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</span>Media claims that an increase in polar sea ice area supports the idea that the earth is cooling deserve roasting, and get it from the Guardian.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The Guardian takes on only the British sources of the story, but they have been widely copied.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></font></font><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2013/sep/09/climate-change-arctic-sea-ice-delusions"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2013/sep/09/climate-change-arctic-sea-ice-delusions</font></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">2.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>An article in PNAS calculates the benefits of acting to reduce short-lived greenhouse forcers such as methane and black carbon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The effect is so small that efforts are better put toward reducing CO2.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2013/08/09/1308470110.abstract"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2013/08/09/1308470110.abstract</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">3.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>An arduous 5-year study of Pine Island Glacier in the West Antarctic shows that much of its melt comes through a series of channels, one in effect a river valley, below the ice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></font></font><a href="http://www.climatecentral.org/news/study-finds-channels-of-meltwater-eroding-pine-island-glacier-in-antarctica-16463?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/study-finds-channels-of-meltwater-eroding-pine-island-glacier-in-antarctica-16463?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>Warming ocean water undermining the glacier is a major factor in its melt.
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The project should lead to more accurate sea level rise projections.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></font></font><a href="http://e360.yale.edu/digest/warmer_ocean_water_is_key_factor_in_melting_ice_shelves_study_says/3951/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+YaleEnvironment360+%28Yale+Environment+360%29"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://e360.yale.edu/digest/warmer_ocean_water_is_key_factor_in_melting_ice_shelves_study_says/3951/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+YaleEnvironment360+%28Yale+Environment+360%29</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>The Seattle Times has run a good overview of ocean acidification and its effects, including brain damaged fish and disappearing pteropods.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://apps.seattletimes.com/reports/sea-change/2013/sep/11/pacific-ocean-perilous-turn-overview/"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://apps.seattletimes.com/reports/sea-change/2013/sep/11/pacific-ocean-perilous-turn-overview/</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>Tiny plankton adapt to growing acidity better than do large plankton.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The food chain will be disrupted, as well as the ability of the oceans to absorb carbon and to influence cloud formation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130913085756.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/2013/09/130913085756.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>Where new housing areas are being developed, utilities may find it cheaper to support rooftop solar than to beef up the power grid.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://insideclimatenews.org/news/20130912/why-are-some-big-utilities-embracing-small-scale-solar-power"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://insideclimatenews.org/news/20130912/why-are-some-big-utilities-embracing-small-scale-solar-power</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>A serious increase in dengue fever in South Florida appears to be linked to climate change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/9/12/dengue-fever-presenceinfloridaataprettyseriouslevel.html"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/9/12/dengue-fever-presenceinfloridaataprettyseriouslevel.html</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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