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A Rocky First Review for a Climate Paper Warning of a Stormy Coastal Crisis

2015-07-25 20:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

New York Times: On Thursday, I wrote about the rocky rollout, prior to peer review, of Ice Melt, Sea Level Rise and Superstorms: Evidence from Paleoclimate Data, Climate Modeling, and Modern Observations that 2°C Global Warming is Highly Dangerous. The 66-page, 17-author paper was posted Thursday in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions, the pre-publication forum for papers submitted to the European Geosciences Union journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. (Youll hear more on the benefits and problems...

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Whiplash warning when climate science is publicized before peer review and publication

2015-07-25 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

New York Times: Who wins when a scary, but edge-pushing new climate study led by one of the worlds most prominent climate scientists makes headlines before it is either peer reviewed or published? Everybody, and nobody. Let me explain what I mean. Projecting a Coastal Catastrophe The study is Ice Melt, Sea Level Rise and Superstorms: Evidence from Paleoclimate Data, Climate Modeling, and Modern Observations that 2°C Global Warming is Highly Dangerous. The 66-page discussion paper (the authors description)...

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Mercury warning issued for Bartlett Lake fish

2015-07-24 22:43:22| Waste Management - Topix.net

Mercury warning issued for Bartlett Lake fish Arizona officials urge consumption limits for some catfish and bass caught at Bartlett Lake because of mercury leels. Check out this story on azcentral.com: http://azc.cc/1RYU87x Mercury levels have elevated in some bass and catfish caught at a popular lake northeast of Phoenix to a point where anglers are being warned to limit consumption.

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Dire climate warning raises questions, not answers

2015-07-22 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Climate Central: NASA's former climate chief has issued a stark new study that finds that the world's current climate goal could be inadequate and may not prevent catastrophic losses from rising seas, ocean temperatures and changes in global weather. But the extreme nature of his projections has some scientists questioning the methods he used and the results he reached. Global leaders and scientists have agreed that keeping global warming to within 2°C of pre-industrial temperatures represents a safe level of...

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