http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/cp/climate/2015-paris-climate-talks Source:   New York Times For Investigation:   10.3 Series of articles: A Path for Climate Change, Beyond Paris; A Formula for Deciding When to Extract Fossil Fuels; Highlights From Paris Climate Talks: Day 1; A Growing Push to Price Carbon....

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/11/28/science/what-is-climate-change.html Source:   By Justin Gillis, The New York Times. For Investigation:   10.3 Excerpt: And so, as the Paris climate talks get underway, we’ve provided quick answers to often-asked questions about climate change....

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/23/us-usa-climatechange-agencies-idUSKBN0TC2BH20151123#Raxsu7kPQibJX8jQ.97 Source:   By Valerie Volcovici; Editing by Alan Crosby, Reuters For Investigation:   10.3 Excerpt: U.S. federal agencies will reduce greenhouse gas emissions from their operations to 41.8 percent below 2008 levels by 2025, the White House announced on Monday. The announcement comes one week before nearly 200 countries meet in Paris to negotiate a United Nations climate change pact and eight months after President Barack Obama ordered agencies to cut its emissions by at least 40 percent by 2025. The cuts will come from across the government's 360,000 buildings, 650,000 vehicles and from its extensive supply chain. "Federal agencies have developed targeted strategies to cut their GHG emissions by reducing energy use in their buildings, making their vehicles more efficient, using clean energy sources like wind and solar, and employing energy savings performance c...

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/18/science/billions-of-people-depend-on-water-from-shrinking-snowpacks.html Source:   By SINDYA N. BHANOO, the New York Times. For Investigation:   10.3 Excerpt: Snowpacks are a vital source of water for humans, but they may shrink in some regions as the climate warms. A new study estimates how changes in s[n]owfall will affect water supplies. Justin S. Mankin, an earth scientist at Columbia University, and his colleagues analyzed 421 drainage basins in the Northern Hemisphere that depend on rainfall and snowmelt, and then combined the data with several different climate models. They found that 97 basins, currently serving two billion people, depend heavily on snowmelt. The scientists calculated that the likelihood the basins would receive less snow in the coming century was 67 percent. ...“Water managers need to prepare themselves for the worst outcome,” Dr. Mankin said. The public can help mitigate threats to snowpacks by limiting contrib...

http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/as-earth-warms-nasa-targets-other-half-of-carbon-climate-equation Source:   nasa.gov Release 15-219 For Investigation:   10.3 Excerpt: ...ongoing analysis of the first year-plus of satellite data from NASA’s recently launched Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 -- the agency’s first satellite designed to measure carbon dioxide from the top of Earth’s atmosphere to its surface....  http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/as-earth-warms-nasa-targets-other-half-of-carbon-climate-equation   See also Briefing recording/visuals: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/77531778 Downloadable graphics: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/details.cgi?aid=12044 B-roll video: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/Gallery/CarbonGallery.html  and http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/details.cgi?aid=12047&button=recent NASA.gov Feature: http://www.nasa.gov/carbonclimate Seven case studies: http://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/seven-case-studies-in-carbon-and-climat...

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/15/magazine/the-secrets-in-greenlands-ice-sheets.html Source:   By Jon Gertner, The New York Times For Investigation:   10.3 Excerpt: ...If the ice sheets on Greenland and Antarctica were to collapse and melt entirely, the result would be a sea-­level rise of 200 feet or so. This number, though fearsome, is not especially helpful to anyone but Hollywood screenwriters: No scientist believes that all that ice will slide into the oceans soon. During the last year, however, a small contingent of researchers has begun to consider whether sea-­level-­rise projections, increased by the recent activity of collapsing glaciers on the periphery of the ice sheets, point toward a potential catastrophe. It would not take 200 feet to drown New Orleans. Or New York. A mere five or 10 feet worth of sea-­level rise due to icebergs, and a few powerful storm surges, would probably suffice. ...When it comes to understanding the implications of ice-­sheet collaps...

URL & Source:   See below For Investigation:   10.3 2015-11-02. A Rooftop View of Insect Migration in a Warming Climate  by Sindya N. Bhanoo, New York Times. 2015-11-04.  Toxin Taints Crabs and Kills Sea Mammals, Scientists Warn .  By Jonah Bromwich,  New York Times. 2015-11-05.  Something's Hot in the State of Denmark   - An 18-year survey hints at how global warming may be changing the face of Danish bugs. By Alisa Opar, OnEarth, NRDC.

http://www.ucsusa.org/our-work/ucs-publications/EV-global-warming-emissions Source:  By Rachael Nealer, Union of Concerned Scientists For Investigation:   10.3 Excerpt: ...battery-electric vehicles (BEVs), which run solely on electricity. My research shows that BEVs, which have the largest batteries, produce less than half the global warming emissions than comparable gasoline vehicles over their lifetime.  ...compared to an average 29-mile-per-gallon (mpg) car—similar to a Mazda 3 or a VW Golf—a 84-mile-range battery-electric car such as a Nissan Leaf would offset its additional manufacturing emissions within six months of average U.S. driving.  ...Today there are about 20 EV models on the U.S. market in various sizes, shapes and prices, and many of them would suit most routine transportation needs. Our 2013 survey with Consumer’s Union, for example, found 42 percent of U.S. households, given their driving habits, could use today’s EVs....  ...