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</span>A Science article traces global temperatures back 11,500 years and finds an unprecedented spike in the last hundred years as temperatures climbed from the coolest to the hottest in the period.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Thanks to Rob Overly and Cherrill Heaton for the topic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.sfgate.com/news/science/article/Recent-heat-spike-unlike-anything-in-11-000-years-4336659.php"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.sfgate.com/news/science/article/Recent-heat-spike-unlike-anything-in-11-000-years-4336659.php</font></a>
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</span>The Antarctic has more ice than we had thought, and it lies at generally lower elevation, making it more susceptible to destabilization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21692423"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21692423</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>Plans to improve the drainage system in South Florida are the occasion for public discussion of the impact of sea level rise on the region in the next few decades.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>It is becoming obvious that the problems will go far beyond drainage as large parts of the area are compromised.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/03/09/3277234/deep-trouble-how-sea-rise-could.html"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/03/09/3277234/deep-trouble-how-sea-rise-could.html</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>Because CO2 promotes growth, tropical forests may be hardier under increasing heat than we had thought.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.nature.com/news/tropical-forests-unexpectedly-resilient-to-climate-change-1.12570"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.nature.com/news/tropical-forests-unexpectedly-resilient-to-climate-change-1.12570</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">5.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>In a remarkably broad program, Washington, DC, aspires to be the greenest city in the US.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://grist.org/cities/washington-d-c-wants-to-be-the-greenest-city-in-the-u-s/?utm_source=syndication&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feed"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://grist.org/cities/washington-d-c-wants-to-be-the-greenest-city-in-the-u-s/?utm_source=syndication&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feed</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">6.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The price of wind turbines is down by 1/3 since 2010; wind and natural gas are now so cheap that they are putting pressure on power production from nuclear and coal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-11/nuclear-industry-withers-in-u-s-as-wind-pummels-prices-energy.html"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-11/nuclear-industry-withers-in-u-s-as-wind-pummels-prices-energy.html</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>The US Navy Commander in the Pacific considers climate change the biggest long-term security threat in the region.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2013/03/climate-change-biggest-threat-says-top-navy-commander-pacific"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2013/03/climate-change-biggest-threat-says-top-navy-commander-pacific</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>The Obama administration plans to replace coal plants with small modular nuclear reactors beginning about 2030.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.eenews.net/public/Greenwire/2013/03/13/1"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.eenews.net/public/Greenwire/2013/03/13/1</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>So far I have few details on the reactors.<o:p></o:p></font></font></p>
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</span>Japan has succeeded in mining natural gas from the methane hydrates on the sea floor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>As George Monbiot observes, the accomplishment deserves no more praise than any other attempt to develop fossil fuels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>It is just one more small disaster.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>
</font></font><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/georgemonbiot/2013/mar/14/japan-gas-climate-change"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/georgemonbiot/2013/mar/14/japan-gas-climate-change</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>President Obama seems set to require that climate impact be specifically addressed in all federal development projects, from pipelines to highways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>After the announcement I will look for good analyses of the new policy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>This story highlights the alarmed reactions from US industry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/obamas-climate-readiness-plans-freak-out-us-firms-20130315-2g6jz.html"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/obamas-climate-readiness-plans-freak-out-us-firms-20130315-2g6jz.html</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
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</span>The US had record solar installations last year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The total US solar capacity is now 7.2 gigawatts, and is expected to reach 10 gigawatts this year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2013/03/another-banner-year-for-solar-power-industry-breaks-records-in-2012?cmpid=WNL-Friday-March15-2013"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2013/03/another-banner-year-for-solar-power-industry-breaks-records-in-2012?cmpid=WNL-Friday-March15-2013</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>I have been told by a local solar installer that the general price for retail rooftop solar is now $3 a watt (before a 30% federal tax credit).<o:p></o:p></font></font></p>
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