Climate Change..... After the Day After II
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Other interesting things are happening on the planet we should possibly take note of. We can only play in the casino as the boat sinks for so long, especially after selling the life boats. American are particularly blind to this.
Asia and Southeast Asia have each recorded their hottest temperatures ever -- 129 degrees in Pakistan, and 117 in Burma. India is having the worst heatwave since the British started keeping records -- people are dying by the hundreds.
http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMa ... rynum=1498
(Janus, please say that Boom is still on tap for getting out of Asia next week??????)
If it doesn't happen in the US, it doesn't count. And besides, one unusually cool day north of San Francisco is sufficient to counterbalance four months of record worldwide average high temperature. (Snark)
Asia and Southeast Asia have each recorded their hottest temperatures ever -- 129 degrees in Pakistan, and 117 in Burma. India is having the worst heatwave since the British started keeping records -- people are dying by the hundreds.
http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMa ... rynum=1498
(Janus, please say that Boom is still on tap for getting out of Asia next week??????)
If it doesn't happen in the US, it doesn't count. And besides, one unusually cool day north of San Francisco is sufficient to counterbalance four months of record worldwide average high temperature. (Snark)
Dance to heal the earth. Not just when you're dancing, but always. Live the dance, whenever you move, in all you do, dance to heal the earth.
Can painting a mountain restore a glacier?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/latin_ ... 333304.stm
Are tropical SST trends changing the global teleconnection during La Niña?
http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2010/2 ... 3394.shtml
Rising sea levels to blame for many HCM City floods
http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BN ... 22363.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/latin_ ... 333304.stm
Are tropical SST trends changing the global teleconnection during La Niña?
http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2010/2 ... 3394.shtml
Rising sea levels to blame for many HCM City floods
http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BN ... 22363.html
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Glacial Earthquakes in Greenland and Antarctica
"The rate of glacial-earthquake occurrence increased between 2000 and 2005, with a stabilization of earthquake frequency at 2003–2004 levels in 2006–2008. Recent observations establish a strong temporal correlation between the distinct seismic signals of glacial earthquakes and large ice-loss events in which icebergs of cubic-kilometer scale collapse against the calving face, linking the seismogenic process to the force exerted by these icebergs on the glacier and the underlying solid earth"
http://arjournals.annualreviews.org/doi ... Code=earth
Russians Close to Reaching Lake Vostok
"The new borehole is currently 3,650 meters deep, and the total depth of ice above the lake is 3,750 meters"
http://www.times.spb.ru/index.php?actio ... y_id=30838
"The rate of glacial-earthquake occurrence increased between 2000 and 2005, with a stabilization of earthquake frequency at 2003–2004 levels in 2006–2008. Recent observations establish a strong temporal correlation between the distinct seismic signals of glacial earthquakes and large ice-loss events in which icebergs of cubic-kilometer scale collapse against the calving face, linking the seismogenic process to the force exerted by these icebergs on the glacier and the underlying solid earth"
http://arjournals.annualreviews.org/doi ... Code=earth
Russians Close to Reaching Lake Vostok
"The new borehole is currently 3,650 meters deep, and the total depth of ice above the lake is 3,750 meters"
http://www.times.spb.ru/index.php?actio ... y_id=30838
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Arctic sea ice yesterday
In 2007, the area of Arctic sea ice reached a record low. By comparison, here’s the current story:
http://metamodern.com/2010/07/03/arctic ... yesterday/
Geochemistry of clathrate-derived methane in Arctic ocean waters
"Alterations to the composition of seawater are estimated for microbial oxidation of methane from large polar clathrate destabilizations, which may arise in the coming century. Gas fluxes are taken from porous flow models of warming Arctic sediment"
http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2010/2 ... 3369.shtml
In 2007, the area of Arctic sea ice reached a record low. By comparison, here’s the current story:
http://metamodern.com/2010/07/03/arctic ... yesterday/
Geochemistry of clathrate-derived methane in Arctic ocean waters
"Alterations to the composition of seawater are estimated for microbial oxidation of methane from large polar clathrate destabilizations, which may arise in the coming century. Gas fluxes are taken from porous flow models of warming Arctic sediment"
http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2010/2 ... 3369.shtml
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Architects propose 'radical' coastal flood defenses
"Architects, engineers and developers say that the UK faces an 'extreme threat' from flooding, and must respond accordingly"
http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_r ... enses.html
Fungus, not comet or catastrophe, accounts for carbonaceous spherules in the Younger Dryas “impact layer”
"A claim attributes the onset of the Younger Dryas climate interval and a range of other effects ?12,900 years ago to a comet airburst and/or impact event. One key aspect of this claim centers on the origin of carbonaceous spherules that purportedly formed during intense, impact-ignited wildfires. Samples from Pleistocene-Holocene sedimentary sequences in the California Channel Islands and other sites show that carbon spherules and elongate forms are common in samples dating to before, during, and well after the 12,900-year time horizon, including from modern samples. Microscopic studies show that carbon spherules have morphologies and internal structures identical to fungal sclerotia (such as Sclerotium and Cenococcum). Experimental charring of fungal sclerotia shows that their reflectance increases with temperature. Reflectance measurements of modern and late Pleistocene spherules show that the latter indicate, at most, low-intensity burning. These data cast further doubt upon the evidence suggesting a catastrophic Younger Dryas impact event"
http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2010/2 ... 3345.shtml
Climate Change, Water, and Risk
"Climate change will have a significant impact on the sustainability of water supplies in the coming decades. A new analysis, performed by consulting firm Tetra Tech for the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), examined the effects of global warming on water supply and demand in the contiguous United States. The study found that more than 1,100 counties -- one-third of all counties in the lower 48 -- will face higher risks of water shortages by mid-century as the result of global warming. More than 400 of these counties will face extremely high risks of water shortages"
http://www.nrdc.org/globalWarming/watersustainability/
"Architects, engineers and developers say that the UK faces an 'extreme threat' from flooding, and must respond accordingly"
http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_r ... enses.html
Fungus, not comet or catastrophe, accounts for carbonaceous spherules in the Younger Dryas “impact layer”
"A claim attributes the onset of the Younger Dryas climate interval and a range of other effects ?12,900 years ago to a comet airburst and/or impact event. One key aspect of this claim centers on the origin of carbonaceous spherules that purportedly formed during intense, impact-ignited wildfires. Samples from Pleistocene-Holocene sedimentary sequences in the California Channel Islands and other sites show that carbon spherules and elongate forms are common in samples dating to before, during, and well after the 12,900-year time horizon, including from modern samples. Microscopic studies show that carbon spherules have morphologies and internal structures identical to fungal sclerotia (such as Sclerotium and Cenococcum). Experimental charring of fungal sclerotia shows that their reflectance increases with temperature. Reflectance measurements of modern and late Pleistocene spherules show that the latter indicate, at most, low-intensity burning. These data cast further doubt upon the evidence suggesting a catastrophic Younger Dryas impact event"
http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2010/2 ... 3345.shtml
Climate Change, Water, and Risk
"Climate change will have a significant impact on the sustainability of water supplies in the coming decades. A new analysis, performed by consulting firm Tetra Tech for the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), examined the effects of global warming on water supply and demand in the contiguous United States. The study found that more than 1,100 counties -- one-third of all counties in the lower 48 -- will face higher risks of water shortages by mid-century as the result of global warming. More than 400 of these counties will face extremely high risks of water shortages"
http://www.nrdc.org/globalWarming/watersustainability/
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Phytoplankton in retreat
"Marine phytoplankton have a crucial role in Earth's biogeochemical cycles, and form the basis of marine ecosystems. Data from satellite remote sensing — available since 1979 — have provided evidence that phytoplankton biomass has fluctuated on the decadal scale, linked to climate forcing, but a few decades of data are insufficient to indicate long-term trends. Daniel Boyce and colleagues now put these results in a long-term context by estimating local, regional and global trends in phytoplankton biomass since 1899, based on a range of sources including measurements of ocean transparency with a device known as a Secchi disk, and shipboard analyses of various types. What emerges from the records is a century of decline of global phytoplankton biomass. The authors estimate that the decline of phytoplankton standing stock has been greatest at high latitudes, in equatorial regions, in oceanic areas and in more recent years. Trends in most areas are correlated significantly to increasing ocean warming, and leading climate indices"
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v4 ... 29-03.html
State of the Climate in 2009 NOAA
"The 2009 State of the Climate report released today draws on data for 10 key climate indicators that all point to the same finding: the scientific evidence that our world is warming is unmistakable. More than 300 scientists from 160 research groups in 48 countries contributed to the report, which confirms that the past decade was the warmest on record and that the Earth has been growing warmer over the last 50 years"
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/bams-state-of- ... e/2009.php
Scientists Set Sail to Map the Arctic Seafloor
http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=2556
"Marine phytoplankton have a crucial role in Earth's biogeochemical cycles, and form the basis of marine ecosystems. Data from satellite remote sensing — available since 1979 — have provided evidence that phytoplankton biomass has fluctuated on the decadal scale, linked to climate forcing, but a few decades of data are insufficient to indicate long-term trends. Daniel Boyce and colleagues now put these results in a long-term context by estimating local, regional and global trends in phytoplankton biomass since 1899, based on a range of sources including measurements of ocean transparency with a device known as a Secchi disk, and shipboard analyses of various types. What emerges from the records is a century of decline of global phytoplankton biomass. The authors estimate that the decline of phytoplankton standing stock has been greatest at high latitudes, in equatorial regions, in oceanic areas and in more recent years. Trends in most areas are correlated significantly to increasing ocean warming, and leading climate indices"
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v4 ... 29-03.html
State of the Climate in 2009 NOAA
"The 2009 State of the Climate report released today draws on data for 10 key climate indicators that all point to the same finding: the scientific evidence that our world is warming is unmistakable. More than 300 scientists from 160 research groups in 48 countries contributed to the report, which confirms that the past decade was the warmest on record and that the Earth has been growing warmer over the last 50 years"
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/bams-state-of- ... e/2009.php
Scientists Set Sail to Map the Arctic Seafloor
http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=2556
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The Impact of Climate, Weather and Seasons on Economic Activity
Michael Niemira
http://www.wxtrends.com/files/retailnews9.pdf
Intensification of hot extremes in the United States
"Using a large suite of climate model experiments, we find that substantial intensification of hot extremes could occur within the next 3 decades, below the 2°C global warming target currently being considered by policy makers. We also find that the intensification of hot extremes is associated with a shift towards more anticyclonic atmospheric circulation during the warm season, along with warm-season drying over much of the U.S. The possibility that intensification of hot extremes could result from relatively small increases in greenhouse gas concentrations suggests that constraining global warming to 2°C may not be sufficient to avoid dangerous climate change"
http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2010/2 ... 3888.shtml
Climate change talks 'backslide' at Bonn
"Unfortunately, what we have seen over and over this week is that some countries are walking back from progress made in Copenhagen, and what was agreed there"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-10900798
Michael Niemira
http://www.wxtrends.com/files/retailnews9.pdf
Intensification of hot extremes in the United States
"Using a large suite of climate model experiments, we find that substantial intensification of hot extremes could occur within the next 3 decades, below the 2°C global warming target currently being considered by policy makers. We also find that the intensification of hot extremes is associated with a shift towards more anticyclonic atmospheric circulation during the warm season, along with warm-season drying over much of the U.S. The possibility that intensification of hot extremes could result from relatively small increases in greenhouse gas concentrations suggests that constraining global warming to 2°C may not be sufficient to avoid dangerous climate change"
http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2010/2 ... 3888.shtml
Climate change talks 'backslide' at Bonn
"Unfortunately, what we have seen over and over this week is that some countries are walking back from progress made in Copenhagen, and what was agreed there"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-10900798
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Thanks Janus for this thread. I've been working through all the posts you've created over the past few years. Amazing amount of nformation. Thank-you!
There you go man, keep as cool as you can. Face piles and piles of trials with smiles. It riles them to believe that you perceive the web they weave. And keep on thinking free. (Moody Blues)
Ionospheric gravity waves detected offshore Hawaii after tsunamis
"We report here new ionospheric observations related to three significant transpacific tsunami events triggered by the 2006 Kuril earthquake, the 2009 Samoa earthquake and the 2010 Chile earthquake"
http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2010/2 ... 4479.shtml
"We report here new ionospheric observations related to three significant transpacific tsunami events triggered by the 2006 Kuril earthquake, the 2009 Samoa earthquake and the 2010 Chile earthquake"
http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2010/2 ... 4479.shtml
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New DNA evidence overturns population migration theory in Island Southeast Asia
"I think the study results are going to be a big surprise for many archaeologists and linguists, on whose studies conventional migration theories are based. These population expansions had nothing to do with agriculture, but were most likely to have been driven by climate change, in particular global warming and the resulting sea-level rises at the end of the Ice Age between 15,000 to 7,000 years ago"
http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/news_releases ... 80523.html
"I think the study results are going to be a big surprise for many archaeologists and linguists, on whose studies conventional migration theories are based. These population expansions had nothing to do with agriculture, but were most likely to have been driven by climate change, in particular global warming and the resulting sea-level rises at the end of the Ice Age between 15,000 to 7,000 years ago"
http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/news_releases ... 80523.html
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How ocean color can steer Pacific tropical cyclones
"Because ocean color alters the absorption of sunlight, it can produce changes in sea surface temperatures with further impacts on atmospheric circulation. These changes can project onto fields previously recognized to alter the distribution of tropical cyclones. If the North Pacific subtropical gyre contained no absorbing and scattering materials, the result would be to reduce subtropical cyclone activity in the subtropical Northwest Pacific by 2/3, while concentrating cyclone tracks along the equator. Predicting tropical cyclone activity using coupled models may thus require consideration of the details of how heat moves into the upper thermocline as well as biogeochemical cycling"
http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2010/2 ... 4514.shtml
"Because ocean color alters the absorption of sunlight, it can produce changes in sea surface temperatures with further impacts on atmospheric circulation. These changes can project onto fields previously recognized to alter the distribution of tropical cyclones. If the North Pacific subtropical gyre contained no absorbing and scattering materials, the result would be to reduce subtropical cyclone activity in the subtropical Northwest Pacific by 2/3, while concentrating cyclone tracks along the equator. Predicting tropical cyclone activity using coupled models may thus require consideration of the details of how heat moves into the upper thermocline as well as biogeochemical cycling"
http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2010/2 ... 4514.shtml
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Changes in the global hydrological-cycle inferred from ocean salinity
" The quantification of the atmospheric signal of climate change on ocean salinity supports model projections, and extends the growing evidence for an acceleration of the Earth's water cycle"
http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2010/2 ... 4222.shtml
" The quantification of the atmospheric signal of climate change on ocean salinity supports model projections, and extends the growing evidence for an acceleration of the Earth's water cycle"
http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2010/2 ... 4222.shtml
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Volcanic ash fuels anomalous plankton bloom in subarctic northeast Pacific
"Using multiple lines of evidence, we demonstrate that volcanic ash deposition in August 2008 initiated one of the largest phytoplankton blooms observed in the subarctic North Pacific. Unusually widespread transport from a volcanic eruption in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska deposited ash over much of the subarctic NE Pacific, followed by large increases in satellite chlorophyll"
http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2010/2 ... 4629.shtml
NASA launches Himalayan monitoring system in Nepal
"The whole of the Himalayan region is something of a black hole for scientists and we hope to use this system to bridge the data gap"
http://www.physorg.com/news205482655.html
The World's Lungs
"For at least 10,000 years, since the ice last retreated and forests took back the earth, people have destroyed them. In medieval Europe an exploding population and hard-working monks put paid to perhaps half its temperate oak and beech woods—mostly, as is usually the case, to clear space for crops"
http://www.economist.com/node/17093495? ... N=88112479
"Using multiple lines of evidence, we demonstrate that volcanic ash deposition in August 2008 initiated one of the largest phytoplankton blooms observed in the subarctic North Pacific. Unusually widespread transport from a volcanic eruption in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska deposited ash over much of the subarctic NE Pacific, followed by large increases in satellite chlorophyll"
http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2010/2 ... 4629.shtml
NASA launches Himalayan monitoring system in Nepal
"The whole of the Himalayan region is something of a black hole for scientists and we hope to use this system to bridge the data gap"
http://www.physorg.com/news205482655.html
The World's Lungs
"For at least 10,000 years, since the ice last retreated and forests took back the earth, people have destroyed them. In medieval Europe an exploding population and hard-working monks put paid to perhaps half its temperate oak and beech woods—mostly, as is usually the case, to clear space for crops"
http://www.economist.com/node/17093495? ... N=88112479
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Geopiracy: The Case Against Geoengineering - pdf 1.8MB (50 pages)
"Amidst growing public unease and increasing concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries are feeling the pressure to “bite the bullet.” They either adopt socially-responsible policies to dramatically cut fossil fuel use and consumption, or they can hope for an alternative – a “silver bullet” in the form of an array of technofixes that will allow them to maintain the status quo and dodge the consequences. No surprise, the silver bullet option – most clearly embodied in the form of geoengineering – is gaining momentum. Also not surprising: the states in the global North, which are responsible for almost all historic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and have either denied climate change or prevaricated for decades, are the ones warming most quickly to the geoengineering option. And they will have de facto control over its deployment"
http://www.etcgroup.org/upload/publicat ... 2010_0.pdf
"Amidst growing public unease and increasing concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries are feeling the pressure to “bite the bullet.” They either adopt socially-responsible policies to dramatically cut fossil fuel use and consumption, or they can hope for an alternative – a “silver bullet” in the form of an array of technofixes that will allow them to maintain the status quo and dodge the consequences. No surprise, the silver bullet option – most clearly embodied in the form of geoengineering – is gaining momentum. Also not surprising: the states in the global North, which are responsible for almost all historic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and have either denied climate change or prevaricated for decades, are the ones warming most quickly to the geoengineering option. And they will have de facto control over its deployment"
http://www.etcgroup.org/upload/publicat ... 2010_0.pdf
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