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   *Satellite and ocean data reveal marked increase in Earth's heating rate   
      
   Geophysical Research Letters via Carbon Brief   
      
   New research finds that the Earth's energy imbalance - the difference   
   between solar radiation absorbed by the planet and thermal radiation   
   emitted to space - increased by 0.5 Watts per square metre per decade   
   between 2005 and 2009. The authors compare satellite measurements of   
   total energy absorbed by the Earth with in-situ measurements to   
   determine heating of the ocean, land and atmosphere, and melting of   
   snow and ice. They find that these 2 independent approaches yield   
   very similar results. The study finds that the change in energy   
   imbalance is due to a decrease in energy reflected into space by   
   clouds and sea ice, as well as an increase in greenhouse gases and   
   water vapour.   
      
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   [Butterflies:]   
   Ronaldo's Coke snub wipes bns off drink company's market value   
   ABC News, 16 Jun 2021 06:35Z   
   Cristiano Ronaldo's decision remove 2 Coke bottles from his Euro 2020   
   press conference table and drink water instead wipes bns of dollars off   
   the beverage company's value.   
      
   [Australia is not America:]   
   Think tank behind conservative conference loses High Court bid against   
   Australia's foreign influence laws   
   ABC News, 16 Jun 2021 07:34Z   
   A conservative think tank challenged Australia's foreign influence laws in   
   the High Court, claiming it was at odds with freedom of speech. Australia's   
   top court found that while the laws did place a burden on the implied right   
   to freedom of political communication, it was justified.   
      
   Gippsland's 'ballooning' spiders lay magical carpets   
   ABC Gippsland, ABC News, 16 Jun 2021 07:32Z   
   Gossamer spiders by the 1000s have been fleeing their hidey holes -- in   
   a rather unusual way -- to escape Gippsland's floodwaters.   
      
   Major welfare agency suffering 'cyber incident' affecting computer systems   
   ABC News, 16 Jun 2021 08:32Z   
   Uniting Communities, which delivers support to more than 70,000 people in SA   
   each year, is investigating whether any data breaches have occurred amid a   
   "cyber incident" affecting its computer systems.   
      
   Beijing responds to 'acts of collusion' between Taiwan and West with show of   
   air power   
   ABC News, 16 Jun 2021 09:30Z   
   Twenty-eight Chinese air force aircraft, including fighters and   
   nuclear-capable bombers, enter Taiwan's air defence identification zone in   
   the largest incursion of Chinese aircraft reported by Taipei to date.   
      
   Melbourne residents hit by devastating storms told they won't have power for   
   three more weeks   
   ABC News, 16 Jun 2021 09:29Z   
   Melbourne residents hit by last week's violent storms are told to prepare to   
   be without power for another 3 weeks in the middle of winter.   
      
   Judge spits chips over scales of justice as fish seller cops $11k fine over   
   $200k profit   
   ABC Broken Hill, 16 Jun 2021 09:45Z   
   A judge has been left scratching his wig as to why a man who stole 12 tonnes   
   of fish from the drought-stricken Darling River wasn't charged with more   
   serious offences.   
      
   Insurance coverage for an alien invasion   
   PropertyCasualty360, 16 Jun 2021 10:05Z   
   As sightings become more frequent and are given some credence in the news,   
   people may begin to search out coverage options ...   
      
   Antarctica was likely discovered 1,100 years before Westerners 'found' it   
   Livescience.com, 15 Jun 2021 17:58Z   
   The first humans to discover Antarctica weren't seafaring Westerners but   
   rather Polynesians, who found the coldest continent 1,300 years ago, a new   
   study ...   
      
   US govt considers at least some UFOs to be `EXTRATERRESTRIAL' &   
   `EXTRADIMENSIONAL', ex-intel official says   
   [#unreliablesource]   
   RT, 15 Jun 2021 23:06Z   
   The US govt is aware of UFOs that defy any conventional explanation   
   despite extensive analysis, a former official who ...   
      
   Victoria records 3 new local COVID-19 cases as authorities plan an   
   easing of restrictions   
   ABC News, 15 Jun 2021 23:02Z   
   The new cases were detected from 17,538 test results, and 14,870 vaccination   
   doses were delivered at state-run sites.   
      
   Pentagon considering permanent naval task force to counter China in the Pacific   
   POLITICO, 15 Jun 2021 18:15Z   
   The Pentagon is considering establishing a permanent naval task force in the   
   Pacific region as a counter to China's growing military might, according to   
   two ...   
      
   [Sooo Cooold!]   
   Doctors Warn Of Burns From Asphalt As A Record-Breaking Heat Wave Envelops   
   The West   
   NPR, 15 Jun 2021 13:57Z   
   Phoenix. Doctors who work in Arizona and Nevada burn centers are warning of   
   injuries from contact with super-heated roadways and other surfaces as the ...   
      
   COVID Deaths Top 600,000 In The US : Coronavirus Updates   
   NPR, 15 Jun 2021 18:22Z   
   More than 15 months since the first confirmed death due to COVID-19 in   
   the US, the coronavirus pandemic has claimed more than 600,000 lives   
   across the ...   
      
   Some Americans were infected with COVID in Dec 2019   
   ampAxios, 15 Jun 2021 14:15Z   
   NIH issues further evidence indicating SARS-CoV-2 was here in 2019.   
      
   Searching for City Lights on Other Planets   
   Scientific American, 14 Jun 2021   
      
   USDA to invest over $4B to strengthen the food supply chain   
   Food Dive, 14 Jun 2021   
   The US Dept of Agriculture announced it is planning to invest over   
   $4 bn through the Build Back Better Initiative to make critical supply   
   chains ...   
      
   [Sooo Cooold!]   
   As Heat Builds, Current Drought Conditions Already Exceed Devastating 2012   
   Season   
   Agweb Powered by Farm Journal, 14 Jun 2021   
   As drought conditions in the West are continuing to expand, hotter   
   temperatures aren't helping things. Heat that started building over the   
   weekend is not good ...   
      
     Climate crisis in Western US is worst in 1,200 years   
     The Hill, 14 Jun 2021 23:35Z   
     The Western drought is arguably the worst since 1,200 years ago . The   
     governor is asking his continents to pray for rain as a wildfire burns his   
     state to the ...   
      
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