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These posts are intended to share information and ideas about climate change and hence act as an open thread. This post has emphasised adaptation and mitigation, essentially what we need to do to achieve a safe climate. Comments, about science, [...]
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1. Antarctic ice melt studies A recent study by Abram et al showed that the ice on the Antarctic peninsula was melting about 10 times faster than it was 600 years ago, concluding that further melting was particularly sensitive to [...]
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This week I’ve concentrated on the practical side of Climate change – mitigation and adaptation and the relevant policies. 1. China to cap emissions According to Giles Parkinson news reports from China indicate that the powerful National Development and Reform [...]
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1. The scientific consensus remains solid Suzanne Goldenberg in The Guardian has the story. A study led by John Cook of Skeptical Science fame considered the work of some 29,000 scientists published in 11,994 academic papers between 1991 and 2011. [...]
Oklahoma tornado and climate change
The Courier Mail had quite a good piece. If you want pics the BBC has a gallery or enter Oklahoma tornado at Google images. There are some videos collected here. The Courier Mail has a large photo gallery. Climate Progress [...]
Trolling coal: jobs, climate and the Iron Lady
The pre-recorded televised tributes have ended. The street parties are over. In Britain, the outrage that swelled in some quarters over the Baroness Margaret Thatcher’s faux state funeral has died away, leaving in its wake the dull, tedious thrumming of [...]
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The weekend was a bit ordinary for me, but as supercoach Wayne Bennett says, if you can’t say anything nice say nothing. That’s how he addressed his troops after the thrashing they got in the previous week. This week they [...]
Greenland melt
You may have seen images like this before, demonstrating the progressive summer melting of the Greenland ice sheet: Then in July 2012 this happened: The image on the left represents melting on 8 July. By 12 July some 97% of [...]
CO2 hits 400 ppm
On May 9 CO2 reached 400 ppm at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) monitoring centre at Muana Loa and at at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego, California. This is what’s been happening over the last [...]
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In this edition I’ve stuck to scientific articles, and, incidentally have used a couple (items 3 and 4) from stuff I gathered around this time last year when I thought I might be launching a new blog. For reasons we [...]
NSW coal generation under pressure
Well it is if the country stays on its present policy trajectory. Sophie Vorrath at RenewEconomy comments on the latest pitt&sherry electricity emissions update (April data). Back in 1998 coal used to supply 90% of NSW’s National Electricity Market (NEM) [...]
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