[2012-08-06] A most interesting Arctic summer + http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674august_arctic_sea_ice_extent_a_record-breaker_data_center/ + http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/arctic-sea-ice-stubbornly-stuck-near-record-low-levels + http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn22175-arctic-sea-ice-heads-for-record-low.html with 2012arctic_sea_icegreenlandjuly
[2012-08-06] Dry and drier + http://www.nature.com/nclimate/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nclimate1633.html + http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/13/a-closer-look-at-extreme-drought-in-a-warming-climate/ with droughts
[2012-08-06] Research links extreme summer heat events to global warming + http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/warming-links.html + http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2012/07/30/1205276109 + http://www.nature.com/news/heatwaves-blamed-on-global-warming-1.11130 + http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/aug/07/nasa-scientist-high-temperatures-climate-change + http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2012/08/06/3561379.htm + http://e360.yale.edu/digest/rise_in_extreme_heat_events_linked_to_climate_change_study_says/3576/ + http://news.mongabay.com/2012/0805-hance-extreme-heatwaves-hansen.html + http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn22143-climate-change-blamed-for-heatwaves.html + http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/earthmatters/2012/08/07/earth-indicator-3%CF%83/?src=eorss-blogs with climate_changeheatwavestemperatures Note: + http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a003900/a003970/ + http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a003900/a003975/ + http://blogs.agu.org/wildwildscience/2012/08/10/nasa-climate-expert-james-hansen-an-amazing-forecast/ + http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3In3le_8gU
[2012-08-08] July was hottest month ever for continental U.S. + http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/national/2012/7 + http://blogs.nature.com/news/2012/08/on-cue-us-registers-hottest-month-ever.html + http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/drought-hit-us-busts-heat-record-from-dust-bowl-days + http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-19187115 + http://news.mongabay.com/2012/0808-hance-record-month-us.html + http://ksj.mit.edu/tracker/2012/08/hottest-july-record + http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=2180 with 2012julyusaweather
[2012-08-08] World over-using underground water reserves for agriculture + http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v488/n7410/full/nature11295.html + http://www.nature.com/news/demand-for-water-outstrips-supply-1. + http://www.futurity.org/earth-environment/groundwater-%E2%80%98footprints%E2%80%99-are-way-too-big/ + http://e360.yale.edu/digest/overuse_of_groundwater_threatens_global_supplies_study_says/3583/ with groundwater