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   Effective sea ice area based on a thickness threshold   
   Climate Dynamics   
   A new study finds that Arctic sea ice could stop insulating the   
   atmosphere from oceanic surfaces as early as the mid-2020s. As the   
   climate warms, Arctic sea ice shifts from "thick multiyear ice", which   
   limits heat flow between the atmosphere and sea, to thinner ice which   
   cannot do this as effectively. The authors evaluate the threshold for   
   this change by simulating the atmospheric response to sea ice at   
   varying thicknesses. They find that the threshold occurs when ice   
   reaches a thickness of 0.4-0.5m. The resulting "effective" ice area is   
   between 4-14% lower than reported total ice area, the study finds, as   
   between 390,000-970,000 km2 of total ice area "falls below the   
   threshold throughout the twentieth century".   
      
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   A Vast Web of Vengeance   
   The New York Times, 31 Jan 2021 0:29Z   
   Outrageous lies destroyed Guy Babcock's online reputation. When he went   
   hunting for their source, what he discovered was worse than he could have ...   
      
   2 dead in massive California storms that took out portion of Highway 1   
   CBS News, 30 Jan 2021 23:28Z   
   Massive storms walloped California on Fri, leaving at least 2 people   
   dead. In Northern California, drone footage captured the extent of the   
   damage on ...   
      
   WHO team visits second Wuhan hospital as coronavirus probe continues   
   ABC News, 30 Jan 2021 at 8:55pm   
   A World Health Organization team investigating the origins of the   
   coronavirus pandemic visit another Wuhan hospital that treated early   
   COVID-19 patients on its second full day of work.   
      
   60 years ago today, Ham the chimp made history. But his story didn't end there   
   ABC/The Conversation, 30 JanJan at 10:00pm   
   On Jan 31, 1961, an intrepid chimpanzee called Ham was launched on a   
   rocket from Cape Canaveral in the United States, and returned to Earth alive,   
   writes Alice Gorman.   
      
   Europe wants COVID-19 'vaccine certificates' as soon as possible. But how   
   will they work?   
   ABC News, 30 Jan 2021 at 10:12pm   
   The European Union is pushing to introduce 'vaccine certificates' as soon as   
   possible, allowing its citizens to freely travel within the 27-nation bloc   
   again. But how exactly will it work?   
      
   Biden has hit the accelerator, but Australia's leaders remain stuck in   
   climate change paralysis   
   ABC News, 30 Jan 2021 18:53Z   
   As Joe Biden hits the accelerator on climate action, Australia remains stuck   
   in climate policy paralysis, with both major parties treading nervously,   
   writes David Speers.   
      
   Corporate executives reap mns from Reddit stock frenzy   
   CBS News, 30 Jan 2021 12:25Z   
   Stock sales by GameStop and BlackBerry insiders raise questions about their   
   comp. "It's pay for luck," one expert said.   
      
   Even Karl Marx used his stimulus payment to bet against professional traders   
   ABC News, 30 Jan 2021 19:17Z   
   When Karl Marx received a large bequeath from a friend who had died, he used   
   some of the money to gamble on the stock exchange.   
   [Elsewhere, Nigel Farage (who's still apparently paying road tax that   
   was abolished for everyone else in 1937) has claimed the Reddit kids   
   are a logical consequence of his BREXIT idea].   
      
   E.U. Makes a Sudden and Embarrassing U-Turn on Vaccines   
   The New York Times, 30 Jan 2021 17:18Z   
   Already criticized for a slow rollout for its 27 members, Brussels retreated   
   on export controls linked to Ireland and Brexit.   
      
   Maine Voices: Why I'm quitting the Republican Party after more than 40 years   
   Press Herald/Opinion, 30 Jan 2021 09:17Z   
   The party's nearly universal support of Donald Trump is a betrayal of every   
   principle of truth, honor, decency and morality I believe in.   
      
   [Immunity!]   
   Rep. Stephen Lynch Tests Positive for COVID-19 Despite Receiving Both   
   Vaccine Doses   
   Newsweek, 30 Jan 2021 04:24Z   
   Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-Mass.) announced Fri that he had tested positive   
   for COVID-19 over a week after completing a full course of Pfizer/BioNTech's   
   ...   
      
   CDC says travelers must wear masks on all forms of public transportation   
   CNN, 30 Jan 2021 12:23Z   
   To slow the spread of Covid-19, the US Centers for Disease Control and   
   Prevention issued late Fri an order that will require people to wear a   
   face mask ...   
      
   `It's a mess': Biden's first 10 days dominated by vaccine mysteries   
   POLITICO, 30 Jan 2021 12:23Z   
   Joe Biden promised he'd bring in a competent, tested team to run the   
   pandemic response, set ambitious vaccination targets and impose strict   
   public health ...   
      
   US cemetery removes 'white human beings' clause in contract after black   
   deputy denied burial   
   ABC News, 29 Jan 2021 at 10:58pm   
   The board of a small Louisiana cemetery that denied burial to a black   
   sheriff's deputy holds an emergency meeting to remove a whites-only   
   provision from its sales contracts.   
      
   Remote school blindsided by $300k power bill from miner Rio Tinto   
   ABC News, 29 Jan 2021 at 11:09pm   
   Nhulunbuy Primary School, on the Gove Peninsula in Arnhem Land, is now in   
   the process of paying back the hefty bill, which Rio Tinto said was the   
   fault of an "electricity invoicing discrepancy".   
      
   Players celebrate freedom from quarantine as Aus Open crowd caps revealed   
   ABC News, 29 Jan 2021 at 11:27pm   
   International players take to social media as Victoria's Chief Health   
   Officer gives approval for between 25,000 to 30,000 people a day to attend   
   the Australian Open in Melbourne next month -- about half the average   
   attendance in recent years.   
      
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