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</span>Two new studies in Nature Climate Change indicate that we must begin cutting carbon emissions immediately or face a much more difficult situation than the present.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/nov/21/world-delay-drastic-emissions-cuts"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/nov/21/world-delay-drastic-emissions-cuts</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>A new way of calculating global temperatures indicates that heating since 1997 has been more than twice the Met Office estimate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2013/nov/13/global-warming-underestimated-by-half"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2013/nov/13/global-warming-underestimated-by-half</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>Submarine permafrost in the East Siberian shelf is releasing large amounts of methane.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Arctic storms increase the releases.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>
</font></font><a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn24639-arctic-storms-speed-up-release-of-methane-plumes.html?cmpid=RSS%7CNSNS%7C2012-GLOBAL%7Cclimate-change#.UpNDq18o670"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn24639-arctic-storms-speed-up-release-of-methane-plumes.html?cmpid=RSS%7CNSNS%7C2012-GLOBAL%7Cclimate-change#.UpNDq18o670</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">The new study doubles the estimated release of methane in the Arctic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/twice-much-methane-escaping-arctic-seafloor-041738506.html"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://news.yahoo.com/twice-much-methane-escaping-arctic-seafloor-041738506.html</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Becky Oskin’s LiveScience article’s estimate of the global warming potential of methane is shamefully misinformed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global-warming_potential"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global-warming_potential</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The Arctic News estimates the future methane release based on the new study.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://arctic-news.blogspot.com/"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://arctic-news.blogspot.com/</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>Direct atmospheric measurements show that methane release in the US from human activity is 1.5 times the current EPA estimate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/26/us/emissions-of-methane-in-us-exceed-estimates-study-finds.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20131126"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/26/us/emissions-of-methane-in-us-exceed-estimates-study-finds.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20131126</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>The US, Norway, and the UK have founded the Initiative for Sustainable Landscapes to support the world’s forests.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/11/20/2975011/norway-deforestation-funding/"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/11/20/2975011/norway-deforestation-funding/</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>The Warsaw conference ended with a set of agreements which will ease future negotiations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Among the results: the distinction between developed and developing nations is abandoned.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>All countries are to set their emissions goal well in advance of the 2015 Paris talks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></font></font><a href="http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/131124/key-points-the-warsaw-consensus"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/131124/key-points-the-warsaw-consensus</font></a><u><font size="3"><font color="#0000ff"><font face="Calibri"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Some feel that the talks are insufficiently productive and may need recasting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/11/24/un-needs-global-warming-answer/3693173/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+usatoday-NewsTopStories+%28USATODAY+-+News+Top+Stories%29"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/11/24/un-needs-global-warming-answer/3693173/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+usatoday-NewsTopStories+%28USATODAY+-+News+Top+Stories%29</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Kofi Annan calls for a global grass-roots initiative to prod governments into actions adequate to the situation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/25/opinion/climate-crisis-who-will-act.html?emc=edit_tnt_20131124&tntemail0=y&_r=0"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/25/opinion/climate-crisis-who-will-act.html?emc=edit_tnt_20131124&tntemail0=y&_r=0</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">7.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Enough industrial solar power is installed or underway in the US to supply 5 million homes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>A continuing buildup depends on solar prices and new pressures on utilities, among other factors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://e360.yale.edu/feature/for_utility-scale_solar_industry_key_questions_about_the_future/2713/"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://e360.yale.edu/feature/for_utility-scale_solar_industry_key_questions_about_the_future/2713/</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>Tapes of the 20 minute interview I did on the local effects of climate disruption for our ABC affiliate, Ch. 25, have been posted as parts one and two for November 17.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/politics/onpoint/default.aspx"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/politics/onpoint/default.aspx</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
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