The Mad Hun is away from his desk and out of the office. Wishing everyone a nice, safe, and enlightening summer. There is still time for civil evolution.
See you in the fall ...
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
climate may 2011
--text posts are at the blistered orb--
EVENTS
Singapore hit by flash floods 4.5.
NZ: Auckland hit by tornado 4.5.
Hawaii: twin twisters seen offshore 4.5.
US two EF-5 tornadoes strike on same day 3.5.
UK warmest April for more than 100 years 3.5.
US Texas drought worst since 1895 1.5.
US killer twisters likely among largest, strongest 30.4.
US tornado outbreak death toll hits 337 30.4.
US insurer expect $ 5 billion damage 30.4.
US satellite pic: energy steam roller over America 30.4.
US April '11 four times more twisters than average 29.4.
US Alabama 1,700 injured by tornadoes 29.4.
US historic flooding along Mississippi, Ohio rivers 29.4.
US Alabama twisters spread devastation 28.4.
US Mississippi river flood greatest since 1927 28.4.
US Red Cross responding to flooding, tornadoes, wildfires across more than half of the United States 27.4.
US Texas inferno, winds renew extreme fire danger 27.4.
US Texas wildfires rage amidst historic drought 27.4.
US Tuscaloosa hit by EF-5 tornado 27.4.
US severe weather across South could set record 27.4.
US mid-South more twisters, flooding expected 26.4.
US Texas drought remains after spring storms 26.4.
US Missouri levees ready to burst 26.4. ... breached 27.4.
US extremely dangerous tornado situation 26.4.
US Texas multiple tornadoes 25.4. and again 27.4.
US St Louis historic tornado 23.4.
US Missouri/Kansas drought eases with rains 21.4.
UK drought looking increasingly likely 19.4.
Brazil Cerrado savanna clear-cut for farming 15.4.
Cuba faces worst drought for 50 years 14.4.
UK driest March for 50 years 1.4.
China worst drought in 60 years appears to have ended 1.4.
Syria Red Cross/Red Crescent distribute drinking water 15.3.
Vietnam hit by drought again, faces water shortage 2.3.
US 'killer' winter storm seen from space, US blanketed 2.2.
TRENDS
1. sea level rise from Arctic melt now 1.6. meters 4.5.
2. three billion more Asians may be affluent by 2050 4.5.
3. downward trend of the past thirty years continues
cf. April 2011 compared to past years (no permalink)
at Arctic Sea Ice & Analysis 5.4.
4. crop losses feared from US drought 28.4.
5. CO2 rising faster now 11.4.
6. water shortage threaten food future in Mid East 5.4.
7. Amazon shrank by 1.5 mio km2 in 2010 (3.5 x Texas) 7.4.
8. US Ogallala aquifer depletion 5.4.
ATTRIBUTION
climate change will bring extreme precipitation and floods
Scientific American 304 (2011):16 (Biello)
more on tornadoes, floods, climate and risk
NYT Dot Earth 4.5.2011 (Revkin)
what's with the weather? is climate to blame?
e360 Yale 21.4.2011 (Kenward)
water supplies in western US threatened by climate change: interior dept. 4.26.
Himalayan farmers correct that snow cover, water resources, and the ecosystem are changing in their region 4.26.
...local perceptions of climate change validated by scientific evidence in the Himalayas
Biology Letters 2011 doi: 10.1098 (Chaudhary, Bawa)
PERPETRATION
which nations are most responsible for climate change? 4.21.
AMERICAN DISENLIGHTENMENT
47 percent of residents of Detroit functionally illiterate 4.5
Sarah Palin defends oil subsidies 4.5.
US climate denial: "whipped up by wind, not climate" 28.4.
Superman renounces US citizenship 27.4.
Florida governor rejects EPA water guidelines 22.4.
can US handle historic wildfires? 18.4.
GLOBAL EVOLUTION
Onandaga Nation blasts 'Geronimo' codename for Bin Laden 4.5.
Latin American Green City index 3.5.
Germany: complete nuclear phase-out doable by 2014 3.5.
Mideast revolts and global warming 26.4.
Obama targets 'climate change deniers in Congress' 21.4.
MITIGATION
Germany: CO2 sequestration pilot project launched 4.5.
major polluters say 2011 climate deal "not doable" 28.4.
tornados in USA: warum so viele Tote? 20.4.
fugitive emissions, the big climate issue of fracking 16.4.
CLIMATE ESSAYS
T Lenton: 2C or not 2C? That is the climate question 4.5.
J Sachs: world is drowning in corporate fraud 3.5.
wie der Umbau der Weltwirtschaft gelingen kann 28.4.
B Knopf: brauchen wir Atomstrom fuer den Klimaschutz? 15.3.
ENERGY NEOLOGISMS
fusion-triggered fission
solar gasoline
quantum photovoltaics
heat engines with shape-memory alloys
shock-wave auto engine
magnetic air conditioner
all from: G P Collins, D Biello, et al, "seven radical energy solutions," Scientific American 304 (May 2011): 38-45 (online subscription required). The seven solution involve six neologisms. The seventh proposal (ibid., p. 45) is 'clean coal,' which ain't a neologism; it's an oxymoron.
ANNOUNCEMENT
sixty-seven months left.
Saturday, April 23, 2011
climate april 2011
--text posts are at the blistered orb--
Europe prays for rain in century drought 22.4.
Texas governor R Perry (R) prays for rain 21.4.
Chicago lowest temps since 1940s 20.4.
US largest tornado outbreak in history 19.4.
China violent storms kill 18 in Guangdong 18.4.
US violent storms kill 44 in the South 17.4.
North Carolina worst hit by extreme storms 17.4., 20.4.
Chicago record-setting snowstorm 17.4.
Mexico massive wildfires in Coahuila 16.4. (pic)
Somalia drought hits villagers and refugees 15.4.
Ark., Okla., Ala. extreme storms 15.4., 17.4.
US Southwest drought grows more severe 14.4.
Cuba suffering from severe drought 14.4.
Colombia flood, mudslide engulfs bus 14.4.
N-Dakota, Minnesota floods 12.4. and 11.4.
Texas drought 'extreme,' 'exceptional' 11.4., 14.4.
Wisconsin record-breaking tornadoes 11.4.
Iowa town ravaged by tornado 10.4.
Germany car accidents due to sand (!) storm 9.4., 8.4.
Oklahoma sees driest four months since 1921 6.4., 6.4.
North Korea lost 50-80 percent of winter crops 3.25.
Syria drought, factor in unrest, worsens 1.4.
the growing food crisis 4.23.
the growing oil crisis 4.23.
food prices: World Bank warns millions face poverty 14.4.
markets: American faith in capitalism falls sharply 6.4.
fish stocks: global fish consumption hits record high 1.2.
Southern Hemisphere more rain b/c of Ozone hole 21.4.
impact of Polar Ozone depletion on subtropical precipitation
Science 21 April 2011: 1202131 (Kang &al.)
fact-check on GOP claims about climate change, EPA 22.4.
NYT editorial: how not to plan for a future 20.4.
income of 400 US oligarchs quadruples in 12 years 18.4.
the new Republican landscape 17.4.
OECD study: US high on prisons, low on pensions 17.4.
... OECD: Society at a Glance 2011 Social Indicators (click)
Nature editorial: into ignorance 16.4.
US food quality I: 47% of supermarket meat infected 15.4.
Rep. Crowley (D-NY) 'speechless' about GOP policies 14.4.
US teens, taught by media, look favorably on torture13.4.
high-speed rail budget cut by $1.5 bill; $1 bill left 11.4.
why the US is destroying its education system 11.4.
House of Rep approves Anti-EPA bill despite Senate 8.4.
GOP quarrel over ethanol 7.4.
House of Rep full committee hearing--climate change 31.3.
US food quality II: the "pink slime" meat filler 5.1.
UK prosecutor tells convicted protesters to appeal 18.4.
US GHG drop to 15 year low 18.4.
US powershift 2011 17.4.
US climate change case headed to Supreme Court 17.4.
... NYT editorial: the court and global warming 18.4.
California sets nation's highest renewable power goals 12.4.
US powershift 2011 12.4. (official site)
China tells US to quit as human rights judge 10.4.
Latin America shakes off US imperialist yoke 9.4.
Germany: die Aschenbroedel-Wirtschaft 8.4.
eight railroad innovations 20.4.
Texas Notrees largest wind energy storage system 15.4.
challenges for REDD as forest conservation plan 14.4.
California Ivanpah XL-large solar plant financing now OK 14.4.
shale gas as dirty as oil, coal for warming 12.4.
US GOP EPA ban rejected by Senate Dems 6.4.
UK Royal Society debate geoengineering 4.4.
A Lowrey the great global freakout of 2011 23.4.
F Drieschner der himmel ueber dem AKW 22.4.
N Chomsky is the world too big to fail? 21.4.
M Morford please step away from fear 20.4.
B McKibben 2011 powershift speech 18.4.
G Houser: the climate youth will lead (not Al Gore) 17.4.
M Winship: harry potter and the network of neutrality 16.4.
B McKibben: what if your Prez's just not that into you? 15.4.
A Revkin: climate, communication, and the 'Nerd Loop' 14.4.
M Klare: the planet strikes back 14.4.
T Flannery interview with BBC 13.4.
A Gupta: beyond the mantra of a middle class 12.4.
J Sachs the people's budget 8.4.
season creep
from: Wash Post plant's earlier bloom times 8.4.
stuck on stupid
from: Van Jones at powershift 2011 16.4.
secret memos expose war for oil link 19.4.
sixty-eight months left.
EVENTS
Europe prays for rain in century drought 22.4.
Texas governor R Perry (R) prays for rain 21.4.
Chicago lowest temps since 1940s 20.4.
US largest tornado outbreak in history 19.4.
China violent storms kill 18 in Guangdong 18.4.
US violent storms kill 44 in the South 17.4.
North Carolina worst hit by extreme storms 17.4., 20.4.
Chicago record-setting snowstorm 17.4.
Mexico massive wildfires in Coahuila 16.4. (pic)
Somalia drought hits villagers and refugees 15.4.
Ark., Okla., Ala. extreme storms 15.4., 17.4.
US Southwest drought grows more severe 14.4.
Cuba suffering from severe drought 14.4.
Colombia flood, mudslide engulfs bus 14.4.
N-Dakota, Minnesota floods 12.4. and 11.4.
Texas drought 'extreme,' 'exceptional' 11.4., 14.4.
Wisconsin record-breaking tornadoes 11.4.
Iowa town ravaged by tornado 10.4.
Germany car accidents due to sand (!) storm 9.4., 8.4.
Oklahoma sees driest four months since 1921 6.4., 6.4.
North Korea lost 50-80 percent of winter crops 3.25.
Syria drought, factor in unrest, worsens 1.4.
TRENDS
the growing food crisis 4.23.
the growing oil crisis 4.23.
food prices: World Bank warns millions face poverty 14.4.
markets: American faith in capitalism falls sharply 6.4.
fish stocks: global fish consumption hits record high 1.2.
ATTRIBUTION
Southern Hemisphere more rain b/c of Ozone hole 21.4.
impact of Polar Ozone depletion on subtropical precipitation
Science 21 April 2011: 1202131 (Kang &al.)
AMERICAN DISENLIGHTENMENT
fact-check on GOP claims about climate change, EPA 22.4.
NYT editorial: how not to plan for a future 20.4.
income of 400 US oligarchs quadruples in 12 years 18.4.
the new Republican landscape 17.4.
OECD study: US high on prisons, low on pensions 17.4.
... OECD: Society at a Glance 2011 Social Indicators (click)
Nature editorial: into ignorance 16.4.
US food quality I: 47% of supermarket meat infected 15.4.
Rep. Crowley (D-NY) 'speechless' about GOP policies 14.4.
US teens, taught by media, look favorably on torture13.4.
high-speed rail budget cut by $1.5 bill; $1 bill left 11.4.
why the US is destroying its education system 11.4.
House of Rep approves Anti-EPA bill despite Senate 8.4.
GOP quarrel over ethanol 7.4.
House of Rep full committee hearing--climate change 31.3.
US food quality II: the "pink slime" meat filler 5.1.
GLOBAL EVOLUTION
UK prosecutor tells convicted protesters to appeal 18.4.
US GHG drop to 15 year low 18.4.
US powershift 2011 17.4.
US climate change case headed to Supreme Court 17.4.
... NYT editorial: the court and global warming 18.4.
California sets nation's highest renewable power goals 12.4.
US powershift 2011 12.4. (official site)
China tells US to quit as human rights judge 10.4.
Latin America shakes off US imperialist yoke 9.4.
Germany: die Aschenbroedel-Wirtschaft 8.4.
MITIGATION
eight railroad innovations 20.4.
Texas Notrees largest wind energy storage system 15.4.
challenges for REDD as forest conservation plan 14.4.
California Ivanpah XL-large solar plant financing now OK 14.4.
shale gas as dirty as oil, coal for warming 12.4.
US GOP EPA ban rejected by Senate Dems 6.4.
UK Royal Society debate geoengineering 4.4.
CLIMATE ESSAYS
A Lowrey the great global freakout of 2011 23.4.
F Drieschner der himmel ueber dem AKW 22.4.
N Chomsky is the world too big to fail? 21.4.
M Morford please step away from fear 20.4.
B McKibben 2011 powershift speech 18.4.
G Houser: the climate youth will lead (not Al Gore) 17.4.
M Winship: harry potter and the network of neutrality 16.4.
B McKibben: what if your Prez's just not that into you? 15.4.
A Revkin: climate, communication, and the 'Nerd Loop' 14.4.
M Klare: the planet strikes back 14.4.
T Flannery interview with BBC 13.4.
A Gupta: beyond the mantra of a middle class 12.4.
J Sachs the people's budget 8.4.
CLIMATE NEOLOGISM
season creep
from: Wash Post plant's earlier bloom times 8.4.
stuck on stupid
from: Van Jones at powershift 2011 16.4.
WIKILEAKS
secret memos expose war for oil link 19.4.
ANNOUNCEMENT
sixty-eight months left.
Saturday, April 16, 2011
climate findings
--text posts are at the blistered orb--
"climate change is a phenomenon that is relevant, in principle, to all research disciplines. (...) And for the first time ... the journal is explicitly set up to include the social sciences within its remit ... to help us to penetrate territory that lies beyond our traditional zones of engagement."
journal launch: welcome Nature Climate Change
editorial 31 March 2011
Nature 471 (2011): 548
"Lenton and Watson's Earth--shaped by life, an escapee of close calls and again on a perilous course in the wake of biological innovation--is a similarly novel depiction. The Copernican revolution had no direct effect on people's everyday lives, but it ushered in a new era of self-consciousness. Perceiving Earth as a complex system of co-evolution similarly alters our outlook"
review of Lenton/Watson 2011
Nature 470 (2011): 460-461 (Lucht)
(2010 Russia drought reduced wheat harvest by 33%)
regional drought has global impact
Nature 472 (2011): 169 (Sternberg)
(Should Africa prepare for floods or droughts?)
Africa needs climate data to fight disease
Nature 471 (2011): 440-442 (Thompson &al.)
(sea level rise is result of complex causes;
from now on North polar melt surpasses all other drivers)
geophysics: faster ice melt, higher sea levels
Nature 471 (2011): 268 (staff)
... acceleration of the contribution of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets to sea level rise
Geophys. Res. Lett. 38 (2011): L05502 (Rignot &al.)
(black carbon main driver for Himalaya glacier melt)
climate modeling: melting of the Third Pole
Nature 471 (2011): 413 (staff)
... sensitivity studies on the impacts of Tibetan Plateau snowpack pollution on the Asian hydrological cycle and monsoon climate
Atmos. Chem. Phys. 11 (2011): 1929-1948 (Qian &al.)
(China, largest wheat producer, now imports grain)
China's water crisis needs more than words
Nature 470 (2011): 307 (Yu)
(Q: why cold winters on hot planet? A: upstream cooling)
cold winters from warm oceans
Nature 471 (2011): 584-586 (Boos)
... winter cold of eastern continental boundaries induced by warm ocean waters
Nature 471 (2011): 621-624 (Kaspi, Schneider)
(overall positive climate forcing by black carbon)
global warming: the soot factor
Nature 471 (2011): 456-457 (Quaas)
... see also above, Consequences: Third Pole
(history of American southwest shows hydrological variability)
climate change: old droughts in New Mexico
Nature 470 (2011): 472-472 (Williams)
... extended megadroughts in the southwestern US during Pleistocene interglacials
Nature 470 (2011): 518-521 (Fawcett &al.)
(global warming => severe cold streaks)
climate change: cold spells in a warm world
Nature 472 (2011): 139 (staff)
... cold snaps will persist in warming world
yahoo/Live Science/Amazing Planet 13 Apr 2011
... persisting cold extremes under 21st C warming scenarios
Geophys. Res. Lett. (2011) in press (Kodra, Ganguly et al.)
(climate change => more pollen)
more sneezing in a warmer world
Nature 471 (2011): 8 (staff)
... recent warming by latitude associated with increased length of ragweed pollen season in central North America
PNAS 108 (2011): 4248-4251 (Ziska &al.)
(forget nukes; wind is just plain better)
government must pay for clean-energy innovation
Nature 472 (2011): 137 (Hoffert)
(... but we'll still need them for a while)
do not phase out nuclear power--yet
Nature 471 (2011): 411 (Ferguson)
(biggest-ever forest protection up in the air)
Canadian forest deal at risk
Nature 471 (2011): 560 (Pala)
(juggling heat & pressure for deep CO2 sequestration)
some implications of cold CO2 injection into deep saline aquifers
Geophys. Res. Lett. 38 (2011): L06407
(mid-course corrections necessary for REDD)
cash alone will not slow forest carbon emissions
Nature 471 (2011): 267 (White)
(review of T Flannery's Here on Earth 2011;
hoping for a human-Gaia cooperative future)
Earth systems: the biosphere rebooted
Nature 471 (2011): 303-304 (Benton)
(PRC premier Wen announces five year plan; goals:
1. increase energy efficiency
2. curb carbon emissions
3. reduce economic growth)
China unveils green targets
Nature 471 (2011): 149 (Qiu)
... five year planning: goals for 2015
Nature 471 (2011): 149 figures
(in retrospect, new five year plan in line with targets)
... China's climate target: is it achievable?
Nature 462 (2009): 550-551 (Qiu)
(more species = cleaner drinking water)
biodiversity improves water quality through niche partitioning
Nature 472 (2011): 86-89 (Cardinale)
("Nature" on the American Disenlightenment)
into ignorance (editorial)
Nature 471 (2011): 265-266
(Google fellow Dessler to spread the word--Q&A)
turning point: Andrew Dessler
Nature 471 (2011): 257 (Gewin)
(if you still need proof Lovelock wins: here it is--review of Lenton/Watson "Revolutions that Made the Earth" 2011)
Earth systems: shaped by life
Nature 470 (2011): 460-461 (Lucht; see quote above)
(first place: methane hydrate release now unstoppable)
rising Arctic Ocean temperatures cause gas hydrate destabilization and ocean acidification
Geophys. Res. Lett. 38 (2011): L08602 (Biastoch &al.)
(second place: the savannah conversion has started)
widespread decline in greenness of Amazonian vegetation due to the 2010 drought
Geophys. Res. Lett. 38 (2011): L07402 (Xu &al.)
QUOTES
"climate change is a phenomenon that is relevant, in principle, to all research disciplines. (...) And for the first time ... the journal is explicitly set up to include the social sciences within its remit ... to help us to penetrate territory that lies beyond our traditional zones of engagement."
journal launch: welcome Nature Climate Change
editorial 31 March 2011
Nature 471 (2011): 548
"Lenton and Watson's Earth--shaped by life, an escapee of close calls and again on a perilous course in the wake of biological innovation--is a similarly novel depiction. The Copernican revolution had no direct effect on people's everyday lives, but it ushered in a new era of self-consciousness. Perceiving Earth as a complex system of co-evolution similarly alters our outlook"
review of Lenton/Watson 2011
Nature 470 (2011): 460-461 (Lucht)
CONSEQUENCES
(2010 Russia drought reduced wheat harvest by 33%)
regional drought has global impact
Nature 472 (2011): 169 (Sternberg)
(Should Africa prepare for floods or droughts?)
Africa needs climate data to fight disease
Nature 471 (2011): 440-442 (Thompson &al.)
(sea level rise is result of complex causes;
from now on North polar melt surpasses all other drivers)
geophysics: faster ice melt, higher sea levels
Nature 471 (2011): 268 (staff)
... acceleration of the contribution of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets to sea level rise
Geophys. Res. Lett. 38 (2011): L05502 (Rignot &al.)
(black carbon main driver for Himalaya glacier melt)
climate modeling: melting of the Third Pole
Nature 471 (2011): 413 (staff)
... sensitivity studies on the impacts of Tibetan Plateau snowpack pollution on the Asian hydrological cycle and monsoon climate
Atmos. Chem. Phys. 11 (2011): 1929-1948 (Qian &al.)
(China, largest wheat producer, now imports grain)
China's water crisis needs more than words
Nature 470 (2011): 307 (Yu)
CHANGES
(Q: why cold winters on hot planet? A: upstream cooling)
cold winters from warm oceans
Nature 471 (2011): 584-586 (Boos)
... winter cold of eastern continental boundaries induced by warm ocean waters
Nature 471 (2011): 621-624 (Kaspi, Schneider)
(overall positive climate forcing by black carbon)
global warming: the soot factor
Nature 471 (2011): 456-457 (Quaas)
... see also above, Consequences: Third Pole
(history of American southwest shows hydrological variability)
climate change: old droughts in New Mexico
Nature 470 (2011): 472-472 (Williams)
... extended megadroughts in the southwestern US during Pleistocene interglacials
Nature 470 (2011): 518-521 (Fawcett &al.)
ATTRIBUTION
(global warming => severe cold streaks)
climate change: cold spells in a warm world
Nature 472 (2011): 139 (staff)
... cold snaps will persist in warming world
yahoo/Live Science/Amazing Planet 13 Apr 2011
... persisting cold extremes under 21st C warming scenarios
Geophys. Res. Lett. (2011) in press (Kodra, Ganguly et al.)
(climate change => more pollen)
more sneezing in a warmer world
Nature 471 (2011): 8 (staff)
... recent warming by latitude associated with increased length of ragweed pollen season in central North America
PNAS 108 (2011): 4248-4251 (Ziska &al.)
MITIGATION
(forget nukes; wind is just plain better)
government must pay for clean-energy innovation
Nature 472 (2011): 137 (Hoffert)
(... but we'll still need them for a while)
do not phase out nuclear power--yet
Nature 471 (2011): 411 (Ferguson)
(biggest-ever forest protection up in the air)
Canadian forest deal at risk
Nature 471 (2011): 560 (Pala)
(juggling heat & pressure for deep CO2 sequestration)
some implications of cold CO2 injection into deep saline aquifers
Geophys. Res. Lett. 38 (2011): L06407
(mid-course corrections necessary for REDD)
cash alone will not slow forest carbon emissions
Nature 471 (2011): 267 (White)
(review of T Flannery's Here on Earth 2011;
hoping for a human-Gaia cooperative future)
Earth systems: the biosphere rebooted
Nature 471 (2011): 303-304 (Benton)
(PRC premier Wen announces five year plan; goals:
1. increase energy efficiency
2. curb carbon emissions
3. reduce economic growth)
China unveils green targets
Nature 471 (2011): 149 (Qiu)
... five year planning: goals for 2015
Nature 471 (2011): 149 figures
(in retrospect, new five year plan in line with targets)
... China's climate target: is it achievable?
Nature 462 (2009): 550-551 (Qiu)
GREEN FACTOIDS
(more species = cleaner drinking water)
biodiversity improves water quality through niche partitioning
Nature 472 (2011): 86-89 (Cardinale)
PROGRESS & REGRESS
("Nature" on the American Disenlightenment)
into ignorance (editorial)
Nature 471 (2011): 265-266
(Google fellow Dessler to spread the word--Q&A)
turning point: Andrew Dessler
Nature 471 (2011): 257 (Gewin)
(if you still need proof Lovelock wins: here it is--review of Lenton/Watson "Revolutions that Made the Earth" 2011)
Earth systems: shaped by life
Nature 470 (2011): 460-461 (Lucht; see quote above)
AND THE "JUST WHAT I NEEDED TO READ" AWARD GOES TO:
(first place: methane hydrate release now unstoppable)
rising Arctic Ocean temperatures cause gas hydrate destabilization and ocean acidification
Geophys. Res. Lett. 38 (2011): L08602 (Biastoch &al.)
(second place: the savannah conversion has started)
widespread decline in greenness of Amazonian vegetation due to the 2010 drought
Geophys. Res. Lett. 38 (2011): L07402 (Xu &al.)
Sunday, April 3, 2011
climate findings
--text posts are at the blistered orb--
updated 4.4.2011
"Following the failed climate change negotiations in Copenhagen, the prospects for sufficient public concern about climate change and political will to reduce carbon emissions have seemed dim. However, recent events in Tunisia, Egypt, and other countries have shown, albeit in a very different context, that increases in the perceived effectiveness of individual and collective action can change attitudes and behaviours quickly and dramatically; in this case the willingness of ordinary citizens to rise up against autocratic rulers. The results reported by Spence and colleagues provide a glimmer of hope that similar 'tipping point' dynamics might exist in the domain of climate change, a prospect that is strengthened by recent evidence that further links flooding to climate change."
Elke U. Weber
psychology: climate change hits home
Nature Climate Change 1 (2011): 25-26 (Weber)
(the first casualties: Mexico, Mozambique, Vietnam)
casualties of climate change
Scientific American Jan 2011 (Sherbinin &al)
(no doubts on attributing Aussi/Paki floods)
Forscher geben Menschheit Schuld an Katastrophen
Der Spiegel 17 Feb 2011
(no doubts on attributing 2011 US winter)
going to extremes
Realclimate 17 Feb 2011
extreme winter weather linked to climate change
Common Dreams 2 Mar 2011
human contribution to more-intense precipitation extremes
Nature 470 (2010): 378-381 (Min, Zhang, Zwiers, Hegerl)
anthropogenic GHG contribution to flood risk in the UK
Nature 470 (2011): 382-385 (Pall, Aina &al.)
(probable attributing of current rains, floods)
climate change: human influence on rainfall
Nature 470 (2010): 344-345 (Allan)
(doubts on attributing 2010 Russian heat)
Russian heat wave was natural
Yahoo/AP 9 Mar 2011
Dole / Hoerling Geophysical Research Letters
(B McKibben asks: are we to blame?)
natural disasters?
The Guardian 2 Apr 2011
(what's wrong with biofuels)
special report food: plagued by politics
The Economist 24 Feb 2011
(Japan's newest supertrain)
the new high speed Hayabusa
Japan bullet train commercial 5 Mar 2011
(corporate agribusiness is inefficient)
UN: ecofarming feeds the world
Civil Eats 9 Mar 2011
sustainable farming can feed the world?
NYT Opinionator 8 Mar 2011
the 9 billion-people question
The Economist 24 Feb 2011
Agro-Ecology and the Right to Food
UN General Assembly report
(the mitigation fallout from Fukushima)
nuclear renaissance threatened
Businessweek 13 Mar 2011
(reducing CO2 will create wetter climate)
cutting carbon dioxide helps prevent drying
Carnegie Science 24 Mar 2011
why increase in precipitation in response to less CO2 forcing?
Geophysical Research Letters 38 (2011): L06703
(Cao, Bao, Caldeira)
(the US is still not getting it)
Barack Obama's on thin green ice
Politico 2 Apr 2011
(the climate-food link hardens)
foresight: the future of food and farming
The Government Office for Science London 2011
im Wettlauf um Ressourcen
Die Zeit 3 Feb 2011
(US Southwest may become desert -- again)
does the Southwest face a mega-drought?
NYT Green 25 Feb 2011
ancient megadroughts preview climate change future
Huff Post 28 Feb 2011
extended megadroughts during Pleistocene interglacials
Nature 470 (2011): 518-521 (Fawcett & al)
(1 C rise in temps reduces yields even w/o drought)
climate change & crop yields: one degree over
Economist 17 Mar 2011
nonlinear heat effects on African maize
Nature Climate Change 1 (2011): 42-45 (Lobell &al)
(faster winds, rougher waves, more rain)
wind speeds increasing over oceans: more rain
Huff Post 25 Mar 2011
global trends in wind speed and wave height
Science 2011 doi: 10.1126/science.1197219
northward creep of vines chokes off ecosystems)
stranglers of the tropics--and beyond
National Science Foundation 25 Mar 2011
(worst drought in Amazon in 2010)
mass tree deaths prompts fears of tipping point
The Guardian 4 Feb 2011
catastrophic drought in the Amazon
Independent 4 Feb 2011
(as ice is melting, planet is losing its lungs)
extinction event?
Nature bats last 7 Feb 2011
(worst drought in 60 years in China)
drought imperils China's wheat crop
NYT Green 8 Feb 2011
(crop yields are growing slower than population)
special report food: how much is enough?
The Economist 24 Feb 2011
(ice melt is becoming main driver of sea level rise)
polar ice loss quickens, raising seas
BBC 9 Mar 2011
(the 2010 baseline)
global wellbeing index 2011--country rankings
Gallup 10 Dec 2010
(average American 3x emissions of average Chinese)
your piece of the keeling curve
NYT Green 24 Dec 2010
(N Chomsky on the American Disenlightenment)
how climate change became a 'liberal hoax'
The Nation 9 Feb 2011
(quantifying the American Disenlightenment)
why don't Americans believe in global warming?
The Economist 8 Feb 2011
(dysfunctional American sprawl)
J H Kunstler: the old American dream is a nightmare
Grist 9 Mar 2011
(climate denial in US school books)
our climate crisis is an education crisis
Rethinking Schools 2 Apr 2011
updated 4.4.2011
QUOTE
"Following the failed climate change negotiations in Copenhagen, the prospects for sufficient public concern about climate change and political will to reduce carbon emissions have seemed dim. However, recent events in Tunisia, Egypt, and other countries have shown, albeit in a very different context, that increases in the perceived effectiveness of individual and collective action can change attitudes and behaviours quickly and dramatically; in this case the willingness of ordinary citizens to rise up against autocratic rulers. The results reported by Spence and colleagues provide a glimmer of hope that similar 'tipping point' dynamics might exist in the domain of climate change, a prospect that is strengthened by recent evidence that further links flooding to climate change."
Elke U. Weber
psychology: climate change hits home
Nature Climate Change 1 (2011): 25-26 (Weber)
ATTRIBUTION
(the first casualties: Mexico, Mozambique, Vietnam)
casualties of climate change
Scientific American Jan 2011 (Sherbinin &al)
(no doubts on attributing Aussi/Paki floods)
Forscher geben Menschheit Schuld an Katastrophen
Der Spiegel 17 Feb 2011
(no doubts on attributing 2011 US winter)
going to extremes
Realclimate 17 Feb 2011
extreme winter weather linked to climate change
Common Dreams 2 Mar 2011
human contribution to more-intense precipitation extremes
Nature 470 (2010): 378-381 (Min, Zhang, Zwiers, Hegerl)
anthropogenic GHG contribution to flood risk in the UK
Nature 470 (2011): 382-385 (Pall, Aina &al.)
(probable attributing of current rains, floods)
climate change: human influence on rainfall
Nature 470 (2010): 344-345 (Allan)
(doubts on attributing 2010 Russian heat)
Russian heat wave was natural
Yahoo/AP 9 Mar 2011
Dole / Hoerling Geophysical Research Letters
(B McKibben asks: are we to blame?)
natural disasters?
The Guardian 2 Apr 2011
MITIGATION
(what's wrong with biofuels)
special report food: plagued by politics
The Economist 24 Feb 2011
(Japan's newest supertrain)
the new high speed Hayabusa
Japan bullet train commercial 5 Mar 2011
(corporate agribusiness is inefficient)
UN: ecofarming feeds the world
Civil Eats 9 Mar 2011
sustainable farming can feed the world?
NYT Opinionator 8 Mar 2011
the 9 billion-people question
The Economist 24 Feb 2011
Agro-Ecology and the Right to Food
UN General Assembly report
(the mitigation fallout from Fukushima)
nuclear renaissance threatened
Businessweek 13 Mar 2011
(reducing CO2 will create wetter climate)
cutting carbon dioxide helps prevent drying
Carnegie Science 24 Mar 2011
why increase in precipitation in response to less CO2 forcing?
Geophysical Research Letters 38 (2011): L06703
(Cao, Bao, Caldeira)
(the US is still not getting it)
Barack Obama's on thin green ice
Politico 2 Apr 2011
UNDERSTANDING CONSEQUENCES
(the climate-food link hardens)
foresight: the future of food and farming
The Government Office for Science London 2011
im Wettlauf um Ressourcen
Die Zeit 3 Feb 2011
(US Southwest may become desert -- again)
does the Southwest face a mega-drought?
NYT Green 25 Feb 2011
ancient megadroughts preview climate change future
Huff Post 28 Feb 2011
extended megadroughts during Pleistocene interglacials
Nature 470 (2011): 518-521 (Fawcett & al)
(1 C rise in temps reduces yields even w/o drought)
climate change & crop yields: one degree over
Economist 17 Mar 2011
nonlinear heat effects on African maize
Nature Climate Change 1 (2011): 42-45 (Lobell &al)
(faster winds, rougher waves, more rain)
wind speeds increasing over oceans: more rain
Huff Post 25 Mar 2011
global trends in wind speed and wave height
Science 2011 doi: 10.1126/science.1197219
northward creep of vines chokes off ecosystems)
stranglers of the tropics--and beyond
National Science Foundation 25 Mar 2011
UNFOLDING CHANGES
(worst drought in Amazon in 2010)
mass tree deaths prompts fears of tipping point
The Guardian 4 Feb 2011
catastrophic drought in the Amazon
Independent 4 Feb 2011
(as ice is melting, planet is losing its lungs)
extinction event?
Nature bats last 7 Feb 2011
(worst drought in 60 years in China)
drought imperils China's wheat crop
NYT Green 8 Feb 2011
(crop yields are growing slower than population)
special report food: how much is enough?
The Economist 24 Feb 2011
(ice melt is becoming main driver of sea level rise)
polar ice loss quickens, raising seas
BBC 9 Mar 2011
PROGRESS & REGRESS
(the 2010 baseline)
global wellbeing index 2011--country rankings
Gallup 10 Dec 2010
(average American 3x emissions of average Chinese)
your piece of the keeling curve
NYT Green 24 Dec 2010
(N Chomsky on the American Disenlightenment)
how climate change became a 'liberal hoax'
The Nation 9 Feb 2011
(quantifying the American Disenlightenment)
why don't Americans believe in global warming?
The Economist 8 Feb 2011
(dysfunctional American sprawl)
J H Kunstler: the old American dream is a nightmare
Grist 9 Mar 2011
(climate denial in US school books)
our climate crisis is an education crisis
Rethinking Schools 2 Apr 2011
Monday, February 28, 2011
climate march 2011
--text posts are at the blistered orb--
(more updates were added March 5)
EVENTS
US Midwest: rain and snowmelt trigger flooding 3.1.
San Francisco: record low follows record snow 2.28.
Bolivia: floods and landslides 2.27.
US New England: more snow, floods, storms 2.25.
Illinois, Chicago: more record snow 2.25.
US Midwest: more snow, more cold 2.18.
Alaska: climate change now visible in national parks 2.14.
Oklahoma: record lows 2.10.
Oklahoma: yet another blizzard 2.9.
Australia: floods, cyclone stress Great Barrier reef 2.10.
Australia: downunder GHG rise due to mining boom 2.9.
Australia: flood, cyclone hits national economy 2.8.
Australia: more torrential downpours 2.5.
Texas: winter storm causes water shortage 2.7.
Georgia: coldest winter ever 2.8.
Mexico: cold snap paralyzes Ciudad Juarez 2.4.Mexico: zoo animals freeze to death 2.5.
China: severe northern drought, crops wither, prices rise 2.3.
TRENDS
World food prices set yet another record 3.2.
Extreme food prices will stay 2.24.
US crop boom not enough to rebuild supplies 2.24.
India thousands protest high food prices in Delhi 2.23.
Bad cotton harvest pushes global clothing prices up 2.14.
the new scramble for African crop land 2.10.Amazon drought exhales more CO2 than US in a year 2.7.
Global food crisis: "droughts, floods, and food" (P Krugman) 2.6.
Global: effects of windblown material now being felt 1.6.
Record warmth in 2010 despite cooling influences 1.4.
ATTRIBUTION
Forscher geben Menschheit Schuld an Flutkatastrophen 17.2.
AMERICAN DISENLIGHTENMENT
oligarchs: the Koch prank 2.28.
oligarchs: the plutocrats' coup d'etat 2.28.
oligarchs: why isn't Wall Street in jail 2.17.
Wisconsin: authoritarian tactics 2.28.
Wisconsin: "mad as hell" (R Nader) 2.26.
Wisconsin: the Koch whore (Daily Beast transcript) 2.23.
GOP: Repub spending plan would cost 700k jobs 2.28.
media: Fox lies 2.24.
media: Fox flips union-busting poll results 2.23.
EPA scales back emission rules 2.24.
American decline in a new world 2.24.
budget "choice b/w bad and worse" (A Huffington) 2.23.
GOP: House Repubs want to cut funds to UN IPCC 2.21.
GOP: House Repubs want to cut funds to EPA 2.9.military budget "on the wrong side of history" 2.21.
Detroit to close half its schools 2.21.
GOP: Senate dumbs down on clean energy 2.18.
budget: if only Washington had a brain (T Engelhardt) 2.17.
Florida: governor rejects high speed funding 2.16.
Montana: Repub bill would 'embrace' global warming 2.18.
GOP: "eat the future" (P Krugman) 2.13.
military spending (Economist) 2.10.
energy: new drilling techniques open new shale gas fields 2.9.
bad food makes dumb kids 2.8.
cognition: when a country goes insane 2.21.cognition: we're all mad here 2.12.
cognition: why don't gringos believe in global warming? 2.8.
cognition: repub critic calls high speed rail 'insane' 2.8.
GOP: Repubs defend incandescent light bulbs 2.4.cognition: Fox contrives global warming 'debate' 2.3.
obesity worsens at fastest pace among rich nations 2.3.
driving: car pools are disappearing 1.28.
GLOBAL EVOLUTION
France to scrap tax cuts for the rich 3.2.
UK reveals second phase of high speed rail plan 2.28.
climate art: the drama of climate change 2.27.
food future: crisis prevention 2.17.
World's most livable cities in 2011 2.21.
USF earns sustainability gold award 2.7.no more immunity for Bush--abroad, at least 2.8.
Bush ducks Swiss torture charges 2.7.
Bush trip to Switzerland axed over torture protest fears 2.6.
MITIGATION
Renewable energy beats coal on price 2.27.
Volcanic energy channeled in Iceland 2.27.
Gas price taxes: world wide comparison 2.25.
Meat: one more reason to close factory farms 2.25.
Agriculture: biodiverse ecological farming 2.23.
Black Carbon: climate change in black and white 2.17.
Spain: solar power tower 2.15.
Smart buildings: soaking up the sun to squeeze bills to zero 2.14.
US: new battle over GHG emissions 2.10.
Indonesia: palm oil deal to save forests and carbon 2.8.
EU: Copenhagen winter bicycling 1.5.
CLIMATE ESSAYS
P Popham "the price of food at the heart of revolution" 27 Feb
M Parenti "profit pathology and disposable planet" 27 Feb
D Roberts "gargantuan challenge to shift to green energy" 11 Feb
D Roberts "are we in a clean energy race with China?" 10 Feb
N Chomsky "how climate became a 'liberal hoax'" 9 FebR Anderson "the year in review, climatically" 9 Feb
CLIMATE NEOLOGISM
"Copenhagenize"
From the our bikes weigh more than your bikes website
ANNOUNCEMENT
sixty-nine months left.
(more updates were added March 5)
EVENTS
US Midwest: rain and snowmelt trigger flooding 3.1.
San Francisco: record low follows record snow 2.28.
Bolivia: floods and landslides 2.27.
US New England: more snow, floods, storms 2.25.
Illinois, Chicago: more record snow 2.25.
US Midwest: more snow, more cold 2.18.
Alaska: climate change now visible in national parks 2.14.
Oklahoma: record lows 2.10.
Oklahoma: yet another blizzard 2.9.
Australia: floods, cyclone stress Great Barrier reef 2.10.
Australia: downunder GHG rise due to mining boom 2.9.
Australia: flood, cyclone hits national economy 2.8.
Australia: more torrential downpours 2.5.
Texas: winter storm causes water shortage 2.7.
Georgia: coldest winter ever 2.8.
Mexico: cold snap paralyzes Ciudad Juarez 2.4.Mexico: zoo animals freeze to death 2.5.
China: severe northern drought, crops wither, prices rise 2.3.
TRENDS
World food prices set yet another record 3.2.
Extreme food prices will stay 2.24.
US crop boom not enough to rebuild supplies 2.24.
India thousands protest high food prices in Delhi 2.23.
Bad cotton harvest pushes global clothing prices up 2.14.
the new scramble for African crop land 2.10.Amazon drought exhales more CO2 than US in a year 2.7.
Global food crisis: "droughts, floods, and food" (P Krugman) 2.6.
Global: effects of windblown material now being felt 1.6.
Record warmth in 2010 despite cooling influences 1.4.
ATTRIBUTION
Forscher geben Menschheit Schuld an Flutkatastrophen 17.2.
AMERICAN DISENLIGHTENMENT
oligarchs: the Koch prank 2.28.
oligarchs: the plutocrats' coup d'etat 2.28.
oligarchs: why isn't Wall Street in jail 2.17.
Wisconsin: authoritarian tactics 2.28.
Wisconsin: "mad as hell" (R Nader) 2.26.
Wisconsin: the Koch whore (Daily Beast transcript) 2.23.
GOP: Repub spending plan would cost 700k jobs 2.28.
media: Fox lies 2.24.
media: Fox flips union-busting poll results 2.23.
EPA scales back emission rules 2.24.
American decline in a new world 2.24.
budget "choice b/w bad and worse" (A Huffington) 2.23.
GOP: House Repubs want to cut funds to UN IPCC 2.21.
GOP: House Repubs want to cut funds to EPA 2.9.military budget "on the wrong side of history" 2.21.
Detroit to close half its schools 2.21.
GOP: Senate dumbs down on clean energy 2.18.
budget: if only Washington had a brain (T Engelhardt) 2.17.
Florida: governor rejects high speed funding 2.16.
Montana: Repub bill would 'embrace' global warming 2.18.
GOP: "eat the future" (P Krugman) 2.13.
military spending (Economist) 2.10.
energy: new drilling techniques open new shale gas fields 2.9.
bad food makes dumb kids 2.8.
cognition: when a country goes insane 2.21.cognition: we're all mad here 2.12.
cognition: why don't gringos believe in global warming? 2.8.
cognition: repub critic calls high speed rail 'insane' 2.8.
GOP: Repubs defend incandescent light bulbs 2.4.cognition: Fox contrives global warming 'debate' 2.3.
obesity worsens at fastest pace among rich nations 2.3.
driving: car pools are disappearing 1.28.
GLOBAL EVOLUTION
France to scrap tax cuts for the rich 3.2.
UK reveals second phase of high speed rail plan 2.28.
climate art: the drama of climate change 2.27.
food future: crisis prevention 2.17.
World's most livable cities in 2011 2.21.
USF earns sustainability gold award 2.7.no more immunity for Bush--abroad, at least 2.8.
Bush ducks Swiss torture charges 2.7.
Bush trip to Switzerland axed over torture protest fears 2.6.
MITIGATION
Renewable energy beats coal on price 2.27.
Volcanic energy channeled in Iceland 2.27.
Gas price taxes: world wide comparison 2.25.
Meat: one more reason to close factory farms 2.25.
Agriculture: biodiverse ecological farming 2.23.
Black Carbon: climate change in black and white 2.17.
Spain: solar power tower 2.15.
Smart buildings: soaking up the sun to squeeze bills to zero 2.14.
US: new battle over GHG emissions 2.10.
Indonesia: palm oil deal to save forests and carbon 2.8.
EU: Copenhagen winter bicycling 1.5.
CLIMATE ESSAYS
P Popham "the price of food at the heart of revolution" 27 Feb
M Parenti "profit pathology and disposable planet" 27 Feb
D Roberts "gargantuan challenge to shift to green energy" 11 Feb
D Roberts "are we in a clean energy race with China?" 10 Feb
N Chomsky "how climate became a 'liberal hoax'" 9 FebR Anderson "the year in review, climatically" 9 Feb
CLIMATE NEOLOGISM
"Copenhagenize"
From the our bikes weigh more than your bikes website
ANNOUNCEMENT
sixty-nine months left.
Friday, February 4, 2011
climate february 2011
--text posts are at blistered orb--
EVENTS
Amazon at tipping point: billions of trees deaths 4 Feb
US snow in Texas, again 4 Feb
US snow blankets south 3 Feb
Global food prices hit new record high 3 Feb
Australia cyclone makes landfall 2 FebUS deep freeze sets in over two-thirds of country 2 Feb
Illinois blizzard third-largest in Chicago history 2 Feb
US flight cancellations top 6,000 for second straight day 1 Feb
Australia gets most powerful cyclone in country's history 1 Feb
US colossal winter storm impacts 100 million 28 Jan + 2 Feb
Arctic temps at Baffin Island + 21 C/39 F for a month 28 Jan
Arctic temps at Coral Harbor above freezing for first time 28 Jan
US yet another major snowstorm his northeast 27 Jan
US snowstorm shatters NYC, Philadelphia records 27 Jan
New England snowstorm blasting the northeast 26 Jan
TRENDS
oil price now above $ 103 3 Feb
oysters disappearing worldwide 3 Feb
food crisis fuels Egypt revolution 31 Jan
Arctic defrost dumping snow on US and Europe 28 Jan and here
Arctic waters warmer than in 2,000 years 28 Jan
African land grabs could herald new age of hunger 28 Jan
climate change: driving straight into catastrophe 24 Jan
2o10 updates to model-data comparisons 21 Jan
AMERICAN DISENLIGHTENMENT
US KZ Guantanamo celebrates 9th anniversary, victim dies 4 Feb
US Al Jazeera blacked out across most of United States 4 Feb
US climate denier at the Boston Herald 3 Feb
US NYT on Republican climate deniers 2 Feb
US gov gives GHG exemption to GE power plants 2 Feb
US Koch Brothers and their climate denial machine 2 Feb
US endless storms causing snow rage 31 Jan
US nuclear power suffers more setbacks 31 JanUS Senate votes to reject filibuster restrictions 28 Jan
US why military spending remains untouchable 27 Jan
US how the U.S. is failing its people, compared to EU 26 Jan
US Repubs symbolically repeal climate policies 20 Jan
GLOBAL EVOLUTION
UK ministry unveils national 'climate-proofing' plans 28 Jan
UN climate talks in focus at Davos forum 27 Jan
MITIGATION
UN Ban K-M redirects focus to energy, sustainability 27 Jan
India's Suzlon Energy wins 1 billion $ wind power deal 28 Jan
UN moratorium halts geo-engineering experiments 8 Dec
CLIMATE ESSAYS
L Pitts "the dumbing down of America" 4 Feb
P. Barnes "a brief history of commons destruction" 31 Jan
M Hertsgaard "Seattle will stay dry when your city floods" 30 Jan
J Boykoff "reheating the climate change story" 30 JanM Brune "the billionaire brothers who make us sick" 28 Jan
R. Benestad "cold winter in a world of warming?" 14 Dec
CLIMATE QUOTE
rising food prices have potentially devastating consequences for poorer nations
D Strauss-Kahn, International Monetary Fund 1 Feb
EVENTS
Amazon at tipping point: billions of trees deaths 4 Feb
US snow in Texas, again 4 Feb
US snow blankets south 3 Feb
Global food prices hit new record high 3 Feb
Australia cyclone makes landfall 2 FebUS deep freeze sets in over two-thirds of country 2 Feb
Illinois blizzard third-largest in Chicago history 2 Feb
US flight cancellations top 6,000 for second straight day 1 Feb
Australia gets most powerful cyclone in country's history 1 Feb
US colossal winter storm impacts 100 million 28 Jan + 2 Feb
Arctic temps at Baffin Island + 21 C/39 F for a month 28 Jan
Arctic temps at Coral Harbor above freezing for first time 28 Jan
US yet another major snowstorm his northeast 27 Jan
US snowstorm shatters NYC, Philadelphia records 27 Jan
New England snowstorm blasting the northeast 26 Jan
TRENDS
oil price now above $ 103 3 Feb
oysters disappearing worldwide 3 Feb
food crisis fuels Egypt revolution 31 Jan
Arctic defrost dumping snow on US and Europe 28 Jan and here
Arctic waters warmer than in 2,000 years 28 Jan
African land grabs could herald new age of hunger 28 Jan
climate change: driving straight into catastrophe 24 Jan
2o10 updates to model-data comparisons 21 Jan
AMERICAN DISENLIGHTENMENT
US KZ Guantanamo celebrates 9th anniversary, victim dies 4 Feb
US Al Jazeera blacked out across most of United States 4 Feb
US climate denier at the Boston Herald 3 Feb
US NYT on Republican climate deniers 2 Feb
US gov gives GHG exemption to GE power plants 2 Feb
US Koch Brothers and their climate denial machine 2 Feb
US endless storms causing snow rage 31 Jan
US nuclear power suffers more setbacks 31 JanUS Senate votes to reject filibuster restrictions 28 Jan
US why military spending remains untouchable 27 Jan
US how the U.S. is failing its people, compared to EU 26 Jan
US Repubs symbolically repeal climate policies 20 Jan
GLOBAL EVOLUTION
UK ministry unveils national 'climate-proofing' plans 28 Jan
UN climate talks in focus at Davos forum 27 Jan
MITIGATION
UN Ban K-M redirects focus to energy, sustainability 27 Jan
India's Suzlon Energy wins 1 billion $ wind power deal 28 Jan
UN moratorium halts geo-engineering experiments 8 Dec
CLIMATE ESSAYS
L Pitts "the dumbing down of America" 4 Feb
P. Barnes "a brief history of commons destruction" 31 Jan
M Hertsgaard "Seattle will stay dry when your city floods" 30 Jan
J Boykoff "reheating the climate change story" 30 JanM Brune "the billionaire brothers who make us sick" 28 Jan
R. Benestad "cold winter in a world of warming?" 14 Dec
CLIMATE QUOTE
rising food prices have potentially devastating consequences for poorer nations
D Strauss-Kahn, International Monetary Fund 1 Feb
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