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</span>At least one common form of plankton has proved that it can readily adapt to higher temperatures and increasing acidity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Because plankton are the base of the food chain it may allow other species to show an unexpected resilience in the new ocean we are brewing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></span><a href="http://www.climatecentral.org/news/what-will-survive-in-hot-acidic-oceans-18027?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+climatecentral%2FdjOO+Climate+Central+-+Full+Feed"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font color="#0563c1" face="Calibri">http://www.climatecentral.org/news/what-will-survive-in-hot-acidic-oceans-18027?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+climatecentral%2FdjOO+Climate+Central+-+Full+Feed</font></span></a><font face="Calibri"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><u><font color="#0563c1">
</font></u></span></span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Some tropical lizards, including our newly abundant brown anole, have proved surprisingly adaptable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></span></font><a href="http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/9059/20140916/climate-change-forces-tropical-lizards-to-swiftly-adapt.htm"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font color="#0563c1" face="Calibri">http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/9059/20140916/climate-change-forces-tropical-lizards-to-swiftly-adapt.htm</font></span></a><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">
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</span>The common expectation is that with climate disruption the wet regions will get wetter and the dry ones, drier.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>That has held true for oceanic regions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>
However, for the quarter of land mass which has shown a change in precipitation, only about half demonstrates this pattern.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The other half, including for example the Amazon and the US Midwest, shows the opposite, with the Amazon getting drier and the Midwest wetter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></span><a href="http://phys.org/news/2014-09-thumb-climate-upside.html"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font color="#0563c1" face="Calibri">http://phys.org/news/2014-09-thumb-climate-upside.html</font></span></a><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span>A new economic analysis finds that if we accomplish the transition from fossil fuels in the next fifteen years the global economy will be healthier than if we do not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Sponsoring agencies include the UN, the OECD, the International Monetary Fund, and the World Bank.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>“Pricing CO2 is the key.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></font></span><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/16/climate-change-report-damage-overhaul-global-economy"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font color="#0563c1" face="Calibri">http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/16/climate-change-report-damage-overhaul-global-economy</font></span></a><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The energy transition has often been predicted (especially by fossil fuel interests and other propagandists) to be ruinously costly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The report finds that it can actually save money.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></span><a href="http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/fixing-climate-change-might-add-no-costs-says-report-114091700007_1.html"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font color="#0563c1" face="Calibri">http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/fixing-climate-change-might-add-no-costs-says-report-114091700007_1.html</font></span></a><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Some further conclusions of the report: green cities are cheaper; our power supply could be 50% renewable in fifteen years; the transition will require governmental actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></span><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/16/7-things-we-learned-from-lord-sterns-new-climate-economy-report"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font color="#0563c1" face="Calibri">http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/16/7-things-we-learned-from-lord-sterns-new-climate-economy-report</font></span></a><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face="Calibri">
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</span>President Obama has secured voluntary agreements from several large corporations to cut back or eliminate use of hydrofluorocarbons, powerful greenhouse gasses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The emissions avoided by 2025 amount to cutting 1.5% of the world’s 2010 greenhouse gas emissions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></span><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/17/us/hfc-emissions-cut-under-agreement.html?emc=edit_tnt_20140916&nlid=43628374&tntemail0=y&_r=0"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font color="#0563c1" face="Calibri">http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/17/us/hfc-emissions-cut-under-agreement.html?emc=edit_tnt_20140916&nlid=43628374&tntemail0=y&_r=0</font></span></a><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span>In a short video Jason Box explains the dynamics and implications of Greenland’s melt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>He also reacts to the news of methane seeps on the continental shelf.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font><a href="http://climatecrocks.com/2014/09/16/slate-why-greenlands-dark-snow-should-worry-you/"><font color="#0563c1" face="Calibri">http://climatecrocks.com/2014/09/16/slate-why-greenlands-dark-snow-should-worry-you/</font></a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><font face="Calibri">
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