What we learned about climate change in 2017

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Here’s a selection of significant climate articles taken from Daily Links.
A quick scan should provide the flavour of the year’s research and opinion.
It used to be the thing to say that we have only ten years to solve the climate crisis.
According to one of these articles we have until next Wednesday.

Climate research

Climate change triggers new diseases in Vietnam.
 http://www.dailyclimate.org/t/8508557863668712552

It takes the right rock to sequester carbon.
 http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/8508557863668716395

Study confirms steady warming of oceans for past 75 years
 https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-01/uoy-scs010317.php

Scientists say the global ocean circulation may be more vulnerable to shutdown than we thought.
 http://www.dailyclimate.org/t/685015678436855734

New study confirms NOAA finding of faster global warming.
 http://www.dailyclimate.org/t/2895475914905840814

2016 ‘shatters’ hottest year record by wide margin
 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-01-06/world-heat-shatters-records-in-2016/8165426

One year from today, we’ll have blown the world’s entire carbon budget. (Jan 10 2017)
By one calculation, we have 365 days left to do something drastic with our carbon emissions before we lock in a future of drastic climate change.
 http://www.dailyclimate.org/t/2895475914905846789

Climate change is the world’s biggest risk, in 3 charts.
 http://www.dailyclimate.org/t/685015678436858433

Climate change will hurt crops more than it helps them, study suggests.
 http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/685015678436863097

Climate change means fewer days of perfect weather.
 http://www.dailyclimate.org/t/685015678436863103

Toxic algae may thrive as climate and oceans warm, study says.
http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/685015678436867257

Study reveals that climate change could dramatically alter fragile mountain habitats
 http://www.enn.com/ecosystems/article/50380

How the world passed a carbon threshold and why it matters.
http://www.dailyclimate.org/t/685015678436869711

Renewables can’t deliver Paris climate goals.
http://www.dailyclimate.org/t/685015678436871230

Electricity costs: A new way they’ll surge in a warming world
 https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-02/uom-eca020717.php

Scientists argue current climate change models understate the problem
 https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-02/oupu-sac020817.php

Do mild days fuel climate change scepticism?
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/feb/20/do-mild-days-fuel-climate-change-scepticism

Warming ponds could accelerate climate change
 https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-02/uoe-wpc021717.php

Study finds peculiar tie between warm climate, slow snowmelt.
 http://www.dailyclimate.org/t/6006592648193061808

Northern hemisphere sees in early spring due to global warming
 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/mar/01/northern-hemisphere-sees-in-early-spring-due-global-warming

Massive permafrost thaw documented in Canada, portends huge carbon release.
http://www.dailyclimate.org/t/6006592648193065381

Global greening may soak up less carbon dioxide than projected
 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2123610-global-greening-may-soak-up-less-carbon-dioxide-than-projected/

By 2030, half the world’s oceans could be reeling from climate change, scientists say.
http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/7703038536633435623

Most people don’t know climate change is entirely human-made.
 http://www.dailyclimate.org/t/7703038536633435646

Earth’s oceans are warming 13% faster than thought, and accelerating
 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2017/mar/10/earths-oceans-are-warming-13-faster-than-thought-and-accelerating

Humans may learn to survive climate change.
http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/7703038536633436992

Geoengineering: What is it, how does it work and is it good or bad?
 http://www.dailyclimate.org/t/7703038536633437004

A new study provides a solid evidence for global warming
 https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-03/ioap-ans031317.php

Global carbon emissions flat despite economic growth, raising hopes of downward trend
 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-18/carbon-emissions-flat-despite-economic-growth/8366110

How Americans think about climate change, in six maps.
 http://www.dailyclimate.org/t/-6571422209236700958

Global energy CO2 emissions could be cut by 70 percent by 2050: IRENA.
http://www.dailyclimate.org/t/-6571422209236700974

Global warming is increasing rainfall rates
 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2017/mar/22/global-warming-is-increasing-rainfall-rates

‘Moore’s law’ for carbon would defeat global warming
 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/mar/23/moores-law-carbon-would-defeat-global-warming

Future CO2 and climate warming potentially unprecedented in 420 million years
 https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-04/uos-fca040317.php

Fasten your seat belts: Climate change could increase air turbulence.
 http://www.dailyclimate.org/t/-9105824299682462141

Intensifying sun and increased CO2 a ‘double-whammy’ for climate change.
http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/2341068195227891028

Huge permafrost thaw can be limited by ambitious climate targets
 https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-04/uol-hpt040717.php

Is there a narrative vacuum surrounding climate change?
 http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/2251058991469066884

Climate funds for world’s poorest slow to materialise.
http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/2251058991469072017

Humans on the verge of causing Earth’s fastest climate change in 50m years.
http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/2251058991469072526

The religious case for caring about climate change.
http://www.dailyclimate.org/t/-1187149411708837079

Climate change will fuel terrorism recruitment, report for German foreign office says
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/apr/20/climate-change-will-fuel-terrorism-recruitment-adelphi-report-says

We just reached the 410 parts per million Co2 threshold
 http://reneweconomy.com.au/just-reached-410-parts-per-million-co2-threshold-50063/

Global warming costs mount as heatwave hits Chile’s glaciers.
 http://www.dailyclimate.org/t/-995200128361653751

Global Warming Accounts for Tripling of Extreme West African Sahel Storms
 https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170426131005.htm

Climate change: The Arctic as it is known today is almost certainly gone.
 http://www.dailyclimate.org/t/-995200128361646668

How would just 2 degrees of warming change the planet?
 http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/-995200128361646671

Negative emissions tech: can more trees, carbon capture or biochar solve our CO2 problem?
https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2017/may/05/negative-emissions-tech-can-more-trees-carbon-capture-or-biochar-solve-our-co2-problem

Climate change laws exceed 1,200 worldwide, finds LSE study
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/may/09/climate-change-laws-exceed-1200-worldwide-finds-lse-study

More errors identified in contrarian climate scientists’ temperature estimates
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2017/may/11/more-errors-identified-in-contrarian-climate-scientists-temperature-estimates

A climate solution that also lifts Indigenous rights.
http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/2460133000468966701

Changing climate to wreak havoc on Mediterranean soils.
 http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/-995200128361614450

Climate stabilization: Planting trees cannot replace cutting CO2 emissions
 http://www.enn.com/pollution/article/51292

Experts reject Bjørn Lomborg centre’s view that 2C warming target ‘not worth it’
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/may/21/experts-reject-bjorn-lomborg-centres-view-that-2c-warming-target-not-worth-it

New study finds the oceans are rising three times faster than they were during the 20th century.
http://www.dailyclimate.org/t/-995200128361600952

More people heading to court to spur action on climate change, study finds.
http://www.dailyclimate.org/t/-1786170265303043988

Climate policies could boost economic growth by 5 percent, OECD says.
 http://www.dailyclimate.org/t/-1786170265303041492

Supercritical CO2: the most important climate change solution you’ve never heard of
http://www.dailyclimate.org/t/-1786170265303038825

Changing climate could have devastating impact on forest carbon storage
 http://www.enn.com/ecosystems/article/51370

Sky-high carbon tax needed to avoid climate catastrophe, say experts
 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/may/29/sky-high-carbon-tax-needed-to-avoid-catastrophic-global-warming-say-experts

Would you have kids, given climate change?
http://www.dailyclimate.org/t/-4426583696647302818

Climate change could make cities 8C hotter  scientists
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/may/30/climate-change-could-make-cities-8c-hotter-scientists

Scientists are testing a “vaccine” against climate change denial.
 http://www.dailyclimate.org/t/-4426583696647300843

Another deadly consequence of climate change: The spread of dangerous diseases
http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/-4426583696647301826

Greenhouse gases database shows ‘relentless rise’
 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-06-01/greenhouse-gases-database-shows-co2-ch4-n2o-rising-relentlessly/8578918

Climate change may be choking the ocean’s oxygen supply, study shows.
http://www.dailyclimate.org/t/18530169838846046

Where Climate Change Is Most Likely to Induce Food Violence
 https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170608123718.htm

How much do you know about solving global warming?
 http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/2460133000468974182

Reasons to be cheerful, despite Trump withdrawing from the Paris Agreement
 https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2017/jun/19/reasons-to-be-cheerful-despite-trump-withdrawing-from-the-paris-agreement

Climate change label leads to climate science acceptance
 http://www.enn.com/climate/article/51594

Rising seas could result in 2 billion refugees by 2100
 http://www.enn.com/climate/article/51644

Contributions to sea-level rise have increased by half since 1993, largely because of Greenland’s ice
 http://theconversation.com/contributions-to-sea-level-rise-have-increased-by-half-since-1993-largely-because-of-greenlands-ice-79175

Ozone layer recovery will be delayed by chemical leaks
 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2138753-ozone-layer-recovery-will-be-delayed-by-chemical-leaks/

These experts say we have until 2020 to get climate change under control. And they’re the optimists
http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/-2621786372544287032

Climate models over-estimated warming
 http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/health-science/climate-models-overestimated-temperature-rises-scientists/news-story/3df40de24758698cba22d98743d4e4c5

Fighting climate change could trigger a massive financial crash
 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2139287-fighting-climate-change-could-trigger-a-massive-financial-crash/

Hopes of mild climate change dashed by new research
 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jul/05/hopes-of-mild-climate-change-dashed-by-new-research

2 new studies undermine climate denial arguments.
 http://www.dailyclimate.org/t/-2621786372544280930

Why carbon pricing is losing popularity
 http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/2460133000468992526

Delhi could become as hot as Sharjah by 2100
 http://www.dailyclimate.org/t/-2621786372544280920

This is how climate change will shift the world’s cities
 http://www.dailyclimate.org/t/2460133000468992498

Short answers to hard questions about climate change.
 http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/-2621786372544279948

That climate hiatus: what’s really going on
http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/2460133000468996386

Most comprehensive database on past global changes is online
 http://www.enn.com/climate/article/51809

Unabated climate change would reverse the development gains in Asia: Report
 https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-07/pifc-ucc071417.php

If You Fix This, You Fix a Big Piece of the Climate Puzzle
 https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/07/13/climate/climate-change-make-a-difference-quiz.html?smid=tw-nytimesscience&smtyp=cur

In Chile, many regard climate change as the greatest external threat.
 http://www.dailyclimate.org/t/2946413885455653536

How Y2K offers a lesson for fighting climate change.
 http://www.dailyclimate.org/t/2460133000469001608

All hell breaks loose as the tundra thaws
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jul/20/hell-breaks-loose-tundra-thaws-weatherwatch

Allowable ‘carbon budget’ most likely overestimated
 http://www.enn.com/pollution/article/51945

How the climate crisis could become a food crisis overnight.
http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/-3246038150322354112

Methane-Eating Microbes May Reduce Release of Gases as Antarctic Ice Sheets Melt
 https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/07/170731134123.htm

Earth likely to warm more than 2 degrees this century
 https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-07/uow-elt072717.php

Suicides of nearly 60,000 Indian farmers linked to climate change, study claims
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jul/31/suicides-of-nearly-60000-indian-farmers-linked-to-climate-change-study-claims

Climate change set to increase air pollution deaths by hundreds of thousands by 2100
 http://theconversation.com/climate-change-set-to-increase-air-pollution-deaths-by-hundreds-of-thousands-by-2100-81830

Germans, unlike Americans, more worried about climate change than war or terror.
http://www.dailyclimate.org/t/-3246038150322346385

Climate change to cause humid heatwaves that will kill even healthy people.
http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/-3246038150322343462

The nitrogen problem: Why global warming is making it worse.
 http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/-3246038150322336574

How fossil fuel money made climate change denial the word of God.
 http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/-3246038150322330087

2016 Was Another Warm Year, Report Confirms
 https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170809073301.htm

Super-heatwaves of 55°C to emerge if global warming continues
 http://www.enn.com/climate/article/52119

The crazy climate records from 2016 you haven’t heard much about
 http://reneweconomy.com.au/crazy-climate-records-2016-havent-heard-much-12340/

Global warming ‘is causing the Alps to crumble.’
 http://www.dailyclimate.org/t/-3246038150322315090

Study validates East Antarctic ice sheet to remain stable even if western ice sheet melts
 https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-08/iu-sve081717.php

Climate migrants might reach one billion by 2050.
 http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/-3246038150322307626

Staying below 2 degrees is ‘possible and practical’ says RMI
 https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2017/08/17/staying-below-2-degrees-is-possible-and-practical-says-rmi/

‘Surprising’ results from Antarctic ocean warming study
 http://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2017-09-01/antarctic-ocean-warming-study-shows-surprising-results/8855882

Proper carbon tax could wipe billions from polluters’ profits
 http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/-6766923627212644479

Here’s what happens when you try to replicate climate contrarian papers
 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2015/aug/25/heres-what-happens-when-you-try-to-replicate-climate-contrarian-papers

Four radical plans to save civilization from climate change
http://www.dailyclimate.org/t/-6766923627212643981

Too much mansplaining in climate conversations?
 http://www.dailyclimate.org/t/-6766923627212638056

Four little discussed ways that climate change could make hurricanes even worse.
http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/-6766923627212633056

Global warming poses grave threat to the Himalayas.
 http://www.dailyclimate.org/t/-4057999804430504393

At least one-third of Asian glaciers will disappear
 http://www.enn.com/climate/article/52512

Cost of not adapting to climate change would be at least five times higher
 https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-09/fda-con091417.php

New climate risk classification created to account for potential ‘existential’ threats
 https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-09/uoc–ncr091417.php

World hunger is on the rise again due to climate change and war
 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2147570-world-hunger-is-on-the-rise-again-due-to-climate-change-and-war/

After 30 years of the Montreal Protocol, the ozone layer is gradually healing
 http://theconversation.com/after-30-years-of-the-montreal-protocol-the-ozone-layer-is-gradually-healing-84051

Could we store carbon dioxide as liquid lakes under the sea?
 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2147803-could-we-store-carbon-dioxide-as-liquid-lakes-under-the-sea/

Climate change is already making people sicker
 http://www.dailyclimate.org/t/-6766923627212615426

Earth may be close to ‘threshold of catastrophe.’
 http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/1195107355338416620

Stark evidence: A warmer world is sparking more and bigger wildfires.
 http://www.dailyclimate.org/t/1251925125133572671

Can Hollywood movies about climate change make a difference?
 http://www.dailyclimate.org/t/1195107355338416643

The most powerful evidence climate scientists have of global warming.
 http://www.dailyclimate.org/t/1195107355338416672

Climate change creating food shortages across the Pacific, says support agency.
http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/1251925125133575603

IMF tells rich nations that greater urgency needed on climate change
 https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/oct/11/imf-tells-rich-nations-that-greater-urgency-needed-on-climate-change

Study Reveals New Threat to the Ozone Layer
 http://www.enn.com/sci-tech/article/52835

Climate change may accelerate infectious disease outbreaks
 http://www.enn.com/ecosystems/article/52840

Geoengineering is not a quick fix for climate change, experts warn Trump
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/oct/14/geoengineering-is-not-a-quick-fix-for-climate-change-experts-warn-trump

Sea level rise could flood 1.9 million US homes by 2100
 http://e360.yale.edu/digest/sea-level-rise-could-flood-1-9-million-u-s-homes-by-2100

Fighting poverty might make it harder to fight climate change
 http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/10/fighting-poverty-might-make-it-harder-fight-climate-change

Sea levels to rise 1.3m unless coal power ends by 2050, report says
 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/oct/26/sea-levels-to-rise-13m-unless-coal-power-ends-by-2050-report-says

Climate change and the human mind: A noted psychiatrist weighs in.
Author Robert Jay Lifton has probed the psyches of barbaric Nazi doctors and Hiroshima survivors. Now, he is focusing on how people respond to the mounting evidence of climate change and is finding some reasons for hope.
 http://e360.yale.edu/features/climate-change-and-the-human-mind-a-noted-psychiatrist-weighs-in

Tropical forest reserves slow down global warming
 https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/uoe-tfr102617.php

Red Sea is warming faster than global average
 https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/kauo-rsi103017.php

New data gives hope for meeting the Paris climate targets
 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2017/oct/30/new-data-gives-hope-for-meeting-the-paris-climate-targets

Future Volcanic Eruptions Could Cause More Climate Disruption
 https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/10/171031084816.htm

Emissions set to bust Paris deal by 30%
 http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/emissions-set-to-bust-paris-deal-by-30/news-story/d16ad0cda3d923b44c758d4147c1c3ab

World greenhouse gas levels made unprecedented leap in 2016
 http://theconversation.com/world-greenhouse-gas-levels-made-unprecedented-leap-in-2016-86545

New Greenland maps show more glaciers at risk
 https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-11/uoc–ngm110117.php

To close climate goals gap: drop coal, ramp up renewables  fast, UN says
 https://insideclimatenews.org/news/31102017/unep-report-paris-climate-gap-coal-phase-out-renewable-energy-emissions-cuts-needed

Fossil fuel companies undermining Paris agreement negotiations  report
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/nov/01/fossil-fuel-companies-undermining-paris-agreement-negotiations-report

Climate change likely to be more deadly in poor African settlements
 https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-11/jhu-ccl110317.php

Seven ways you can help mitigate climate change
 http://www.newtimes.co.rw/section/read/223065/

How climate change drives child marriage.
https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/community/2017/11/06/how-climate-change-drives-child-marriage

The seven megatrends that could beat global warming: ‘There is reason for hope’
 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/nov/08/seven-megatrends-that-could-beat-global-warming-climate-change

27 Ways Heatwaves Can Kill
 http://www.enn.com/pollution/article/53096

From the Everglades to Kilimanjaro, climate change is destroying world wonders
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/nov/13/from-the-everglades-to-kilimanjaro-climate-change-is-destroying-world-wonders

Experts warn of a ‘new era of mega-catastrophies’ driven by climate change
 http://gazette.com/experts-warn-of-a-new-era-of-mega-catastrophies-driven-by-climate-change/article/1615140

How climate change could lead to more wars in the 21st century
 https://www.vox.com/world/2017/11/14/16589878/global-climate-change-conflict-environment

Artificially cooling planet ‘risky strategy,’ new research shows
 https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-11/uoe-acp111017.php

Groundwater depletion could be significant source of atmospheric carbon dioxide
 https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-11/agu-gdc111617.php

The world at 3 degrees: What it means for five cities
 http://www.dw.com/en/the-world-at-3-degrees-what-it-means-for-five-cities/a-41392444

Plants churn out 11 times more CO2 than is released by human activity: study
While much focus is placed on human-caused emissions of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, research from teams around the world suggests plants could be contributing up to 11 times as much.
 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-11-18/plant-respiration-co2-findings-anu-canberra/9163858

Study: Global warming likely to make thunderstorms larger, more frequent
Summer thunderstorms in North America will likely be larger, wetter and more frequent in a warmer world, dumping 80 percent more rain in some areas and worsening flooding, a new study says.
 http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/nation-world/nation/article/Study-Global-warming-likely-to-make-12373017.php

How carbon farming can help solve climate change
 http://www.enn.com/agriculture/article/53222

The global energy outlook and what it means for climate change
 https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/global-energy-outlook-and-what-it-means-climate-change

Research reveals China’s reversing emission flows
 https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-11/uoea-rrc112117.php

Could climate change affect people’s personalities?
https://www.livescience.com/61033-climate-temperature-personality.html

7 surprises that climate change will throw us
 http://nautil.us/blog/7-surprises-that-climate-change-will-throw-us

If oceans stopped absorbing heat from climate change, life on land would average 122°F
 https://qz.com/1141633/if-oceans-stopped-absorbing-heat-from-climate-change-life-on-land-would-average-122f/

Study Discovers Why Global Warming Will Accelerate As CO2 Levels Rise
 http://www.enn.com/pollution/article/53315

El Niño might speed up climate change
 https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/el-nino-might-speed-up-climate-change/

Forest gumption: How scientists are tapping everything from drones to pruning shears to stem global warming
 https://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2017/1203/Forest-gumption-How-scientists-are-tapping-everything-from-drones-to-pruning-shears-to-stem-global-warming

Study: Climate change might lower salaries
 https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/12/hot-weather-fetuses/547406/

4 takeaways from a gathering of mayors on climate change
 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/05/us/climate-change-mayors-chicago.html

More-severe climate model predictions could be the most accurate: study
 http://www.enn.com/climate/article/53374

Global warming will weaken wind power, study predicts
 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/dec/11/global-warming-will-weaken-wind-power-study-predicts

How global warming fueled five extreme weather events
 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/14/climate/climate-extreme-weather-attribution.html

Clouds don’t act as a climate thermostat, and they’re not going to save us from global warming
 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2017/dec/18/scientists-have-beaten-down-the-best-climate-denial-argument

2017 will be one of Earth’s hottest years on record, along with 2014, 2015, and 2016
 http://mashable.com/2017/12/19/top-5-hottest-years-global-warming-nasa-noaa/#4B8EA6Qwhmqo

The 4 ways we can hope to make some climate progress in 2018
 https://www.fastcompany.com/40506988/the-4-ways-we-can-hope-to-make-some-climate-progress-in-2018

2017 was a terrible year of climate disasters — and too many media outlets failed to tell the story
https://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2017/12/20/2017-was-a-terrible-year-of-climate-disasters—-and-too-many-media-outlets-failed-to-tell/218890

Opinion Pieces

How far can technology go to stave off climate change?
David Biello Yale Environment 360
 http://www.dailyclimate.org/t/2895475914905863428

Bill McKibben’s battle plan for the planet’s climate crisis.
Bill McKibben Rolling Stone
 http://www.dailyclimate.org/t/-7696448617367884167

A conservative case for climate action.
Martin S. Feldstein, Ted Halstead, N. Gregory Mankiw New York Times
 http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/7703038536633428762

Why climate change activism has failed (and how it can be saved)
Guy Rundle
 https://www.crikey.com.au/2017/02/09/rundle-why-climate-change-activism-has-failed/

Why the research into climate change in Africa is biased, and why it matters.
Cullen S. Hendrix Washington Post
http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/7703038536633436485

Climate change is happening now  here’s eight things we can do to adapt to it
Missy Stults
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/mar/21/eight-things-adapt-climate-change-donald-trump

Why the world economy has to be carbon free by 2050.
Johan Rockström New York Times
http://www.dailyclimate.org/t/7975604620194362274

How to fix the future: saving the planet from climate change requires action – now
David Suzuki and Ian Hannington
http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/2341068195227888037

We need to get rid of carbon in the atmosphere, not just reduce emissions
Eelco Rohling, Australian National University
 http://theconversation.com/we-need-to-get-rid-of-carbon-in-the-atmosphere-not-just-reduce-emissions-72573

A closer look at how rich countries “outsource” their CO2 emissions to poorer ones.
Brad Plumer Vox
There are all sorts of interesting twists and nuances that make this more complicated than it seems.
 http://www.dailyclimate.org/t/-1187149411708833351

Global warming activism is bad for the environment
Seath Holswich
 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=19003

Jesus wants me to care about global warming
Mick Pope
 http://www.ethos.org.au/online-resources/Engage-Mail/jesus-wants-me-to-care-about-global-warming

If we stopped emitting greenhouse gases right now, would we stop climate change?
Richard B. Rood University of Michigan
 https://theconversation.com/if-we-stopped-emitting-greenhouse-gases-right-now-would-we-stop-climate-change-78882

Stop scaring people about climate change. It doesn’t work.
Eric Holthaus Grist
 http://www.dailyclimate.org/t/2946413885455645816

Why aren’t politicians doing more on climate change? Maybe because they’re so old.
Sydney Sauer Vox
http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/2946413885455652096

Neoliberalism has conned us into fighting climate change as individuals
Martin Lukacs
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2017/jul/17/neoliberalism-has-conned-us-into-fighting-climate-change-as-individuals

Climate change is killing us right now.
Emily Atkin New Republic
http://www.dailyclimate.org/t/2460133000469001628

Fossil fuel industry should pay for rising sea level.
Serge Dedina San Diego Union-Tribune
http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/-3246038150322367130

The axis of climate evil.
Paul Krugman New York Times
http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/-3246038150322321890

Climate change did not “cause” Harvey, but it’s a huge part of the story.
David Roberts Vox
 http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/2460133000469006324

This is why we cannot rely on cities alone to tackle climate change
Brendan F.D. Barrett, RMIT University and Andrew DeWit, Rikkyo University
 https://theconversation.com/this-is-why-we-cannot-rely-on-cities-alone-to-tackle-climate-change-82375

Stop talking right now about the threat of climate change. It’s here; it’s happening.
Bill McKibben The Guardian
 http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/-6766923627212634493

Science is a battle zone because it is revealing again and again that pro-corporate business as usual leads to a species-threatening catastrophe.
Naomi Klein The Intercept
 http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/-6766923627212633031

Taking the long view: The ‘forever legacy’ of climate change.
Rob Wilder, Dan Kammen Yale Environment 360
 http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/-4057999804430504394

The idea that climate scientists are in it for the cash has deep ideological roots
Graham Readfearn
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/planet-oz/2017/sep/15/the-idea-that-climate-scientists-are-in-it-for-the-cash-has-deep-ideological-roots

The Christian case for tackling climate change
Bishop John Arnold and Bishop Martin Lind
 https://www.christiantoday.com/article/the.christian.case.for.tackling.climate.change/114897.htm

Is it too late to save the world?
Jonathan Franzen
 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/nov/04/jonathan-franzen-too-late-to-save-world-donald-trump-environment?CMP=twt_a-environment_b-gdneco

On climate change, there aren’t ‘two sides.’ So why do some feel otherwise?
Katharine Hayhoe
 http://www.macleans.ca/opinion/on-climate-change-there-arent-two-sides-so-why-do-some-feel-otherwise/

Don’t be complacent: climate change will ravage rich and poor alike
Patricia Scotland
 https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/nov/09/climate-change-ravage-rich-poor-alike-hurricane-irma-maria

Global climate action must be gender equal
Hilda Heine
 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/nov/15/global-climate-action-must-be-gender-equal

Why meeting the Paris climate goals is an existential threat to fossil fuel industries
Henry Kelly, University of Michigan
 http://theconversation.com/why-meeting-the-paris-climate-goals-is-an-existential-threat-to-fossil-fuel-industries-85225

The climate crisis? It’s capitalism, stupid
Benjamin Y. Fong
 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/20/opinion/climate-capitalism-crisis.html

Winning Slowly Is the Same as Losing
Bill McKibben
 http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/bill-mckibben-winning-slowly-is-the-same-as-losing-w512967

Climate change cannot be mitigated without carbon capture
Akshat Rathi
 https://qz.com/1144298/humanitys-fight-against-climate-change-is-failing-one-technology-can-change-that/

The west can’t fix the climate crisis. Asia will have to do it
Chandran Nair
 https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/dec/05/west-climate-crisis-asia-developing-nations

Arctic under attack: Why the world must ‘act now’
Lewis Pugh
 https://news.sky.com/story/arctic-under-attack-why-the-world-must-act-now-11173140

Maelor Himbury