"Stick A Fork In It: Federal Meteorologists Say El Nino Is Done"
"This year's extra-large El Nino weather pattern is over, according to federal meteorologists."
Source: NPR, 06/10/2016
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"Donald Trump Once Backed Urgent Climate Action. Wait, What?"
"As negotiators headed to Copenhagen in December 2009 to forge a global climate pact, concerned U.S. business leaders and liberal luminaries took out a full-page ad in the New York Times calling for aggressive climate action. ... One of the signatories of that letter: Donald Trump."
Source: Grist, 06/09/2016
"Species-wide Gene Editing, Applauded and Feared, Gets a Push"
"A revolutionary technology known as 'gene drive,' which for the first time gives humans the power to alter or perhaps eliminate entire populations of organisms in the wild, has stirred both excitement and fear since scientists proposed a means to construct it two years ago."
Source: NY Times, 06/09/2016
Enviros, Automakers Applaud Ontario's $8.3 Billion Climate Change Plan
"Ontario's climate change plan, which will provide billions of dollars in subsidies and incentives to businesses and homeowners, was greeted with cautious optimism Wednesday by environmentalists and businesses."
Source: Canadian Press, 06/09/2016
"NASA Takes 23,000-Foot View Of The World's Coral Reefs"
"Coral reefs have almost always been studied up close, by scientists in the water looking at small portions of larger reefs to gather data and knowledge about the larger ecosystems. But NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is taking a step back and getting a wider view, from about 23,000 feet above."
Source: AP, 06/09/2016
"Unabated Global Warming Threatens West's Snowpack, Water Supply"
"Low-elevation snowpack across the Rocky Mountains, the Sierra Nevada and the Cascades will disappear in the coming decades if global warming continues unabated, according to a new study. The changes will cause water shortages in the region and dry out forests and grasslands, the study's authors say."
Source: InsideClimate News, 06/09/2016
"VW Receives Regulatory Approval For Fixes On 1.1 Million Cars"
"Volkswagen said on Wednesday it received regulatory approval to fix another 1.1 million cars, raising the number of VW models cleared for refitting to more than 2.5 million since the start of the year."
Source: Reuters, 06/09/2016
"Another Oil Company Ends Arctic Drilling Hopes"
"A Spanish oil company has become the latest to abandon its federal drilling leases in the Arctic’s Chukchi Sea."
Source: The Hill, 06/09/2016
"Drought Sparks Larger Wildfires Throughout California"
"Firefighters are tackling larger and more aggressive wildfires as drought conditions continue for a fifth year in California, drying out swaths of forest land."
Source: LA Times, 06/09/2016
The Subtle Art of Covering Climate Cycles
In the new issue of SEJournal, Climate Central senior science writer John Upton explains the "lull" in global warming, what's really happening and the clearest way to report it.
