Climate Change News: Warmest Decade On Record; Cities Can Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions 70%; Climate Change More Threatening Than Asteroids…

Below is some top global warming and climate change news and commentary from around the interwebs from the past week or so that we haven’t covered (climate science and climate policy stories).

Note: following this post, I’m actually going to streamline this news roundup process by sharing daily Climate Change News Roundups only in this Google Doc (rather than doing so there and on this CleanTechnica page). Also, I’m not going to share our CleanTechnica stories in that doc, so be sure to check in on CleanTechnica for the top cleantech stories of the day. 😀

• The Crisis of Cimate Change Reporting
• Obama Administration Releases First-Ever Climate Adaptation Plans
• Warmest Decade on Record Brings Record Temperatures and Weather Extremes
• Carbon Sponge Could Absorb Coal Emissions
• Cities Can Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 70 Percent
• 2013 SkS Weekly News Roundup #7
• Analysis of Greenland Ice Cores May Provide Glimpse into Climate’s Future
• Tigers in Mangrove Forest Face Climate Change Threat
• Climate Change a Bigger Extinction Threat than Asteroids
• The Top 10 Hardest-Hit States for Crop Damage
• Good News, Bad News Continues for Drought Across U.S.
• Thinning Ice Is Turning Arctic into an Algae Hotspot
• NOAA: February 2012 to January 2013 Warmest on Record
• Senate Holds Briefing on the Latest Climate Science
• The Best Solution on Climate Change Requires Congress to Act | Bernie Sanders
• Sierra Club Leads Civil Disobedience at White House, 48 Arrested
• Watch Sierra Club Rabble-Rousers Get Arrested in front of the White House
• Interview: A Conservative Who Believes Climate Change Is Real
• Bob Inglis: the Republican Who Believes in Climate Change
• Startling Graph Shows Donors Trust the New ‘Dark Money’ in Climate Denial Funding
• How Donors Trust Distributed Millions to Anti-Climate Groups
• Secret Funding Helped Build Vast Network of Climate Denial Thinktanks
• Corporate Giants Demand EU Carbon Market Action
• The High Cost of Climate Change Inaction (VIDEO)
• 2/3 of Americans Want Obama to Act on Climate Change, Says Poll
• NRDC Post-State of the Union Poll: 60 Percent of Americans Support Presidential Action to Fight Ravages of Climate Change
• Two New Polls Show Strong Support for Obama Action on Climate
• Climate Change Models Explained in 90 Seconds
• Jennifer Francis’ Newest Lecture Online
• Drought Joins U.S. Farmers in the Field for Spring Planting
• Arctic Death Spiral Bombshell: CryoSat-2 Confirms Sea Ice Volume Has Collapsed
• Not Much Arctic Ice Left
• Melting ‘Permafrost’ Releases Climate-Warming CO2 Even Faster Than We Thought
• U.S. Government Risks Financial Exposure from Climate Change — GAO
• Paul Douglas on Powerful Storms and Ocean Temps
• Security Risks of Extreme Weather and Climate Change
• Emissions from Power Sector Hit 9-Year Low in Australia During 1st Quarter of Carbon Tax
• Snow-Loving Wolverines Threatened by Climate Change
• Obama Makes Case For Curbing Carbon Pollution From Existing Power Plants, Also Vows To Use ‘Bully Pulpit’
• Small Business Groups Praise Obama’s Climate Stance, Call For Regulation Of Existing Power Plants
• The Resurgence of an Evolving Climate Movement, Part 1
• VIDEO: Boston Meteorologist Links New England Blizzard To Climate Change
• The Newly Proposed Carbon Tax Will Fight Global Warming, Protect Low-Income Americans And Reduce The Deficit
• Climate Science Denier Lord Monckton Joins Creationist Pastor To Launch Extremist Political Party
• Washington Post Overlooks Obama’s Extensive Remarks On Climate And Energy
• The $188 Billion Price Tag From U.S. Extreme Weather From 2011 To 2012
• Obama’s ‘We Can’t Wait’ Moment On Climate Disaster
• Obama’s Keystone XL Decision Could Doom the Tar Sands … or the Planet
• Never Mind the State of the Union; Here’s what Obama Can Actually Do on Climate
• Après Nous, Le Déluge: Extreme Rainfall Rises With Global Temperatures
• Gleick’s Significant Figures: Is The Keystone XL Pipeline A Symbol Or A Piece Of A Puzzle?