DC Court affirms climate scientist Michael Mann’s right to proceed in defamation lawsuit against National Review and CEI

19 July 2013 (Climate Science Watch) – Two decisions handed down July 19 in DC Superior Court affirmed climate scientist Michael Mann’s right to proceed in his defamation lawsuit against the Competitive Enterprise Institute and the National Review Online for their statements accusing him of data manipulation and fraud. The Court is not buying the […]

80 wildfires burn in the Yukon – Smoky conditions creating health risk

By by Adam Voiland17 July 2013 (NASA) – On July 14, 2013, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this image of three large wildfires burning in the Yukon territory of western Canada. Red outlines indicate hot spots where MODIS detected unusually warm surface temperatures associated with fire. The image is […]

Next time someone claims global warming has stopped, show them this graphic

16 July 2013 (Climate Nexus) – Next time someone claims #climatechange has paused, show them this great graphic. Climate Nexus Technorati Tags: global warming,climate change,propaganda,glacier,deglaciation,Arctic,sea ice,sea level

Losing our monarchs: iconic monarch butterfly down to lowest numbers in 20 years – ‘It is perhaps a deadly combination of climate change and human behavior’

By Lacey Avery 15 July 2013 (mongabay.com) – In the next few months, the beating of fragile fiery orange and black wings will transport the monarch butterfly south. But the number of monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) reaching their final destination has steadily declined, dropping to its lowest level in two decades last winter, according to […]

Nearly 300 dead or missing in China rain, typhoon

BEIJING, 16 July 2013 (AFP) – At least 295 people have been confirmed dead or missing after rainstorms and Typhoon Soulik hit China, causing floods, landslides and buildings to collapse, the government said today. Torrential rains have battered the southwestern province of Sichuan since July 7 and have led to 68 deaths, with another 179 […]

Climate change is a bigger threat to the Tour de France than doping

By Ritchie King and Josh Kadis    12 July 2013    (Quartz) – The Tour de France has seen better days. A spate of recent doping scandals in the cycling world has severely undercut the sport’s credibility, starting with the discovery of a French team’s rolling pharmacy in 1998′s Tour and culminating in Lance Armstrong’s televised admission […]

Canada’s 2nd largest fire on record spreading smoke to Europe

By Dr. Jeff Masters 13 July 2013 (wunderground.com) – A massive fire burning in northern Quebec is Canada’s second largest fire since fire records began in 1959, according to the Canadian Forest Service. The fire was more than twice the size of Rhode Island on Tuesday–1,621,000 acres. Called the Eastmain fire, the near-record blaze was […]

Massive ice sheets melting ‘at rate of 300 billion tonnes a year’, climate satellite shows

By Steve Connor14 July 2013 (The Independent) – A satellite that measures gravity fluctuations on Earth due to changes in the massive ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica has detected a rapid acceleration in the melting of glacier ice over the past decade, which could have a dramatic impact on sea levels around the world. The […]

Video: Floods and mudslides in Western China, 13 July 2013

13 July 2013 (BBC) – Torrential rain and landslides in the west of China have left more than 200 people dead or missing. Sichuan and Shaanxi provinces have been the worst affected by severe flooding and mudslides. Now more than 300,000 people have been evacuated as Typhoon Soulik hits the country’s eastern coastline. Nick Childs […]

U.S. military prepares for global unrest amid climate fears

By Marlene Cimons, Climate Nexus12 July 2013 (LiveScience) – Though Earth’s shifting climate evokes many images, civil unrest usually isn’t one of them. Yet, a warming planet could have a profound impact on national security, both in the United States and abroad. This time, the threat isn’t from terrorism or a single enemy, but from […]

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