[2012-08-13] Fresh water breathes fresh life into hurricanes + http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2012/08/06/1201364109.abstract + http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2012/08/scienceshot-fresh-water-fuels-ki.html + http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-08/tau-hcb081312.php + http://www.futurity.org/earth-environment/freshwater-can-turn-hurricanes-into-super-storms/ with fresh_watertropical_cyclones
[2012-08-13] Stepping stones to the north + http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120813155243.htm + http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2012/08/14/1210251109.abstract + http://www.rspb.org.uk/news/322161-stepping-stones-to-the-north-citizen-science-reveals-that-protected-areas-allow-wildlife-to-spread-in-response-to-climate-change with colonizationprotected_areas
[2012-08-14] A summer storm in the Arctic + http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674arctic_sea_ice_continues_to_melt_at_record-breaking_rates/ + http://barentsobserver.com/en/arctic/arctic-ice-melting-now-dramatic-new-data-show-15-08 + http://www.earthweek.com/2012/ew120817/ew120817g.html + https://www2.ucar.edu/atmosnews/opinion/7732/ice-vs-storm-2012-s-great-arctic-cyclone with 2012arctic_cyclonesarctic_sea_iceaugust
[2012-08-14] Australia says signs El Nino weather pattern forming + http://blogs.agu.org/wildwildscience/2012/08/14/el-nino-likely-this-winter-just-what-that-means-for-the-winter-is-much-more-complicated/ + http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/interview-el-nino-lurks-limited-impact-on-australia-likely with 2012el_niño
[2012-08-14] Jaguars among species 'virtually extinct' in Brazil's Atlantic forest + http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0041671 + http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-08/uoea-wle080912.php + http://news.mongabay.com/2012/0815-hance-atlantic-forest-mammal-extinctions.html + http://www.nature.com/news/brazil-s-atlantic-forests-lose-key-species-1.11175 + http://e360.yale.edu/digest/wildlife_vanishing_in_brazils_fragmented_atlantic_forest_study_says/3590/ with atlantic_forestbiodiversity_lossbrazilmammals
[2012-08-15] Hot and cold contrasts add up to planet’s 4th warmest July on record + http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/global/2012/7 + http://www.wunderground.com/blog/weatherhistorian/comment.html?entrynum=85 + http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=78869 + http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=2192 + http://news.mongabay.com/2012/0820-hance-global-temps-july.html + http://www.wunderground.com/blog/weatherhistorian/comment.html?entrynum=186 + http://www.climate.gov/news-features/feed/global-july-temperatures-sixth-highest-record + http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/global/2013/7 + http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=2496 with 2012julyweather
[2012-08-15] Rating of ocean health shows 'room for improvement' + http://www.oceanhealthindex.org/ + http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-08/uobc-goh081412.php + http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-08/uoc--nsh081312.php + http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/aug/15/tiny-pacific-island-ocean-health-index + http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2012/08/the-health-of-the-oceans-in-a-si.html + http://www.nature.com/news/ocean-health-index-unveiled-1.11195 + http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature11397.html + http://www.futurity.org/earth-environment/scientists-score-ocean-health-60-out-of-100/ + http://e360.yale.edu/digest/ocean_health_index_evaluates_state_of_waters_around_the_globe/3592/ + http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2012/sep/26/measure-ocean-health with oceans
[2012-08-16] Warming causes more extreme shifts of the Southern Hemisphere's largest rain band + http://www.csiro.au/en/Portals/Media/Warming-causes-more-extreme-shifts.aspx + http://www.csiro.au/~/Media/CSIROau/Portals/Media%20Releases/2012/Nature-Warming/MoreExtremeSwingsSouthPacificConvergenceZoneGreenhouseWarming.pdf + http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120816075441.htm + http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v488/n7411/full/nature11358.html + http://www.sciencealert.com.au/news/20121608-23667.html + http://ecosmagazine.com/paper/EC12391.htm with extreme_weatherprecipitationsouthern_hemisphere