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Bad news for crabs and birds: /Puget Sound/ hotter than ever 
<http://kuow.org/post/bad-news-crabs-and-birds-puget-sound-hotter-ever>*

    .In 2015, the temperatures rose more than any other year in recorded
    history... There has been a significant change in the waters in
    Puget Sound, ... Moore says the warmer waters have already caused
    ecosystem changes....Most locations rose by 2 degrees Celsius. In
    southern Hood Canal it was even higher, 7 degrees.
    *(video) Pelicans of Puget Sound - YouTube*
    <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnE6nKMIr0w>** Uploaded by
    EarthFixMedia Hundreds of American *white pelicans have suddenly
    shown up in Puget Sound *after disappearing from more arid places
    like Eastern Oregon. And that’s setting the region’s birders
    atwitter with questions of where they came from and what it means.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnE6nKMIr0w

    Politics- Appeals Court Hears Challenge to Obama's*Climate
    Change*Rules
    <http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/28/us/politics/appeals-court-hears-challenge-to-obamas-climate-change-rules.html>

New York Times 	 -‎5 hours ago‎ 	

    E.P.A., the lawsuit filed by 28 states and hundreds of companies and
    industry groups against the Obama administration's*climate*rules.
    People camped overnight in the rain outside the federal courthouse
    to grab seats before arguments began. And those ...

*(videos) more on: East Antarctic Meltwater Lakes seen for the first 
time* <https://climatecrocks.com/2016/09/28/more-on-east-antarctic-lakes/>

    Impossible to write climate stories these days with out using the
    words “surprising” and “not expecting”.   East Antarctic meltwater
    ponds seen for the first time.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnagR54kim8 One of the key
    differences between Greenland in the north, and Antarctica in the
    south, has been that Greenland, because of its geography and smaller
    size, has been more subject to warming enough on the surface to
    create significant meltwater, that collects in lakes, visible in
    broad areas during the summer. This surface melt has a number of
    significant effects on ice dynamics, as Jason Box spells out in this
    2014 video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PEi0Retg8A    ....Up
    until now, this kind of surface dynamic has not been documented on
    the gigantic, and not-so-long-ago-thought-invulnerable East
    Antarctic ice sheet. Projections of Antarctic melt focused mainly on
    the dynamic of ocean waters eating away and undermining the ice
    edges...The fact that we are seeing these is an unscheduled wake up
    call.

*Looking to the Earth Itself as a Climate Solution 
<https://insideclimatenews.org/news/27092016/looking-earth-itself-climate-solution-soil-obama-vilsack-carbon-emissions?utm_source=Inside+Climate+News&utm_campaign=1fe1314d81-InsideClimate_News12_10_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_29c928ffb5-1fe1314d81-327787525>*

    "Attention to soil health is gaining momentum out of frustration
    with our inability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions at an
    economy-wide scale," said Thomas Driscoll, director of conservation
    policy and education for the National Farmers Union
    <http://www.kansasfarmersunion.com/thomas-driscoll/>, the country's
    second-largest farm industry group. "People are starting to pay
    attention to farming and land-use because they're having so much
    trouble everywhere else."...The world's cropland has the potential
    to store 20 billion tons of carbon on about 4 billion acres over a
    25-year period. That is enough to offset as much as 15 percent of
    carbon emissions from fossil fuel burning each year. France recently
    launched an international initiative to boost the organic carbon in
    soil by 4 parts per thousand, which it says is enough to offset
    annual increases in overall carbon emissions.

    WMO: Rapidly Melting Arctic Sea Ice Signals Accelerated*Global
    Warming*
    <http://www.voanews.com/a/world-meteorological-organiztion-melting-sea-ice-accelerated-global-warming/3528929.html>

Voice of America 	 -‎11 hours ago‎ 	

    GENEVA — The World Meteorological Organization warned recently that
    Arctic sea ice was melting faster than expected, indicating dramatic
    changes in the climate system. The agency called for establishment
    of an Arctic observatory to help cope with the potentially dangerous
    changes....The WMO considers changes in the Arctic akin to a "canary
    in a coal mine" in terms of signaling an impending disaster. The
    agency noted that global temperatures were continuing to rise as a
    result of climate change, with 2016 predicted to be the hottest year
    since record-keeping began 150 years ago.....What's more, WMO said,
    the Arctic is warming at least twice as fast as the world average.
    It said Arctic sea ice now covers 40 percent less area at the peak
    of the summer melt season than it did in the late 1970s and early
    1980s. It said the maximum Arctic sea ice extent in March was the
    lowest on record.

    *Climate change*jigsaw puzzle: Antarctic pieces missing
    <https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/09/160928083214.htm>

Science Daily 	 -‎16 hours ago‎ 	

Scientists can confidently say that Earth is warming due to*greenhouse 
gas*emissions caused by humans, but data on*climate*trends over the 
Antarctic and the surrounding Southern Ocean only go back to 1979 when 
regular satellite observations began. This*...*

*(YouTube) Register to Vote in 1:34 - #voteIRL 
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpDpDF3oees&feature=youtu.be>*

    1 minute. 34 seconds. In the U.S., that’s all it takes to register
    to vote. A single registration lasts a lifetime of elections. We’ve
    made it easy for you here: http://g.co/elections/134 ...  We want to
    make sure that everyone has the ability to use their voice and cast
    their vote this November.
    But in order to #voteIRL, it’s essential that you are registered
    before mid October.  ...A special thanks to these YouTubers (linked,
    who have been) making 1:34 videos
    <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpDpDF3oees&feature=youtu.be>

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