Climate 2016

December 2016

• Fish Shift Ranges in  Warming Oceans, Fishing Regulations Slow to Adjust — See Photos (The New York Times, 12/30/16).

• Report: Prices of Solar, Wind Power Becoming Competitive with Fossil Fuels (Quartz, 12/26/16).

• Center for Biological Diversity Organizes #Earth2Trump Rally in DC Jan 18, 20, 21 (Center for Biological Diversity 12/26/16).

• Florida Scientists Request Meeting with Trump to Discuss Climate Change (Miami Herald, 12/23/16). Read more here.

• Holiday Weather in Arctic is Scary Warm…Again — See Weather Chart (The Washington Post, 12/20/16). Read more, see more charts, graphs and video here, here, here and here. Read a study here.

• Disappearing Sea Ice Drives Polar Bears on Land, into Town in Alaska — See Photos (The New York Times, 12/18/16). Read more here.

• Climate Change, Drought, Upheaval Drive Men & Boys Out of West Africa in Desperate Search for Work, Food — See Photos & Video (The New York Times, 12/16/16).

• Climate Lesson: Difference between Weather & Climate, Where Polar Vortex Fits In (The New York Times, 12/15/16).

• Opinion: Numbers Trump Needs to Know on Costs, Benefits of Climate Regulations (The New York Times, 12/15/16).

• Report: 2016 Warmest Arctic Year on Record, Changes Go from Disturbing to Alarming — See Photos, Charts & Videos (Mashable, 12/14/16). Read more, see more photos, graphics and video here and here. Watch press conference on 2016 Arctic Report Card here.

• New NASA Video Shows How CO2 Enters, Circulates in Earth’s Atmosphere — See Video (NASA 12/13/16). Read more here.

• Scientists Hold First-Ever “Stand Up for Science” Rally at Annual Meeting in SF — See Photo (Live Science, 12/13/16). Read more, see more photos here.

• Climate Scientists Backing Up Data Before Trump Administration Makes It Disappear (The Washington Post, 12/13/16). Read more here.

• Blue Water Streams, Submerged Lakes Bode Ill for Stability of East Antarctic Ice — See Photos & Videos (Phys.Org, 12/12/16). Read more, see more photos & video here and here.

• Warmer Summers, Icier Winters Causing Reindeer to Shrink in Size, Increase in Number — See Photo & Video (The Christian Science Monitor, 12/12/16). Read more here. See video report here.

• Good News, Bad News: CO2 Stabilizing, Methane Spiking — See Graphs & Graphics (The Washington Post, 12/11/16). Read more, see video report here.

• Trump Says Jury’s Still Out on Climate Change (The Washington Post, 12/11/16).

• Study: Climate Change Triggered Collapse of Tibetan Glacier — See Photo (UPI, 12/9/16). Read more, see more photos here and here.

• Finding: As Sea Ice Declines, Orcas Move North, Kill Bowheads, Carcasses Provide Food for Polar Bears who Can’t Hunt Seals Anymore (CTV News, 12/8/16).

• Experts: All Not Lost Yet, Climate-Change Policies Not Easy to Undo (The New York Times, 12/8/16).

• Experts: Clean Energy Coming Whether Trump, Pruitt Like It or Not (The New York Times, 12/8/16).

• Harvard Reduces Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 30% (The Washington Post, 12/8/16).

Sea Ice since 1978 / NASA, EarthSky / Click for more.

• Finding: Sea Iced in Arctic Lowest Ever Recorded — See Graphs (EarthSky, 12/8/16).

• Trump Picks Climate-Change Denier to Head EPA (The New York Times, 12/7/16). Read more here, here and here. See news reports here and here.

• Australia to Build Massive Coal Mine as Great Barrier Reef Dies from Ocean Warming — See Photos (The World Post, 12/7/16).

• Study: Climate Change Could Bring More Extreme Rainfalls to U.S. (The New York Times, 12/5/16). Read more here and here.

• Al Gore Meets with Ivanka and Donald — See Photo (The New York Times, 12/5/16). Read more here.

• Report: American Banks Help Fund Conglomerates Destroying Rain Forests — See Photos (The New York Times, 12/3/16).

• Polar Vortex Carrying Siberian Air Heading Our Way — See Models (Daily Kos, 12/2/16).

• Chair of House Science Committee Gets Science News from Breitbart (Quartz, 12/2/16). Read more here.

• Officials Defend, Environmentalists Criticize Australia’s Efforts to Save Great Barrier Reef — See Photos & News Report (The Sydney Morning Herald, 12/2/16). Read more, see more photos here. See video here.

• Former NYC Mayor Bloomberg says U.S. Mayors Will Pursue Climate Goals Despite Trump (The Washington Post, 12/1/16).

November 2016

Rift, Pine Island Glacier, West Antarctica, 11/4/16 / NASA, Nathan Kurtz / Click for more.

• Finding: U.S. Hurricane Season is Getting Longer — See Images & Graphs (The Washington Post, 11/29/16). Read more, see more photos and images here. See video here.

• Alaskan Village Being Wiped Away by Climate Change — See Photos (The New York Times, 11/28/16). Read more, se

• Study: West Antarctic Glacier Cracking from Inside Out, Could Cause Disastrous Global Sea Level Rise — See Photos & Video (The Christian Science Monitor, 11/28/16). Read more here. See more photos & video here, here, here and here.

• Study: Warming Oceans Caused Worst Great Barrier Reef Bleaching Event on Record — See Photos & Video Report (BBC News, 11/28/16). Read more, see diagram here.

• Priebus Walks Back Trump Comment to NYT Linking Climate Change to Human Activity — See Photos & Video (The Huffington Post, 11/27/16).

• CA Gov Jerry Brown Keeps Fighting to Slow Climate Change as Trump Vows to Undo Progress — See Photos (San Francisco Chronicle, 11/26/16).

• Bye-Bye, Beach House,  The Coasts are Toast — See Photos & Map (The New York Times, 11/24/16).

• Killer Smog in Delhi Threatens Rich and Poor Alike — See Photos (The New York Times, 11/23/16).

• Trump to NASA: No More Money for Climate Research, Explore Space Instead — See Photos (The Guardian, 11/23/16). Read more here.

• Exxon Accuses Rockefeller Family of Conspiracy for Funding Exposé of Exxon’s False Climate Science — See Photos (The New York Times, 11/22/16).

• Study: Almost All Life on Earth Already Adapting, Responding, Being Affected by Climate Change, Including Humans — See Photos (EarthSky, 11/22/16).

• Outgoing EPA Chief: Clean Energy is Coming, Whether Trump Likes It or Not — See Photo & Video (The Washington Post, 11/21/16).

• Survey: 71% of Americans Support Paris Climate Accord — See Graphs & Video (The Washington Post, 11/21/16).

• NASA Report: Southern California Still Plagued by Drought — See Photos & Maps (EarthSky, 11/19/16)

• Study: Melting Arctic Ice Alters Belugas Migration, Exposes Them to Orca Predation (Natural Science News, 11/19/16). Read more, see more photos and video here.

• Climate Change Makes Pro Skiing in NE Dependent on Water-Guzzling Fake Snow — See Photos (The New York Times, 11/19/16).

• Opinion: Big Tobacco, Big Oil, Climate-Change Deniers All Use the Same Anti-Science Strategies (The New York Times, 11/19/16).

• Report: Arctic is Way Too Warm and Getting Warmer — See Charts & Illo (The Washington Post, 11/17/16). Read more, see more charts here, here and here.

• Rising Seas, Moon, Tides = Regular Flooding in South Florida, No Rain Required — See Photos & Video (The New York Times, 11/17/16).

• Mystery Solved: What Turned London’s 1952 Killer Fog So Deadly? (EarthSky, 11/16/16).

• 81,000 Reindeer Starve, 250,00 to be Killed due to Climate Change-Driven Weather, Disease — See Photos (The Washington Post, 11/16/16). Read more here and here.

• Obama Administration Releases Report on How U.S. Can Slash CO2 Emissions by 2050 (The Washington Post, 11/16/16). Read more, see photos here.

• Report: Countries Not Cutting CO2 Fast Enough to Slow Global Warming (Phys.Org, 11/16/16).

• John Kerry Visits Antarctica to Call Attention to Impact of Climate Change… While He Still Can — See Photo & Video (The New York Times, 11/15/16).

• Hungry Fish Migrating South to Cooler Water Destroying SE Australia’s Kelp Forests — See Photo & Video (COSMOS, 11/15/16).

• Report: 2016 on Track to be Hottest Year on Record — See Photos & Charts (EarthSky, 11/15/16). Read more, see more charts here. See news report here.

• Rare Good News: Report says CO2 Emissions Have Remained Level for 3rd Year (The Washington Post, 11/13/16). Read more here.

• Trump Victory Could Doom Efforts to Slow Climate Change, Save Planet (The New York Times, 11/10/14). Read more here. See news report here.

• New Delhi Closes 1,800 Schools Due to Dangerous Smog — See Photos (The New York Times, 11/4/16). Read more, see more photos here.

October 2016

Our Planet / SPL, NASA, NOAA, Getty Images, COSMOS / Click to enlarge.

• Study: Arctic Warming May Have Contributed to  Severe Winter Cold in 2014, 2015 (Nature World News, 10/27/16).

• Report: Large Parts of Most Pristine Section of Great Barrier Reef May Have Died in Wake of Bleaching Event (The Washington Post, 10/26/16).

• Report: Climate-Change Driven Bleaching Has Killed Much of Pristine North Section of Great Barrier Reef (The Washington Post, 10/26/16). Read more here.

• Studies: West Antarctic Glaciers Melting Faster than Thought (NASA JPL, 10/25/16). Read more here. Wee photos and diagrams here.

• China Relocates 329,000 from Lands Destroyed by Climate Change, Human Activity — See Photos (The New York Times, 10/25/16).

• Finding: El Niño Helped Push CO2 Levels to New Heights (UN News Centre, 10/24/16). Read more, see photos and diagrams here and here.

• Record High Temps Hit Cities Across Central, Eastern U.S. (USA Today, 10/19/16). Read more, see charts and diagrams here. See news report here.

• Exxon Tries to Squelch NY/MA Probe of Efforts to Mislead Public about Climate Change (BloombergBusinessweek, 10/18/16).

• Greenpeace, Norway Activists Sue to Stop Oil Drilling in Arctic — See Photos (Greenpeace, 10/18/16). Read more here. See video report here.

• Report: September 2016 Hottest September on Record — See NASA Animation (News.Mic, 10/18/16). Read more, see more diagrams here and here.

• Scientists Set Chart of Rising CO2 to Music — Hear Soundtrack, See Video Report on Man Who Began Measuring C02 (EarthSky, 10/17/16).

• International Pact to Cut HFCs Could Do More, Faster to Save Planet than Paris Climate Agreement — See Video Report (The New York Times, 10/15/16). Read more here, here and here.

• Scientists: Magazine Is Wrong, Great Barrier Reef Is Not Dead Yet — See Photos (The Verge, 10/14/16).

• Quaker Climate Activist Calls on Others to Stop Talking, Start Doing — See Photos (Yes! Magazine, 10/14/16).

• Finding: Global Warming, Massive Ice Melts Have Tipped Earth’s Axis (COSMOS, 10/12/16).

• Opinion: Time to Stop Rebuilding Storm-Ravaged Community Beaches with Federal Dollars? (The New York Times, 10/12/16).

• Los Angeles Commits to Switching to 100% Renewable Energy ASAP (The New York Times, 10/12/16).

• Study: Sandy-Like Flooding Could Soon Be Common Occurrence in NYC (COSMOS, 10/11/16).

• 15 Things Obama has Done for the Planet — See Photos (Mother Nature News, 10/10/16).

• Katharine Hayhoe Combines Religious Faith with Belief in Climate Change — See Photos (The New York Times, 10/10/16).

• Canadian PM Makes Good on Campaign Promise to Fight Climate Change (The New York Times, 10/7/16).

• International Aviation Org Agrees to Cut Jet Fuel Emissions (The New York Times, 10/6/16).

• Spokesman Says Recovery of Great Barrier Reef Will Happen Slowly… If at All — Hear Radio Report (Free Speech Radio News, 10/5/16).

• Youth-Oriented Environmental Group Stumping for Hillary on College Campuses (The Washington Post, 10/5/16).

• Study: Methane Emissions May Be 2x Higher Current Estimate (Phys.org, 10/5/16). Read more, see video here.

• Paris Climate Accord Ratified by Enough Countries to Take Effect 11/4 (The Washington Post, 11/5/16).

• Obama, DiCaprio Talk Reality of Climate Change at White House SxSL Event — See Photo (The Washington Post, 10/4/16). Read more, see 2-hour video of speaker presentations here.

• Timber Company Cuts Off Drought-Hit California Community’s Access to Spring Water to Sell it to Bottler — See Photos (The New York Times, 10/1/16).

• Magnate Devises Complex Plan to Sell Coal, Reduce CO2 — See Photos (The New York Times, 10/1/16).

September 2016

• Report: Toxic Algae Blooms Could Become More Common along West Coast as Warm Water Blobs Become More Frequent — See Diagram (The Washington Post, 9/29/16). Read more, see more photos and diagrams here.

• Pence Disagrees with Trump on Climate Change (The Washington Post, 9/27/16). Read more here.

• Report: CO2 Levels Now Permanently above 400 PPM, Speeding Rate  of Planetary Warming — See Graphs & Video (Climate Central, 9/27/16). Read more, see more photos, graphs and video here.

• Researcher Analyzes 2 Million Years of Climate History, Findings Don’t Bode Well for Future of Planet (COSMOS, 9/27/16).

• Private Owners Try to Cash in on Carbon-Trapping Value of Small Forests (The New York Times, 9/26/16).

• Should Industries be Required to Calculate Costs of Impact on Climate? Advocates Opponents Disagree (The New York Times, 9/26/16).

• Trump Picks Climate Change-Denier to Head EPA Team (Scientific American, 9/26/16). Read more here.

• Obama’s Signature Clean Power Plan Could be Undone by Clerical Error (The New York Times, 9/25/16). Read more here and here.

• Report: Racism, Greed Reasons Dakota Access Pipeline Routed under Standing Rock Water Supply — See Photos (Indian Country Today, YES Magazine, 9/24/16).

• Study: Polar Bear Populations Suffering from Dwindling Sea Ice — See Video (EarthSky, 9/24/16).

• Scientists Denounce Trump’s Vow to Pull U.S. Out of Climate Agreement (The Washington Post, 9/21/16).

• JetBlue Shifts Toward Greener Biofuels (The New York Times, 9/19/16).

• Climate Change Makes Historic Flooding Frequent Occurrence in Northwest England — See Photos & Video (The New York Times, 9/12/16).

• NOAA: Climate Change Increased Odds of Louisiana’s Terrible Floods (EarthSky, 9/10/16).

• Study: Warming Air Lets Mosquitoes Spread Disease at Higher Elevations, Threatening Birds of Kauai (The Washington Post, 9/8/16). Read more here.

• President Obama: Climate Change Trends are Terrifying — See Video (The New York Times, 9/8/16).

• Report: Warming Oceans, Huge, Invisible Problem for Planet (The Guardian, 9/7/16). Read more, see more photos here. See news report here. Find the report here.

• Climate Change, Warmer Air, Higher Humidity Linked to Louisiana Flooding — See Video (The Washington Post, 9/7/16).

• Typhoons Hitting China, Southeast Asia Becoming More Powerful (The Verge, 9/5/16). Read more here.

• Presidents Obama, Xi Jinping Cement U.S.-China Climate Change Partnership (The New York Times, 9/3/16). Read more, see photos here.

• Study: Coastal Flooding Becoming Fact of Life on East Coast — See Photos and Charts (The New York Times, 9/3/16).

August 2016

• Obama: Expansion of Marine Monument Part of Required Joint Effort to Slow Climate Change  — See Photos (Pacific Business News, 8/31/16). See video here.

• Kicking the Global Coal Habit Much, Much Easier Said than Done (The New York Times, 8/30/16).

• Animated Map Predicts Species Migration Due to Climate Change — See Animation (The Washington Post, 8/29/16). See more of the map here and here. See the beautiful  animation of the entire planet’s wind, wave and ocean currents here.

• Monetizing Climate Change, Giant Passenger Ship Makes First Cruise through Northwest Passage — See Photos (Phys.Org, 8/24/16). Read more, see more photos and video here.

• Apple Shifting to Renewable Energy — See Photo (International New York Times, 8/23/16).

• Antarctic Ice Shelf Develops 80-Mile Crack — See Images (The Washington Post, 8/22/16).

• Beautiful Blue Lakes on Antarctic Glaciers are Bad Climate News — See Photos (The Washington Post, 8/22/16). Read more here.

• Trump Visits Louisiana Flood Victims for Photo Op, Still Calls Climate Change Chinese Hoax — See Photo (The New York Times, 8/22/16).

• English Village Takes Successful DIY Approach to Reducing CO2 Emissions — See Photos (The New York Times, 8/21/16).

• Trucking Industry Supports EPA Rule Imposing Tougher Fuel Economy Standards (The New York Times, 8/20/16).

• Fish Dying in Yellowstone River from Low Water, Warm Temps, Deadly Parasite — See Photo (Newsday, 8/20/16).

• Theory: Birds Seen Outside Normal Range May Be Shifting Range Due to Climate Change — See Photo (Scientific American, 8/19/16).

• Activists Blame Exxon Climate-Change Denying Initiatives for Death of Great Barrier Reef — See Photos & Videos (Mashable, 8/19/16).

• Appalachian Future: What Comes After Coal? See Photos (The New York Times, 8/17/16).

• Dolphins, Manatees, Sea Turtles Following Warmer Waters to Jersey Shore — See Photo & Video (Press of Atlantic City, 8/16/16).

• Report: Warming Oceans Harm Life on Land and in Sea (Wired, 8/16/16).

• Reef in Pacific Island Lagoon Killed by Warming Ocean Returns to Life — See Photos (The New York Times, 8/15/16).

• Survey: 69% of Tourists Visit Great Barrier Reef to See It Before It’s Gone — See Photos (SBS.com.au, 8/15/16).

• Q&A: How Does Air-Conditioning Affect Climate-Change? (The New York Times, 8/9/16).

• NASA Maps Where Greenland’s Ice is Melting from Bottom to Top — See Map (EarthSky, 8/7/16).

July 2016

Sea ice, melt ponds, open water in Arctic Ocean, July 2016 / Operation IceBridge, NASA, The New York Times / Click to enlarge and learn more.

• Melting Ice in Greenland Could Expose Buried Army-Base Pollutants — See Photos & Video, Hear Radio Report (NPR, 7/27/16). Read more, see another photo here.

• Finding: Loss of Ice, Lower Sea Levels in Greenland Fit Formula for Climate Change-Driven Sea Level Rise Elsewhere — See Photos & Animation (The Washington Post, 7/27/16).

• Report: Swathes of Great Barrier Reef Suffer Total Collapse — See Photos & Video (The Huffington Post, 7/25/16).

• East Coast Broiling on Eve of Democratic Convention in Philly (San Antonio Express-News, 7/24/16).

• Negotiators Close to International Ban on Chemical that Traps 1,000x More Heat in Atmosphere than CO2 (The New York Times, 7/24/16).

• 1,000-Year-Old Corals Dying, Fish Disappearing in Worst Bleaching Event on Great Barrier Reef — See Photos & Video Report (The Guardian, 7/21/16).

• 5 Charts that Make Climate Change Depressingly Clear — See Charts (The Mercury News, 7/20/16).

• The Arctic Year So Far: Record High Temps, Record Low Ice — See Photos & Charts (Gizmodo, 7/19/16). Read more here. See NASA video report here. See animated video here.

• Prediction: Don’t Let Atlantic Lull Fool You, Hurricanes Will Get Worse (The New York Times, 7/15/16).

• Glacier National Park is Losing its Glaciers —See Time-Lapse Video (National Geographic, 7/15/16).

• China Still Building Coal Plants Despite Renewable-Energy Pledge (The New York Times, 7/14/16).

• Study: Clouds Towering Higher, Migrating to Poles as Planet Warms (Scientific American, 6/12/16). Read more here. Listen to NPR report here.

• Fighting Climate Change Complicated by Disagreements on How to Do It (The New York Times,6/11/16).

• Ocean Heat Wave Destroying Kelp Forests Off Western Australia — See Photos & Graph (Australian Geographic, 7/11/16). Read more, see more photos and video here and here. See video report here.

• Climate Change Claims Bolivian Lake & Destroys a Culture — See Photos & Animated Map (The New York Times, 7/8/16).

• Cape Cod Residents Choose “Managed Retreat” over Trying to Rebuild Disappearing Beach — See Photos (The New York Times, 7/6/16).

• Chesapeake Bay’s Tangier Island Disappearing under Rising Seas — See Photos (The New York Times, 7/6/16).

• Pacific’s Kiribati Islands Disappearing under Rising Seas — See Photos & Video (The New York Times, 7/2/16)

June 2016

• Prediction: El Niño-Driven Drought Leaves Amazon at High Risk of Forest Fire (Tech Times, 6/30/16). Read more, see graphics and charts here.

• Opinion: Closing Nuclear Plants Not Good for Climate (The New York Times, 6/30/16)

• Study: Antarctic’s Adélie Penguins Threatened by Melting Sea Ice, Warming Seas — See Video Report (USA Today, 6/29/16). Read more here.

• NASA Maps Greening Arctic — See Video (The Washington Post, 6/27/16).

• Pretty Pink Snow Could Speed Arctic Ice Melt — See Photos & Animation (The Washington Post, 6/23/16). Read more here.

• Study: Thousands in NYC  Could Die of Heat from Global Warming by 2080 (Scientific American, 6/23/16).

• Pianist/Composer Ludovico Einaudi Performs “Elegy for the Arctic” on Floating Platform  in Melting Arctic — See Video (Greenpeace, 6/20/16)

• Switching to Wind Power Costs Coal Miners Jobs in Wyoming — See Photos (The New York Times, 6/19/16).

• Study: Combo of Human Hunters, Climate Change Wiped Out Giant Ice-Age Animals in Patagonia (The Washington Post, 6/17/16). Read more here.

• Report: Antarctic CO2 Levels Reach 400 PPM for First Time in 4 Million Years — See Video Animation (Scientific American, 6/16/15). Read more here.

• Study: Small Australian-Island Rodent May be First Mammal Driven to Extinction by Climate Change — See Photo (The Washington Post, 6/15/16). Read more here.

• Sprawl, Traffic, Government Inertia Make Smog a Problem Again in Mexico City (The New York Times, 6/13/16).

• Study: Atmospheric CO2 Levels Reach New High and Likely to Stay There — See Charts (Gizmodo, 6/13/16). Read more, see more video reports here and here.

• Study: CO2 from Melting Arctic Permafrost Could Rev Climate Change (Bonner County Daily Bee, 6/13/16).

• Prime Minister of Australia Announces $1 Billion Fund to Help Save Great Barrier Reef — See Photos & News Report (The Sydney Morning Herald, 6/13/16).

Melt ponds and melting ice surfaces, southwest coast of Greenland, June 12, 2016 / NASA, EOSDIS / Click to learn more.

• Greenland Hits Record-Breaking Temperature for Month of June (The Washington Post, 6/10/16). Read more, see photos and diagrams here.

• Iceland Experiment Turns CO2 into Stone — See Video Report (The New York Times, 6/9/16).

• Report: Unusual Jet Stream Patterns Could Speed Greenland Ice Melt — See Photo & Animation (The Washington Post, 6/9/16). Read more here.

• Report: Arctic Sea Ice Hits New Low — See Photos & Diagram (The Washington Post, 6/7/16). Read more here.

• Filmmaker Josh Fox, of Gasland, Discusses New Documentary on Climate Change (Yes! Magazine, 6/3/16). Learn more about the film here.

May 2016

• Report: Statue of Liberty among Sites at High Risk of Damage from Climate Change (Curbed, 5/31/16).

• Chapter on Deteriorating Great Barrier Reef Deleted from UNESCO Climate-Change Report at Australia’s Request — Read the Chapter (The Guardian, 5/26/16). Read more, see videos and charts here. Read more about the full report’s findings here. Read the full  report here.

• Coral Bleaching turns to Coral Death in Great Barrier Reef (The Washington Post, 5/29/16). Read more here.

• Climate Change-Denier Trump Wants to Build Seawall to Protect Ireland Golf Course from Effects of Global Warming, Rising Seas (Politico, 5/23/16). Read more, see video reports here.

• Obama, President of Vietnam Pledge Joint Efforts to Combat Climate Change (The Hill, 5/23/16).

• Drought, Heat Push Lake Mead Water Levels to Record Low — See Photo & Video Report (King 5, 5/21/16). See another video report here.

• 10 Inconvenient Truths about Rising Sea Levels — See Photos & Videos (The Washington Post, 5/20/16).

• Trump Hires Climate-Change Skeptic to Shape His Climate Stance (The New York Times, 5/20/16).

• Temps in India Hit Record-Setting 123.8 F in Midst of Heat Wave — See Photos (Boston Herald, 5/20/16). Read more here. See news report here. See video report here.

• NYU Considers Divesting from Fossil Fuels (DNAinfo, 5/20/16).

• Inuit Kills Grizzly-Polar Bear Hybrid, Product of Climate Change-Driven Shifting Ranges — See Photos (CBC News, 5/18/16). Thanks to Bethany Augliere for this item.

• Study: Melting of Antarctica’s Totten Glacier Could Trigger Rapid Rise in Sea Levels — See Photos, Diagrams, Animation — (The Washington Post, 5/18/16).

• Advice to Trump: Admit Climate Change is Real — for Your Own Good (The New York Times, 5/18/16).

• Australian Agency Fires Expert in Rising Sea Levels in Shift Away from Climate Research (The New York Times, 5/17/16).

• Labor Unions Unhappy with Democratic Policies that Value Environment over Jobs  (The New York Times, 5/16/16).

• Study IDs Why People Worried about Climate Change Do or Don’t Take Public Action (The Washington Post, 5/16/16).

• Study: Warming Arctic Linked to Shrinking Size, Number of Migrating Red Knots — See Photo (Discovery News, 5/13/16).

• Pacific Northwest Archeological Sites Threatened by Climate Change — See Photos, Listen to Radio Report (OPB FM, 5/12/16).

• Obama Administration Issues Rule Slashing Methane Emissions (The Washington Post, 5/12/16).

• Climate Change Putting Vast Tracks of North Hemisphere Forests at Risk (The New York Times, 5/11/16). V

• Climate Scientist Ed Hawkins Creates Animation of Warming Earth — See Animation (Gizmodo, 5/10/16). Visit Hawkins’s website here.

• Young People, Private Citizens Sue Governments for Failure to Fight Climate Change — See Photos (The New York Times, 5/10/16).

• New York’s Governor Cuomo Pushes Utilities toward Renewable Energy (The New York Times, 5/9/16).

• 5 Islands in Solomons Disappear under Rising Seas — See Video Report  (Chicago Tribune, 5/9/16). Read more, see more photos here, here, here.

• Zimbabwe Selling Wildlife to Conserve Resources during Drought — See Photos (The Washington Post, 5/6/16) Read more here. See news report here.

• Warm Ocean, Algae Killing Everything in Waters Off Southern Chile — See Photo (Discovery News, 5/5/16).

• Report: More than Half of Northern Great Barrier Reef Dead from Bleaching — See Photos, Diagram & Video (The Sydney Morning Herald, 5/5/16).

• Study: Parts of Florida’s Coral Reef Dissolving — See Photo (The Washington Post, 5/4/16). Read more, see video report here.

• Spokesperson Says Charles Koch Accepts Climate Change is Real — See Photo & Video Report (The Washington Post, 5/3/16).

• U.S. Government Attempts First Resettlement of Community Losing Land to Climate Change — See Photos (The New York Times, 5/3/16).

• What We Lose when We Lose the Great Barrier Reef — See Photos & Diagrams (DW, 5/2/16).

April 2016

Greenland from space, undated / NASA, Discovery News / Click to learn more.

• Report: GBR Bleaching Result of Human-Caused Climate Change, Not Natural Cycles (The Washington Post, 4/29/16). Read more, see more photos and diagrams here and here.

• Study: Climate Change Depleting Oceans of Oxygen — See Photos & Video Report (The Christian Science Monitor, 4/28/16). Read more, see a diagram here.

• Suit to Stop Coal Mine Latest in 50-Year Battle to Save Great Barrier Reef (Gulf News, 4/28/16).

• Report: Rising CO2 Making Planet Greener — See Photos & Video Report (Phys.Org, 4/25/16). Read more here.

• China Slows Coal-Plant Production for Economic Reasons — See Photos (The New York Times, 4/25/15).

• 175 Countries Sign Climate Accord on Earth Day — See Photos & Video (SFGate, 4/22/16). Read more, see more photos and video here.

• Assessing the Climate Change Accord — See Photos & Backgrounders (The New York Times, 4/21/16).

• Air Quality Report: Santa Cruz, Bay Area Get Low Grades (Santa Cruz Sentinel, 4/21/16).

• Study: Half-Degree Difference between 1.5 C and 2 C Global Temperature Rise Makes Huge Difference to Planet (Phys.Org, 4/21/16). Read more here and here.

• Paris Climate Accord: What It Says in a Nutshell (The Washington Post, 4/21/16).

• Opinion: Senate Energy Bill Could Do Some Good, More Harm (The New York Times, 4/20/16).

• Volkswagen Negotiating Settlement with U.S. Government, Car Owners over Emissions Cheating (The New York Times, 4/20/16). Read more here.

• 2 U.S. Congressmen from Miami Cross Aisle to Form Bipartisan Climate Solutions Caucus (Newsweek, 4/20/16).

• Rising Seas Submerging Islands Off Papua New Guinea, Residents Forced to Leave — See Photos (newmatilda.com, 4/20/16).

• Study: Short-Sighted Americans Enjoy Warming Weather…For Now (The Washington Post, 4/20/16).

• Earth Day U.N. Signing of Paris Climate Accord Must Happen, Even if Too Little Too Late (The Washington Post, 4/20/16).

• Religious Leaders Gather at U.N. to Support Climate Accord — See News Report (VOANews.com, 4/20/16).

• Report: 2016 Already Breaking Temperature Records (The New York Times, 4/19/16).

• From Bad to Worse: 93% of Great Barrier Reef Bleached — See Photos & Videos (The Courier Mail, 4/19/16). Read more, see more photos, video and diagrams here.

• Researchers Plan First Circumnavigation of Antarctic to Survey Whales, Study, Climate Change, Pollution — See Planned Route (Business Insider Australia, 4/19/16).

• Paper: American College of Physicians Urges Action on Climate Change (OHSOnline, 4/19/16).

• Opinion: As Planet Warms, Human Understanding of Planet will Become Obsolete  (The New York Times, 4/19/16).

• Analysis: The Trouble with Climate-Change Deniers Like Sarah Palin — See Photos & Video (The Washington Post, 4/18/16).

• Houston Inundated by Historic Floods — See Photos, Radar Images (The Washington Post, 4/18/16). Read more, see more photos and video here, here, here and here.

• Warmth, Rain Spark Record-Setting Early Ice Melt in Greenland (Discovery News, 4/14/16). Read more, see more photos and diagrams here and here.

• U.N. Climate Official Predicts Expedited Ratification of Paris Agreement (Tech Times, 4/14/16).

• Critics Call Climate Goals Too Lax, Monitoring Methods Imperfect (The Washington Post, 4/11/16).

• Scientists Warn This Winter’s Snows Won’t Solve California’s Water Problems — See Photos (The New York Times, 4/11/16).

• Study: 73% of Island Will Become More Arid by 2050 (ScienceDaily, 4/11/16).

• U.S. Historic Sites Threatened by Sea Level Rise — See Photos (The Seattle Times, 4/10/16).

Diagram of changes in Earth's wobble caused by melting ice, shifts in planetary water weight / NASA /JPL-CallTech / Click to learn more.

• Study: Polar Ice Melt, Shift in Water Weight, Affecting Earth’s Wobble — See Diagram (Discovery News, 3/10/16). Read more here. See photos and 15-minute Nat Geo presentation here.

• Global Coral Bleaching Event 3rd and Worst on Record — See Photos & Diagram (The New York Times, 4/9/16). Read more here.

• Study: Past Projections Overestimate How Much Clouds Slow Global Warming (Tech Times, 4/8/16). Read more here and here.

• Report: Australian Government Approves Giant Coal Mine Despite Known Dangers to Great Barrier Reef — See Photos (Motherboard, 4/6/16).

• Judge Says Endangered Wolverines Merit Protection from Climate Change (Wyoming Public Media, 4/5/16). Learn more here. See photos here.

• Report: Climate Change Poses Multiple Threats to Human Health (The Washington Post, 4/4/16).

• New NASA Website Focuses on Rising Sea Levels — See Photo (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4/4/16). Explore the website here.

March 2016

• Why Robins are Moving North and Other Climate-Change Effects on Birds (BBC News, 3/31/16). Read more here and here.

• Study: Sea Level Rise Could Be Much Worse than Predicted — See Video Report (The Washington Post, 3/30). Read more here and here.

• Exxon Investigated for Misleading Public on Climate Change (The Washington Post, 3/29/16).

• Researcher says Pristine Parts of Great Barrier Reef are “Fried“ (SBS, 3/29/16). Read more here. See news reports on unfolding bleaching disaster here and here.

• Report: 2016 Peak for Arctic Sea Ice Lowest on Record — See Photos & Video (Arctic Newswire, 3/28/16). Read more here. See time-lapse video recreation here.

• Research Suggests Warming Oceans Help Spread Marine-Life Diseases — See Photos (The Conversation, 3/28/16).

• Trump “Not a Believer” in Man-Made Climate Change (The Washington Post, 3/22/16).

• New Study Predicts Massive Climate Upheaval Sooner rather than Later (The New York Times, 3/22/16).

• Climate Change Affecting Wine Production in France (Discovery News, 3/22/16). Read more here.

• Study: Rate of CO2 Emissions Unmatched in Earth’s History, Consequences Unknown — See Photos & Video (The Washington Post, 3/21/16).

• Great Barrier Reef Coral Bleaching Keeps Getting Worse  — See Video Report (The Guardian, 3/20/16). Read more here. See another video reports here.

• Study: Deep Warm-Water Rivers Destabilizing Antarctic Ice Shelves, Glaciers (The Washington Post, 3/14/16).

• Study: Sea Level Rise Puts Millions More at Risk than Previously Thought, Especially in Florida — See Video Report (Miami Herald, 3/14/16). Read more here. See photos, map of at-risk coastal counties here.

• February’s Global Temperature Spike Broke Records — See Chart (The Washington Post, 3/14/16).

• Researchers Devise Better Ways to Frame, Answer Questions on Link between Climate Change, Severe Weather Events (The Washington Post, 3/11/16). Read more here.

• Report: Atmospheric CO2 Levels Made Biggest 1-Year Jump Ever Recorded in 2015 (Phys.org, 3/10/16).

• Study: Ancient Sea-Dwelling Ichthyosaur Likely Wiped Out by Climate Upheaval (The Washington Post, 3/8/16). Read more here.

• Shipwreck Study Links Hurricanes to Warmer Oceans (The Washington Post, 3/7/16). Read more here and here.

• Environmental Photographer Dies Snorkeling Great Barrier Reef (NDTV.com, 3/7/16). Read more here.

• Not Enough Snow in Alaska for Iditarod — See Videos & News Report (The Washington Post, 3/4/16). See more video here.

• Study: Drought Helped Spark Civil War in Syria (Mashable, 3/2/16).

• Great Barrier Reef Threatened by Critical Bleaching Event — See Photos & Video (The Sydney Morning Herald, 3/1/16).

February 2016

• Study: Historic Records Indicate Antarctic Ice Extremely Vulnerable to Climate Change (The Washington Post, 2/22/16)

• El Nino Breaks Up Warm Water Blob Off Pacific Coast — See Images (EarthSky, 2/17/16).

• Report: Sea Levels Rising Scary Fast (The New York Times, 2/22/16). Read more here and here. See video here.

• Study: All Forests in U.S. Threatened by Drought (UPI, 2/22/16). Read more here.

• Wasting Disease Killing Starfish along West Coast Tied to Warming Oceans — See Photos (The Seattle Times, 2/21/16).

• Koch Brothers Efforts to Derail Solar Energy (Rolling Stone, 2/11/16).

• Study: Increasing Demand for Water Far Outstrips Diminishing Global Supply (The Washington Post, 2/12/16).

• Supreme Court Halts Obama Plan to Limit Carbon Emissions (The Washington Post, 2/9/16).

• NASA Scientist Explains Global Sea-Level Rise — See Animation (The Washington Post, 2/8/16).

• Australian Government Slashes Staff of Climate Science Organization (Scientific American, 2/8/16). Read more here and here.

• Study: Planting Wrong Trees in Europe for 200 Years May Have Made Climate Change Worse (Tampa Bay Review, 2/7/16). Read more here.

• San Diego Officials Fight Losing Battle with El Niño/Climate Change-Driven Coastal Erosion (The San Diego Union-Tribune, 2/7/16).

• Study: Ice Age, Aftermath Shaped Human Ancestry (The Washington Post, 2/4/16). Read more, see fossil photos here.

• Warmer Temperatures Boost Spread of Mosquito-Borne Zika Virus (The Washington Post, 2/3/16).

• Study: Drought Taking Devastating Toll on Forest in Western U.S. (The Orange County Register, 2/2/16). Read more here.

• 2nd Year of Severe Drought Wiping Out Endangered Salmon (Kron 4, 2/1/16).

January 2016

• El Niño Brings Drought, Famine to Ethiopia, U.S. Pledges $97 Million in Aid (Voice of America, 1/31/16). Read more, see more photos here.

• Study: Intact Nature Best Defense against Climate Change (Phys.org, 1/28/16).

• Unusual Cold, Snow, Ice Taking Lives in Eastern Asia — See News Report (The Washington Post, 1/25/16). Read more, see more photos and video here and here.

• Last Year Hottest on Record for Planet — See Animation of Warming Trends 1880-Now (The Atlantic, 1/20/16). Read more here. See news reports here and here.

• Study: Oceans Absorbed as much Heat in Past 20 Years as in Previous 130 (Discovery News, 1/19/16).

• Meteorologist: Tampa Bay Tornadoes Fueled by El Niño — See Photo (Brandon Patch, 1/18/16). See news report here.

• Venomous Tropical Sea Snakes Showing Up on California Beaches — See Photo (Modern Readers, 1/16/16). Read more, see another photo here.

• January Hurricane in Atlantic First Since 1938 (The Washington Post, 1/14/16).  Read more, see news reports here and here.

• Next Ice Age Cancelled — See Photos & Videos (The Washington Post, 1/13/16). Read more here.

• 2015 Record-Breaking Year for Wildfires in U.S. (Earth Sky, 1/12/16).

• Starvation Death of Thousands of Seabirds in Alaska May Be Linked to Climate Change — See News Report (The Washington Post, 1/12/16).

• El Niño, Explained (Earth Sky, 1/10/16).

• Scientists Say Human Impact on Planet has Ushered in New Geologic Age (The Washington Post, 1/7/16). Read more here.

• Drought, Heat Cut Yields of Corn, Wheat, Rice — See Photo (The New York Times, 1/6/16). Read more here.

• Arctic Ice Melt, Open Water Leads to Meeting, Mixing, Mating of Atlantic, Pacific Species — See Photos (Science News, 1/4/16).

• Oregon’s Warmer Crater Lake Temps Give Crayfish Edge over Newt, Other Species that Keep Waters Clear — See News Report (PBS.org, 1/2/16).

• December Temps in NYC’s Central Park 13+ Degrees Above Average (CNSNews.com, 1/1/16).