*is already hitting the
    Olympics hard
    <http://grist.org/climate-energy/enjoy-it-while-you-can-people-climate-change-is-already-hitting-the-olympics-hard/>

Grist 	 -‎2 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

Sewage water isn't the only thing competitors may be worrying about at 
the Rio Olympics: Hot temperatures and*air pollution*are already 
interfering with athletic performance. In a preliminary racewalking 
competition before the games began, 11 out of 18 ...


    Air pollution reduces life span of lung cancer patients - Times of
    India
    <http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/health-news/Air-pollution-reduces-life-span-of-lung-cancer-patients/articleshow/53599754.cms>

Times of India 	 -‎9 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

A population-based study has suggested air pollution is deadly for the 
patients with lung cancer, as it shortens their survival span.

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