At Dot Earth, Andy Revkin takes another whack at the link between recent extreme weather events and climate change. He begins as I did a couple of posts back, with the debate between Rahmstorf/Coumou at RealClimate and Marty Hoerling at NOAA. He doesn't put the March heat wave into the mix, but does add usefulContinue reading “Understanding the extreme weather/climate change link”
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Romney 11/22/05: For and against climate pact on same day
The Internet is an astonishing thing: this evening the the entirety of the book of research into Mitt Romney's record, as compiled by the staff for his bitter GOP rival John McCain's staff in 2008, hit the intertubes. The 200-page document included this gem of a flip-flop on climate change, as reported in the Boston Globe:Continue reading “Romney 11/22/05: For and against climate pact on same day”
Thinking about climate change: Tom Toles
For the beginning of the new year, Toles had this to offer: Note the tense he employs — the past.
Climate change denial at Drudge
The day after an excellent story by Justin Gillis in the Times lays out the impact of climate change denial in the GOP re: science, the popular right-wing Drudge site headlines theastonishing number of weather-related disasters that hit the U.S. this year — 2011: The year in extreme weather. Included was a NASA satellite pictureContinue reading “Climate change denial at Drudge”
House budget makes climate change go away (not)
The budgeting story from the Washington Post over the proposed National Climate Service, comparable to the National Weather Service. Here are the last four graphs: In the NOAA budget battle, the Democratic-led Senate approved most of the climate service in its budget. The Republican-led House approved none of it. [edit] After the deal, which passed Congress lastContinue reading “House budget makes climate change go away (not)”
The trouble with climate change: New York City
Today New York released a 600-page report on the consequences of climate change in the state, which so far (mysteriously to me) only The Guardian has covered, near as I can tell. Their opening: Irene-like storms of the future would put a third of New York City streets under water and flood many of the tunnels leadingContinue reading “The trouble with climate change: New York City”
Point of no return for climate is 2017: IEA
The staid, uncontroversial International Energy Agency said last week that we have five years to preserve our present-day climate. It's generally agreed that warming of more than 2 degrees Celsius risks disaster. Their studies show that most of that is already built in. In the words of Wonk Blog's Brad Plummer: The key issue hereContinue reading “Point of no return for climate is 2017: IEA”
We are the new PETM: National Geographic
Their headline is a little less wonky: Hothouse Earth. No matter — it's still a typically great National Geographic story. Just how much carbon was injected into the atmosphere during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum, or PETM, as scientists now call the fever period, is uncertain. But they estimate it was roughly the amount that wouldContinue reading “We are the new PETM: National Geographic”
Climate change in Canada: the funny version
Here's an editorial cartoon about global warming, from a young artist… …who notes that countless species are migrating northward to survive. But Stephanie McMillan is right on another count, too: Climate change is coming to Canada, and could cost as much as $5 billion a year by 2020, and 20-42 billion by 2050, accordingContinue reading “Climate change in Canada: the funny version”
12 million imperiled by crop failure in Africa: Why?
A month ago, in England, one could not pick up a newspaper without reading about the 12 million people who are imperiled by drought and starvation in the Horn of Africa. So this morning it's good to see a major American newspaper, the Los Angeles Times, put the story of the worst famine in theContinue reading “12 million imperiled by crop failure in Africa: Why?”
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