December, 2016

Much of my news comes from The Daily Climate, whose wonderful subscription service clues me in to what's going on each day. Another great source of stories (and commentaries) comes from my friend Jim Poyser, at Apocadocs.

2016

December, 2016

12/6/2016

Polar sea ice the size of India vanishes in record heat: Against a trend of global warming and a steady retreat of ice at earth's northern tip, ice floating on the Southern Ocean off Antarctica has tended to expand in recent years. But now it is shrinking at both ends of the planet, a development alarming scientists and to which a build-up of man-made greenhouse gases, an El Nino weather event that this year unlocked heat from the Pacific Ocean and freak natural swings may all be contributing.

12/5/2016

China sets 2020 target for clean air in big cities:
- [ael: that sounds good — what are they?]
- China aims to provide clean air in its largest cities for 80 percent of each year, or more than 9-1/2 months, by 2020, up from a figure of 76.7 percent last year, the country's cabinet said on Monday.
- [ael: hmmmm…. kind of a low bar….]
Over 2,000 scientists urge Trump to respect ‘scientific integrity and independence’: [ael: like telling a bully to "Just be nice!"]