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2015: Hottest in modern times

Hot and hotter, earth science data reports

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Predictions: Climate change to speed up

Climate scientists say human impacts are adding up faster than reported...

Business-as-usual forces argue "not to worry", that the consensus of science is wrong...

Looking back & looking forward... what if's / NASA Asks: "Is a Sleeping Giant Stirring in the Arctic?

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"Watch 25 years of Arctic Sea Ice disappear"

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The sands of time shift and the hydrocarbon era begins to fade

Snapshot -- January 2016

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2016: Reddit AMA: Science-Sea Level Rise

Jason-3 Mission -- Jason-3 to launch Jan 17, 2016

Earth science/measurements provide critical information about ocean circulation patterns and about both global and regional changes in sea level and the climate implications of a warming world

For over 20 years, the Jason series of satellites (and their predecessor TOPEX/Poseidon), have helped to track global sea level rise, one of the main symptoms of climate change, and other climate phenomena such as El Niño. Data from Jason-3 will be added to this record and will be vital in helping to improve climate prediction models

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Looking back at 2015, Green Progress and GOP Buffoonery

Washington Post editorial, January 3, 2016

15 Ridiculous Things Far Out Media Said About Climate Change In 2015

Media Matters, End of Year wrap up

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US House Science Com't Chair Climate/Security Disaster

Obama Vetoes GOP Attempt to Kill Climate Rules

Going Global Renewables Is the Challenge

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The Adoption of the Paris Agreement; the final draft

Ban Ki-moon, the United Nations secretary general, said the talks were the most complicated and difficult negotiations he had ever been involved in.

“I have been attending many difficult multilateral negotiations, but by any standard, this negotiation is most complicated, most difficult, but most important for humanity...”

Paris Climate Summit: Moments

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"Let's Get to Work": President Obama's Climate Speech in Paris

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Update of INDC plans by GreenPolicy360 as of Jan 1, 2016 at http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:INDC

Climate Action Plans

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Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs)

Submitted plans -- http://www4.unfccc.int/submissions/INDC/Submission%20Pages/submissions.aspx

INDC portal -- http://unfccc.int/focus/indc_portal/items/8766.php

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Quoted re: the Paris Climate Summit

Union of Concerned Scientists: "It's very important that we not lock into place the initial offers (INDCs) that countries have put on the table... We need to have, by the end of this decade, an initial review of where we are at and what more can be done to lift ambition... and countries need to be prepared to review and revise upward their initial offers."

NY Times Editorial Board: "So far, more than 170 countries, accounting for over 90 percent of global greenhouse emissions, have submitted pledges, and more may emerge in Paris. Will these pledges be enough to ward off the worst consequences of global warming? No."

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December 15, 2015

NASA Earth Sciences 2016 Budget No Longer Cut $500 Million

Final budget bill provides $1.92 billion for Earth Science research

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Meltdown in the USA

U.S. Congress/Science Committee News (Not Good News)

Earth Science Politics

From a bully pulpit, Ted Cruz offers his take on climate change / Dec 9

Cruz 'cherry-picks' from the climate record; Texas oil Senator's debate strategy

Cruz: I learned to debate in college and I'm right

Letter to Science Committee re: integrity / Nov 24

More from American science organizations

Science Orgs respond to attacks by Science Committee

Via Vox -- U.S. House Science Committee Talks Conspiracy and Subpoenas

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Opposition Clips

December

Via New Republic/Dec 15 -- What Climate Agreement? GOP Candidates Ignore the International Agreement

Via NY Times/Dec 4 -- Republicans' Climate Change Denial Denial

Krugman: Future historians will almost surely say that the most important thing happening in the world during December 2015 was the climate talks in Paris. True, nothing agreed to in Paris will be enough, by itself, to solve the problem of global warming. But the talks could mark a turning point, the beginning of the kind of international action needed to avert catastrophe....

I’d urge everyone outside the climate-denial bubble to frankly acknowledge the awesome, terrifying reality. We’re looking at a [Republican] party that has turned its back on science at a time when doing so puts the very future of civilization at risk. That’s the truth, and it needs to be faced head-on.

GreenPolicy360: Time to Pressure Congress: Environmental Security Delivers National Security

Via New Yorker/Dec 4 -- Congress Moves to Sabotage the Paris Climate Summit

Via Mother Jones/Dec 4 -- Chris Christie: "Hell No," America Shouldn't Lead on Climate Change

Via CommonDreams-PR Watch/Dec 3 -- Corporate Lobby Group ALEC Works to Scuttle Global Climate Agreement

Via Bloomberg Politics/Dec 2 -- Obama's Climate Plans to Survive Republican Foes

Via Think Progress/Dec 2 -- House votes to kill clean power plan

Via Bloomberg Business/Dec 1 -- "Unearthing America's Deep Network of Climate Change Deniers":

"New study attempts the first tally of those driving the peculiarly American strain of climate change denial"

November

Via Climate Progress -- U.S. Senate Republicans Say 'No' to Paris Climate Accord

Via The Atlantic -- Republican Attempt to Derail the Paris Climate Talks

Via Politico -- "Republicans seek to strangle Paris climate pact"

Via Washington Post -- "Amid record global temperatures, Senate votes to block Obama’s Clean Power Plan"

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Important: Legal forms for Paris climate agreement

March and demonstrations in Paris will go on

2000+ Climate Events/Locations #ClimateMarch

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Paris Climate Mtgs, Opening Nov 30 - Information Hub

Climate Meetings-Schedule

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U.S. Congress/Science Committee News (Not Good News)

Environmental Security

Syria, War, Climate Connection

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On Point

What critics of the Keystone campaign misunderstand / Vox

Nov 6, 2015

"Win for Greens" / "No to Keystone, Yes to the Planet"

Goodbye Keystone XL: President Obama/US State Dept Reject Pipeline

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It's Your Breathing Planet

Join In, Act, Follow, Be Out in Front

UN / Climate Plans "Synthesis Report"

#climateaction

#COP21

#INDCs

#climatechange

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Christiana Figueres @CFigueres

Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change

Figueres - REDDIT AMA -- Oct 28

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#ADP2

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UN Climate Action @UNFCCC

Oct. 19, 2015

Opening plenary of the latest @UN climate negotiations kicks off today in Bonn

http://bit.ly/1OObz76 #ADP2

Christiana Figueres (@CFigueres)

Opening plenary of resumed #ADP2 session starts. Last few steps toward Paris. Focus!

pic.twitter.com/A63Cyfds2N

Climate Plans/INDCs in Preparation for December UNFCCC Conference in Paris

Intended Nationally Determined Contributions

Progress Reports on Climate Action Plans (INDCs) as Submitted to the UN

#INDC / INDCs defined at Wikipedia

♦ Conference of Parties 21, UN Climate Change Conference ♦ [1] ♦ [2] ♦ [3] ♦ [4] ♦ [5]

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Pope pushes world leaders at UN to protect environment

Pope Francis called on world leaders gathered at the United Nations in New York on Sept. 25th to take firm action on the environment, blaming a "selfish and boundless thirst for power and material" for its destruction.

"We human beings are part of the environment," Francis said. "We live in communion with it, since the environment itself entails ethical limits which human activity must acknowledge and respect. ... Any harm done to the environment, therefore, is harm done to humanity."

Pope Francis again ​made history a day after his address to a joint session of Congress, delivering a speech before the largest-ever gathering of world leaders at the United Nations​. ​ In his address to the General Assembly, the popular ​"people’s ​pope​"​ critiqued the current “culture of waste” and urged government leaders to do more to combat poverty and address environmental abuses. Climate change, he reiterated, could “threaten the very existence of the human species.”

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I am OCO-2 -- reporting home Climate deniers blame global warming on nature. This NASA data begs to differ

More from OCO-2 -- https://youtu.be/8YsoVWxR9-w

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NASA Climate News...

NASA Missions / Earth Right Now

GPM - Next-generation measurements of global snow and rain

OCO-2 - Measuring atmospheric carbon dioxide

OCO-2 / (TW)

ISS - Rapidscat - Monitoring ocean winds

CATS - Observing pollution, dust and smoke in the atmosphere

SMAP - Studying soil moisture

Jason 3 - Launching soon

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https://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/ --- https://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/projects-supported

The Atmospheric Science Data Center (ASDC) at NASA Langley Research Center responsible for processing, archiving, and distribution of NASA Earth science data

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News Highlights --- 2015

California out in front modeling and sharing green best practices

http://www.bioneers.org/bioneers-e-book-california-climate-leadership/

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http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/California_out_in_front_in_a_Green_future

http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/California_is_ahead_of_the_game_as_Obama_releases_Clean_Power_Plan

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Time for a Global Apollo Initiative

SpaceX Joins NASA Earth Science Launch Program

New Space, Earth Science

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Jason-2

The Ocean Surface Topography Mission (OSTM) on the Jason-2 satellite is an international Earth observation satellite mission...

What's up with sea level rise?

In a series of media opportunities through Aug. 28, NASA experts present up-to-date global outlook on current conditions and future projections of sea level rise

Why NASA’s worried that Greenland’s melting could speed up

@EarthVitalSigns #EarthRightNow InsideClimate News (TW)

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Earth360°, the 'Big Picture

Earth Right Now

Earth Science, Vital Signs

From the Vantage Point of Space

A "Thin Blue Layer"

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Environmental Security ↔ National Security

New Definitions of National Security

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Earth Science from Space, Politics

Earth and Space, Politics 2015

Environmental Security, the Challenge and the Missions

Earth Observing Science, NASA Space Fleet, as of 2015

Earth Observing NASA Space Fleet, as of 2014

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References - Climate News

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CD2X2UsUUAANuYf.jpg

Climate Change News / more @ GreenLinks

350.org Dispatches & Climate Science News

Berkeley Earth Science News

BusinessGreen / UK - Blogs

E&E ClimateWire / Climate Digest

GreenAllianceUK (TW)

Guardian Environment / UK

Inside Climate News

Inside Climate (TW)

New York Times 'Dot Earth'

Revkin List / Green Blog Voices

The Conversation / Climate-Environment

United Nations/UNFCCC Climate Change Negotiations and Related News

UN Climate Change Newsroom

Yale Climate Connections

Carbon Dioxide Facts

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Follow climate science news - Daily/Weekly / Install Feedly as a News Aggregator

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feedly

https://feedly.com/i/welcome

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February 2015 - Earth Right Now - http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4487

Over the past 12 months NASA has added five missions to its orbiting Earth-observing fleet - the biggest one-year increase in more than a decade....