Sunday, February 28, 2010

climate february 2010

-- text posts are at the blistered orb --

CLIMATE EVENTS

France hit by unusual storm 2.28.
Germany hit by unusual storm 2.28.
New England storms continue 2.28.
Florida spring break ruined by storms 2.28.
Antarctica calves giant icebergs 2.26.
World ocean hypoxic zones spread 2.23.
Russia record snow 2.22.
World oceans now more acidic than past 800,000 years 2.22.

GAIA TRENDS
WMO discusses Climate Action Plan 2.26.

CLIMATE SCIENCE

A quiet sun won’t help 2.28.
tropical cyclone wind speed predicted to increase 2.23.
pleistocene sea level spike 2.15.
marine plankton vulnerability to souring seas 2.14.
sea level rise predicted now at seven feet 2.12.
desertification threatens now 38% of surface 2.10.
tropical cyclone prediction: fewer but stronger 2.7.
cretaceous ocean anoxic event carbon sequestration 2.7.
predator-prey cycles increasingly out of step 1.7.

CLIMATE POLICY

UN to create science panel to review IPCC 2.26.
UK backlash against climate policy 2.26.
Univ East Anglia rejects climategate accusations 2.25.
UK sharp decline in public’s belief in climate threat 2.23.
UN climate chief resigns 2.18.
US Obama disappoints 2.17.
US backlash against climate policy 2.17.
climategate scientist answers critics 2.15.
UK secretary Miliband declares war on skeptics 1.31.

CLIMATE MITIGATION
China vetoes purchase: GM to shut down Hummer 2.24.
Germany discusses hydrogen transit infrastructure 2.18.
World’s top firms do $ 2.2. trillion of enviro damage 2.18.

THE BIG PICTURE
Al Gore: we can't wish away climate change 2.27.
Bill McKibben: the attack on climate science 2.25.
Bill Gates’ climate equation: CO2 = P x S x E x C 2.16.
Michael T. Klare: Avatar—the prequel 2.14.

GLOBAL WARMING NEOLOGISMS

the grasshopper generation
the bottleneck century

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