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    Memo to debate moderators: Ask questions about*climate change*this
    time. A lot is riding on it.
    <https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2016/09/23/memo-to-debate-moderators-ask-questions-about-climate-change-this-time-a-lot-is-riding-on-it/>

Washington Post (blog) 	 -‎11 hours ago‎ 	

    Donald Trump believes climate science is a hoax perpetrated by the
    Chinese to rob America blind, and he vows to try to pull the United
    States out of the Paris climate accord immediately upon being
    elected president....As was widely noted at the time, the 2012
    presidential debates featured zero discussion of climate change. But
    now, a confluence of new circumstances makes it substantially more
    pressing that the debate moderators and the candidates do discuss
    these issues this time around....For one thing, the positions of the
    presidential candidates on climate issues could have vastly more
    real world significance than they might have four years ago. Take
    the Paris accord. It’s not clear yet whether Trump could succeed in
    withdrawing the U.S. from the deal in the short term, but even if he
    didn’t, there are other ways that Trump could frustrate its
    progress, simply by refusing to participate in international
    meetings about it or by refusing to submit reports documenting U.S.
    contributions to it.....*climate is an area where the stakes are
    enormously high and where there are very dramatic differences
    between Trump and Clinton.* Trump calls climate change a "hoax."
    Clinton calls it the "defining challenge of our time." As Time
    magazine recently put it:

*Climate change: Is your opinion informed by science? Take our quiz! 
<http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2014/0827/Climate-change-Is-your-opinion-informed-by-science-Take-our-quiz/Gas>*

    Climate change has become a politically-charged, divisive issue, but
    the underlying science is relatively simple and has been around for
    more than 150 years. Do you know what causes global warming?  
    (average score is 53%)

    The World Agreed to Tackle*Climate Change*, But What Comes Next?
    <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kelly-stone/the-world-agreed-to-tackl_b_12125642.html>

Huffington Post 	 -‎1 hour ago‎ 	

    Optimists will tell you that the agreement is a turning point in the
    fight against*climate change*. From the U.S. and Germany to China
    and Senegal, countries came together and agreed that*climate
    change*was a threat and that action needs to be taken*...*

    *Global warming*may mean fewer Maine lobsters, says study
    <http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2016/0924/Global-warming-may-mean-fewer-Maine-lobsters-says-study>

Christian Science Monitor 	 -‎1 hour ago‎ 	

    PORTLAND, MAINE — Baby lobsters might not be able to survive in the
    ocean's waters if the ocean continues to warm at the expected
    rate....Scientists found that lobster larvae struggled to survive
    when water temperatures rose 5 degrees F. warmer than current
    temperatures in the Gulf of Maine, a key lobster fishing area off of
    New England... The lobster catch south of Cape Cod fell to about 3.3
    million pounds in 2013, 16 years have it peaked at about 22 million
    in 1997...The authors said the study is the first of its kind to
    focus on how American lobsters will be impacted by warming waters
    and the increasing acidification of the ocean in tandem. The study
    found that acidification had almost no effect on young lobsters'
    survival, Waller said.

    What*Climate Change*Has to Do with Earthquakes, Volcanoes and
    Tsunamis
    <http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2016/09/22/427286.htm>

Insurance Journal 	 -‎Sep 22, 2016‎ 	

    If that isn't enough to enflame the smoldering embers of discourse
    within those ready to pounce on any and all*climate change*notions
    they deem absurd, here's another assertion:*climate change*will also
    lead to more volcanic activity and tsunamis. *...****.*"*We know
    that at the end of the last Ice Age, as the great glaciers
    disappeared, the release in pressure allowed the crust beneath to
    bounce back. At the same time, staggering volumes of melt water
    poured into the ocean basins, warping and bending the crust around
    their margins. The resulting tossing and turning provoked a huge
    resurgence in volcanic activity, seismic shocks, and monstrous
    landslides—the last both above the waves and below.*"*...The science
    behind all of this goes beyond a simple equation – less ice equals
    less weight on the Earth’s crust – so if you want to read more on
    that I’d suggest a 2010 paper in the Royal Society....In an
    interview conducted by email with the professor – done that way to
    deal with an eight-hour time difference and scheduling conflicts –
    he emphasized that these are not his theories alone and that
    *"*climate change is already promoting a response from the solid
    Earth, with increased earthquake activity in southern Alaska in
    response to the removal of more than 1 km of ice from underlying
    faults.*"**

    With a catastrophic season of wildfires, megafloods and major
    hurricanes, the*climate-change*siege is fully upon us
    <http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/features/summer-of-hell-and-high-water-shows-climate-change-is-here-w441345>

RollingStone.com 	 -‎Sep 22, 2016‎ 	

    The science connecting wildfire to*global warming*is unequivocal. A
    2016 report from the National Academy of Sciences states plainly,
    "An increase in fire risk in California is attributable to*climate
    change*." If emissions continue unchecked, an*...*

*The Price Tag of Being Young: Climate Change and Millennials’ Economic 
Future <https://nextgenclimate.org/vote-future-depends/>*

    NextGen Climate and Demos released a report called The Price Tag of
    Being Young: Climate Change and Millennials’ Economic Future
    <http://nextgenclimate.org/price_tag_report/>, which quantifies the
    costs of climate change to the millennial generation and their
    children. According to this new study, the costs will be
    enormous....For the children of millennials, the losses from climate
    change will be drastically greater.

*The New York Times is looking for a climate change editor 
<http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/jobs/nyt-climate-change-editor.html>*
The New York Times is a leader in covering climate change. .....and is 
ramping up its coverage to make the most important story in the world 
even more relevant, urgent and accessible to a huge audience around the 
globe. ...We are looking for an editor to lead this dynamic new group. 
We want someone with an entrepreneurial streak who is obsessed with 
finding new ways to connect with readers and new ways to tell this vital 
story....
.... Some important questions to wrestle with:
     • What audiences should we be focusing on?
   ...
.    • What stories are we willing not to do?
   ...
Applications should be sent to nytrecruit at nytimes.com.

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