Google Groups no longer supports new Usenet posts or subscriptions. Historical content remains viewable.
Dismiss

Another week of GW news - September 4

3 views
Skip to first unread message

H. E. Taylor

unread,
Sep 4, 2005, 3:27:46 PM9/4/05
to
There was a lot of Katrina and a little climatology this week; first
some science on the possibility of a hurricane - GW linkage
(the political stuff is below):

<http://www.realclimate.org/index.php?p=181>
2005/09/02: RealClimate: Hurricanes and Global Warming - Is There a Connection?

<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/08/050829081636.htm>
2005/08/29: SciDaily: Hurricanes Growing More Fierce Over Past 30 Years

<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=45763>
2005/09/03: ClimateArk: Is Global Warming to Blame for Katrina?
Scientists debate the link between climate change and intensified tropical storms

<http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheus/archives/climate_change/000548tough_questions_on_h.html>
2005/08/30: Prometheus: Tough Questions on Hurricanes and Global Warming?

<http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheus/archives/environment/000546historical_hurricane.html>
2005/08/29: Prometheus: Historical Hurricane Damage

Peat burning in Indonesia is apparently a major CO2 source:

<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/science/nature/4208564.stm>
2005/09/03: BBC: Asian peat fires add to warming

<http://www.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,12374,1562017,00.html>
2005/09/03: Guardian(UK): Global warming is dictator's legacy
A bungled attempt to turn swaths of Indonesian peat swamps into rice
plantations threatens to increase global warming on a massive scale

Meanwhile glaciers are melting:

<http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=reutersEdge&storyID=2005-09-02T073839Z_01_NOA226901_RTRUKOC_0_FEATURE-GLACIERS.xml>
2005/09/02: Reuters: Water crisis looms as Himalayan glaciers melt

<http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=8686>
2005/09/02: ENN: Retreating Glaciers and Melting Permafrost Threaten
Traditional Lifestyles of Arctic People

There were some contradictory reports about the ozone hole this year:

<http://www.esa.int/esaEO/SEM712A5QCE_environment_0.html>
2005/08/30: ESA: South Polar ozone hole makes big comeback

<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/08/050831074639.htm>
2005/08/31: SciDaily: Changes In Ozone Layer Offer Hope For Improvement,
Says Team Of Scientists

<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/science/nature/4197566.stm>
2005/08/30: BBC: New readings from the European satellite Envisat suggest
that this year's southern hemisphere ozone hole may be one of the largest on record.


And before we get into politics, there was some science done:

<http://www.esa.int/esaEO/SEMI58A5QCE_planet_0.html>
2005/09/02: ESA: CryoSat arrives safely at launch site in Russia

<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/09/050901073642.htm>
2005/09/01: SciDaily: Lethal Needle Blight Epidemic May Be Related To Climate Change

<http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-09/aiob-lnb082505.php>
2005/09/01: Eureka: Lethal needle blight epidemic may be related to climate change

<http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-08/bas-sa083005.php>
2005/08/30: Eureka: Snowball Antarctica - early Drake passage opening led to global change
[30-50 million years ago]

<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/science/nature/4184110.stm>
2005/08/28: BBC: Boost to CO2 mass extinction idea - A computer simulation
of the Earth's climate 250 million years ago suggests that global warming
triggered the so-called "great dying".


The impacts of GW continue to unfold:

<http://www.guardian.co.uk/spain/article/0,2763,1561291,00.html>
2005/09/02: Guardian(UK): Parched Spain plans to ship water to coastal areas

<http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=8660>
2005/08/31: ENN: Dry, Hot Weather Ignites Big Alaska Wildfire Season


Elsewhere on the mitigation front:

<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=45746>
2005/09/02: ClimateArk: Plants May Not Mitigate Global Warming

While on the Kyoto front:

<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/32221/story.htm>
2005/08/29: PlanetArk: Analysis - US CO2 Market Needs Federal Push to Blossom


And on the American political front:

<http://mustelid.blogspot.com/2005/08/barton-belatedly.html>
2005/08/30: Stoat: Barton, belatedly

<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/32256/story.htm>
2005/08/31: PlanetArk: US States Fight EPA on Greenhouse Gases

<http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=8658>
2005/08/31: ENN: U.S. States Fight EPA on Greenhouse Gases

<http://chronicle.com/temp/reprint.php?id=nkuneybcibwmoytv16bn8jdr1xybgsx2>
2005/09/02: CHE: Politics vs. the Integrity of Research by U.S. Sen. John McCain & Peter Likins


While on the UK political front:

<http://www.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,12374,1561303,00.html>
2005/09/02: Guardian(UK): Charities unite to force cut in CO2 emissions
[by starting the Stop Climate Chaos coalition]

<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/science/nature/4201372.stm>
2005/09/01: BBC: Christians draw swords on climate
A new UK organisation hopes to combat climate change through harnessing
the political power of the church.

Developing a new energy infrastructure may be the fundamental challenge of
the current generation:

<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/uk_news/4204812.stm>
2005/09/01: BBC: UK, China in cleaner power plan
Britain and the EU will next week announce plans to hand China the technology
for a power station designed to combat climate change.

<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/32231/story.htm>
2005/08/29: PlanetArk: CO2 Reduction Efforts Save BP $650 Million

<http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=8640>
2005/08/29: ENN: Bruce Babbitt Calls for More [California] Dams To Cope
with Global Warming's Effects


And then there is all the Katrina commentary:

<http://www.postnormaltimes.net/blog/archives/2005/09/swamp_funk_cont_1.html>
2005/09/04: PNT: Swamp Funk continued

<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=45795>
2005/09/04: ClimateArk: German environment minister defends criticism
of U.S. climate policy after hurricane

<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=45798>
2005/09/04: ClimateArk: Political Science

<http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,1564,1699073,00.html>
2005/09/02: DWWorld: German Minister's Katrina Remarks Irk US

<http://climatesci.atmos.colostate.edu/?p=44>
2005/08/31: CliSci: Is the Destruction from Hurricane Katrina due to Global Warming?

<http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/090205EB.shtml>
2005/09/02: TruthOut: Any Report in a Storm -
How are journalists covering climate change in Katrina's wake?

<http://www.fortune.com/fortune/articles/0,15114,1101173,00.html>
2005/09/02: Fortune: The High Cost Of Climate Change - To some researchers,
Katrina looks like a harbinger of much more catastrophic weather to come.

<http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/083105EA.shtml>
2005/08/31: TruthOut: Brace for More Katrinas, Say Experts

<http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article10078.htm>
2005/09/02: ICH: Some after thoughts on Hurricane Bush and a possible ‘end of days’ scenario

<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=45734>
2005/09/02: ClimateArk: More disasters the result of greenhouse gas emissions

<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=45743>
2005/09/02: ClimateArk: Bush takes heat on global warming

<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/01/AR2005090101068_pf.html>
2005/09/01: WashPost: Katrina Reignites Global Warming Debate

<http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=8684>
2005/09/02: ENN: German Conservative Links Katrina to U.S. CO2 Policy

<http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/sep2005/prep-s02.shtml>
2005/09/02: WSWS: Washington tries to evade political responsibility
for Katrina’s devastating impact

<http://images.ucomics.com/comics/tt/2005/tt050901.gif>
2005/09/01: uComics: (cartoon - Toles) No Time To Talk About...

<http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2005/9/1/94944/73380>
2005/09/01: GristMill: Katrina and oil

<http://grist.org/news/maindish/2005/09/01/katrina/index.html>
2005/09/01: Grist: Any Report in a Storm -
How are journalists covering climate change in Katrina's wake?

<http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/0,1518,372405,00.html>
2005/08/31: DerSpiegel: German Minister Stands Behind Criticism of Bush
German Environmental Minister Jurgen Trittin remains stolid in his assertion that
Hurricane Katrina is linked to global warming and America's refusal to reduce emissions.

<http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/story.jsp?story=659360>
2005/08/31: BTelegraph: King: Global warming may be to blame for Katrina

<http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0831-05.htm>
2005/08/31: CDreams: Independent(UK): UK's Chief Scientific Advisor:
Global Warming May Be to Blame

<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-f-kennedy-jr/afor-they-that-sow-the-_b_6396.html>
2005/08/29: THP: "For They That Sow the Wind Shall Reap the Whirlwind"

<http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050830/sc_afp/usweatherscience>
2005/08/31: Yahoo: Brace for more Katrinas, say experts

<http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/08/29/145206>
2005/08/29: DemNow: Is Global Warming Causing More Devastating Hurricanes Worldwide?

<http://news.mongabay.com/2005/0829-hurricanes.html>
2005/08/29: MongaBay: Hurricanes getting stronger due to global warming says study

<http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2005/08/30/katrinas_real_name>
2005/08/30: BostonGlobe: Katrina's real name

<http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-warm30aug30,1,2676962.story>
2005/08/30: LA Times: Storm Turns Focus to Global Warming

<http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/o/nov04/nov04c.html>
2004/11/02: CU:NHO: What if Hurricane Ivan Had Not Missed New Orleans?

<http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/0,1518,372179,00.html>
2005/08/30: DerSpiegel: Katrina Should be A Lesson To US on Global Warming

<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/32243/story.htm>
2005/08/30: PlanetArk: Factbox - Five Facts about Atlantic Hurricane Season

<http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2005/8/30/133837/564>
2005/08/30: GristMill: More on hurricanes and global warming

<http://cbs5.com/topstories/local_story_241205858.html>
2005/08/29: CBS: Is Global Warming Fueling Hurricanes?

And there were cyclones besides Katrina:

<http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200509/s1452378.htm>
2005/09/03: ABC(Au): Category 5 storm threatens Okinawa islands


The Pielke clan has taken up the practice of issuing corrections
and comments:

<http://climatesci.atmos.colostate.edu/?p=45>
2005/09/01: CliSci: Comment on Nature Magazine's Report...

<http://climatesci.atmos.colostate.edu/?p=46>
2005/09/03: CliSci: Comment on the Science Article...

<http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheus/archives/environment/000554correction_of_errors.html>
2005/09/03: Prometheus: Correction of Errors in Fortune Story

<http://climatesci.atmos.colostate.edu/?p=42>
2005/08/29: ClimateScience: NY Times Correction


The carbon lobby are up to the usual:

<http://pubs.acs.org/subscribe/journals/esthag-w/2005/aug/business/pt_wsj.html>
2005/08/31: ES&T: How the Wall Street Journal and Rep. Barton celebrated
a global-warming skeptic

<http://pubs.acs.org/subscribe/journals/esthag-w/2005/aug/policy/pt_skeptics.html>
2005/08/31: ES&T: Skeptics get a journal -
Climate skeptics and conservative politicians find all the science they need
in the journal Energy & Environment.

<http://timlambert.org/2005/09/dodgy-wsj-news/>
2005/09/01: Deltoid: WSJ hatchet job exposed

<http://www.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,12374,1558883,00.html>
2005/08/30: Guardian(UK): Republicans accused of witch-hunt against climate change scientists


There are a couple of older stories still reverberating through
the media echo chamber:

<http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0831-07.htm>
2005/08/31: CDreams: AFP: 2005 Set to be Historic Year for Hurricanes

<http://news.com.com/2102-7337_3-5842814.html?tag=st.util.print>
2005/08/24: CNet: Arctic could see ice-free summers in 100 years

Then there was the usual news and commentary:

<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=45799>
2005/09/04: ClimateArk: 75 years of watching the weather

<http://www.chriscmooney.com/blog.asp?Id=2108>
2005/09/03: CCM: More Pielke Nonsense

<http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=57&ItemID=8647>
2005/09/03: ZMag: Cheerleading The Climate Criminals - Part 2

<http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=57&ItemID=8632>
2005/09/02: ZMag: Cheerleading The Climate Criminals - Part 1

<http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheus/archives/science_policy_general/000551a_rant_on_ceding_the.html>
2005/09/01: Prometheus: A Rant on Ceding the High Ground

<http://mustelid.blogspot.com/2005/08/emission-scenarios-and-ipcc.html>
2005/08/31: Stoat: Emission scenarios and the IPCC temperature range

<http://www.tompaine.com/articles/20050829/greenhouse_rebellion.php>
2005/08/29: TomPaine: Greenhouse Rebellion

<http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10342880>
2005/08/29: NZHerald: The deepening climate crisis

<http://www.ww4report.com/node/1017>
2005/08/31: WW4R: Katrina, Republican "witch-hunt" worry climate scientists

<http://climatesci.atmos.colostate.edu/?p=43>
2005/08/30: CliSci: Is Phenology a Climate Metric? The Reason for a National Phenology Network

And here are a couple of sites which you may find interesting &/ useful:

<http://www.inkstain.net/planetfleck/>
Planet Fleck

<http://www.nosenada.org/cblog/>
No/Se/Nada

<http://stephenschneider.stanford.edu/Climate/ClimateFrameset.html>
StephenSchneider: Climate Change

<http://stephenschneider.stanford.edu/Climate/Climate.html>
StephenSchneider: An Overview of the Climate Change Problem

<http://themes.eea.eu.int/issues/climate>
European Environment Agency on Climate Change

<http://polar.ncep.noaa.gov/sst/>
NOAA: Real-time, global, sea surface temperature (RTG_SST) analysis

<http://polar.ncep.noaa.gov/gsf/>
NOAA: Gulf Stream Finder Project

New Scientist
<http://www.newscientist.com/news.ns>

Nature Science Update
<http://www.nature.com/news/index.html>

Science Daily
<http://www.sciencedaily.com/news/headlines.htm>

Eureka Alert
<http://www.eurekalert.org/pubnews.php?view=titles>

CDIAC CO2 Info Analysis Centre
<http://cdiac.esd.ornl.gov/cdiac/>

Real Climate
<http://www.realclimate.org/>

Wikipedia: Global warming
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_warming>

WGMS: World Glacier Monitoring Service
<http://www.geo.unizh.ch/wgms/>

BAS: The British Antarctic Survey
<http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/index.php>

<regards>
-het

PS.
You can access the previous postings of this series at:
<http://tinyurl.com/9zyom>
which should open to:

<http://groups.google.com/groups?num=100&scoring=d&as_ugroup=sci.environment&as_usubject=%22Another+week+of+GW+news%22&&safe=off>

--
"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary
depends upon his not understanding it." -Upton Sinclair

[Note path change]
Global Warming: http://www.autobahn.mb.ca/~het/enviro/globalwarming.html
GW News: http://www.autobahn.mb.ca/~het/enviro/gwnews.html
GW News Archive: http://www.autobahn.mb.ca/~het/enviro/gwna.html
H.E. Taylor http://www.autobahn.mb.ca/~het/

0 new messages