climate february 2010

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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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climate january 2010

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CLIMATE EVENTS

Brazil heat wave record 2.10.
US midatlantic snow record 2.10.
Tibet temps highest ever 2.6.
US mega snow storms 2.6.
US whiteout paralyzes society 2.6.
California violent storms, floods 2.6.
Mexico violent storms, floods 2.5.
Chad Lake dries out 1.29.Arctic record methane outgassing 1.15.
Iraq's drought crisis 12.15.
GAIA TRENDS

2010 Environmental Performance Ranking Index 2.1.
... go to EPI homepage
Data are in: Germany meets 2008 climate goals 2.1.
2010 food shortages forecast 12.24.
CLIMATE SCIENCE

2007 AR 4 melting glaciers error 2.9.
IPCC attacked by skeptics 2.8.2008 record glacier melt 1.26.Australia 408 km/h wind 1996 2.3.
first proof of ocean basin acidification 1.10.
greater systems sensitivity found 12.20.
CLIMATE POLICY

US climate committee postponed due to bad weather 2.9.
US climate monitoring gets federal go ahead 2.8.
US climate trial against innocent activists 2.8.Dim prospects for US climate bill 2.5.
Dim prospects for Mexico climate summit 2.1.
IPCC in crisis 2.1.Climate Accord gets boost, but ... 2.1.
US Pentagon ranks climate change 1.31.
US prez suggests emissions targets 1.29.Bin Laden blasts US for climate change 1.29.
US State of Union 2010 climate on backseat 1.28.US campaign finance ruling and climate 1.21.
... Ronald Dworkin on finance ruling 1.21.
CLIMATE MITIGATION

Florida highspeed on track 2.10.
US Iraqi Oil conundrum 2.3.
Germany CO2 basalt sequestration 2.2.
US pushes nuclear energy 1.31.China boosts electric bikes 1.31.
China leads clean energy race 1.30.

THE BIG PICTURE

M Barlow: climate change and water 1.29

CLIMATE PHILOSOPHY
M Schonfeld "Introduction" climate ethics issue Jan 2010
H Wilson "Divine Sovereignty and Climate" Jan 2010
R Irwin "Climate Change and Heidegger" Jan 2010
P Cafaro "Ethical Choice of Climate Change" Jan 2010
C Rentmeester "Kantian Look at Climate Change" Jan 2010




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