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</span>A study in Science reports that the carbon cycle is becoming exaggerated, particularly in the northern latitudes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Major ecological changes seem to be at hand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The effects of the increased seasonal discrepancy are not identified in the article.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-forests-carbon-20130808,0,524320.story"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.latimes.com/news/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-forests-carbon-20130808,0,524320.story</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><u><font color="#0000ff">
</font></u></span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Not only the effects but the causes of the widening cycle remain to be explained.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.nature.com/news/northern-forests-rev-up-carbon-cycle-1.13529"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.nature.com/news/northern-forests-rev-up-carbon-cycle-1.13529</font></a>
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</span>Perovskites are efficient as the base for solar energy cells and so cheap that the price of panels could fall to $.10-20 a watt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Perovskite cells are now being commercialized by Oxford Photovoltaics.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.technologyreview.com/news/517811/a-material-that-could-make-solar-power-dirt-cheap/?utm_campaign=newsletters&utm_source=newsletter-weekly-energy&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20130812"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.technologyreview.com/news/517811/a-material-that-could-make-solar-power-dirt-cheap/?utm_campaign=newsletters&utm_source=newsletter-weekly-energy&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20130812</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><u><font color="#0000ff">
</font></u></span></span>Polymeric solar cells promise to be as efficient as silicon based cells and can be printed like newspapers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130814101440.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Latest+Science+News%29"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130814101440.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Latest+Science+News%29</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>The World Meteorological Organization has reported on the state of the climate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>If you are 28, you have never experienced a month on earth cooler than the 20<sup>th</sup> century average.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.climatecentral.org/news/this-is-what-global-warming-looks-like-16341?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+climatecentral%2FdjOO+Climate+Central+-+Full+Feed"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.climatecentral.org/news/this-is-what-global-warming-looks-like-16341?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+climatecentral%2FdjOO+Climate+Central+-+Full+Feed</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>NOAA’s yearly climate report finds the greatest changes in the Arctic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/06/noaa-report-arctic-ice-climate-change"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/06/noaa-report-arctic-ice-climate-change</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>Harry Reid admonishes us not to be afraid to talk about climate change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/316833-harry-reid-dont-be-afraid-to-talk-about-climate-change"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/316833-harry-reid-dont-be-afraid-to-talk-about-climate-change</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Chris Hayes takes him up on that this Friday at 8 on MSNBC when he presents The Politics of Power.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://tv.msnbc.com/2013/08/06/chris-hayes-the-solution-to-global-warming-is-just-that-global/"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://tv.msnbc.com/2013/08/06/chris-hayes-the-solution-to-global-warming-is-just-that-global/</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">5.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>A new study suggests that reducing soot and methane will have less short-term effect on global heating than we had supposed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://news.sciencemag.org/climate/2013/08/fixing-climate-not-so-easy"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://news.sciencemag.org/climate/2013/08/fixing-climate-not-so-easy</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>A grand solar minimum would offset no more than .3°C of warming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2013/aug/14/global-warming-solar-minimum-barely-dent"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2013/aug/14/global-warming-solar-minimum-barely-dent</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>Bonds are better suited than equities to financing a transition to renewable energy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The primary limit on the current market for climate-related bonds is lack of appropriate products.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/climate-bonds-fund-low-carbon-economy"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/climate-bonds-fund-low-carbon-economy</font></a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><font size="3" face="Calibri">
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