2017 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #35
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Global warming doubles growth rates of Antarctic seabed's marine fauna – study
Antarctic sea has a species-rich environment but global warming could make some species dominant with devastating implications for marine life. Photograph: STAFF/Reuters
Marine life on the Antarctic seabed is likely to be far more affected by global warming than previously thought, say scientists who have conducted the most sophisticated study to date of heating impacts in the species-rich environment.
Growth rates of some fauna doubled – including colonising moss animals and undersea worms – following a 1C increase in temperature, making them more dominant, pushing out other species and reducing overall levels of biodiversity, according to the study published on Thursday in Current Biology.
The researchers who conducted the nine-month experiment in the Bellingshuan Sea say this could have alarming implications for marine life across the globe as temperatures rise over the coming decades as a result of manmade greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
Gail Ashton of the British Antarctic Survey and Smithsonian Environmental Research Center said she was not expecting such a significant difference. “The loss of biodiversity is very concerning. This is an indication of what may happen elsewhere with greater warning.”
Global warming doubles growth rates of Antarctic seabed's marine fauna – study by Jonathan Watts, Guardian, Aug 31, 2017
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Sun Aug 27, 2017
- Where's the kelp? Warm ocean takes toll on undersea forests by Michael Casey, AP/ABC News, Aug 22, 2017
- How do hurricanes start? A step-by-step guide. by Brad Plumer & Ruairí Arrieta-Kenna, Energy & Environment, Vox, Aug 25, 2017
- World’s soils have lost 133bn tonnes of carbon since the dawn of agriculture by Daisy Dunne, Carbon Brief, Aug 25, 2017
- Catastrophic Flooding Swamps Houston as Harvey Stalls Over Texas by Chas Danner, Daily Intelligencer, New York Magazine, Aug 27, 2017
- A Texas newsroom predicted a disaster. Now it’s close to coming true. by Karen K. Ho, Columbia Journal Review, Aug 25, 2017
- Harvey Is the Latest Reason Why Houston Is America's Likely Flood Capital by Jon Erdman, Weather Channel, Aug 27, 2017
- Mammoth Flood Disaster in Houston: More Rain Yet to Come by Bob Henson, Category 9, Weather Underground, Aug 27, 2017
- Snow-go: why Ben Nevis is frost-free for the first time in 11 years by Mattha Busby, Guardian, Aug 27, 2017
Mon Aug 28, 2017
- Why some people never evacuate during a hurricane, according to a psychologist by Brian Resnick, Energy & Environment, Vox, Aug 25, 2017
- How farmers convinced scientists to take climate change seriously by Justin McBrien, Washington Post, Aug 27, 2017
- Clean Power Plan: 4 things to watch as Trump team readies rollback by Niina Heikkinen, Climatewire, Aug 24, 2017
- Heavy rains return Sunday night, force series of evacuations by John D Harden & Bridget Balch, Houston Chronicle, Aug 28, 2017
- This is already Houston’s "worst flood." It’s only going to get worse. by Kiah Collier, Neena Satija, Edgar Walters & Shannon Najmabadi, Texas Tribune, Aug 27, 2017
- Study: Katharine Hayhoe is successfully convincing doubtful evangelicals about climate change by Dana Nuccitelli, Cimate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, Aug 28, 2017
- Houston, you have a problem, and some of it of your own making by Peter Hannam, Sydney Morning Herald, Aug 28, 2017
- Did Climate Change Intensify Hurricane Harvey? by Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, Aug 27, 2017
Tue Aug 29, 2017
- How climate change is a 'death sentence' in Afghanistan's highlands by Sune Engel Rasmussen, Aug 28, 2017
- Climate change did not “cause” Harvey, but it’s a huge part of the story by David Roberts, Energy & Environment, Vox, Aug 28, 2017
- Could Hurricane Harvey Deal A Fatal Blow To Climate Change Skepticism? by Jared Keller, Pacific Standard, Aug 28, 2017
- A weary Houston likely to endure catastrophic flooding through Wednesday, Houston Chronicle, Aug 29, 2017
- Tree-Killing Beetles Spread into Northern U.S. Forests as Temperatures Rise by Bob Berwyn, InsideClimate News, Aug 28, 2017
- Why solar keeps being underestimated, Guest Post by Felix Creutzig, Carbon Brief, Aug 25, 2017
- US government burying head deeper in sand on climate change by John Timmer, Ars Technica, Aug 28, 2017
- Why Houston’s flooding got so bad, according to storm experts by Brian Resnick, Science & Health, Vox, Aug 29, 2017
Wed Aug 30, 2017
- Climate change seen as cause for mudslide in Switzerland, AP/Chicago Tribune, Aug 28, 2017
- Houston drainage grid ‘so obsolete it’s just unbelievable by Seth Borenstein & Frank Bajack, AP News, Aug 29, 2017
- How have changing ENSO forecasts impacted Atlantic seasonal hurricane forecasts for 2017? by Phil Klotzbach, NOAA's Climate.gov, Aug 24, 2017
- Harvey's Damage in Heart of Texas Oil Country Creates Quandary for Congress by Marianne Lavelle, John H. Cushman Jr & Georgina Gustin, InsideClimate News, Aug 29, 2017
- Harvey Shows How Planetary Winds Are Shifting by Eric Roston, Bloomberg News, Aug 30, 2017
- Does Harvey Represent a New Normal for Hurricanes? by Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, Aug 29, 2017
- Katrina. Sandy. Harvey. The debate over climate and hurricanes is getting louder and louder by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Aug 30, 2917
- More Than 1,000 Died in South Asia Floods This Summer by Jeffery Gettlemen, New York Times, Aug 29, 2017
Thu Aug 31, 2017
- Protecting Africa’s Drylands Key to the Continent’s Future by Sam Otieno, Inter Press Service (IPS), Aug 29, 2017
- We're Nowhere Near Prepared for the Ecological Disaster That Harvey Is Becoming by Charles P Pierce, Esquire Magazine, Aug 30, 2017
- Legal threat exposes gaps in climate-change planning by Nicky Phillips, Nature, Aug 29, 2017
- Exit, Pursued by a Crab by Andy Skuce, Skeptical Science,
- Oil refineries have released 2 million pounds of chemicals in Harvey's wake, and scientists are worried by Erin Brodwin, AOL News, Aug 31, 2017
- Houston’s polluted Superfund sites threaten to contaminate floodwaters by Darryl Fears & Brady Dennis, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Aug 29, 2017
- Hurricane Harvey: Houston Has No Quick Way to Get Rid of Floodwater by Annie Sneed, Scientific American, Aug 30, 2017
- The Trump administration wants to bail out failed contrarian climate scientists by John Abraham, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, Aug 31, 2017
Fri Sep 1, 2017
- Mumbai floods prompt calls for crackdown on India's urban sprawl by Rina Chandran, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Aug 31, 2017
- “New Normal” for the U.S., All Too Familiar for the Caribbean by Kenton X Chance, Inter Press Service (IPS), Aug 31, 2017
- Extreme weather events the new normal? Experts take stock, The Times of India, Aug 30, 2017
- Climate adaptation cash is failing to reach the poorest, here’s how to fix it by Saleemul Huq, Climate Home, Aug 30, 2017
- Pope, Patriarch: ‘Cry of the earth’ and cry of the poor are one voice by Inés San Martín, Crux, Sep 1, 2017
- Global warming doubles growth rates of Antarctic seabed's marine fauna – study by Jonathan Watts, Guardian, Aug 31, 2017
- How Much Is the Future Worth? by Will Oremus, Slate, Sep 1, 2017
- Hurricane Irma is a Mighty Storm—But Where is It Heading? by Bob Henson, Category 6. Weather Underground, Sep 1, 2017
Sat Sep 2, 2017
- Everything about the monsoon is changing by Raghu Murtugudde, India Climate Dialogue. Sep 1, 2017
- Hurricane Harvey or Indian floods - why we care about some catastrophes more than others by Sanjana Varghese, New Statesman, Aug 30, 2017
- Wind power costs could drop 50%. Solar PV could provide up to 50% of global power. Damn. by David Roberts, Energy & Environment, Vox, Aug 31, 2017
- San Francisco hits 106 degrees — shatters all-time record by Steve Rubenstein, Nanette Asimov, & Jenna Lyons, SFGate, Sep 2, 2017
- Headaches and raspy voices as wildfire smoke chokes US West by Keith Ridler, AP/ABC News, Sep 2, 2017
- Harvey Aftermath: A Public Health Crisis in the Making by Nicholas Kusnetz, InsideClimate News, Aug 31, 2017
- Harvey should be a warning to Trump that climate change is a global threat, Opinion by Editorial Board, Los Angeles Times, Aug 30, 2017
- New research, August 21-27, 2017 by Ari Jokimäki, Skeptical Science, Aug 30, 2017
Posted by John Hartz on Saturday, 2 September, 2017
