[TheClimate.Vote] Daily News brief- Global Warming Issues for voters, candidates and officials May 30, 2016

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Date  May 30, 2016

<http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/1500>


    Persistent*Arctic*and sub-*Arctic*warmth expected to continue for
    months
    <http://www.adn.com/arctic/2016/05/29/persistent-arctic-and-subarctic-warmth-expected-to-continue-for-months/>

Alaska Dispatch News 	 -‎21 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

He identified four "notable zones" of unusual warmth in the*Arctic*and 
circumpolar north - the central*Arctic*, which was warmed up by the 
December storm; the Barents and Kara seas, where lack of winter ice 
allowed heat and moisture to stream into the ...


    Homeowners kept in dark about*climate change*risk to houses, says
    report
    <http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/may/30/homeowners-kept-in-dark-about-climate-change-risk-to-houses-says-report>

The Guardian 	 -‎16 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

The risk that houses in some areas of Australia are likely to become 
uninsurable, dilapidated and uninhabitable due to*climate change*is kept 
hidden from those building and buying property along Australia's coasts 
and in bushfire zones, a*Climate**...*


    UNESCO Report Details How*Climate Change*Threatens World Heritage
    Sites
    <http://hyperallergic.com/302105/unesco-report-details-how-climate-change-threatens-world-heritage-sites/>

Hyperallergic 	 -‎6 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

“As solid and invulnerable as the Statue of Liberty itself seems, the 
World Heritage site is actually at considerable risk from some of the 
impacts of*climate change*- especially*sea-level rise*, increased 
intensity of storms, and storm surges,” the*...*


    Fort McMurray Utility Prepares To Battle*Wildfire*Contaminants
    <http://www.wateronline.com/doc/fort-mcmurray-utility-prepares-to-battle-wildfire-contaminants-0001>

Water Online (press release) 		

	
	
	

After a*wildfire*, water quality can change drastically. Silins, who is 
among several water scientists working with the Alberta government on a 
recovery plan for Fort McMurray, told CBC News that the contaminated 
water would be difficult to treat*...*


    Naomi Klein says Alberta wildfires linked to*climate change*in
    Calgary address
    <http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/naomi-klein-calgary-congress-2016-1.3606419>

CBC.ca 	 -‎9 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

Refusing to link*climate change*to the Fort McMurray wildfires puts 
Albertans at odds with the scientific consensus and it's a barrier to a 
meaningful conversation on how to move forward, an award-winning 
journalist told hundreds at the Congress 2016*...*


    Here's how harmful gas from fracking can contribute to*climate
    change*
    <http://www.rawstory.com/2016/05/heres-how-harmful-gas-from-fracking-can-contribute-to-climate-change/>

Raw Story 	 -‎15 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

One of the justifications for fracking is the use of natural gas as a 
bridging fuel between coal and a low-carbon future. However natural gas 
is mostly methane, which has strong*global warming*impacts in its own 
right. Natural gas therefore only*...*


    Expert urges voluntary family planning to mitigate*climate change*
    <https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/05/160527112658.htm>

Science Daily 	 -‎10 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

With*climate change*already close to an irreversible tipping point, 
urgent action is needed to reduce not only our mean (carbon) footprints 
but also the "number of feet" -- that is, the growing population either 
already creating large footprints or*...*


    The Best Visualization of*Climate Change*isn't a Graph—It's a Death
    Spiral
    <http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-best-visualization-of-climate-change-isnt-a-graphits-a-death-spiral>

Atlas Obscura 	 -‎18 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

To model the future temperatures, Alder used the 
Community*Climate*System Model (CCSM4), a global*climate mode*

*Abrupt Sea Level Rise Looms As Increasingly Realistic Threat 
<http://e360.yale.edu/content/feature.msp?id=2990>*
(Yale Environment360) Ninety-nine percent of the planet's freshwater ice 
is locked up in the Antarctic and Greenland ice caps. Now, a growing 
number of studies are raising the possibility that as those ice sheets 
melt, sea levels could rise by six feet this century, and far higher in 
the next, flooding many of the world's populated coastal areas.


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