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</span>At an online conference researchers warned that the current drought in the US West is climate driven.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Previous droughts were due to temporary loss of precipitation; this one is due to chronically higher temperatures and permanent alteration of precipitation patterns, and may be expected to worsen until climate is addressed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://summitcountyvoice.com/2014/01/30/california-drought-linked-with-global-warming/"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://summitcountyvoice.com/2014/01/30/california-drought-linked-with-global-warming/</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">
NY Times</i> provides further detail on California’s drought (and none on climate and only some images on the general regional problem).
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></font></font><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/02/us/severe-drought-has-us-west-fearing-worst.html?hp&_r=0"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/02/us/severe-drought-has-us-west-fearing-worst.html?hp&_r=0</font></a><u><font color="#0000ff"><font size="3"><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">The drought is intensifying.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://ecowatch.com/2014/02/03/drought-intensifies-western-u-s/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drought-intensifies-western-u-s"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://ecowatch.com/2014/02/03/drought-intensifies-western-u-s/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drought-intensifies-western-u-s</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>With growing demand and a shift to renewable energy, blackouts will become more frequent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>We should abandon our expectation of uninterrupted power.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.climatecentral.org/news/report-warns-of-more-frequent-blackouts-in-the-future-17025?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/report-warns-of-more-frequent-blackouts-in-the-future-17025?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+climatecentral%2FdjOO+Climate+Central+-+Full+Feed</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>Greenland’s Jakobshavn Glacier is moving toward the sea at a record 10.5 miles per year, a record speed for Greenland or Antarctic glaciers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://e360.yale.edu/digest/greenlands_jakobshavn_glacier_is_moving_at_record_speeds_study_finds/4064/?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/greenlands_jakobshavn_glacier_is_moving_at_record_speeds_study_finds/4064/?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 heat gain in the upper 700 meters of the oceans tripled in 2013 to the equivalent of over 12 Hiroshima bombs per second.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://grist.org/news/ocean-temperatures-spiked-in-2013/?utm_source=syndication&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feed"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://grist.org/news/ocean-temperatures-spiked-in-2013/?utm_source=syndication&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feed</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>Hundreds of vigils were planned across the country Feb. 3 to protest construction of the Keystone XL pipe line.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://ecowatch.com/2014/02/03/vigils-protest-keystone-xl/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=vigils-protest-keystone-xl"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://ecowatch.com/2014/02/03/vigils-protest-keystone-xl/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=vigils-protest-keystone-xl</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">Jeffrey Sachs and others comment on the rationale for the pipeline project.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://climatecrocks.com/2014/02/04/keystone-and-the-national-interest/"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://climatecrocks.com/2014/02/04/keystone-and-the-national-interest/</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>A Nature study presents over 16,000 prioritized habitat corridors among protected areas of the Brazilian Amazon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The pathways would provide ways for animals and plants to seek new habitats as climate degrades their traditional homes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2014/02/03/corridors-to-survival-charting-a-path-to-combat-climate-change-in-the-tropics/"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2014/02/03/corridors-to-survival-charting-a-path-to-combat-climate-change-in-the-tropics/</font></a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><font size="3" face="Calibri">
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