NEWS

UN says CO2 pollution levels at annual record high – Associated Press – September 9, 2014 – http://bigstory.ap.org/article/un-says-co2-pollution-levels-annual-record-high

Greenhouse Gas Pollution Sees Fastest Rise – ClimateWire (via Scientific American) – September 9, 2014 – http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/greenhouse-gas-pollution-sees-fastest-rise/

NASA Ranks This August as Warmest on Record – Climate Central – September 15, 2014 – http://www.climatecentral.org/news/nasa-globe-warmest-august-18031

Study finds warming Atlantic temperatures could increase range of invasive species – NOAA Press Release (via AAAS EurekAlert) – September 15, 2014 – http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-09/nh-sfw091214.php

Has the great climate change migration already begun? – Vital Signs (Guardian) – September 15, 2014 – http://www.theguardian.com/vital-signs/2014/sep/15/climate-change-refugees-un-storms-natural-disasters-sea-levels-environment

Grassroots pressure needed to beat climate change and poverty – experts – Thomson Reuters Foundation – September 12, 2014 – http://www.trust.org/item/20140912161513-2y17m/?source=fiOtherNews3

Princeton University launches NSF-funded initiative to study Southern Ocean’s role in global systems – NSF Press Release 14-117 – September 9, 2014 – http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=132638&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51&WT.mc_ev=click

Warmer air caused ice shelf collapse off Antarctica – Reuters – September 11, 2014 – http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/11/us-climatechange-antarctica-idUSKBN0H625T20140911

Illegal deforestation is growing problem for climate – Climate News Network – September 12, 2014 – http://www.climatenewsnetwork.net/2014/09/illegal-deforestation-is-growing-problem-for-climate/

Brazil confirms Amazon deforestation sped up in 2013 – Reuters – September 10, 2014 – http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/10/us-brazil-deforestation-rise-idUSKBN0H528V20140910

Climate Change Threatens Half of North America?s Birds – Climate Central – September 13, 2014 – http://www.climatecentral.org/news/north-americas-birds-climate-change-18023

Ozone Layer on Track to Recovery – United Nations Environment Programme/World Meteorological Organization Press Release – September 10, 2014 – http://montreal-protocol.org/Assessment_Panels/SAP/SAP2014_ADM_Press_Release_10-Sept-2014.pdf

FORUM

Water management in Iran: what is causing the looming crisis? – Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences (via Springer) – August 23, 2014 – By Kaveh Madani – http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs13412-014-0182-z

Moral Collapse in a Warming World – Ethics & International Affairs, 28, no. 3 (2014), pp. 335-342 – By Clive Hamilton – http://journals.cambridge.org/download.php?file=%2FEIA%2FEIA28_03%2FS0892679414000409a.pdf&code=f0a65c732192dd3bbb451e4f5abcf862

The 97% v the 3% ? just how much global warming are humans causing? – Climate Consensus – the 97% blog (Guardian) – September 15, 2014 – By Dana Nuccitelli – http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2014/sep/15/97-vs-3-how-much-global-warming-are-humans-causing

UN Climate Summit must show climate change action is in everyone’s interests – Guardian Professional – September 11, 2014 – By Simon Zadek and Nick Robins – http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2014/sep/11/un-climate-summit-climate-change-interests-business-governments-finance

The Guardian view on the unchanging message from climate scientists – Guardian Editorial – September 14, 2014 – http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/14/guardian-view-unchanging-message-climate-scientists

Can Humans Get Used to Having a Two-Way Relationship with Earth?s Climate? – Dot Earth blog (New York Times) – September 10, 2014 – By Andrew Revkin – http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/09/10/can-humans-get-used-to-having-a-two-way-relationship-with-earths-climate/?_php=true

Naomi Klein: ?We tried it your way and we don?t have another decade to waste? – Guardian – September 14, 2014 – By Suzanne Goldenberg – http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/sep/14/naomi-klein-interview-capitalism-vs-the-climate