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A Farewell to Ice by Peter Wadhams review –*climate change*writ large 
<https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/aug/21/farewell-to-ice-peter-wadhams-review-climate-change> 

The Guardian 	 -‎20 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

**"*Our planet has changed colour. Today, from space, the top of the 
world in the northern summer looks blue instead of white. We have 
created an ocean where there was once an ice sheet. It is Man*'*s first 
major achievement in reshaping the face of his planet,” Wadhams 
writes....*Polar ice is thinning and retreating with unprecedented 
speed*. All our ingenuity cannot, at present, change that. Because ice 
only grows in winter but can melt year-round, its growth rate is 
limited, while melt rate is unlimited.*....Wadhams outlines how*CO2 
emissions are smashing the system*, spinning the thermostat to hot. 
Without the albedo effect of ice – by which it reflects solar radiation 
up to 10 times more effectively than open water – we have entered a 
negative feedback loop....Wadhams puts this plainly."There is no period 
in Earth's history where the rate of rise of atmospheric CO2 is as great 
as it is today.” The asteroid that finished the dinosaurs blasted 4.5 
gigatonnes of carbon into the atmosp"here, yet the CO2 rate rise [in the 
aftermath] was still an order of magnitude lower than the current 
rate”...*The ice he worries about most covers Arctic seabeds – 
permafrost from the last ice age. Losing this will release huge methane 
plumes. Methane is 23 times more effective in raising global temperature 
than is CO2. Wadhams and colleagues have modelled the consequences using 
different dates for methane release.*.


    Law firm calls out Soco and Cairn over*climate*risk reporting
    <http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6fcf1090-67b7-11e6-a0b1-d87a9fea034f.html>

Financial Times 	 -‎3 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

Oil explorers Soco International and Cairn Energy have been reported to 
UK regulators for allegedly failing to tell investors enough about the 
risks that*climate change*poses to their businesses. ... The complaint 
from ClientEarth environmental law


    Western Fires May Sicken More People As*Climate*Warms
    <https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2016/08/19/western-fires-may-sicken-more-people-as-climate-warms/>

KQED 	 -‎12 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

Members of a Los Angeles Fire Department Strike Team read smoke behavior 
as they prepare to strategically reengage the Blue Cut*wildfire*, which 
began on August 16, 2016 in the Cajon Pass area of the San Bernardino 
National Forest.*...*


    Lower Lake, Calif., Residents Staggered by Lake County's Endless
    Bout With*Wildfire*
    <http://www.emergencymgmt.com/disaster/Lower-Lake-Calif-Residents-Staggered-by-Lake-Countys-Endless-Bout-With-Wildfire.html>

Emergency Management 	 -‎8 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

Richard Woita, front, and Amanda Waller, back, embrace during a press 
conference where it is announced that a California man was arrested 
Monday on arson charges for allegedly sparking a*wildfire*in Lower Lake 
that exploded over the weekend, ...

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