Another Week of Climate Disruption News

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"We still have a climate crisis, an economic crisis and a national security crisis ... they are united by the thread of dependence on carbon-based fuel, you pull that thread and the crises unravel." -Al Gore

Last modified November 15, 2009

Another Week of Climate Disruption News

Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck Years

November 15, 2009

More in the black humour vein:

Discouragement, Disgust, and Hope battle on the road to Copenhagen:

The APEC meeting in Singapore this weekend surprised no one:

France and Brazil announce a joint climate position that may shake things up:

A World Summit on Food Security starts Monday:

The Montreal Protocol extension meeting was unproductive:

The World Wilderness Congress meeting in Mexico this week released the Merida Message:

A pre-Copenhagen meeting of poor, vulnerable states released a stark demand:

Polls, we have polls:

A report that the THC shutdown before the Younger Dryas took just months has triggered some surprise:

In India, a ministry discussion paper on Himalayan glaciers raised more than a few feathers:

There was a rustle over the US EPA restricting two of their lawyers from arguing against Cap & Trade in their name:

And on the Bottom Line:

CSIRO seems to have dealt with their censorship accusation:

I've got a big grain of salt for these Brazilian Gov't announcements about the Amazon. The last couple have been debunked by satellite data within months:

A nice tutorial on CO2 forcing:

The Superfreaks are still getting some press:

Late comment on G20:

The Arctic melt continues to garner a lot of attention:

Note the headline spin over the same agency text:

That Damoclean sword still hangs overhead:

As for the geopolitics of Arctic resources:

While in Antarctica:

The food crisis is ongoing:

So, are these land grabs Colonialism V2?:

And how are we going to feed 9 billion?

In the hurricane wars, Phyan zapped the west coast of India. Unreported Anja is still out at sea:

Tropical storm Ida waltzed through the Caribbean:

While elsewhere in the hurricane wars:

As for GHGs:

And in the carbon cycle:

As for the temperature record:

A study comparing the incidence of new high vs low temperature records in the USA over the last 50 years:

Aerosols are making their presence felt:

And in the paleoclimate:

While on the ENSO front:

Glaciers are melting:

Sea levels are rising:

As for ocean currents:

The Obama administration has asked the USSC to overturn the appeals court ruling against the (over extensive?) NASA JPL background checks:

More GW impacts are being seen:

And then there are the world's forests:

Climate refugees are becoming an issue:

Yes we have no wacky weather, except:

On the heatwave and wild fire front:

As for disruptions of the hydrological cycle [floods & droughts]:

Note that several articles incorrectly attributed the El Salvadorian flooding to Ida, when TD 96E was the culprit:

Elsewhere on the mitigation front:

Consider transportation & GHG production:

While in the endless quest for zero energy, sustainable buildings and practical codes:

And on the carbon sequestration front:

Large scale geo-engineering keeps popping up:

Will they blame they geoengineers?

Meanwhile in the journals:

Before we get into politics, there was some science done:

The Pielke fan clubbe, alas:

Hansen:

Meanwhile on the Kyoto front:

While at the UN:

And on the carbon trading front:

The idea of a carbon tax is still bouncing around:

It's notable that several heavy league politicos are suggesting the dreaded Tobin tax:

The debate over the optimal strategy [carbon trading, carbon offsets, auction vs. allocation, and/or a carbon tax] to use in dealing with GHGs continues:

Will carbon labelling work?

Meanwhile on the international political front:

As for GW & security:

The issue of the law and activism is playing out around the world as nations scramble to deal with climate change:

And on the American political front:

A sign of the level to which US politics has sunk:

The Obama chatter is nonstop:

The actions of the Obama administration are being watched closely:

As for what is going on in Congress:

Kerry-Boxer aka CEJAPA defines a battleline:

These apparently contradictory statements appear to turn on the issue of timing:

What are the lobbyists pushing?

The Gore-apalooza is still bopping along:

While in the UK: