Another week of GW news - August 13
H. E. Taylor
<http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2006/810/3>
2006/08/10: Science: Meltdown? The Greenland ice sheet
may be disappearing at a faster rate than thought.
<http://www.csr.utexas.edu/grace/>
GRACE: Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment
<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/08/060810212358.htm>
2006/08/11: SciDaily: Greenland's Ice Loss Accelerating Rapidly,
Gravity-measuring Satellites Reveal
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/10/AR2006081001557_pf.html> 2006/08/11: WaPo: Greenland's Melting Ice Sheet May Speed Rise in Sea
Level -- Study Finds No Boost in Antarctic Snowfall to Mitigate Problem
<http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0811-06.htm>
2006/08/12: CDreams: SF Chronicle: Greenland's Ice Cap is Melting
at a Frighteningly Fast Rate
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/science/nature/4783199.stm>
2006/08/11: BBC: Greenland melt 'speeding up' - The meltdown of Greenland's
ice sheet is speeding up, satellite measurements show.
<http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn9717.html>
2006/08/10: NewScientist: Greenland ice cap may be melting at triple speed
<http://www.physorg.com/news74441716.html>
2006/08/10: PhysOrg: Greenland's ice loss accelerating rapidly,
gravity-measuring satellites reveal
<http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-08/uota-gil081006.php>
2006/08/10: Eureka: Greenland's ice loss accelerating rapidly,
gravity-measuring satellites [GRACE] reveal
And the news from Antarctica is not far behind:
<http://www.nature.com/news/2006/060807/full/060807-14.html>
2006/08/10: NSU: No sign of increased snowfall in Antarctica -
Weather 'hindcast' could spell bad news for sea-level rise.
<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/08/060810210857.htm>
2006/08/10: SciDaily: Overall Antarctic Snowfall Hasn't Changed In 50 Years
<http://abc.net.au/news/items/200608/1713551.htm?newcastle>
2006/08/12: ABC(Au): Antarctic snow shock 'just around corner'
<http://www.physorg.com/news74435819.html>
2006/08/10: PhysOrg: Overall Antarctic snowfall hasn't changed in 50 years
<http://researchnews.osu.edu/archive/antarice.htm>
2006/08/10: OSU: Study shows snowfall hasn't increased over Antarctica
in last 50 years, disputing assumptions in some climate change models
<http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-08/nsf-oas081006.php>
2006/08/10: Eureka: Overall Antarctic snowfall hasn't changed in 50 years -
Large variations make establishing trends difficult
I expect to see a lot of discussion about this paper:
<http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/~lyman/Pdf/heat_2006.pdf>
2006/07/31: NOAA: (pdf - 585k) (preprint) Recent Cooling of the Upper
Ocean by J.M. Lyman et al.
<http://climatesci.atmos.colostate.edu/2006/08/10/new-geophyical-research-letters-paper-accepted-recent-cooling-of-the-upper-ocean-by-jm-lyman-jk-willis-and-g-c-johnson/>
2006/08/12: CliSci: New Geophyical Research Letters Paper Accepted -
"Recent Cooling of the Upper Ocean" by J.M. Lyman, J.K. Willis,
and G. C. Johnson
The US is accepting comments on the AR4 - Mitigation section:
<http://www.climatetechnology.gov/library/ipcc/wg3-4ar-review.htm>
2006/08/08: CliTech: Climate Change 2007: Mitigation of Climate Change --
U.S. Government Review (comments)
<http://rabett.blogspot.com/2006/08/ar4-working-group-iii.html>
2006/08/07: ERabett: AR4 Working Group III...
The ACEX expedition to the Arctic is sampling mud cores and getting
good press because of the PETM:
<http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-08/yu-aaw081106.php>
2006/08/11: Eureka: Ancient Arctic water cycles are red flags
to future global warming
<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/08/060812085938.htm>
2006/08/12: SciDaily: Ancient Arctic Water Cycles Are Red Flags
To Future Global Warming
<http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article1218041.ece>
2006/08/10: Independent(UK): [ACEX] Arctic thawed in prehistoric global warming
<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/08/060810082840.htm>
2006/08/10: SciDaily: [ACEX] Study Breaks Ice On Ancient Arctic Thaw
<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/08/060809233030.htm>
2006/08/10: SciDaily: [ACEX] Arctic Coring Expedition Continues To Yield
New Clues [PETM - Paleocene/Eocene Thermal Maximum]
<http://www.physorg.com/news74359045.html>
2006/08/09: PhysOrg: Study breaks ice on ancient arctic thaw [PETM]
<http://www.iodp.org/acex-new-clues-about-climate-change/>
2006/08/09: IODP: Arctic Coring Expedition [ACEX] Continues to Yield
New Clues About Climate Change
<http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-08/ru-sbi080806.php>
2006/08/09: Eureka: Study breaks ice on ancient Arctic thaw [PETM] -
Historic polar cruise yields new clues about global warming
And there is still some talk about the heatwave:
<http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/004790.html>
2006/08/07: WorldChanging: The Heat is Happening
<http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/nation/stories/DN-heatwave_08nat.ART.State.Edition2.2bd314b.html>
2006/08/08: DallasNews: Scorch of July has nation hot, bothered, concerned -
Worries grow about deaths, power supply, global warming
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/08/science/earth/08brfs-006.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print&oref=slogin>
2006/08/08: NYT: Last 7 Months Were Warmest Stretch on Record
<http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2006/s2677.htm>
2006/08/07: NOAANews: U.S. has its second-hottest July on record;
Drought conditions worsen
Forecasts for the hurricane season have been lowered slightly:
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/37595/story.htm>
2006/08/09: PlanetArk: FACTBOX - Forecasts for 2006 Atlantic Hurricane Season
<http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=452&tstamp=200608>
2006/08/08: Wunderground: NOAA forecasts fewer hurricanes in 2006
<http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2006/08/08/hurricane-forecast.html>
2006/08/08: CBC: Forecasters slightly lower predictions for hurricane season
<http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/tropicalcyclone/tcbulletins/2006/july.html>
2006/08/06: MetOffice(UK): Tropical cyclones forecast verification - July 2006
Meanwhile in the hurricane wars:
<http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200608/13/eng20060813_292718.html>
2006/08/13: People's Daily: Saomai death toll rises to 106, 191 still missing
<http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200608/12/eng20060812_292545.html>
2006/08/12: People's Daily: Saomai kills 104, causing huge losses
<http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=137160>
2006/08/12: Turkish Press: Typhoon Saomai kills over 100 in China, 190 missing
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/asia-pacific/4782413.stm>
2006/08/11: BBC: China's most powerful storm in 50 years, Typhoon Saomai,
has left at least 104 people dead, officials say.
<http://www.arabnews.com/?article=86053>
2006/08/11: ArabNews: Tropical storms [Bopha and Saomai] Leave Trail of
Destruction, [at least 8] Deaths in Southern Philippines
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/china/story/0,,1842158,00.html>
2006/08/11: Guardian(UK): China hit by strongest typhoon for half a century -
1.5 million evacuated, state of emergency declared
<http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=455&tstamp=200608>
2006/08/10: Wunderground: Quiet in the Atlantic; Supertyphoon Saomai hits China
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/37607/story.htm>
2006/08/10: PlanetArk: US Sends Plane to Check on Atlantic Tropical Wave
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/37605/story.htm>
2006/08/10: PlanetArk: Stronger Hurricanes Spawn Bigger Storm Surges
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/37609/story.htm>
2006/08/10: PlanetArk: Typhoon [Saomai] Targets China and Gathers Strength
<http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=11033>
2006/08/10: ENN: Stronger Hurricanes Spawn Bigger Storm Surges
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/asia-pacific/4778631.stm>
2006/08/10: BBC: China typhoon sparks mass exodus
More than 1.5 million people have been evacuated from their homes
in south-east China as the strongest typhoon in decades swept ashore.
At least two people died and 80 others were injured when Typhoon Saomai
struck with winds of more than 200km/h (124 mph), state news agency Xinhua said.
<http://www.weather.com/newscenter/tropical/?from=wxcenter_news>
2006/08/09: WC: China bracing for super typhoon Saomai
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/37587/story.htm>
2006/08/09: PlanetArk: Tropical Storm [Maria] Nears Japan,
Taiwan Watching Others [Bopha, Saomai]
<http://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2006/08/3-typhoons.html>
2006/08/07: JEB: 3 typhoons!
<http://www.physorg.com/news74270454.html>
2006/08/08: PhysOrg: A nursery for Hurricanes
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/37540/story.htm>
2006/08/07: PlanetArk: Tropical Storm Chris Downgraded to Depression
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/37565/story.htm>
2006/08/08: PlanetArk: Two Storms [Saomai, Bopha] Swirl Towards Taiwan, China
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/37569/story.htm>
2006/08/08: PlanetArk: [Prapiroon] Storm Death Toll Rises to 77 in South China
<http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-08/uou-anf080806.php>
2006/08/08: Eureka: A nursery for hurricanes -
University of Utah meterologist leads NASA study in Africa
<http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-08/esoa-eeo080106.php>
2006/08/07: Eureka: Ecological effects of Gulf Coast hurricanes
<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/08/060807155009.htm>
2006/08/07: SciDaily: Katrina and Rita One Year Later:
Ecological Effects Of Gulf Coast Hurricanes
<http://southernstudies.org/facingsouth/2006/08/katrina-latest-on-failed-response.asp>
2006/08/07: SouthernStudies: Katrina: The latest on the failed response
More GW impacts are being seen:
<http://johnquiggin.com/index.php/archives/2006/08/13/water-and-climate-change/>
2006/08/13: JQuiggin: Water and climate change
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/health/4780575.stm>
2006/08/11: BBC: Health experts' heatwave warning
The UK must be better prepared for the health impact
of heatwaves, as the effects of climate change mean
more will occur, experts have said.
<http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-08/uoa-ffa081006.php>
2006/08/10: Eureka: Forest fires a huge cost to health
<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/08/060809234056.htm>
2006/08/09: SciDaily: Climate Change Threatens Pollination Timing
<http://www.sltrib.com/ci_4154682>
2006/08/09: SLTrib: Global Warming: Utah's climate shift would touch all species
<http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/15233676.htm>
2006/08/09: Mercury: S.F. utilities commission preparing for global warming
<http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/4103660.html>
2006/08/08: HoustonChronicle: Summertime - With global warming,
the living ain't going to be easy;
the electric bills, not the cotton, will be high
<http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=11024>
2006/08/09: ENN: More Than 100 Forest Fires Rage in Northwest Spain
<http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14227248/>
2006/08/09: MSNBC: Swiss mountain crumbles under hot climate -
Retreating glacier undermines face, expert cites warming as a factor
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/business/4777303.stm>
2006/08/09: BBC: Ford heralds slow demise of SUV
Large sports utility vehicles (SUVs) will go out of fashion
because of environmental worries and demographic trends,
a top Ford executive has said.
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/uk_news/4776629.stm>
2006/08/09: BBC: Drought 'killing fish and fowl'
The continued drought has meant dead ducks and fish
and toxic algal have become common sights
across England and Wales, the Environment Agency has said.
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/europe/4775601.stm>
2006/08/09: BBC: Firefighters in north-western Spain
are battling more than 100 fires that have already
devastated some 10,000 hectares (24,700 acres) of land
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,,1840219,00.html>
2006/08/09: Guardian(UK): Mediterranean to lose pull as Earth heats up
<http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_4149629>
2006/08/08: SLTrib: Global Warming: What about water?
All Utah's water plans could go down the drain
<http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/08/climate-change-is-causing-a-swiss-mountain-to-crumble/>
2006/08/08: TP: Climate change is causing a Swiss mountain to crumble.
<http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article1217564.ece>
2006/08/08: Independent(UK): Jellyfish plague blamed on climate change
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/europe/5256652.stm>
2006/08/08: BBC: Mediterranean on jellyfish alert -
Thousands of holidaymakers in the Mediterranean
have been stung by jellyfish as huge swarms
of the creatures invade coastal waters.
That dead zone on the Oregon coast is troubling:
<http://www.physorg.com/news74532802.html>
2006/08/11: PhysOrg: Pacific 'dead zone' said to exceed fears
<http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=2304861>
2006/08/12: ABC(Au): Pacific 'Dead Zone' Worse Than Thought
<http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-08/osu-zc080906.php>
2006/08/10: Eureka: 'Dead Zone' causing wave of death off Oregon coast
<http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/living/science/15216630.htm>
2006/08/07: CCTimes: Lack of oxygen kills Oregon marine life
<http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=11011>
2006/08/07: ENN: Scientists Say Warming Triggers [Oregon] Dead Zone
The state of Amazonian deforestation:
And then there are the tropical rainforests:
<http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/081106EB.shtml>
2006/08/11: TruthOut: How the Amazon's Indigenous People Are Holding Back
the "Arc of Destruction"
<http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=11035>
2006/08/10: ENN: Brazil Police Arrest 46 in Major Crackdown
on Illegal Amazon Logging
The troubling matter of falling food production is not going away:
<http://business.timesonline.co.uk/printFriendly/0,,2020-5-2302045-9071,00.html>
2006/08/07: Times(UK): Food prices would soar in biofuels switch, says Unilever
<http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Food_Crop_Yields_In_Future_Greenhouse_Gas_Conditions_Lower_Than_Expected_999.html>
2006/08/08: TerraDaily: Food-Crop Yields In Future Greenhouse-Gas
Conditions Lower Than Expected
Carbon sequestration is in the news:
<http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/s1710912.htm>
2006/08/10: ABC(Au): Catalyst: Geosequestration
<http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v442/n7103/full/442601b.html>
2006/08/09: Nature: (editorial) Capturing carbon
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/08/11/MNGNNKGL391.DTL&type=printable>
2006/08/11: SF Gate: A new idea to fight global warming -
CO2 emissions could be liquefied, pumped under sea
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/oil/story/0,,1843093,00.html>
2006/08/12: Guardian(UK): Oil refinery gives greenhouses a boost
with CO2 pipeline
<http://news.kypost.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060809/NEWS02/608090386/1014/NEWS02> 2006/08/09: KyPost: Project traps carbon dioxide
<http://www.politicalgateway.com/news/read/29506>
2006/08/09: PG: Arctic nations: 40 percent of CO2 releases
A U.S. ecology professor says arctic nations have the wealth
and scientific understanding to alter the course of global
climate change.
<http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn9698.html>
2006/08/08: NewScientist: Deep sea graveyard for CO2
<http://www.physorg.com/news74253949.html>
2006/08/08: PhysOrg: Deep-sea sediments could safely store man-made
carbon dioxide
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/07/science/07cnd-carbon.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print>
2006/08/07: NYT: Team Looks at Seafloor as Gas Trap
<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/08/060808092650.htm>
2006/08/08: SciDaily: Deep-sea Sediments Could Safely Store Man-made
Carbon Dioxide
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/science/nature/5255444.stm>
2006/08/08: BBC: Sea-bed plan to store carbon -
Storing carbon dioxide under the sea-bed could help
to reduce global warming, according to US scientists.
Elsewhere on the mitigation front:
<http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,,1843213,00.html>
2006/08/13: Guardian(UK): Building a zero-carbon world [architecture]
And the critical question of adaptation arises:
<http://www.sltrib.com/ci_4172984>
2006/08/12: SLTrib: Global Warming: Can we adapt to a changing world?
Meanwhile in the journals:
<http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/summary/313/5787/623>
2006/08/04: Science: How Do Aerosols Affect Cloudiness and Climate?
by François-Marie Bréon
<http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/~lyman/Pdf/heat_2006.pdf>
2006/07/31: NOAA: (pdf - 585k) (preprint) Recent Cooling of the Upper Ocean
by J.M. Lyman et al.
Before we get into politics, there was some science done:
<http://www.nature.com/news/2006/060807/full/060807-10.html>
2006/08/09: NSU: Family albums highlight climate change -
Experts turn to old notebooks and photos to press home
global warming message.
<http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-08/uow-abt080706.php>
2006/08/07: Eureka: Ancient bison teeth provide window on past
Great Plains climate, vegetation
<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/08/060807154834.htm>
2006/08/07: SciDaily: Ancient Bison Teeth Provide Window On Past
Great Plains Climate, Vegetation
The Pielkes continue their valiant fight for the longest URLs on the net:
<http://climatesci.atmos.colostate.edu/2006/08/11/climate-model-sensitivities-with-known-unknowns-and-unknown-unknowns/>
2006/08/12: CliSci: Climate Model Sensitivities with Known "Unknowns"
and "Unknown Unknowns" by Dev Niyogi
<http://climatesci.atmos.colostate.edu/2006/08/10/the-uncertainties-in-black-carbon-impacts-on-climate-emissions/>
2006/08/10: CliSci: The Uncertainties in Black Carbon Impacts on Climate -
A 2006 AGU Conference
<http://climatesci.atmos.colostate.edu/2006/08/08/big-time-gambling-with-multi-decadal-global-climate-model-predictions-by-roger-apielke-sr-and-roger-a-pielke-jr/>
2006/08/08: CliSci: Big Time Gambling With Multi-Decadal Global Climate Model
Predictions by Roger A. Pielke Sr. and Roger A. Pielke Jr.
<http://climatesci.atmos.colostate.edu/2006/08/08/interview-of-professor-craig-bohren-of-the-pennslyvania-state-university-in-usa-today/>
2006/08/08: CliSci: Interview of Professor Craig Bohren of Pennsylvania
State University in USAToday.com
<http://climatesci.atmos.colostate.edu/2006/08/08/playing-fair-on-warming-debate/>
2006/08/08: CliSci: Playing fair on warming debate
<http://climatesci.atmos.colostate.edu/2006/08/07/global-cooling-from-aerosol-climate-forcings/>
2006/08/08: CliSci: Global Cooling From Aerosol Climate Forcings
<http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheus/archives/climate_change/000895hurricanes_catastro.html>
2006/08/08: Prometheus: Hurricanes, Catastrophe Models, and Global Warming
Not to mention the Pielkes fan club:
<http://rabett.blogspot.com/2006/08/ethon-comes-whispering-roger-pielke-jr.html>
2006/08/12: ERabett: Ethon* comes whispering,
Roger Pielke Jr. - Deceit beyond bounds
Meanwhile on the emissions trading front:
<http://news.independent.co.uk/business/news/article1218784.ece>
2006/08/13: Independent(UK): DEFRA seeks carbon 'offsetter'
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/37599/story.htm>
2006/08/10: PlanetArk: EU Drought Unlikely to Halt Carbon [Market] Price Slide
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/37584/story.htm>
2006/08/09: PlanetArk: New Mexico Forced to Buy on Chicago Climate Mart
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/37581/story.htm>
2006/08/09: PlanetArk: Global Carbon Exchange to Launch on Time - UN
And on the American political front:
<http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/state/15265011.htm>
2006/08/13: CCTimes: [California] Bill would put limit on businesses' emissions
Democratic leader Nunez says he expects greenhouse-gas measure to pass
before Aug. 31 close of legislative session
<http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/081106EA.shtml>
2006/08/12: TruthOut: Cities, States Aren't Waiting for US Action on Climate
<http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/state/20060812-9999-7m12warm.html>
2006/08/12: SOSD: Report: Global warming real threat to California
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/10/AR2006081001492_pf.html> 2006/08/11: WaPo: Cities, States Aren't Waiting For U.S. Action on Climate
<http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20060811-090510-2924r>
2006/08/11: UPI: States take up global warming fight
<http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2006/8/9/171230/2538>
2006/08/10: GristMill: Kerry op-ed on global warming
<http://www.scrippsnews.com/node/10956>
2006/08/10: Scripps: Emissions cap good for California
<http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=11036>
2006/08/10: ENN: Bill to Curb Greenhouse Gases Poses Dilemma for Schwarzenegger
<http://www.desmogblog.com/philidelphia-inquirer-get-on-with-it-america>
2006/08/08: DeSmogBlog: Philidelphia Inquirer: get on with it America!
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2006/08/09/EDGOBIQ0K61.DTL&type=printable>
2006/08/09: SF Gate: Time to put climate change on the national agenda
<http://www.masslive.com/editorials/republican/index.ssf?/base/news-1/1155025732280780.xml&coll=1>
2006/08/08: Republican: Bush takes rain check on global warming
<http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/opinion/15216534.htm>
2006/08/07: Mercury: Bill capping emissions is worthy goal -
Passage would make California a leader in the fight
to control greenhouse gas emissions
<http://cbs13.com/local/local_story_218195315.html>
2006/08/07: CBS: Greenhouse Gas Bill Poses Dilemma For Governor [Arnold]
<http://www.centredaily.com/mld/centredaily/news/opinion/15214506.htm>
2006/08/07: CentreDaily: The War on Global Warming -
California amps up; Bush shorts out
The Gore-apalooza is still bopping along:
<http://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2006/08/inconvenient-truth-comes-in-third.html>
2006/08/12: BSD: An Inconvenient Truth comes in third
<http://greenomics.blogspot.com/2006/08/inconvenient-truth-coming-soon-to.html>
2006/08/10: Oikos: An inconvenient truth: Coming soon to a cinema near you
Meanwhile in the UK:
<http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/columnists/story.html?id=cb2da689-8f27-466e-af56-3fe41cb99dd8>
2006/08/07: CanWest: Concerns about climate change reach boiling point -
The Terminator and Phony Tony are teaming up to save the planet
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/37559/story.htm>
2006/08/08: PlanetArk: Britain Failing on Transport Emissions - Public Body
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,,1838763,00.html>
2006/08/07: Guardian(UK): Blair promotes energy audits for households
<http://politics.guardian.co.uk/green/story/0,,1839072,00.html>
2006/08/07: Guardian(UK): MPs demand higher air and road taxes
Some dreams die hard:
<http://www.arabnews.com/?article=76048>
2006/08/09: ArabNews: Britain Can Still Lead the World -
on Global Climate Change
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,,1839357,00.html>
2006/08/08: Guardian(UK): Britain can still lead the world -
on climate change
Also in the UK, details are coming out about that energy review:
<http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,,1838079,00.html>
2006/08/06: Guardian(UK): Nuclear power links to 'sham' energy review -
Firm that handled submissions 'misrepresented' benefits of atomic power
<http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2006/8/8/174950/8207>
2006/08/09: GristMill: Blair's rigged energy review
Meanwhile in Australia:
<http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200608/s1713784.htm>
2006/08/13: ABC(Au): Campbell defends climate change efforts.
The Minister for the Environment, Senator Ian Campbell,
says Australia is leading the fight against climate change.
<http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200608/s1713496.htm>
2006/08/12: ABC(Au): Brisbane task force to address climate change
And in Canada, minority neocon PM Harper continues to do nothing:
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=59323>
2006/08/09: ClimateArk: Canada: Climate change requires action
<http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20060807.ENVIRONMENT07/TPStory/National>
2006/08/07: Globe&Mail: Ottawa urged to embrace EU emissions trading -
U.S. expert says European carbon market offers economic incentives
for reductions
The idea of a carbon tax is still bouncing around:
<http://www.twincities.com/mld/pioneerpress/news/local/15254869.htm>
2006/08/13: PioneerPress: How to reduce use of energy? Tax it
<http://bobpark.physics.umd.edu/WN06/wn081106.html>
2006/08/11: BobPark: #2) Climate: Fuel prices may do
what the administration won't.
And the difficult question of aviation & GHG production is in the air:
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,,1843655,00.html>
2006/08/13: Guardian(UK): Tories plan tax rise on air travel
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/uk_news/politics/5253444.stm>
2006/08/07: BBC: Air tax hike 'would hit poorest'
Raising air travel taxes would only hit poorer people, said ministers
as MPs accused them of failing to stop transport that fuels global warming.
Carbon dioxide emissions from aviation are set to rise five-fold,
the Commons environmental audit committee says.
It says the government has a "fatalistic" approach to the problem.
But budget airline Easyjet said the MPs' calls for higher taxes would
be unfair to poor holidaymakers and fail to make planes more efficient.
How do we set up an ecologically based economics
accounting for all inputs and outputs:
<http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2006/08/09/2003322497>
2006/08/09: TaipeiTimes: Will the world's polluters pay for climate change?
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,,1839467,00.html>
2006/08/08: Guardian(UK): Energy policy - Carbon accounting
<http://www.physorg.com/news74279656.html>
2006/08/08: PhysOrg: What's nature worth? New computer models tell all
Yes we have no wacky weather, except:
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/37626/story.htm>
2006/08/11: PlanetArk: Ethiopian Flood Toll at 254 With 250 Still Missing
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/37623/story.htm>
2006/08/11: PlanetArk: China Farmland Hit by Drought Up 21 Percent
Over 2005 - Report
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/37608/story.htm>
2006/08/10: PlanetArk: Indian Floods Worsen, 4.5 Million People Homeless
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/37606/story.htm>
2006/08/10: PlanetArk: Death Toll from Ethiopian Flood Hits 220
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/india/story/0,,1840828,00.html>
2006/08/10: Guardian(UK): Indian floods displace hundreds of thousands -
Monsoon rains lash south and west, killing 200
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/37533/story.htm>
2006/08/07: PlanetArk: Thousands Evacuated Amid West Texas Flooding Fears
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/37568/story.htm>
2006/08/08: PlanetArk: More Than 800 Killed or Missing from North Korea Floods
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/37564/story.htm>
2006/08/08: PlanetArk: Pakistan Floods Kill 140, One Million Homeless in India
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/37567/story.htm>
2006/08/08: PlanetArk: Nearly 200 Dead, 300 Missing in Ethiopia Floods
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/south_asia/5254052.stm>
2006/08/07: BBC: Heavy rains continue to lash different states
in India including the western state of Maharashtra,
where at least 35 have been killed in recent days.
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/asia-pacific/5251496.stm>
2006/08/07: BBC: At least 549 people died and another 295
are still missing as a result of floods which struck
North Korea last month, a pro-Pyongyang daily said.
<http://www.arabnews.com/?article=77503>
2006/08/07: ArabNews: Rains Bring Bombay to a Standstill
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/africa/5250386.stm>
2006/08/06: BBC: Almost 200 people are reported to have died
after a river burst its banks and floodwaters swept through
the city of Dire Dawa in eastern Ethiopia.
Here is something for your library:
<http://scienceblogs.com/intersection/2006/08/hurricaneclimate_books.php>
2006/08/06: CCM: Hurricane-Climate Books
_Path of Destruction: The Devastation of New Orleans and the Coming
Age of Superstorms_ by John McQuaid and Mark Schleifstein
_The Ravaging Tide: Strange Weather, Future Katrinas, and the Coming
Death of America's Coastal Cities_ by Mike Tidwell
Wrestling over a new energy infrastructure continues unabated:
<http://www.viridiandesign.org/2006/08/viridian-note-00472-wall-streets.html>
2006/08/10: VDM: Viridian Note 00472: Wall Street's Darling [clean energy]
<http://www.terradaily.com/reports/DOE_To_Invest_250_Million_In_New_Bioenergy_Centers_999.html>
2006/08/08: TerraDaily: DOE To Invest $250 Million In New Bioenergy Centers
<http://www.treehugger.com/files/2006/08/nys_governor_pa.php#perma>
2006/08/10: TreeHugger: NY's Governor Pataki Seeks to Reduce Oil Dependence
<http://www.treehugger.com/files/2006/08/green_wall_stre.php#perma>
2006/08/10: TreeHugger: Clean Energy: Wall Street's New Love Affair
<http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/004803.html>
2006/08/10: WorldChanging: Our Nuclear Summer [nukes & water]
<http://www.upi.com/Energy/view.php?StoryID=20060808-023547-1050r>
2006/08/10: UPI: Solar World: Booming solar just the start
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/37603/story.htm>
2006/08/10: PlanetArk: Biofuels Drive Fund Investments Into Crops
<http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/080906EC.shtml>
2006/08/09: TruthOut: Ocean Power Can Be a Global Warming Cure
<http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/004800.html>
2006/08/09: WorldChanging: Gladwell's Dad Does Geothermal
<http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/004798.html>
2006/08/09: WorldChanging: Sir Martin Rees: We Need a Massive Research
Program for Clean Energy
<http://newstandardnews.net/content/index.cfm/items/3514/printmode/true>
2006/08/09: NSN: Environmentalists Burn Ethanol Hype as Empty Promise
<http://www.alternet.org/module/printversion/39755>
2006/08/09: AlterNet: Ocean Power Can Be a Global Warming Cure
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2006/08/09/EDGIFKCM0C1.DTL&type=printable>
2006/08/09: SF Gate: Wave power a natural for our coastal state
<http://www.theoildrum.com/story/2006/8/8/2049/64576>
2006/08/09: OilDrum: Khosla Responds: "Imagining the Future of Gasoline:
Reality or Blue-sky Dreaming?"
<http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2006/8/8/161936/4863>
2006/08/08: GristMill: [NY Governor George] Pataki's big energy speech
<http://www.treehugger.com/files/2006/08/largest_wind_tu.php#perma>
2006/08/08: TreeHugger: Largest Wind Turbines Being Installed Offshore
[in the Scottish North Sea]
<http://www.treehugger.com/files/2006/08/the_tipping_poi_1.php#perma>
2006/08/08: TreeHugger: The Tipping Point for Geothermal Heating and Cooling?
<http://renewableenergyaccess.com/rea/news/reinsider/story?id=45637>
2006/08/07: REA: Solar Stocks Boom in 2005 --
But It Is Just the Beginning
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/37554/story.htm>
2006/08/08: PlanetArk: Manure, Buses Seen Helping Curb Global Warming
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/37556/story.htm>
2006/08/08: PlanetArk: Dutch Nedalco Plans Ethanol Plants in Europe
<http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=11022>
2006/08/08: ENN: Manure, Buses Seen Helping Curb Global Warming
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/37534/story.htm>
2006/08/07: PlanetArk: Climate Change Threatens Europe's Power Sector
<http://www.theoildrum.com/story/2006/8/7/195721/3132>
2006/08/08: OilDrum: Is Nuclear Power a Viable Option for Our Energy Needs?
The reaction of business to climate change will be critical:
<http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_4160191>
2006/08/10: SLTrib: Global Warming: Business could feel effects of change
In particular insurance and re-insurance companies are feeling the pressure:
<http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/080906N.shtml>
2006/08/09: TruthOut: Can Clean Insurance Fend Off Global Warming?
The carbon lobby are up to the usual:
<http://scienceblogs.com/deltoid/2006/08/u_calgary_launders_money_for_a.php>
2006/08/13: Deltoid: U Calgary launders money for astroturf group
<http://www.desmogblog.com/oil-companies-funding-friends-of-science>
2006/08/12: DeSmogBlog: Oil Companies Funding Friends of Science
<http://www.desmogblog.com/conservative-party-heavyweight-orchestrated-oil-backed-friends-of-science>
2006/08/12: DeSmogBlog: Conservative Party Heavyweight Orchestrated
Oil-backed Friends of Science
<http://www.desmogblog.com/calgary-pr-pro-morten-paulsen-in-violation-of-professional-standards-code>
2006/08/12: DeSmogBlog: Calgary PR Pro Morten Paulsen
in Violation of Professional Standards Code
<http://www.desmogblog.com/high-tech-research-technique-exposed>
2006/08/12: DeSmogBlog: High tech research technique exposed
<http://www.desmogblog.com/senate-committee-offers-majority-facts>
2006/08/11: DeSmogBlog: Senate Committee [Inhofe] Offers "Majority Facts"
<http://www.desmogblog.com/who-to-believe-bonner-or-royal-society>
2006/08/11: DeSmogBlog: Who to believe? Bonner or Royal Society...
<http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-carbon12aug12,0,7585272.story>
2006/08/12: LA Times: A Carbon-Neutral Editorial
<http://www.capecodtoday.com/news478.htm>
2006/08/08: CCT: Alliance forms a new Anti-Wind Farm lobbying arm
<http://www.desmogblog.com/disinformation-magnate-koch-puts-cape-wind-in-his-crosshairs> 2006/08/10: DeSmogBlog: Disinformation Magnate Koch Puts Cape Wind
in his Crosshairs
<http://www.desmogblog.com/nuclear-energys-climatic-achilles-heel>
2006/08/10: DeSmogBlog: Nuclear Energy's Climatic Achilles Heel
<http://www.desmogblog.com/sabre-rattling-amy-assails-thinkprogress>
2006/08/10: DeSmogBlog: Sabre-rattling Amy Assails ThinkProgress
<http://www.desmogblog.com/tobacco-hack-turned-climate-change-flak>
2006/08/09: DeSmogBlog: Tobacco hack turned climate change flak
<http://scienceblogs.com/deltoid/2006/08/stodgy_hyperbole.php>
2006/08/10: Deltoid: Stodgy Hyperbole [MD on AIT]
<http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/10/groups-attack-thinkprogress/>
2006/08/10: TP: Groups Attacking Global Warming Science Attack ThinkProgress
<http://www.desmogblog.com/if-we-cant-trust-pat-michaels-who-can-we-trust>
2006/08/09: DeSmogBlog: If We Can't Trust Pat Michaels, Who Can We Trust?
<http://www.desmogblog.com/chasing-amy-ridenour-continues-fall-from-grace>
2006/08/09: DeSmogBlog: Chasing Amy: Ridenour Continues Fall From Grace
<http://www.desmogblog.com/kimmel-spoof-makes-ceis-laughable-ads-hilarious>
2006/08/08: DeSmogBlog: Kimmel spoof makes CEI's laughable ads hilarious
<http://www.desmogblog.com/emergency-memo-for-tucker-carlson>
2006/08/08: DeSmogBlog: Emergency Memo for Tucker Carlson
<http://www.desmogblog.com/national-centre-for-policy-analysis-dont-fight-climate-change-build-big-sewalls-instead>
2006/08/08: DeSmogBlog: National Centre for Policy Analysis:
don't fight climate change, build big seawalls instead
<http://www.desmogblog.com/self-serving-scientists-seem-to-be-missing-the-point>
2006/08/08: DeSmogBlog: Self-serving Scientists are Missing Their Chance
<http://www.desmogblog.com/coal-industry-pr-pro-turned-environment-journalist>
2006/08/08: DeSmogBlog: Coal industry PR pro turned environment journalist
<http://www.desmogblog.com/opportunistic-bedfellows-give-positive-climate-forecast>
2006/08/08: DeSmogBlog: Opportunistic Bedfellows Give Positive Climate Forecast
<http://www.desmogblog.com/is-climate-science-too-complex-for-six-year-olds>
2006/08/08: DeSmogBlog: Is Climate Science Too Complex for Six-year-olds?
<http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/09/vast-majority-climatologists/>
2006/08/09: TP: Industry-Backed Author [Bonner Cohen]: The "Vast Majority"
of Climatologists Don't Believe In Global Warming
<http://scienceblogs.com/deltoid/2006/08/the_australians_war_on_science_1.php>
2006/08/08: Deltoid: The Australian's War on Science
<http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/08/national-review-editor-global-warming-is-great/>
2006/08/08: TP: National Review Editor: "Global Warming Is Great"
<http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20060807_pr_firm_al_gore/>
2006/08/07: TruthDig: GOP PR Firm Hid Authorship of Al Gore Satire
<http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20060808_hooray_global_warming/>
2006/08/08: TruthDig: National Review Editor: "Hooray for Global Warming"
Andrew Dessler has detected Clarke's First Law in action:
<http://sciencepoliticsclimatechange.blogspot.com/2006/08/aged-skeptics.html>
2006/08/09: SPGCC: Aged skeptics
<http://rabett.blogspot.com/2006/08/gone-emeritus.html>
2006/08/10: ERabett: Gone emeritus...
<http://rabett.blogspot.com/2006/08/another-one-gone-emeritus.html>
2006/08/10: ERabett: Another one gone emeritus...
Then there was the usual news and commentary:
<http://www.treehugger.com/files/2006/08/disaster_touris.php#perma>
2006/08/13: TreeHugger: Disaster Tourism: See Global Warming in Progress
<http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/local/states/california/15265155.htm> 2006/08/13: CCTimes: Global warming debate changing with climate -
Global Warming is having its moment in the sun.
<http://thetyee.ca/News/2006/08/10/ChrisWood/>
2006/08/10: Tyee: Rough Weather Ahead': A Reader-funded Expose
<http://sciencepoliticsclimatechange.blogspot.com/2006/08/regional-predictions.html>
2006/08/09: SPGCC: Regional predictions
<http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/articles/2006/08/11/news_opinion/letters/17c568c6c45a8543862571c6007504b0.txt>
2006/08/12: SiouxCityJournal: Overwhelming scientific consensus
supports global warming
<http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=11045>
2006/08/11: ENN: Tourists Flock as Warming Alps Crumble
<http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2006/08/the-missing-repertoire/>
2006/08/10: RealClimate: The missing repertoire [IPPR]
<http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=11039>
2006/08/10: ENN: In Warmer World, Even Inuit Buy Air Conditioners
<http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/aprilholladay/2006-08-07-global-warming-truth_x.htm>
2006/08/07: USAToday: How to get to the bottom of the global warming debate
<http://backseatdriving.blogspot.com/2006/08/heresy-i-disagree-with-realclimateorg.html> 2006/08/08: BSD: Heresy! I disagree with Realclimate.org
<http://www.iab.uaf.edu/news/newsreleases.php?newsrel=34>
2006/08/07: IAB: Arctic nations' wealth key to management of climate change
<http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/local/states/california/15223575.htm> 2006/08/08: CCTimes: Global warming concerns mount
<http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_4145577>
2006/08/08: SLTrib: Climate: Focus is on carbon dioxide
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/37558/story.htm>
2006/08/08: PlanetArk: In Warmer World, Even Inuit Buy Air Conditioners
<http://sciencepoliticsclimatechange.blogspot.com/2006/08/one-percent-doctrine.html>
2006/08/07: SPGCC: The one-percent doctrine
<http://pubs.acs.org/subscribe/journals/esthag-w/2006/aug/business/cc_cars.html>
2006/08/09: ACS: Big CO2 emissions from U.S. passenger cars
And here are a couple of sites which you may find interesting &/ useful:
<http://www.csr.utexas.edu/grace/>
GRACE: Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment
<http://nuclearinfo.net/>
NuclearInfoNet: Everything you want to know about Nuclear Power.
<http://www.ecoeco.org/publica/encyc.htm>
EEE: Ecological Economics Encyclopaedia
<http://www.gfdl.noaa.gov/~tk/index.html>
NOAA:GFDL: Tom Knutson's Home Page
<http://www.gfdl.noaa.gov/~tk/glob_warm_hurr.html>
2006/01/: NOAA:GFDL: Global Warming and Hurricanes
<http://www.climatechange.ca.gov/>
California Climate Change Portal
<http://gpm.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.html>
GPM: Global Precipitation Measurement
<http://meetings.copernicus.org/egu2006/>
2006/04/: EGU: European Geosciences Union
<http://www.occc.ch/index_e.html>
OCCC: Swiss Advisory Body on Climate Change
<http://www.globalwarmingtimes.com/>
GWTimes: Global Warming Times
<http://www.climatewire.org/>
ClimateWire
<http://www.peopleandplanet.net/>
P&P: People & Planet
<http://www.defra.gov.uk/science/news/bas/default.htm>
Scientist On Ice
<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>
--
"On a finite planet, at human carrying capacity, a society driven
mainly by selfish individualism has all the potential for
sustainability of a collection of angry scorpions in a bottle."
-Wackernagel & Rees (Our Ecological Footprint)
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