Climate tweets for 27 July 2014

MT @ClimateCentral: Last month, world's oceans were hottest since records began in 1880:

http://bit.ly/1k8sZPw

[science]

Cost of U.S. forest fires has more than quintupled in past 20 years:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/07/25/the-cost-of-americas-forest-fires-has-more-than-quintupled-in-the-past-20-years/

[wildfire]

What Do Chinese Dumplings (& Everyone's Refrigeration) Have to Do w/ Global Warming?:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/27/magazine/what-do-chinese-dumplings-have-to-do-with-global-warming.html?ref=magazine
[China, science, energy]

Forest fires: Climate change’s new normal: @GlobeandMail:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/forest-fires-climate-changes-new-normal/article19793117/
[wildfire]

Phoenix Sets Temp Records As Arizona Punished By Extreme Heat Wave:
http://thkpr.gs/1t4XE30

Big Arctic Warmup Predicted for This Week: Melt to Speed Up, Or ... ?:
http://robertscribbler.wordpress.com/2014/07/25/big-arctic-ocean-warm-up-predicted-for-this-week-melt-to-speed-up-or-sea-ice-to-show-resiliency-due-to-variability-strength-of-negative-feedbacks/
[sea ice, science]

Yes, you heard right: River too shallow because of ... flooding:
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2014/07/25/flooding-leaves-behind-river-barge-roadblock/
[Minnesota]

New Data on Extreme Temps Underscore Planet's Warming Trend: @InsideClimate
http://insideclimatenews.org/carbon-copy/20140723/new-data-extreme-temperatures-underscore-planets-warming-trend-scientists-say
[science]

On climate change, Republicans even more backward than oil cos: @Grist:
http://grist.org/politics/on-climate-change-republicans-are-even-more-backward-than-oil-companies/
[science, denial]

RT Al Gore @algore:
My friend @SenWhitehouse delivers his 75th speech on the Senate floor to call for climate action! 
http://ow.ly/zAUNz  #ActOnClimate

RT Bobby Wengronowitz @bobbywego:
All right BC alumni! These Eagles were asked to leave campus during their own alumni reunion.
http://pic.twitter.com/GJ6Sk1TXLi
[Boston College, investing, divestment]

Climate tweets for 11 July 2014

Lobsters ignore climate change denial, move inexorably north:
http://www.eenews.net/stories/1060002588
[food, fishing]

Miami, the great world city, drowning while powers that be look away: @guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/11/miami-drowning-climate-change-deniers-sea-levels-rising
[sea level, Florida, flooding]

RT Wen Stephenson @wenstephenson:
Wow - just saw this. Whew! @billmckibben goes after @nytimes for its hit job on Tom Steyer...
http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/5574066?utm_hp_ref=tw
[Bill McKibben, New York Times, journalism]

RT Moms Clean Air Force @CleanAirMoms:
"My money is on the moms." -@SenWhitehouse
http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-mothers-climate-change-senate-nu-20140709-story.html … #PlayIn4Climate #ActOnClimate 
http://pic.twitter.com/tmfKLpenDp
[Sheldon Whitehouse]

Anxiety mounts as unusual weather floods North America's farm belt:
http://www.eenews.net/stories/1060002617
[food, farming, agriculture, flooding]

Exclusive: Coastal flooding has surged in U.S., @Reuters finds
http://reut.rs/W0V14P 
[sea level]

Parents Blast Climate Denial In Schools: ‘You Have To Teach Real Science’:
http://thkpr.gs/1q2hw6p
[education]

Group Representing 1/2 Billion Christians Will No Longer Support Fossil Fuels:
http://thkpr.gs/1rdRTwB
[investing, divestment, World Council of Churches]

RT Peter Gleick @PeterGleick:
Everyone in the orange-brown areas should be under mandatory water restrictions. Umm, that's 100% of California.
http://pic.twitter.com/s4nUfQ10pH

Forest fires burning on 13,500 hectares in Siberia: @ITARTASSnews-en
http://en.itar-tass.com/non-political/739828
[wildfire, Russia]

RT The Story Group @TStoryGroup:
@climatehawk1 Pls pledge your support for "Americans on the Front Lines of Climate Change"
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/695998588/americans-on-the-front-lines-of-climate-change

1st drone flyover video from Dark Snow project on Greenland ice cap:
http://climatecrocks.com/2014/07/10/jason-boxdark-snow-on-real-time-with-bill-maher/
[glaciers, sea level]

RT Climate Progress @climateprogress:
'Surreal' 40-minute storm drowns minor league baseball field:
http://thkpr.gs/1resgfh http://pic.twitter.com/haeSlA54YL
[flooding]

Climate tweets for 6 July 2014

RT #ClimateAction @EcoWarrior1980:

The glacier in Alaska named after John Muir... #globalwarming #ClimateAction 

http://pic.twitter.com/LhiWhJLzru

RT Dana Nuccitelli @dana1981:

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse says there are more U.S. jobs in solar industry than coal mining - TRUE

http://www.politifact.com/rhode-island/statements/2014/jul/06/sheldon-whitehouse/there-are-already-more-american-jobs-solar-industr/ … via @PolitiFactRI

Today’s Solar Power ‘Revolution’: Powerful Insights from Energy Experts: @CC_Yale
http://www.yaleclimateconnections.org/2014/06/todays-solar-power-revolution-powerful-insights-from-energy-experts/

No carbon budget left to burn: @djspratt
http://www.climatecodered.org/2014/07/no-carbon-budget-left-to-burn.html
[science, carbon bubble]

Who can afford to hold back rising seas?: Simple Climate
https://simpleclimate.wordpress.com/2014/07/05/who-can-afford-to-hold-back-rising-seas/
[sea level, flooding]

China flooding forms seven-metre-deep lake in Hunan province:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-28182485

California severe drought intensifying as Napa wildfire rages on: @guardian
http://gu.com/p/3qybz/tw
[fire]

RT Sierra Club @sierraclub:
"BLM has been saying its coal leasing decisions have no impact on our climate. That assumption is out the window."
http://sc.org/1lWCwrJ
[Bureau of Land Management, Department of Interior] 

Climate change: it’s real and it’s serious: @RSnewsroom
http://www.registerstar.com/columnists/land_matters/article_35600790-02ea-11e4-86dd-0019bb2963f4.html#.U7hEZXbC4Rc.twitter
[Citizens' Climate Lobby]

RT Michael E. Mann @MichaelEMann: If U parrot David Rose/Daily Mail's latest #climatechange denial ruse (Antarctic sea ice) U R not 2B taken seriously: http://www.skepticalscience.com/arctic-antarctic-sea-ice.htm
[denial]

RT Jamison Foser @jamisonfoser:
1st CNN https://twitter.com/MichaelEMann/status/479991779995815938 … now @NYTimes omits oil $ of global warming deniers attacking Steyer:
http://pic.twitter.com/mbPc8gdESm
[journalism, denial, New York Times]

RT Lang Banks, WWF @LangBanks:
Number of the day: Potential annual cut in health costs from pollution by growing renewables
http://bit.ly/1m5ka88 http://pic.twitter.com/Dq0eCbQW1A

Obama Advisor on Front Lines of Climate Fight: @NYTimes
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/04/us/politics/john-holdrens-influence-seen-in-obama-policies.html?smid=tw-share
[John Holdren]

Anglican church synod urges Australian govt to respect science on climate change: @guardian:
http://gu.com/p/3qkya/tw

RT Tom Steyer @TomSteyer:
Climate change is the issue of our generation, but I will be the first to admit—it hasn't always been on my radar.
http://WLOL.US/hb 

RT Eric Holthaus @EricHolthaus:
How to make your summer roadtrip a whole lot greener: Excellent tips from @markv747
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2014/07/road_trip_costs_and_climate_change_tips_to_make_your_drive_more_environmentally.html http://pic.twitter.com/KhYz8R4R8L

Climate tweets for 20 March 2014

Australia is wakeup call for rest of world on climate change: @climatecouncil http://bit.ly/1eo9RHS  

February caps 29-year streak of warmer than normal months on Earth: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2014/03/19/february-completes-29-year-streak-of-warmer-than-normal-months-on-earth/

The End of Spring in a Warming World: @TIME 
http://time.com/30638/the-end-of-spring-in-a-warming-world/ 
[science, phenology]

Climate Science Legal Defense Fund Needs Your Help!: @AGW_prof http://profmandia.wordpress.com/2014/03/20/climate-science-legal-defense-fund-needs-your-help/ 

Nate Silver's New Science Writer Ignores Data On Climate Science: @climateprogress 
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/03/19/3415984/nate-silver-science-writer-ignores-data/ 

.@SenWhitehouse: Iowans must help set agenda on climate change in 2016: http://thegazette.com/2014/03/18/sen-whitehouse-iowans-must-help-set-agenda-on-climate-change-in-2016/ 

RT Sierra Club ‏@sierraclub:
Biggest land owner in Canada’s oil sands isn’t Exxon Mobil or Conoco Phillips. It’s the Koch bros: 
http://sc.org/1gf2KUr  #nokxl

RT Climate Reality ‏@ClimateReality:
Creating community, fighting climate change. #CRinZA gave us 700 more reasons for hope. 
http://pic.twitter.com/Iy9uV2j50Q

RT Heidi Cullen ‏@HeidiCullen:
Continental US seeing spring arrive 3 days sooner on average comparing 1991-2010 to 1961-1980: 
http://www.climatecentral.org/news/spring-is-arriving-earlier-and-earlier-in-the-u.s-17202 
[science, phenology]

Why Did Congress Just Sink Flood Insurance Reform? @ucsusa @LiveScience http://shar.es/RFlt2
[sea level]

Climate tweets for 10 March 2014

Angry Australian summers will just get madder, scientists warn: @smh http://www.smh.com.au/environment/weather/angry-summers-will-just-get-madder-scientists-warn-20140309-34fhr.html 

Senators will be up all night calling for climate action. Will you add your voice? http://act.350.org/sign/wake_up_congress/ … #Up4Climate

The Red Faces of the Solar Skeptics: @nytimes http://nyti.ms/1qoaGpn 

Public Transit Climate Shifting: Use In U.S. At 57-Year High, Report Finds: http://thkpr.gs/1loKEys 

RT Chris Riedy ‏@chrisjriedy: This @climatecouncil infographic captures it all. Another #AngrySummer of heat, fire & drought as Oz climate changes 
http://pic.twitter.com/WdcL3pdRhL

.@SenWhitehouse to lead 28 colleagues in marathon soliloquy on global warming: @projo http://shar.es/Rum2E 

RT Sheldon Whitehouse ‏@SenWhitehouse: Congress needs to wake up and take action on climate change. RT if you agree. #Up4Climate http://pic.twitter.com/sDADJAZ47y

RT Senator Harry Reid ‏@SenatorReid: It's time to stop acting like deniers – like the Koch brothers and those addicted to them – have a valid point of view. #Up4Climate

RT Sierra Club ‏@sierraclub: "Climate change is urgent, solvable, human-caused, and real." -Sen. Schatz (@brianschatz) #Up4Climate #ActOnClimate

RT Dana Nuccitelli ‏@dana1981: .@neiltyson tells @CNN: Stop giving ‘equal time to the flat Earthers’ | The Raw Story http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/03/09/neil-degrasse-tyson-tells-cnn-stop-giving-equal-time-to-the-flat-earthers/#.Ux5RJ6uE4Pg.twitter …

RT Ron Wyden ‏@RonWyden: On my way to the Senate floor now to call for action on climate change. Tweet #Up4Climate to let Congress know inaction is not an option.

Denier think tank optimism on climate sensitivity ill-founded: @dana1981 http://www.skepticalscience.com/gwpf-lewis-crock-climate-sensitivity-optimism-ill-founded.html 

RT Kate Sheppard ‏@kate_sheppard: If I had known @InhofePress was going to give a speech, I would have made a bingo card. Al Gore! Climategate! It's cold outside! #Up4Climate

Editorial: Climate change: Weather of Olympian extremes: @guardian http://gu.com/p/3mtd9/tw  

Why Martin Hoerling is off base (in NYT op-ed) on California drought: Open Mind http://tamino.wordpress.com/2014/03/10/california-drought/ 

State Dept KeystoneXL Review Assumes 'Global Failure to Address #Climate Change': http://insideclimatenews.org/content/state-dept-keystone-review-assumes-global-failure-address-climate-change … #NoKXL 

RT Andrew Dessler ‏@AndrewDessler: Important paper by Drew Shindell; explains low values of sensitivity from 20th century obs.; bad day to be a skeptic http://www.nature.com/nclimate/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nclimate2136.html 

Climate tweets for 15 February 2014

Expect no letup in severe weather, UK forecasters warn: @guardian http://gu.com/p/3mn86/tw 

RT Jennifer Welsh ‏@MicrobeLover: This map shows how bipolar our winter has been — http://read.bi/M0udeW  (Image: NOAA) http://pic.twitter.com/Dy9dEEcINe

Courting disaster: California Farms Slow 2 Adopt Water-Saving Technology: @Newsweek http://mag.newsweek.com/2014/02/14/california-drought-water.html 

Exclusive: Drought could make Brazil lower 2014 budget surplus: @Reuters http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/12/us-brazil-economy-fiscal-idUSBREA1B1CY20140212 

Obama On California Drought: Climate Change Threatens Nation: @AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/14/obama-california-drought_n_4791906.html 

Letter: Climate change deniers lack facts: @DailyCamera http://www.dailycamera.com/letters/ci_25132739/jeffrey-bennett-climate-change-deniers-lack-facts 

Meltdown: Climate Trends Tell Different Story 4 Great Lakes' Ice: @ClimateCentral http://shar.es/QMJrH 

RT 350orBust ‏@350orbust1: Senators Plan To Stay Up All Night To Talk Climate Change.Thank you @SenWhitehouse! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/13/senate-climate-change_n_4784386.html 

RT CitizensClimateLobby ‏@citizensclimate: Want to build political will for climate solutions? Join the next CCL intro call. http://ow.ly/tEHgc 

Climate change policy at risk because of denial and fear, U.K. energy secretary warns: http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/feb/13/climate-change-policy-britain-at-risk-ed-davey-environment-secretary