Archive for June, 2009
For all its flaws, the House energy bill is America’s first comprehensive attempt to mitigate climate change. Now the Senate needs to pass it.
Wither Twitter?After distributed computing efforts such as SETI at home, and Climate Project came GLOBE, a world wide effort to involve students in gathering ground truth for environmental and
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…we might get up to 2.37C total temperature reduction by 2100. That’s around half of the projected BAU rise. And 1.129C of those would be the result of implementing Waxman-Markey
Tags: China, climate change, CO2 Emissions, Data, Europe, global warming, India, Policy, politics, science, USA, Waxman-Markey
In a lively talk at the Indian Consulate in New York last Thursday, Indian climate envoy Shyam Saran called for technology and resource transfer from developed to developing countries, saying that
Tags: Climate Policy, Columbia, Economics, India
Four scientists discuss where the climate is and where it’s going.
Kiss Hubble GoodbyeInto Eli’s mailbox floated thisNASA is placing RFI NNH09ZDA010L (”Feasibility of using Constellation Architecture for Servicing Existing and Future Observatory-Class
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Figure 1 indicates that the ocean between the equator and 30°north is about 1°C warmer than the equivalent zone south of the equator. In northern summer the atmosphere is warmed by radiation from
Tags: Anthropogenic climate change, Carbon Credits, Carbon Footprint, El Nino, ENSO, global cooling, global warming, Greenhouse theory, I.P.C.C., La Nina, meteorology, Natural climate change, Science of global warming, Solar cycle, solar wind, Southern Oscillation, Sun, Ultraviolet radiation, Uncategorized
The CatastrophistElizabeth Kolbert has an article about the cap and trade legislation and Jim Hansen. It’s behind a paywall, but the New Yorker is one of those things you should subscribe to
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Ms Rabett on GMEli was wondering why GM (and Chrysler) killed off particular dealerships. Ms. Rabett pointed out that for the last fifty years, the US automakers have been concentrating on the
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Land contaminated by radioactive fallout and not fit for growing food could be cleaned up by growing biofuel crops that suck contaminants out of the ground
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“I know that vibration wasn’t normal” Jack Lemmon famously uttered these words in the 70s blockbuster The China Syndrome in reference to unusual activity taking place at his nuclear
Tags: Chernobyl, Columbia, Communicating Climate, Economics, Energy, fission, nuclear power, Sustainability, Three Mile Island
Industries running short on cash, as well as other factors, meant the growth of greenhouse gas emissions dropped by half in 2008, an analysis concludes
The Southern Ocean has lost its appetite for carbon dioxide, and now it appears that ozone levels could be partly to blame
The UK Met Office has produced detailed forecasts of the climate many years from now, but climate scientists have criticised such predictions as worthless
Ethon RTFR ( a bit edited:)Ethon flew in the window with a great flap of concern. Big Bird was distraught, someone had moved his liver and it looked like Prometheus was no more. Don’t worry
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View larger image Wesleyan’s Gary Yohe: Coverage Better…But Still ‘Spotty’ Economist Gary Yohe is no newcomer to the costs and benefits of combating climate change. For
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According to Tony Barnston at the International Research Institute for Climate and Society, El Niño conditions are now evolving in the tropical Pacific. El Niño is the name given to sustained sea
Tags: climate prediction, Climate Science, climate variability, Columbia, ENSO, International Research Institute for Climate and Societ
Grants 101 (aka shaking the cup for science)Eli’s life, such as it is, if you could call it one, has been dominated over the past month and a bit with grants, reviewing, writing, submitting.
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1. ISSUE SUMMARY 1.1 Evidence that Climate Models Produce Far Too Much Warming The issue I will address is appropriately introduced by a quote from a leading cloud expert, Dr. Robert Cess, made
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We know climate has always presented a challenge to farmers, herders, fishermen and others whose livelihoods are closely linked to their environment–particularly in developing countries. A
Tags: Adaptation, Climate and Agriculture, climate and society, climate risk management, Columbia, Economics, Farming, index insurance
Good questionWhen last seen Eli was providing an example of how Science lurches forward, a nice example, where a flawed experiment loosened a tidal wave of publicity, only to end in a quiet fizzle.
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Deutsche Bank launched the first real-time carbon counter Thursday morning, taking advantage of the unusually rainy weather to underscore the importance of communicating climate change awareness.
Tags: carbon counter, climate change mitigation, Climate Science, Columbia, Communicating Climate, Deutsche Bank, Economics, GROCC, Mitigation
When African finance and environmental ministers met last month to discuss climate-related challenges to the Millennium Development Goals, East African rains were on the agenda. Millions of Kenyans
Tags: climate change, Climate Science, climate variability, Columbia, drought, International Research Institute for Climate and Societ, Uncategorized
Decomposing bags sound environmentally friendly but they require a lot of energy to make, won’t degrade in landfills and may leave toxic leftovers Biodegradable plastic bags – as handed
Tags: Comment, Environment, guardian.co.uk, Plastic bags, Pollution, Waste
Musings on the Vostok Ice Core Record (edited 11 July 2009 for clarity in discussion of lead-lag relationship between Vostok temperature and CO2) Since I get asked so often what I think of the
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Renewable power is inspiring clever new ways to store electricity—and to uncork it exactly when and where it is needed.
Science lurches backwardsAbout a year ago, a friend came into Eli’s office, hair standing on end, waving a copy of Science. Eli’s friend is an atmospheric modeler, but he models air
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Greenwash: A dreadful missed opportunity to clean up e-waste| Fred Pearce
An EU directive to clean up the electronic waste industry is not being operated or policed properly, and is often ignored completely by manufacturers Remember the charmingly named Weee directive
Tags: Comment, Corporate social responsibility, Environment, European Union, guardian.co.uk, Pollution, Recycling, Technology, Waste