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    *Climate Change*Skepticism Fueled by Gut Reaction to Local Weather
    <https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/climate-change-skepticism-fueled-by-gut-reaction-to-local-weather/>

Scientific American 	 -‎5 hours ago‎ 	

    The public's perception of global warming is shaped by the weather
    that people experience. ...People who live in areas where high
    temperature records are broken are more likely to believe in*global
    warming*than those who do not....In areas that experienced record
    lows, people were less inclined to believe in the mainstream climate
    science that shows human activity is warming the Earth. ....
      Researchers noted that the discrepancy resulted from the public's
    equating of weather with climate, which many assume are the same.
    When they head outside and the weather is extremely hot and humid,
    they are more likely to believe in a warming climate, which is a
    weather trend that lasts for decades. In addition, the term “global
    warming” has convinced many people that they must feel record warmth
    for the theory of a hotter planet to hold true, researchers found....
    A majority of Americans favor political action on global warming,
    despite the presidential victory of Donald Trump, who questions
    climate science, the survey found. It shows that almost two-thirds
    of registered voters across all parties want the Trump
    administration and Congress to do more to address global warming.
    Almost three-quarters of Republicans and about 90 percent of
    Democrats want corporations to do more on climate change.
    https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/climate-change-skepticism-fueled-by-gut-reaction-to-local-weather/

    *El Nino*-linked cyclones to increase in Pacific with*global
    warming*-research
    <http://news.trust.org/item/20161220182643-84jml/?source=leadCarousel>

Thomson Reuters Foundation 	 -‎4 hours ago‎ 	

    LONDON, Dec 20 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Small Pacific island
    states could be hit by more tropical cyclones during future*El
    Nino*weather patterns due to*climate change*, scientists said on
    Tuesday.*El Nino*is a warming of sea-surface temperatures*...*

    The*Climate*Refugees of the Arctic
    <http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/20/opinion/the-climate-refugees-of-the-arctic.html>

New York Times 	 -‎14 hours ago‎ 	

    The polar bear, the largest bear of them all and a fearsome
    predator, is the poster animal of*climate change*, and for good
    reason: While most threatened animals, such as the rhinoceros, are
    victims of localized threats like poaching or human*...*

    Warmer climate threatening to northern birds -- ScienceDaily
    <https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/12/161220093954.htm>

Science Daily 	 -‎2 hours ago‎ 	

    Will northern birds such as the Siberian jay and the red-flanked
    bluetail be gone in 50 years? There is a huge risk since a
    deteriorating climate for breeding is imminent. Another six species
    are also under threat and will require particular conservation
    actions in order to survive, according to a researcher who has
    developed a species analysis method....
    "More than (sic) of every ten bird species that breeds in the cool
    climate regions of northern Europe will be vulnerable if
    temperatures keep increasing. Two examples are the Siberian jay and
    the red-flanked bluetail," says Anouschka Hof, former researcher at
    the Department of Ecology and Environmental Science at Umeå
    University...
    In collaboration with American researchers, the Umeå-based research
    team has studied 180 species that currently breed in subarctic and
    arctic regions by analysing and assessing their vulnerability to new
    climates as well as their lifespan.

    Artist Turns*Climate*Data into Paintings
    <http://www.yaleclimateconnections.org/2016/12/artist-turns-climate-data-into-paintings/>

Yale Climate Connections 	 -‎11 hours ago‎ 	

    In the process, she's witnessed the impacts of*climate
    change*firsthand, and now she's sharing what she's learned through art.

    Politicians ask stock exchanges to support*climate*disclosure
    <http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2016/12/20/stories/1060047455>

Environment & Energy Publishing 	 -‎10 hours ago‎ 	

    Politicians from 34 countries are calling on dozens of stock
    exchanges to back stronger financial disclosure about*climate
    change*. In a letter last week to the World Federation of Exchanges,
    an industry group for dozens of stock markets worldwide, more*...*

    Melbourne weather: Victoria set for Christmas*heatwave*
    <http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/melbourne-weather-victoria-set-for-christmas-heatwave-20161220-gtf69v.html>

The Age 	 -‎3 hours ago‎ 	

    A*heatwave*is set to hit Melbourne this weekend, sending the mercury
    soaring to 35 degrees on Christmas Day. The rising temperatures have
    caused fire authorities and the Premier to urge Victorians to brace
    for possible bushfires.

    Global*Climate*Funds Targeted by Trump Team's Latest Questionnaire
    <http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/12/20/global-climate-funds-targeted-trump-teams-latest-questionnaire>

Common Dreams (press release) 	 -‎2 hours ago‎ 	

    Trump's team may be targeting U.S. commitments to the
    Green*Climate*Fund, which calls on rich nations to provide money and
    technology to help poorer countries mitigate and adapt to*climate
    change*, and is a key component of the Paris Agreement. (Photo: ..

Climate scientist bracing for 'onslaught of intimidation' under Trump 
<http://mashable.com/2016/12/18/michael-mann-climate-change-trump/#xRZnszDtTaqw>

    U.S. climate scientists say they worry the incoming Trump
    administration might do more than cut off their research funding.
    Some also fear they could receive personal attacks and death threats
    simply for doing their jobs...
    Michael Mann, a climate researcher at Penn State University, said he
    knows exactly what that's like...
    Over the last decade, Mann has been singled out by Republican
    senators and Pennsylvania and Virginia officials, who falsely
    accused the scientist of distorting his data and perpetuating the
    "hoax" that human activities are causing climate change...
    Mann said that he and his colleagues are now "bracing for a renewed
    onslaught of intimidation, from inside and outside government,"
    given the coming changes in Washington. ...
    "I fear the chill that could descend," he wrote in the op-ed.
    http://mashable.com/2016/12/18/michael-mann-climate-change-trump/#xRZnszDtTaqw
    Climate scientists are under attack from frivolous lawsuits (July
    2016)
    <https://skepticalscience.com/climate-scientists-under-attack-frivolous-lawsuits.html>
    https://skepticalscience.com/climate-scientists-under-attack-frivolous-lawsuits.html

Judge: Seattle Kids Can Move Ahead With Climate Rights Case 
<http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/judge-seattle-kids-move-ahead-climate-rights-case-44312250>

    Eight Seattle children should have "their day in court" to argue
    that Washington state and others aren't protecting them from climate
    change, a judge ruled...
    King County Superior Court Judge Hollis Hill on Monday allowed the
    young petitioners to move ahead in their case against the state,
    writing that "it is time for these youth to have the opportunity to
    address their concerns in a court of law, concerns raised under
    statute and under the state and federal constitutions."...
    The petitioners, between 12 and 16 years old, had asked the judge
    last month to find the state Department of Ecology in contempt for
    failing to adequately protect them and future generations from
    global warming...
    The judge on Monday said Ecology had complied with her orders by
    adopting the Clean Air Rule within the timeline set by the court,
    and so denied the youth's request to find Ecology in contempt.
    http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/judge-seattle-kids-move-ahead-climate-rights-case-44312250

    Memo to Trump: US Interests in the Era of*Climate Change*
    <http://www.commondreams.org/views/2016/12/20/memo-trump-us-interests-era-climate-change>

Common Dreams (press release) 	 -‎6 hours ago‎ 	

    Last year's Paris*Climate*Agreement, while by itself far from enough
    to limit the increase in*global warming*to a desired target, has
    become an important catalyst for global economic cooperation and
    integration regardless of whether or not one believes*...*

*These two sentences could hint at the next threat to climate science 
under Trump 
<These%20two%20sentences%20could%20hint%20at%20the%20next%20threat%20to%20climate%20science%20under%20Trump>*

    One of the biggest controversies of the Trump transition so far has
    been about, of all things, politics and science.
    It turns on a questionnaire the transition team for the Energy
    Department sent to that agency seeking out the names of staffers who
    participated in international climate change meetings — names the
    agency refused to provide....
      if a passage from the 2016 Republican Party platform is to be
    taken seriously, this could be just the beginning when it comes to
    challenging federal scientists in particular, and questioning how
    they do their work...
    The passage reads:
    Information concerning a changing climate, especially projections
    into the long-range future, must be based on dispassionate analysis
    of hard data. We will enforce that standard throughout the executive
    branch, among civil servants and presidential appointees alike...
    If sentiments like those expressed in the language were to be
    somehow implemented in federal agencies, that would have
    implications for a government that employs climate-focused
    researchers at NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
    Administration and other agencies. ...
    In addition to asking who attended meetings relating to climate
    change in the now disavowed memo, the Energy Department transition
    team also posed a question about so-called “integrated assessment
    models” used to study the nation's energy and climate future. It
    asked about some of the assumptions programmed into such models,
    including the agency's view of the correct “equilibrium climate
    sensitivity.”
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/12/20/these-two-sentences-could-hint-at-the-next-threat-to-climate-science-under-trump/

*This Day in Climate History  December 21, 2007 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/19/AR2007121902012.html>- 
from D.R. Tucker* (hat tip to Brad Johnson)
December 21, 2007: "CBS Evening News" declares the climate crisis the 
story of the year.
http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/the-story-of-the-year-2007/

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