2012 SkS Weekly News Round-Up #3

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. 

Air Pollution

• Easing Air Pollution Would Cool the Planet by Stephen Leahy, International Press Service (IPS), Sep 25, 2012

Alpine Ecosystems

• Climate Change, Metal and Waterways by dylan Walsh, Green Blog, New York Times, Sep 26, 2012

Analysis/Modeling

• Airborne Analysis of Burning Amazon Forests Could Close Climate Model Gaps by Claudio Angelo, Scientific American, Sep 24, 2012

Antarctica

• Forget the Melting Arctic, Sea Ice in Antarctica is Growing! by Michael Lemonick, Climate Central, Sep 22, 2012

Arctic Sea Ice

• Arctic Sea Ice: What, Why, and What Next by Ramez Naam, Scientific American, Sep 21, 2012
• What Will Ice-Free Arctic Summers Bring? by David Biello, Scientific American, Sep 24, 2012

Carbon Capture

• Boost for carbon capture from new non-toxic absorber by Chris Wickham, Reuters, Sep 23, 2012

Caribbean

• Caribbean Islands Brace for Challenges of Climate Change by Desmond Brown, Internaional Press Service (IPS), Sep 26, 2012

Costs

• 100 Million Dead, Trillion of Dollars Lost from Climate Change by 2030, Estimates Study, Common Dreams, Sep 26, 2012

Deforestation

• Organised crime behind up to 90 percent of tropical deforestation - report by Thin Lei Win, Alertnet, Sep 27, 2012 

Ecosystems

• Scientists predict major shifts in Pacific ecosystems by 2100, Stanford News Service, Sep 24, 2012
• Salt Marsh Carbon May Play Role in Slowing Climate Warming, Study Shows by Fariss Samarrai, UVA Today, Sep 24, 2012

Energy Users

• The Cloud Factories: Power, Pollution and the Internet by James Glanz, New York Times, Sep 22, 2012

Extreme Weather

• Sea Ice Melt: Climate Scientists Connecting the Dots Between Record Sea Ice Melt and Extreme Weather by David Arthur, PlaetSave, Sep 24, 2012

Great Barrier Reef

• Climate is changing the Great Barrier Reef, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, Sep 24, 2012

India

• North India, Himalayas to be worst hit by climate change: Report The Times of India, Sep 28, 2012  

Media Matters

• Fox News Distorts Climate Science; in Other News, the Pope Is Catholic by Phillip Yam, Scientific American, Sep 22, 2012
• America's miasma of misinformation on climate change by Anna Clark, the Guardian (UK), Sep 23, 2012
• Veteran journalist urges new take on climate change by David Sommerstein, North Country Public Radio, Sep 27, 2012

Ocean Acidification

• Climate Change Offers Grim Long-Term Prognosis for Seafood by Lauren MorelloandClimateWire, Scientific American, Sep 26, 2012  
• Ocean Acidification Can Mess with a Fish's Mind by Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, Sep 27, 2012

Public Policy

• 3 Imperatives for the Next Global Development Agenda by Manish Bapna, WRI Insights, Sep 21, 2012
• The Global Challenge of Climate Change by R.K. Pachauri, Alertnet, Sep 23, 2012
• Climate migrant remittances could help adaptation - experts by Laurie Goering, Alertnet, Sep 24, 2012   
• Is Climate Change Hell Now Inevitable? by John Atcheson, Common Dreams, Sep 25, 2012
• A Climate Success Story to Build On by Mario Molina and Durewood Zaelke, Sep 26, 2012Multilateralism is at a Crossroads
• Multilateralism is at a Crossroads by Pascal Lamy, International Press Service (IPS), Sep 25, 2012

Sea Level

• Satellites trace sea level change by Jonathan Amos, BBC News, Sep 24, 2012

Wind Energy

• Ethiopia turns to wind power to boost energy security by  E.G. Woldegebriel, Alertnet, Sep 28, 2012 

World Trade

• Constraining world trade is unlikely to help the climate, Postdam Institute of Climatic Impact Research, Sep 23, 2012

Note: Given the breadth of issues covered in the articles cited, the comment thread to this post is open-ended. All comments posted must, however, conform to the SkS Comments Policy.

Posted by John Hartz on Sunday, 30 September, 2012

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