NEW YORK—Following Hurricane Sandy’s destructive tear through the Northeast this week, the nation’s 300 million citizens looked upon the trail of devastation and fully realized, for the first time, that this is just going to be something that happens from now on. From The Onion, of course. My fav part is the concluding quote: “RightContinue reading “Nation suddenly realizes global warming is just going to be a thing that happens from now on”
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The $400 million snow job, thanks to David Koch (et al)
Jane Mayer of The New Yorker fills in the details on the latest from David Koch, revealing that he and his allies plan to spend $400 million on this year's elections…mostly to preserve the Bush-era tax break on dividends. Toles visualizes the scene: Scary thing is, Koch may be making a rational decision in terms ofContinue reading “The $400 million snow job, thanks to David Koch (et al)”
California (and the world) in 3012, with massive warming
Almost a decade ago, Chris Wayan took the George W. Bush idea of how things should go on the planet — a Business as Usual scenario, but without nuclear disasters — and projected it, with sea level rise, on to maps of the world. He calls the result Dubia: Suppose we avoid war, plague, andContinue reading “California (and the world) in 3012, with massive warming”
The conventions and global warming: Let’s forget
Jonathan Chait points out some perfectly obvious but little noticed national jujitsu that Bill Clinton threw us for last night: In an otherwise factual and persuasive speech, Bill Clinton made one argument so astonishingly brass I half-expected the crowd to laugh him out of the hall. It came when Clinton cited his own presidency asContinue reading “The conventions and global warming: Let’s forget”
Al Gore calls out media on Arctic ice: Editorials follow
Last week Al Gore called out the media for failing to cover the shocking decline in Arctic ice this summer, and made the point that our democracy itself is in peril when enormous stories go unreported because they might be unpalatable or difficult for the right: The whole North polar ice cap is disappearing in Continue reading “Al Gore calls out media on Arctic ice: Editorials follow”
Salt Lake City Doctor: GOP/Romney energy policy filthy
Startlingly fresh climate change commentary from a medical doctor in Salt Lake City: As I listened to Mitt Romney deliver his energy plan for America and read the Republican Party platform, I was struck by parallels to a book about the atrocious medical care given to President James Garfield after he was shot on JulyContinue reading “Salt Lake City Doctor: GOP/Romney energy policy filthy”
Study: Warming brings more precip to VC, less to NorCal
Kim Lamb Gregory for the Ventura County Star reports on a new study based on an almost unimaginably vast dataset that looks at precipitation records from around the continental U.S. over the last sixty years. It's called When It Rains It Pours: Global Warming and the Increase in Extreme Precipitation from l948-2011. Lamb writes that it findsContinue reading “Study: Warming brings more precip to VC, less to NorCal”
Charts of the week: Decline of Arctic Sea Ice
Via NatureClimate's feed, a great GIF-animated graph showing the diminshing Arctic sea ice in summer, heading towards zero in late summer perhaps as early as the 2020's. Some bloggers say even earlier. Above chart works best if you click to enlarge. Chart below needs no enlargement. Via RealClimate. They link to a blogger from NewContinue reading “Charts of the week: Decline of Arctic Sea Ice”
Global Weirding: bizarre summer storm in the Arctic
Via Dot Earth, a fascinating discussion of a truly weird summer storm over the Arctic Ocean. Here's what it looks like from the NASA satellite Aqua, with Greenland's ice sheet at lower left: Andrew Revkin points to the uncertainty about what this means for Arctic sea ice, but to me the expert William ChapmanContinue reading “Global Weirding: bizarre summer storm in the Arctic”
Extreme temperatures shock climatologists Hansen, Mann
Michael Mann is a climatologist famous for bringing together a complete chronology of warming over the last 1000 years, using both instrumental records and historical proxies. Everyone has seen his "hockey stick" chart, though not all have been able to face the facts. The attacks motivated Mann to write a fierce response, called The HockeyContinue reading “Extreme temperatures shock climatologists Hansen, Mann”
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