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    *Climate change*: July was hottest month in recorded history - NASA
    <http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/news/20160816/>

NASA 	 -‎14 hours ago‎ 	

Nasa compares its temperature measurements with a base of 0.5C of*global 
warming*already factored in. That meant July was about 1.3C hotter than 
the pre-industrial average....*the warmest July in 136 years of modern 
record-keeping*.... the seasonal temperature cycle peaks in July, (so) 
*July 2016 also was warmer than any other month on record*. July 2016’s 
temperature was a statistically small 0.1 degrees Celsius warmer than 
previous warm Julys in 2015, 2011 and 2009....“It wasn’t by the widest 
of margins, but July 2016 was the warmest month since modern record 
keeping began in 1880,” said GISS Director Gavin Schmidt. “It appears 
almost a certainty that 2016 also will be the warmest year on 
record.”...The record warm July continued a streak of 10 consecutive 
months dating back to October 2015 that have set new monthly 
high-temperature records. Compared to previous years, the warmer global 
temperatures last month were most pronounced in the northern hemisphere, 
particularly near the Arctic region. 
http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/news/20160816/july2016.jpg See the 
NASA Graph <http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/news/20160816/july2016.jpg>

*The world's most dangerous cruise? 1,070-capacity ship takes on the 
Northwest Passage 
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/cruises/news/worlds-most-dangerous-cruise-arctic-northwest-passage/>*
Telegraph,co.uk  August 16 Anchorage, Alaska,... *about to embark on 
arguably the world’s greatest sea voyage*....buzz of excitement among 
the 1,070 cruise passengers but also ...– a faint air of trepidation. .. 
because Crystal Serenity is about to become the largest ship ever to 
attempt the Northwest Passage.   At 9pm this evening the ship will set 
sail from Seward, Alaska, on a 32-day, near 1,000-mile journey via 
Canada and Greenland to New York.... *Right now a giant cyclone in the 
middle of the Arctic Ocean.* Crystal Serenity  Crossing the Arctic 
presumably after huge cyclone subsides 
<https://twitter.com/BenNollWeather/status/765306331980967937>   ... 
Some history of science and exploration from Tamino: 
<https://tamino.wordpress.com/2016/08/16/crystal-serenity/> "Crystal 
Serenity" is departing .. with a scheduled passage by Greenland. It has 
real risks, and I wish them a safe journey, but there’s also no getting 
around the fact that the prediction that we might see the Northwest 
passage actually practical during summer is no longer a dream or a 
slogan, it’s a reality.   Read it yourself Ship's Itinerary 
<http://cruiseweb.com/cruise-lines/crystal-cruises/ship-crystal-serenity/32-nights-the-northwest-passage-departs-anchorage-alaska>  
...Robert Scribbler with science background Powerful Cyclone to Blow 
Hole in Thinning Arctic Sea Ice 
<https://robertscribbler.com/2016/08/15/powerful-cyclone-to-blow-hole-in-thinning-arctic-sea-ice/> 
*The differences between hot/cold and damp/dry air can really bomb out a 
storm system.*

    Clinton Transition Team Headed by Anti-*Climate*'Powerbroker'
    <http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/08/16/clinton-transition-team-headed-anti-climate-powerbroker>

Common Dreams (press release) 	 -‎5 hours ago‎ 	

Hillary Clinton has named her transition team should she be elected in 
November, and the roster—as many feared—is a who's-who of establishment 
figures, including former Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, who has a 
maligned track record on*climate*.
**

    Are We Feeling Collective Grief Over*Climate Change*?
    <http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/are-we-feeling-collective-grief-over-climate-change/>

Scientific American (blog) 	 -‎4 hours ago‎ 	

"The problem is that the inertia of the system is not our friend," 
states the founder of and Adjunct Professor in Columbia 
University's*Climate Science*, Awareness and Solutions Program Earth 
Institute. It has caused the effects to appear only slowly*...

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    *Heatwave*leads to ice-cream theft, flying cockroaches and exploding
    manure
    <https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/aug/15/north-east-heatwave-ice-cream-theft>

The Guardian 	 -‎7 hours ago‎ 	

As a*heatwave*bears down on the country, most New Yorkers are melting, 
miserable and clinging to their air conditioners to escape the high 
temperatures, which have reached over 100F (38C) this week.

    Blue Cut Fire: Fast-moving*wildfire*prompts evacuations near I-15 to
    Vegas
    <http://www.scpr.org/news/2016/08/16/63664/bluecut-fire-fast-moving-wildfire-prompts-evacuati/>

89.3 KPCC 	 -‎2 hours ago‎ 	

A new*wildfire*has erupted in the mountainous Cajon Pass area of 
Southern California near Interstate 15, the main highway to Las Vegas, 
quickly expanded, prompting evacuation orders for several communities.

    Flooding in the South Looks a Lot Like*Climate Change*
    <http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/17/us/climate-change-louisiana.html>

New York Times 	 -‎4 hours ago‎ 	

That increase in heavy rainfall and the resultant flooding “is 
consistent with what we expect to see in the future if you look 
at*climate*models,” said David Easterling, a director at the National 
Centers for Environmental Information, which is*...*

    (opinion) When*climate change*becomes the new terrorism
    <http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/attytood/When-climate-change-is-more-deadly-than-terrorism.html>

Philly.com (blog) 	 -‎3 hours ago‎ 	

This is part of a trend toward higher overnight low temperatures as 
the*climate*warms. Urban heat island effects from the insulating 
influence of paved areas and buildings also plays a role, though a 
comparatively minor one relative to*global warming*....I guess the only 
way *Americans will take global warming seriously is if and when we 
consider this the new form of terrorism*. And the truth is, what could 
be more terrifying than going to bed one night and waking up with the 
floodwaters pounding on the front door, or trying to survive a 
110-degree heat index day when you're old and sick in a North Philly 
walk-up that's not air conditioned? Americans have become so conditioned 
to the threat of  a 9/11-style attack that JFK Airport was evacuated the 
other night when someone panicked over loud cheering for Usain Bolt and 
thought it was gunshots. Maybe it's time for the public to fear things 
that are actually happening.

(video) TV Meteorologists Warming to Climate Science 
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM_XwDKhsas>
YouTube  The TV weathercaster is the closest thing to a climate 
scientist most people will ever be exposed to. ...As climate change 
becomes more and more critical - and obvious - the people who work in 
this area have had to step up their awareness, and their coverage.  "The 
TV Mets I interviewed were smart, thoughtful, had science training, 
though not at the PhD level, enough to have begun digging into the data 
on their own to draw conclusions." ...The TV Mets close to the bone 
moral sensibility is what hits home. Greg Fishel told me his 
transformation was more a matter of conscience than anything else.  
Leading climate scientists have been working to bring more of that 
content into their own communication.   Also from YaleClimateConnections 
-video - Climate Change: Above All, a Moral Question 
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snmp4pw7T7s>

video reprise (Last Week Tonight) John Oliver - API 'American petroleum 
institute' (Aug 14th, 2016) <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMqbKO6BdxM>
from HBO  "Go fuck yourself API" - classic skewering of API from HBO's 
top news commentary show "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver"

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