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   NASA has updated its GISTEMP data series to end of Jul 2020.   
      
   It finds the av global temp was +.89 above its 1950-79 baseline making   
   it the 2nd-warmest July on record after July 2019 at +.95C.   
      
   The N Hm was +1.12 above the baseline making is the warmest July for   
   the region and well ahead of #2 place 2016 at only +1.05.   
      
   The S Hem recorded +.66 and the 7th warmest for that region where Jul   
   2019 holds 1st place at +.86.   
      
   The top10 lists are now:   
   Globe   
   Year	July Anom 1/100th C rel ~1960s.   
   2019	95   
   2020	89	<-- #2   
   2016	85   
   2018	83   
   2017	82   
   2015	74   
   2009	71   
   2011	71   
   1998	66   
   2010	63   
      
   N Hem   
   2020	112	<-- NEW RECORD   
   2016	105   
   2019	104   
   2017	97   
   2015	92   
   2018	91   
   2010	89   
   2012	86   
   2014	77   
   2005	75   
      
   S Hem   
   2019	86   
   2018	76   
   2009	75   
   2017	68   
   2011	68   
   2016	67   
   2020	66	<-- #7   
   2008	60   
   1998	59   
   1990	58   
      
   Avg Jan-July anoms:   
   2016	109.1   
   2020	108.3	<-- tracking #2   
   2019	97.6   
   2017	96.4   
   2018	84.6   
   2015	83.1   
   2010	77.7   
   2007	73.9   
   2014	72.0   
   1998	69.1   
      
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   Upcoming events:   
   07 Oct 2020	2020Q3 Billion Dollar Disasters NOAA   
      
   Melbourne doctor loses registration after anti-vaccination posts on   
   social media   
   ABC News, 13 Aug 2020 20:33Z   
   A Victorian tribunal upholds a decision to deregister GP Michael Ellis   
   after he posted a string of homophobic and unproven anti-vaccination   
   warnings on Facebook.   
      
   VicGovDHHS @VicGovDHHS 13 Aug 2020 22:37Z   
   #Covid19VicData for 14 August 2020. 372 new cases of   
   #coronavirus (#COVID19) detected in Victoria in the last 24   
   hours. We are sad to report that there have been 14 deaths. More detail   
   will be provided this afternoon. pic.twitter.com/orkOby2h3i   
      
   'Opportunity to reboot': Moderate Conservative MPs serve up green   
   recovery policy menu   
   Michael Holder, BusinessGreen   
   A group of moderate Conservative MPs has published policy   
   recommendations designed to help deliver on the Prime Minister's   
   pledge to "build back greener" from the Covid-19 recession, reports   
   BusinessGreen. The One Nation Conservatives group's wide-ranging paper   
   "calls for an improved focus on green jobs training, tighter home   
   energy efficiency standards, support for natural climate solutions   
   such as tree planting and better soil health, accelerated clean   
   technology development, and schemes to incentivise cycling and low   
   carbon transport", the outlet says. Jerome Mayhew, a new Conservative   
   MP and the paper's lead author said: "We have the opportunity to   
   reboot our economy and create jobs by accelerating the rollout of   
   clean and resilient infrastructure and stimulating low-carbon   
   industries across the UK," reports the Independent. John Rentoul, the   
   Independent's chief political commentator, writes that the paper is a   
   "welcome sign that the Conservative Party is greener than ever".   
      
   Seasonal dependency of tropical precipitation change under global warming   
   Journal of Climate   
   Tropical rainfall changes under global warming vary with season. This   
   study investigates the characteristics and cause of the seasonality in   
   rainfall change. Tropical precipitation change is decomposed into   
   thermodynamic and dynamic components. The thermodynamic component   
   represents the wet-get-wetter effect. The dynamic component includes   
   the warmer-get-wetter effect due to the spatial variations in sea   
   surface temperature (SST) warming. In the eastern equatorial Pacific   
   where the SST warming is locally enhanced, for example, rainfall   
   increases only during the March-May season when the climatological SST   
   is high enough for deep convection. The results support the notion that   
   reducing model biases in climatology improves regional rainfall projections.   
      
   Marine food webs could be radically altered by heating of oceans,   
   scientists warn   
   Graham Readfearn, The Guardian   
      
   Amazon rainforest fires hit 10-year high despite Brazil's fires 'ban'   
   Tom Bawden, The i newspaper   
      
   Hot weather bakes the West as wildfires erupt in California, forcing   
   emergency planners to scramble   
   Matthew Cappucci, The Washington Post   
      
   Green shift urged to revive Brazil's economy and shield Amazon forests   
   Alister Doyle, Climate Home News   
      
   Heat stress, increased dependence on AC upset energy budget: study   
   The Hindu   
      
   Scientists seek to collect ice core samples before glaciers and ice   
   sheets melt   
   Kristen Pope, Yale Climate Connections   
      
   Disaster program allocates unprecedented funds for climate resilience   
   Thomas Frank, E&E News via Scientific American   
      
   La Niña forecast to form in Aug-Oct season: US CPC   
   K. Sathya Narayanan, Reuters   
      
   Comment: Why the Covid-19 recovery and climate crisis need a unified response   
   Isabella Hervey-Bathurst, BusinessGreen   
      
   Retail sales lower than expected, but it was mainly due to autos   
   CNBC, 14 Aug 2020 13:18Z   
   Retail sales rose 1.2% for the month, against the expected increase of 2.3%   
   from economists surveyed by Dow Jones. The news wasn't all a letdown,   
   however: ...   
   [What *kind* of MV? ;)].   
      
   US jobless claims fall below 1 mn, stocks end mixed after flirting with   
   record highs   
   ABC News, 13 Aug 2020 23:32Z   
   Good news on the US jobs front is not enough to pull Wall Street decisively   
   higher, with key share indices posting mixed results.   
      
   Buy Tesla Stock On 5-For-1 Stock Split   
   Forbes, 12 Aug 2020   
   To qualify for the split, investors must own shares in Tesla by August 21st.   
   These Tesla stockholders will receive 4 additional shares of Tesla after   
   close on August 28th. On August 31st, Tesla will begin trading on a   
   split-adjusted basis.   
      
     Tesla's stock split is likely to send the share price even higher ...   
     The Guardian, 12 Aug 2020   
     More retail investors are expected to jump in now shares ...   
      
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