2012 SkS Weekly News Round-Up #6

This is a sampling of the multitude of news articles and bolg posts about the many facets of climate change that were published and posted during the course of the past week. You are more than welcome to add links to articles and posts that you believe would be of interest to our SkS community in the comment thread of this post.

Antarctica

• Antarctic ice map may hold clues to global warming by By Pauline Askin, Reuters, Oct 11, 2012

Australia

• The sky is not falling--but emissions are by Stephan Lewandowsky, Shaping Tomorrow's World, Oct 18, 2012

Brazil

• Brazil's Rousseff enacts forest law in blow to farm lobby by Anthony Boadle, Alertnet/Reuters, Oct 18, 2012

Canada

• Enbridge Renews Attack Against Canadian Environmental Groups by Carol Linnitt, DeSmog Blog, Oct 11, 2012

Carbon Capture

• Critical Carbon Capture Technology Stalled by David Biello, Scientific American, Oct 16, 2012 

Climate Models

• Computer models of Earth's climate change confirmed on Mars by Deborah Zabarenko, Reuters, Oct 16, 2012

Extreme Global Warming

• Extreme global warming caused devastating die-off by Charles Choi, The Christian Science Monitor, Oct 18, 2012

Geoengineering

• World's biggest geoengineering experiment 'violates' UN rules by Martin Lukcas, The Guardian, Oct 15, 2012 

Glaciers

• Carbon Dioxide May Damage Glaciers, Researchers Suggest by Becky Oskin, The Huffington Post, Oct 13, 2012

Global Food Crisis

• UN warns of looming worldwide food crisis in 2013 by John Vidal, The Guradian, Oct 13, 2012

Global Temperatures

• Warmest September on record for globe (tie) by Jason Samenow, Washington Post, Oct 16, 2012
• No, Global Warming Hasn't 'Stopped' by Kieran Mulvaney, Discovery News, Oct 17, 2012

Global Warming Impacts

• An Illustrated Guide to the Science of Global Warming Impacts: How We Know Inaction Is the Gravest Threat Humanity Faces by Joseph Romm, Cliamte Progress, Oct 14, 2012

India

• Indian islanders seek jobs, husbands outside sinking Sundarbans by Aditya Ghosh, Alertnet, Oct 14, 2012

Pakistan

• Pakistan should take strong position on global climate change issues: Advisor (Climate Affairs), Business Advisor, Oct 19, 2012

Severe Weather

• Some climate scientists, in a shift, link weather to global warming by Monte Morin, Los Angeles Times, October 12, 2012
• Extreme highs and lows: Climate change and the Missouri River by Robert Kelley Schneiders, St Louis Dispatch, Oct 16, 2012
• Deadliest Tornado Outbreaks Tied To Trans-Nino Climate Pattern by Douglas Main, the Huffington post, Oct 16, 2012

U.K.

• U.K. Could Save $17 Billion a Year by Cutting Power Demand by Alex Morales. Bloomberg, Oct 16, 2012 

U.S.

• Pew Climate Change Poll Reveals That Less Than Half Of Americans Make Anthropogenic Connection by James Gerken, The Huffington Post, Oct 16, 2012
• Why the chill on climate change? by Eugene Robinson, Washington Post, Oct 18, 2012
• Will Obama and Romney Address Climate Change in Florida Debate? by Elliott Negin, Oct 19, 2012

Venezuela

• Fishery Collapse Near Venezuela Linked to Climate Change, Science Daily, Oct 18, 2012

Weather Catastrophes

• North America Has Biggest Rise in Weather Catastrophes by Oliver Suess, Bllomberg, Oct 17, 2012

Posted by John Hartz on Sunday, 21 October, 2012

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