The large number of articles included in this week's round-up reflects how many stories about climate change broke during the week. What is captured in this document is, of course, just the tip of the proverbial iceberg.
Query: Does this edition contain too many articles? Too few? About right?
Note: Given the breadth of issues covered in the articles cited, the comment thread to this post is open ended. All comments posted must, however, conform to the SkS Comments Policy.
Must Read
Arctic expert predicts final collapse of sea ice within four years by John Vidal, the Guardian (UK), Sep 17, 2012
Alpine Glaciers
Global warming: Famed Austrian peak nearly ice-free by Bob Berwyn, Summit County Citizens Voice (Colorado, USA), Sep 10, 2012
Antarctic Ice Sheet
Warming ocean could start big shift of Antarctic ice by Alvin Sone, University of New South Wales (Australia), Sep 19, 2012
Antarctic Sea Ice
Record-High Antarctic Sea Ice Levels Don't Disprove Global Warming by Natalie Wolchover, Live Science, Sep 19, 2012
Arctic Sea Ice
Arctic sea ice thaw may be accelerated by oil, shipping by Alister Doyle, Reuters, Sep 18, 2012
Arctic sea ice reaches lowest extent for the year and the satellite record, National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), Sep 19, 2012
It’s Official: Arctic Sea Ice Shatters Record Low by Michael Lemonick, Climate Central, Sep 19, 2012
Earth's attic is on fire: Arctic sea ice bottoms out at a new record low by Jeff Masters, Weather Underground, Sep 22, 2012
Disease
5 Diseases on the Move in North America, Thanks to Climate Change by Katherine Butler, AlterNet, Sep 14, 2012
Ethics
How US Climate Change Law Must Be Reconciled With Existing International Law and Ethical Obligations by Donald Brown, Sep 16, 2012, Widener University School of Law, University of Pennslyvania Sep 16, 2012
Food
Climate likely to cut crop yields in Africa and South Asia by Liz Kalaugher, environmentalresearchweb, Sep 20, 2012
New Normals
Forest fires: Burn out by Michelle Nijhuis, Nature/News Feature, Sep 19, 2012
Get used to 'extreme' weather, it's the new normal by Connie Hedegaard, The Guardian (UK), Sep 19, 2012
Ocean Acidification
Majority of Coral Reefs at Risk Unless Climate Change is Halted by Joshua Hill, Planetsave, Sep 17, 2012
Ocean Temperature
Hottest Ever Water Temperatures Off East Coast All the Way Down to the Bottom of the Ocean by Julia Whitty, Mother Jones, Sep 18, 2012
PBS Interview of Anthony Watts
PBS NewsHour Falls Into “Balance” Trap, Provides Megaphone For Anthony Watts by Farron Cousins, DeSmog Blog, Sep 17, 2012
PBS NewsHour's Climate Change Report Raises Eyebrows (VIDEO) by James Gerken, Huff Post Green, Sep 18, 2012
PBS NewsHour Propagates Confusion On Climate Change by Shauna Theel, MediaMatters, Sep 18, 2012
A PBS ‘NewsHour’ Blog Post and Broadcast Provoke Viewers’ Ire by Bud Ward, Yale Forum on Climate Change & the Media, Sep 19, 2012
PBS NewsHour Science Reporter Miles O’Brien: Climate Denier Segment A ‘Horrible, Horrible Thing’ by Brad Johnson, Climate Progress, Sep 21, 2012
Public Policy
As climate change crisis looms, presidential campaigns stay quiet by Erika Bolstad, McClatchy Newspapers, Sep 17, 2012
New study (part I of II): Feds underestimate costs of carbon pollution, low-balling climate change's impact on our children and grandchildren, by Laurie Johnson, Switchboard, NRDC, Sep 17, 2012
Romney Cites Energy Report That Advocates Carbon Price by Michael Moyer, Sep 18, 2012
Climate Conversations - Is progress on climate change an illusion? by David Hodgkinson, Alertnet, Sep 20, 2012
House Passes Sweeping Anti-Environmental Bill As Final Business Before Elections by Jennifer Benery, The Huffington Post, Sep 21, 2012
Elizabeth Warren Warns GOP-Controlled Senate Would Make Climate Denier Jim Inhofe Head Of Environment Committee by Stephen Lacey, Sep 21, 2012
Renewable Energy
Taxpayers, ratepayers will fund California solar plants by Evan Halper, Ralph Vartabedian and Julie Cart, Los Angeles Times, Sep 20, 2012