E continua ... a limpeza das notas e referências, não publicadas em Dezembro, prossegue

• In must-see AGU video, Richard Alley explains “The Biggest Control Knob: Carbon Dioxide in Earth’s Climate History” « Climate Progress: [...] I’d strongly recommended it to anybody who wants to understand why scientists are so certain that CO2 is such a big driver of our climate (ver aqui). 
• Climate change: Mail-strom | The Economist: "[...] attacks on climate scientists, sometimes paid for by carbon-emitting industries when global warming first became a public issue, have made many researchers in the field nervous and defensive." 
• Regional lake study points to faster warming: "Lake Tahoe, Clear Lake and four other large lakes in Northern California and Nevada are warming faster than the surrounding atmosphere, suggesting climate change may affect aquatic environments faster and sooner." 
• AFRICA: Drying, Drying, Disappearing…| Cimate Ark: "Lake Chad was bigger than Israel less than 50 years ago. Today its surface area is less than a tenth of its earlier size, amid forecasts the lake could disappear altogether within 20 years. " 
• Methane levels in southern hemisphere increasing| Climate Ark   
• Acidic oceans threaten world’s ecosystem| Climate Ark: "Deep and immediate cuts in emissions are needed to stall ocean acidification and prevent mass extinction of marine species, food insecurity and serious damage to the world economy, [...] (IUCN)."  
• The hottest decade ends and since there’s no Maunder mininum — sorry deniers! — the hottest decade begins « Climate Progress .
• Below-average snow fans California drought fear | Climate Ark  .
• Malta: December was one of the warmest on record .
• Economist's View: ''Scientists Need to Speak Up'': "The academic community needs to do a better job at responding to attacks on its credibility: On issues like global warming and evolution, scientists need to speak up, by Chris Mooney, Commentary, Washington Post.