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   A temperature of 20C in the UK winter: a sign of the future?   
   Weather   
   In Feb 2019, the UK hit a new record winter temperature of 21.2C,   
   exceeding the previous record by 1.5C. In a new paper, a group of Met   
   Office scientists look at how unusual such a warm winter spell was,   
   noting that "it is likely that human-induced climate change will have   
   contributed to the margin by which the temperature record was broken   
   and the corresponding spatial extent of 19 to 20C   
   temperatures". Looking ahead, they find that "should emissions remain   
   high, by the late twenty-first century we may regularly see winters   
   that have at least 1-2 days hotter than the historical record". For   
   more on the UK's record-breaking winter heat in 2019, see Carbon   
   Brief's media analysis piece.   
      
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   BREAKING: In Vic the list of businesses that are permitted to remain   
   open during the stage 4 lockdown was not published until 1am today --   
   1 hr after the lockdown began.  Even reporters now must carry a permit   
   that explains why they are at work rather than staying at home.   
      
   BREAKING: ABC reports there have been 471 new covid19 cases in   
   Victoria in the past 24 hrs.   
      
   BREAKING: The Vic Coroner says it will investigate 5 of the deaths at   
   St Basil's aged care home which has been so far linked with 159 covid19   
   cases. There were reports that residents were left without food or   
   care after the state govt removed several of the staff 2 wks ago in   
   what was said by commentators to be a "snap decision".  The Coroner   
   says the investigation will look at St Basil's management as well as   
   the actions of the state and federal govt in dealing with the crisis   
   at the facility.   
      
   EU eyes sustainable fuel quotas to tackle aviation emissions   
   Kate Abnett, Reuters   
   The European Union is considering "sustainable fuel" quotas for   
   airlines, Reuters reports, citing a European Commission consultation   
   issued yesterday. Other options under consideration include a trading   
   system for fuel carbon credits or a tax on jet fuel, the newswire   
   reports. Separately, Reuters reports that a group of Republican   
   senators is supporting an extension to a $25bn payroll assistance   
   programme for US airlines.   
      
   Thermal displacement by marine heatwaves   
   Nature   
   A new paper introduces a "thermal displacement" metric for marine   
   heatwaves (MHWs), which are typically characterised by their intensity   
   and persistence at a given location. The researchers use a global sea   
   surface temperature dataset to calculate thermal displacements for all   
   MHWs from 1982 to 2019. The findings show that "thermal displacements   
   during MHWs vary from tens to 1000s of kilometres across the   
   world's oceans", the study says, and "short-term thermal displacements   
   during MHWs are of comparable magnitude to century-scale shifts   
   inferred from warming trends". An accompanying News & Views article   
   notes that "thermal displacement is relevant only for species that   
   have some capacity for active movement". It adds: "Many marine   
   organisms are location-bound and cannot or will not move, such as kelp   
   forests or parents guarding their young."   
      
   Colorado State forecasters predict 5 major hurricanes, 24 named   
   storms in 2020   
   Reuters   
      
   BP shows oil majors how to green a polluting company   
   Akshat Rathi and Will Mathis, Bloomberg   
      
   Bill Gates issued a stark warning for the world: 'As awful as this   
   pandemic is, climate change could be worse'   
   Ben Gillbert, Business Insider   
      
   Bosch signs solar power supply deals with 3 utilities   
   Reuters   
      
   China's post-Covid-19 stimulus: No green new deal in sight   
   Jorrit Gosens and Frank Jotzo, Environmental Innovation and Societal   
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   Stocks stall and dollar squeezed as investors wait for stimulus   
   Investing.com, 06 Aug 2020 06:43Z   
   Singapore (Reuters). US-China tension and sobering economic data knocked   
   momentum out of Asia's stock markets on Thu, though the hope of ...   
      
   Nikola's entire quarterly revenue of $36,000 was from solar installation for   
   the executive chairman   
   CNBC, 06 Aug 2020 0:40Z   
   All of Nikola's revenue in the second quarter was connected to solar   
   installations for one of the company's executives.   
      
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