2012 SkS Weekly News Round-Up #4

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.

Aerosols

• International research group shows that the aging of organic aerosols is caused by OH radicals, Johannes Gutenberg University, Oct 5, 2012 

Ancient Carbon

• Bubbling Up: Ancient Carbon Resurfacing in Lakes, ScienceBlog, Oct 5, 2012 

Antarctic Ice

• Running the Numbers on Antarctic Sea Ice by Justin Gillis, New York Times, Oct 3, 2012

Arctic Permafrost

• Melting Permafrost Will Boost Temps, But Not Quickly by Michael Lemonick, Climate Central, Oct 5, 2012

Denial

• Climate-change denial getting harder to defend by Glen M. MacDonald, Los Angeles Times, Oct 4, 2012

El Niño

• Experts See Signs of El Niño, but a Weak One by John Cushman Jr., New York Times, Oct 2, 2012

Emissions

• Report: Can U.S. Carbon Emissions Keep Falling?, Climate Central, Oct 2, 2012 

Floods

• Hundreds killed in Pakistan flooding, CNN, Sep 29, 2012

Global Economy

• Global Warming Is Already Causing Loss of Life and Damage to the Economy Around the World: New Report by Jake Schmidt, The Hufington Post, Oct 1, 2012
• Nation banks on green evolution by Xinhua in Copenhagen, China Daily US Edition, Oct 2, 2012

Global Food Supply

• Climate Change Takes a Bite Out of Global Food Supply by Stephen Leahy, Inter Press Service (IPS), Sep 29, 2012

Going to Extremes

• Congressional Report: Impacts of Climate Pollution "A Cocktail of Heat and Extreme Weather" by Ben Jervey, DeSmog Blog, Sep 29, 2012

Great Barrier Reef

• Australia’s Great Barrier Reef on Brink of Collapse by Stephen Leahy, Inter Press Service (IPS), Oct 1, 2012
• Great reef catastrophe by Nicky Phillips, The Age, Oct 2, 2012
• Australia vows to reverse Great Barrier Reef's coral decline by Hilary Whitman. CNN, Oct 3, 2012

Health Impacts

• Climate linked to California ER visits by Kerry Grens, Reuters, Oct 5, 2012

Himalayan Glaciers

• Glacier and Climate Mysteries in Shangri La by Aaron Putnam, Scientists at at Work Blog, New York Times, Oct 1, 2012

Historical Events

• Was climate change responsible for the Mongol hordes? by Stephen Stroberg, Washington Post, Sep 28, 2012 

India

• Grim global warming outlook for India post 2030: IISc's research by Hari Pulakkat, The Economic Times, Oct 1, 2012

Indonesia

• Fostering green dialogue to meet urban challenges by Ary Hermawan, The Jakarta Post, Oct 2, 2012

Inuit Culture

• As Arctic Melts, Inuit Face Tensions with Outside World by Ed Struzik, Yale Environment 360, Oct 1, 2012

Legal Issues

• US polar bear researcher cleared of scientific misconduct by Suzanne Goldenberg, The Guardian, Sep 29, 2012

Marine Life

• Climate Change's Effect On Marine Life Will Leave Winners And Losers by Katharine Gammon, the Huffington Post, Oct 3, 2012

Pakistan

• Extreme weather in Pakistan pulls many into downward spiral by Saleem Shaikh and Sughra Tunio, Alernet/Reuters, Oct 2, 2012

Plants' Carbon-Sinking Capacity

• Plants' Carbon-Sinking Capacity Is Much Lower Than Thought by Amanda Mascarelli, Scientific American, Oct 1, 2012

Public Opinion

• Climate Change Skepticism Is Highest In Japan, Britain and U.S., Poll Finds by Sara Gates, The Huffington Post, Oct 4, 2012

Public Policy

• 50 months to avoid climate disaster – and a change is in the air by Andrew Simms, The Guardian, Sep 30, 2012
• Rich nations owe more to combating global climate change-Brazil by Brian Winter, Alertnet/Reuters, Oct 1, 2012
• Mahatma Gandhi's ideals offer solutions to global warming: Narendra Modi, The Economic Times, Oct 2, 2012

Sea Level Rise

• Sea Level in the Year 3000: Why We Should Care by Michael D. Lemonick, Climate Central, Oct 2, 2012
• Climate change may force evacuation of vulnerable island states within a decade by Jo Confino, The Guardian, Oct 4, 2012

Tropical Diseases

• Scientists Debate Climate Change Impacts on Tropical Diseases by Fabiana Frayssinet, Inter Press Servic (IPS), Sep 28, 2012

US Presidential Campaign 

• Romney Shifted Right on Energy as Presidential Politics Beckoned by Sheryl Gay Stolberg, New York Times, Sep 30, 2012
• Is Climate Change the Sleeper Issue of 2012? by Chris Mooney, Mother Jones, Oct 3, 2012
• A Disappointing Presidential Debate For Energy And Climate by Bill Becker, Climate Progress, Oct 5, 2012

Posted by John Hartz on Sunday, 7 October, 2012

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