Climate tweets for 12 October 2014

RT David Spratt @djspratt:

NASA (preliminary) climate temperature data has September 2014 hottest Sept on record via @thingsbreak

http://ow.ly/i/7chys
[science]

Sao Paulo Facing Water Shutoffs If Withdrawals Cut: @BloombergNews:

http://bloom.bg/1vUj80P

[Brazil, drought]

Alaska: Birch trees hammered by heat, invasive insects: 

http://www.adn.com/article/20141011/summer-heat-invasive-insects-take-toll-interior-alaska-birch-trees#.VDqAsrgSCqA.twitter … via @alaskadispatch

[forests, heat waves]

Not Just California: Droughts Extend Across Americas:

http://nbcnews.to/1sqfVXx  via @NBCNews

[water, food, agriculture, farming]

Americans Can Save More Money by Not Burning It: Study: @BloombergNews:
http://bloom.bg/1EE7cGf
[energy efficiency]

Outrage at ANU divestment shows power of its idea: http://news.anu.edu.au/2014/10/13/outrage-at-anu-divestment-shows-the-power-of-its-idea/
h/t @DrRimmer
[investing, Australian National University]

Grim outlook 4 fish as climate change makes waters warmer: @TheScotsman:
http://www.scotsman.com/news/scotland/top-stories/grim-outlook-for-fish-as-climate-change-makes-waters-warmer-1-1109884
[wildlife, food, oceans]

Texans Getting Creative w/ Saving Water:
http://nyti.ms/1xEthzK  
[drought, Texas]

Indonesia to build $263m sea wall to protect capital from sea level rise: @TR_Foundation:
http://www.trust.org/item/20141009114608-m1auj/?source=shtw
[flooding, Jakarta]

RT Fred Bentler @Bentler:
Students continue to push WWU Foundation to divest from fossil fuel:
http://goo.gl/xtshTg
[investing, divestment, Western Washington University]

RT grist @grist:
No, there is NOT more ice at the poles -- and other denier myths debunked:
http://bit.ly/1xml03o
[science, denial] 

.@TomSteyer's climate change crusade focuses on midterm races, for now:
http://fw.to/yZoMgCg 

Republicans flail about looking for alternative to climate denialism: @drgrist:
http://grist.org/politics/republicans-flail-about-looking-for-alternative-to-climate-denialism/
pscience, denial]

Climate tweets for 10 October 2014

Acid Oceans Could Deal Heavy Blow to Fishing-Dependent Nations: @IPSnews:

http://www.ipsnews.net/2014/10/acid-oceans-could-deal-heavy-blow-to-fishing-dependant-nations/

[acidification, food]

Methane ‘Hot Spot’: Huge, But Nothing Compared to Other Methane Sources:

http://thkpr.gs/3578549 

[science]

Hundreds of Hunting, Fishing Groups Voice Support for Action on Climate:

http://thkpr.gs/3578498 

[wildlife]

Miami Uses Pumps (& lots of $) to Battle Flooding from Sea Level Rise:

http://n.pr/1quKW7h 

[Florida, adaptation]

California drought pushes BC food prices higher (video): @vancouversun:
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/California+drought+pushes+local+food+prices+higher/10278895/story.html 
[British Columbia, Canada, water, agriculture]

#GenCO2? Pricing Arctic change, for boardrooms & soccer moms alike: @TheDailyClimate:
http://www.dailyclimate.org/tdc-newsroom/doorstep/whiteman-climate-costs

Few U.S. states preparing for climate change, study says: @neelaeast @latimes:
http://fw.to/yZa3DHU
[adaptation]

Global CO2 pricing scheme surfaces ahead of 2015 climate summit: @Euractiv:
http://www.euractiv.com/sections/sustainable-dev/global-co2-pricing-scheme-surfaces-ahead-2015-climate-summit-309072
[carbon tax]

RT Andrew Freedman @afreedma:
.@capitalweather maybe your comparison of @curryja and @JohnKerry on #climate could note which view most climate scientists agree w/?

RT Anders Hedberg @anheepc:
2057. #NewEngland #ocean #species shifted as much as 200 mi north, @NOAANCDC reports:
http://nca2014.globalchange.gov/ 

RT ClimateCommunication @ClimateComms:
Wall Street Journal offers a skewed climate perspective from Judith Curry:
http://blog.ucsusa.org/wall-street-journal-offers-a-skewed-climate-perspective-from-judith-curry-681#.VDgybbVK3HY.twitter

The Vast Benefits Of Energy Efficiency: In Shocker, @nytimes Op-Ed Confuses:
http://thkpr.gs/3578131
[New York Times]

Climate tweets for 9 October 2014

‘The Other CO2 Problem’: How Acidic Oceans Will Cost Our Economy Billions:

http://thkpr.gs/3577544

[acidification, fishing, food]

Catching on: Californians make big cuts in water usage, report says:

http://fw.to/uZzGr5K 

[drought]

Sea Level Rise Making Flooding Routine for U.S. Coastal Cities: @ClimateCentral:

http://shar.es/1mgDgH 

[science]

Minister touts evangelicals' role facing climate change: @jaxdotcom:
http://jaxne.ws/1xtHPCd
[faith, religion]

"[I]nvestment in the fossil fuel industry [is] unethical, socially irresponsible ...":
http://www.presbyterian.org.nz/speaking-out/what-weve-said/media-releases/presbyterian-church-to-consider-divestment-of-fossil-fuel
[New Zealand, Presbyterian Church, investing, divestment]

Glasgow University 1st in U.K. to sell its fossil fuel investments: @BBCNews:
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-29547137
[investing, divestment]

California leads on climate change, says 50-state tool: @usatoday:
http://usat.ly/1xrn1ez  

Congressman: ‘I Am a Scientist’ & There’s No Evidence of Human-Caused Climate Change:
http://thkpr.gs/3577919
[science, denial, Dan Benishek, Michigan]

RT Alan Nogee @alannogee:
Yes, yes. RT @tcktcktck: Phasing out coal is cheapest way to emissions reductions and lo-C economy. @climatepolicy:
http://bit.ly/1sicT8P 

[energy]

RT BulletinOfTheAtomic @BulletinAtomic:
Is it possible to have any fun at all without burning fossil fuels?:
http://ow.ly/CpfLg
[energy]

RT Climate Reality @ClimateReality:
Ruffed grouse: This beauty could fly away forever from North Carolina.
http://bit.ly/1utO2yB  @audubonsociety
[wildlife, birds]

Climate tweets for 6 October 2014

"We continue to be stunned at how rapidly ocean is warming.": @ClimateCentral:
http://shar.es/1mm2x9
[science]

RT Met Office @metoffice:
It might seem a distant memory, but final stats reveal it was the driest September since records began in 1910:
https://twitter.com/metoffice/status/519054384253403136/photo/1
[science, United Kingdom]

RT David Appell @davidappell:
MT @PeterGleick: California has just seen the hottest & driest three-year period in 117 yrs.
https://twitter.com/PeterGleick/status/519288953145278466/photo/1
[drought, water, science]

$5b price tag to defend valuable SF waterfront land from sea level rise: @sfexaminer:
http://www.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/sfs-waterfront-land-could-be-soaked-by-sea-level-rise-in-just-decades/Content?oid=2908308
[California, San Francisco, flooding]

RT 350Australia @350Australia:
Big few weeks for fossil fuel divestment - even the @AFR thinks so!:
https://twitter.com/350Australia/status/519279805313724416/photo/1
[investing, Australia]

Earth Heating Faster than We Realized, Making 2°C Limit for Global Warming More Urgent:
http://thkpr.gs/3576154
[science]

What #GlobalWarming? How to Lie With Data: @BadAstronomer:
http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2014/10/06/arctic_sea_ice_melt_truth_and_inevitable_denial.html?wpsrc=sh_all_tab_tw_top
[science, Arctic, Antarctica, sea ice, denial]

Perth Anglicans move away from fossil fuel investments: @ABCNews:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-10-06/anglican-church-moves-out-of-fossil-fuels/5793884
[investing, divestment]

Past measurements may have missed massive ocean warming: @Science:
http://news.sciencemag.org/climate/2014/10/past-measurements-may-have-missed-massive-ocean-warming
[science]

RT Fossil Free @GoFossilFree:
People, Not Exxon, Own the Sky: what's next for the climate movement from @natgeo and @billmckibben:
http://buff.ly/1s4N8rG
#whywedivest
[investing, divestment]

Gaming Carbon Must End to Solve Global Warming: @SciAm:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/gaming-carbon-must-end-to-solve-global-warming/ [carbon tax]

RT Ella Shnapp @EShnapp:
@billmckibben This weds @GlasgowUni could be 1st #FossilFree UK uni and lead the way to a safe climate future! 
[investing, divestment, Glasgow University, United Kingdom]

Going Down?: Australia Clean Energy Investment Plummets Below Algeria, Myanmar ...:
http://thkpr.gs/3576255 
[renewable energy, investing, divestment, denial]

Fish failing to adapt to rising CO2 levels in oceans: @guardian:
http://gu.com/p/426q3/tw 
[fishing, acidification, food]

RT People & Planet @peopleandplanet:
.@GlasgowUni it's time to show leadership and divest from fossil fuels #UGfossilfree #UofGworldchangers
[investing, divestment]

RT diane gilpin @digilpin:
Scientist @KevinClimate takes @BBCRadio4 to task. Why no mention of climate change in @Costingtheearth on shale gas?:
http://kevinanderson.info/blog/bbcs-programme-on-shale-gas-remiss-in-its-neglect-of-climate-change/
[Kevin Anderson, journalism, denial, natural gas, methane]

Donate to full-page ad asking @Google to put its $ where its mouth is on climate change:
http://d.shpg.org/58992492t?referring_akid=.18223.MHEHzJ 
[denial]

Climate tweets for 18 September 2014

RT Eric Holthaus @EricHolthaus:

Earth’s oceans just broke an all-time heat record. (Bonus: 2014 on pace for warmest year ever):

http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/09/18/global_oceans_break_all_time_heat_record_world_on_pace_for_warmest_year.html  http://pic.twitter.com/BzPYJpOLWl

[science]

RT Alexander Verbeek @Alex_Verbeek:

Investors worth $24 trillion call for global carbon price:

http://ow.ly/3qV27x http://pic.twitter.com/RZw5jrWp4O
[investing, divestment, carbon tax]

RT Katharine Hayhoe @KHayhoe:
I'd be happy to compare his bank acct w/ mine RT @climateprogress Don't trust climate scientists. They're in it for $$:
http://thkpr.gs/3568923
[science, denial]

Natural Disasters Displaced 22M People Last Year, 3x More Than War:
http://thkpr.gs/3568447
[flooding, drought]

Why we need to worry about Greenland’s dark snow: @FutureTenseNow:
http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/09/16/jason_box_s_research_into_greenland_s_dark_snow_raises_more_concerns_about.html
[sea level, glaciers]

Green Latinos: Will environmental worries dispel idea of one-issue voters?: @AJAM:
http://alj.am/1qUD1EP

Risky business: China dumps Australia's dirty coal:
http://www.smh.com.au/business/risky-business-china-dumps-our-dirty-coal-20140916-3fvpf.html 
[energy, investing, divestment, carbon bubble]

.@AlGore: Climate Skepticism Will Haunt Republicans in 2016: @NationalJournal:
http://www.nationaljournal.com/energy/al-gore-climate-skepticism-will-haunt-republicans-in-2016-20140917
[science, denial, Al Gore]

Austria’s Alps hit by climate change: @BBCNews:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29245606 

China, the Climate and the Fate of the Planet: @rollingstone:
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/china-the-climate-and-the-fate-of-the-planet-20140915
[coal, energy]

RT Michael E. Mann @MichaelEMann:
Excited to be involved in the promising new #ClimateDoorstep project of @TheDailyClimate:
http://www.dailyclimate.org/doorstep/

RT WWF Climate Savers @climatesavers:
Join @WWFFrance in Paris this weekend to call for climate action!:
http://bit.ly/YVmaHH  #MarcheClimat  http://pic.twitter.com/lrcXjppMNa

RT Forecast The Facts @ForecastFacts:
#Ford gave $791k to 98 climate deniers. Comment on @Ford's fb page: Tell them to #GoFurther if they want to be "green." RT after you post!
RT Climate Hot News @ClimateHotNews:
Cold, hard facts RT @TheDailyClimate: Antarctic ice should set record, but Arctic dwindles.
http://www.dailyclimate.org/t/-4076160631313371172 … h/t @USATODAY

.@NOAA: W/ Hottest August, 2014 Takes Aim @ Hottest Year On Record:
http://thkpr.gs/3569158  via @climateprogress 
[science]

Volcanic vs. Human Emissions: Yale Climate Connections (@CC_Yale):
http://www.yaleclimateconnections.org/2014/09/volcanic-vs-human-emissions/
[science, volcanoes]

RT Hilary Evans @RevHilary1:
@climatehawk1 @HuffPostGreen Oxford City Council first to divest itself of carbon fuels. Well done Oxford.

RT Jenny Banks @BanksJenny:
Off to London #climatemarch on Sun with 100s of WWF supporters. Biggest global #climate mobilisation ever. Join us:
http://peoplesclimate.org/london/

RT The People's Agenda @AUelectionQs;
@climatehawk1 thought this event on democracy and renewable energy would interest you?:
http://powerpeopledemocracy.net/  Syd 27th Sept. Please RT

Climate tweets for 17 September 2014

Earth Surface During August 2014 Hottest Ever Recorded: robertscribbler:

http://robertscribbler.wordpress.com/2014/09/16/earth-surface-during-august-of-2014-was-hottest-ever-recorded/

[science]

New Study Links Polar Vortex to Climate Change:

http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/09/03/new_study_links_polar_vortex_to_climate_change.html?wpsrc=sh_all_tab_tw_top via @FutureTenseNow 

[science]

Gulf of Alaska unusually warm, weird fish showing up:

http://wapo.st/XogZim  via @ElaheIzadi @washingtonpost

[oceans, food, science, fishing]

Fixing Climate Change May Add No Costs, Report Says: @nytimes:

http://nyti.ms/1uCbidn 

[investing, divestment, Global Commission on the Economy and Climate]

RT Al Gore @algore:

Student activists give me #ClimateHope. Come learn why:

http://24hoursofreality.org

Climate change report: prevent damage by overhauling global economy: @guardian:

http://gu.com/p/4xt7v/tw  

[investing, divestment, Global Commission on the Economy and Climate]

"Polar Vortex" Excursions Linked to Global Warming:

http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2014/09/15/polar_vortex_deep_meanders_in_vortex_linked_to_global_warming.html?wpsrc=sh_all_tab_tw_top … via @BadAstronomer 

[science]

Flooding would threaten D.C. infrastructure, report says:

http://wapo.st/1uCbTff  via @washingtonpost 

[sea level]

RT Suzanne Goldenberg @suzyji:

Leonardo DiCaprio named UN Messenger of Peace for climate change:

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/leonardo-dicaprio-named-un-messenger-peace

RT Jamie Henn @Agent350:

"I will link arms with those marching for climate action. We stand with them on the right side of this key issue," @secgen Ban Ki-moon

Louisiana Gov Hedges On Climate Change as State Disappears into Sea:
http://thkpr.gs/3568216
[Bobby Jindal, denial, sea level, flooding]

MT @climatebloggers: From students to scientists, faith groups to farmers, we will march as one.
http://bit.ly/1siqyYc  
[People's Climate March]

Asian monsoon discovery suggests rains will increase under climate change: @CarbonBrief:
http://www.carbonbrief.org/blog/2014/09/asian-monsoon-discovery-suggests-rains-will-increase-under-climate-change/
[science, flooding, India]

Black Lung Among Coal Miners at Highest Level in 40 Years:
http://thkpr.gs/3568204  via @climateprogress
[health]

RT CitizensClimateLobby @citizensclimate:
Amazing communicator: Katharine @KHayhoe interviewed on Bill Moyers: Climate Change: Faith and Fact:
http://vimeo.com/105936193
[Katherine Hayhoe, religion, science]

RT Virally Suppressed @SuppressThis:
Watering Lawns in the Desert: What Las Vegas Can Tell Us About Climate Change (and Ourselves):
http://wp.me/p2llp1-pW 
[drought, water, Nevada]

RT Climate Reality @ClimateReality:
.@MarkRuffalo is declaring war on #DirtyEnergy. Watch him take the battle forward:
http://24hoursofreality.org  http://pic.twitter.com/T09IlAEdqp
[energy, renewable energy]

RT Mark Ruffalo @MarkRuffalo:
24 Reasons for Hope = 24 reasons why we CAN solve the climate crisis. Join @ClimateReality:
http://for24hoursofreality.org 

Climate tweets for 11 September 2014

6 Reasons U.S. Should Step It Up & Lead on Climate: @HuffPostBlog:
http://huff.to/WyMHsv

Kate Marvel @DrKateMarvel:

Our grubby little fingerprints: 

http://marvelclimate.blogspot.com/2014/09/our-grubby-little-fingerprints.html?m=1

[science]

Oceans acidifying at fastest rate in 300m years. How bad could it get?: @voxdotcom:

http://www.vox.com/2014/9/10/6131139/ocean-acidification-fastest-300-million-years

[acidification, fishing]

Report: Rockies' pines, firs lose majority of habitat on current climate path: @ravallirepublic:

http://bit.ly/1qKB9Pl 

[trees, forests]

Blue AND red states going green on #energy policy: @usatoday:

http://usat.ly/1rXnQxc

Anger Swells Over Slow Flooding Relief in Kashmir: @WSJIndia:
http://on.wsj.com/1xMR1pg
[India, Pakistan]

MT @robhon: 
Excellent #Greenland Ice Sheet video from Peter Sinclair.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PEi0Retg8A
[sea level, glaciers, science, Yale Climate Connections, Jason Box]

Pacific NW climate conf paints mostly gloomy picture: @theolympian: 
http://www.theolympian.com/2014/09/10/3311630/climate-conference-paints-a-mostly.html
[science]

RT Peter Gleick @PeterGleick:
Yeah, this is what the dry season looks like in California, with a tiny hint of Southwest monsoon: 
http://pic.twitter.com/PWlqaTAqAJ
[drought, water]

RT John Mashey @JohnMashey:
Real science works this way. Zoom from outer space to ground: repeat { click (+), wait}:
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.422,-122.084058,23039274m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en
http://pic.twitter.com/N8i7KUV4Dk
[science, denial]

Professional Deceivers: People Who Can Convince You Garbage Man Knows More Science Than @NASA PhD:
http://thkpr.gs/3565769 
[science, denial]

Matt Ridley Returns w/ Error-Riddled Articles, As Wall Street Journal Discredits Itself:
http://thkpr.gs/3565758
[science, denial]

Trees Dying From ‘No Obvious Cause’ In Rocky Mountains, Report Says: @climateprogress:
http://thkpr.gs/3566195
[forests]

10 birds your grandkids may never see, thx to climate change: @motherjones:
http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/09/audubon-society-climate-change-endangered-birds
[wildlife]

Sorry, red states: You can’t avoid talking about climate change: @readingirl @Salon:
http://www.salon.com/2014/09/09/sorry_red_states_you_cant_avoid_talking_about_climate_change/
[adaptation, denial]

Climate tweets for 9 September 2014

Republican Party's Secret Stance on Climate Change: @io9:
http://io9.com/many-gop-politicians-privately-agree-climate-change-is-1632473961 
[denial]

How Global Warming Is Already Worsening Extreme Deluges In U.S.: @climateprogress:
http://thkpr.gs/3564989
[science, flooding]

U.N. Scientists See Largest CO2 Increase In 30 Years: ‘We Are Running Out Of Time’:
http://thkpr.gs/3564900
[science]

Almost Half North American Bird Species Threatened By Climate Change:
http://thkpr.gs/3564851 via @climateprogress
[birds, wildlife]

Mussels don't stick around in acidic ocean water: @TheDailyClimate:
http://www.dailyclimate.org/tdc-newsroom/2014/09/acidification-mussels
[acidification, oceans, food, fishing]

Why Tax On Carbon Can Help Climate Change - And Economy: http://www.forbes.com/sites/victorlipman/2014/09/08/why-a-tax-on-carbon-can-help-climate-change-and-the-economy/
[carbon tax]

Deadly Once-in-1,000-Years Rains Wipe Out Roads in Arizona, Nevada: @mashable:
http://mashable.com/2014/09/09/arizona-nevada-deadly-rains/#:eyJzIjoidCIsImkiOiJfb3NhYmV0c3h1aWdoc2dnNCJ9
[flooding]

Heat waves America's deadliest weather disaster. They don't have to be.: @voxdotcom:
http://www.vox.com/2014/9/8/6121609/heat-waves-are-americas-deadliest-weather-disaster-they-dont-have-to

Arizona Drought Marches on Despite Record Rain in Phoenix: @NBCNews:
http://nbcnews.to/1ugiBHt
[water, flooding]

By Air, Land & Sea, U.S. Military Going Green to Save Lives, Money:
http://huff.to/WqKHTb 
[national security]

Climate Change May Drastically Increase Forest Fires in Europe:
http://www.scienceworldreport.com/articles/17050/20140908/climate-change-drastically-increase-forest-fires-europe.htm 
[wildfire]

Mosquito-Borne Viruses Hit Japan, U.S.: @nytimes:
http://nyti.ms/1lOmJgu 
[chikungunya, dengue fever, health]

RT Forecast The Facts @ForecastFacts:
#DisruptDenial in the news! Read Bill Moyers on our campaign to get green companies to drop climate deniers: 
http://billmoyers.com/2014/09/09/corporate-america-pays-to-send-global-warming-deniers-to-capitol-hill/ @SumOfUs

RT Bill McKibben @billmckibben:
Climate march by the numbers: 374 buses and trains on their way so far: http://350.org/peoples-climate-march-by-the-numbers/

Climate tweets for 4 September 2014

Carbon stored in world's soils more vulnerable to climate change than expected: @physorg_com:
http://phys.org/news/2014-09-carbon-world-soils-vulnerable-climate.html 
[science]

Why Sierra Nevada Mountains Are Drying Up: @motherboard:
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/the-sierra-nevada-mountains-are-drying-up
[science, forests, water, drought]

RT Michael E. Mann @MichaelEMann
Texas Judge on #HeartlandInst climate denier #JoeBast's "credibility with the court":
(http://tfninsider.org/2014/08/29/ouch-texas-judge-slams-right-winger-for-wasting-his-time/): http://pic.twitter.com/CUNj1lKleh
[science, denial, Heartland Institute, Joe Bast]

No More ‘Hiatus’ — Human Emissions to Completely Overwhelm Nature by 2030: robertscribbler:
http://robertscribbler.wordpress.com/2014/09/03/no-more-hiatus-human-emission-to-completely-overwhelm-nature-by-2030/
[science]

Some important context on Arctic sea ice melt: @CarbonBrief:
http://www.carbonbrief.org/blog/2014/09/some-important-context-on-arctic-sea-ice-melt/#.VAZmco8246M.twitter h/t @anheepc
[science, denial]

New York to West Virginia: Stop Trying to Kill @EPA Carbon Rule:
http://thkpr.gs/1vNKWqL via @climateprogress 
[air pollution]

Dominion Over Nature: Greenwashg Virginia Utility Is Member of Pro-Pollution Group ALEC:
http://thkpr.gs/1uhORsT 
[denial, Koch, American Legislative Exchange Council]

Reason in a Dark Time: @hottopicnz:
http://hot-topic.co.nz/reason-in-a-dark-time/
[science, denial, books]

Emissions from Australia's energy generation jump most in 8 yrs after carbon price axed:
http://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/emissions-from-energy-generation-jump-most-in-eight-years-after-carbon-price-axed-20140903-10by8d.html 

Study links polar vortex chills to melting Arctic sea ice: @borenbears @AP:
http://www.sfgate.com/news/science/article/Study-links-polar-vortex-chills-to-melting-sea-ice-5728384.php?cmpid=twitter
[science]

California's 100-year drought: @usatoday:
http://usat.ly/1uhKY79 
[science, food, water, farming, agriculture]

Warming Gulf of Maine imperils lobster, fish catch: @SFGate:
http://www.sfgate.com/news/science/article/Gulf-of-Maine-Poster-child-for-global-warming-5729824.php?cmpid=twitter
[food, fishing, oceans]

Climate change group aims to turn out 100,000 Iowa voters: @DMRegister:
http://dmreg.co/1ukdXr1 
[NextGen Climate, Tom Steyer]

"...[M]oving dollars out of fossil fuels is ... powerful demonstration of values." http://huff.to/1CmrLG8 
[investing, divestment]

Climate tweets for 18 August 2014

Warm seas keep world on track for hot year: @p_hannam @smh: 

http://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/warm-seas-keep-world-on-track-for-a-hot-year-20140819-105m9i.html

[science, oceans]

Marine economy sinks as ocean acidity rises: @ClimateNewsNet:

http://www.climatenewsnetwork.net/2014/08/marine-economy-sinks-as-ocean-acidity-rises/

[oceans, fishing, food]

Global warming denial rears its ugly head around (English) world: 

http://gu.com/p/4vnqz/tw  via @dana1981 @guardian

[science, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia]

West’s historic drought stokes fears of water crisis: @washingtonpost:

http://wapo.st/1rhdJ5T 

Flip-Flop Summer Caused by Strange Jet Stream: @sciam:

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2014/08/18/flip-flop-summer-caused-by-strange-jet-stream/?WT.mc_id=SA_sharetool_Twitter

[science]

Wildfires Strike Northwest U.S., Northern California: @natgeo:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/08/140813-wildfires-washington-oregon-california-environment/

[fire, Oregon, Washington]

Australian PM still determined to kill renewable energy target: @Renew_Economy: 

http://reneweconomy.com.au/2014/tony-abbott-still-determined-to-kill-renewable-energy-target-31138

[Tony Abbott, denial]

'Unprecedented' 40,000 seabirds dead after year of U.K. storms:

http://fw.to/UO4mPUl

[wildlife, birds, United Kingdom, Wales]

RT Michael E. Mann @MichaelEMann:

"Why Michael Mann’s Defamation Suit Against Climate Denialists Is the Right Move" @EthanElkind of @UCLA Legal Planet:

http://legal-planet.org/2014/08/18/why-michael-manns-defamation-suit-against-climate-denialists-is-the-right-move/

[denial, science, National Review, Mark Steyn]

India: Climate Change Causing Slide in Kerala Farm Produce: @NewIndianXpress:

http://bit.ly/1BsYLfl

[farming, food, agriculture]

MIT Study: Climate Talks on Path to Fall Far Short of Goals: @InsideClimate:

http://insideclimatenews.org/carbon-copy/20140818/mit-study-climate-talks-path-fall-far-short-goals

Mega Drought in Spain Threatens to Drive Up Olive Oil Prices: @climateprogress:

http://thkpr.gs/1t9OAYy

[food, farming, agriculture]

Climate tweets for 17 August 2014

California’s Record Heat Like Nothing You’ve Ever Seen ... Yet: @BloombergNews:

http://bloom.bg/1uXWvII

[heat waves]

Maine coastal economy threatened by ocean acidification: @BBRegister:

http://www.boothbayregister.com/article/scientists-warn-dangers-ocean-acidification/38303#.U_DrglhMDIA.twitter

[science, fishing]

Snowpack atop Arctic sea ice has dwindled since 1950s, study says:

http://www.adn.com/article/20140816/snowpack-atop-arctic-sea-ice-has-dwindled-1950s-study-says#.U_Day9lwJvg.twitter

[science]

20 Powerful Photos That Show Severe Reality of Climate Change Today: @TheMetaPicture:

http://themetapicture.com/20-powerful-photos-that-show-the-severe-reality-of-climate-change-today/

California Dems in tight races balk at climate talk: @TheHill:

http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/215293-california-dems-in-tight-races-balk-at-obama-climate-talk#.U_EtMSvs5cx.twitter

Opinion: Beware dragon of runaway climate change: @JulianCribb @brisbanetimes:

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/comment/beware-the-dragon-of-runaway-climate-change-20140816-1040cw.html

[Arctic, methane]

Detroit is drowning: Why our cities are in danger (& global warming’s 2 blame): @Salon:

http://www.salon.com/2014/08/13/detroit_is_drowning_why_our_cities_are_in_danger_and_global_warmings_to_blame/?source=newsletter

[science, flooding]

Polar Bears: Time for a wakeup call: @Arctic_Journal:

http://arcticjournal.com/climate/893/time-wake-call#.U_ErLQTKEhF.twitter

[wildlife]

World’s Only Stand-Up Economist Explains Climate Change: @standupecon @myHNN:

http://hnn.us/article/156653

[Yoram Bauman, Cartoon Introduction to Climate Change]

Champion California Water Waster: Golf:

http://www.vice.com/read/save-water-ban-golf-815 ... via @VICE

[drought]

Chicken Hawks: Many Republicans Privately Support Action On Climate:

http://bloom.bg/1Bkkm9X  via @BloombergNews

RT Justice@UCC @JusticeUCC:

In NYC on September 21? March in the People's Climate March - largest climate march in history: 

http://peoplesclimate.org/march/

Climate change reflected in altered Missouri River flow, USGS report says: @latimes:

http://fw.to/w8CbCaZ

[science, drought, flooding]

Montana: Big Sky Country, Big Climate Problems: @HuffPostGreen:

http://huff.to/1sFZesb

RT Michael E. Mann @MichaelEMann:

Congrats @YearsOfLiving 4 much-deserved #Emmy. Proud to have been adviser for the project (http://yearsoflivingdangerously.com/science-advisor/michael-mann-ph-d/ …) http://pic.twitter.com/imIPGeTYwl