Another week of GW news - September 11
H. E. Taylor
first the science, the political stuff is below:
<http://www.nature.com/news/2005/050905/full/050905-12.html>
2005/09/08: NSU: Hurricane seasons warm up -
Katrina brings debate on link to climate change into sharp focus.
<http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheus/archives/environment/000557making_sense_of_econ.html>
2005/09/06: Prometheus: Making sense of economic impacts -
Comparing apples with apples (Part I)
<http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheus/archives/disasters/000563part_ii_historical.html>
2005/09/09: Prometheus: Historical economic losses from hurricanes -
Where does Katrina fit? (Part II)
<http://mustelid.blogspot.com/2005/09/hurricanes-and-sst-technical.html>
2005/09/05: Stoat: Hurricanes and SST, technical
<http://wind.mit.edu/~emanuel/anthro2.htm>
KEmanuel: Anthropogenic Effects on Tropical Cyclone Activity [FAQ & Essay]
Cyclones are not only in the Atlantic:
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/asia-pacific/4234664.stm>
2005/09/11: BBC: Typhoon menaces east China coast -
More than 800,000 people have been moved from their homes in eastern China
as Typhoon Khanun slams into the coast.
<http://www.modbee.com/24hour/global/story/2693111p-11238799c.html>
2005/09/09: ModBee: Nine dead after Asian tropical storm [Typhoon Nabi]
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/asia-pacific/4221342.stm>
2005/09/07: BBC: Typhoon Nabi has caused nine deaths and left about 90 people injured,
as it blows north through Japan, leaving floods and landslides behind it.
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/asia-pacific/4214390.stm>
2005/09/05: BBC: At least 72 people have died in eastern China
because of flooding and landslides triggered by Typhoon Talim.
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/asia-pacific/4215098.stm>
2005/09/05: BBC: Authorities on the southern Japanese island of Kyushu
have called on residents to consider evacuating their homes ahead of
a powerful typhoon [Nabi]
Insurers are wondering about the impacts of GW:
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=46041>
2005/09/11: ClimateArk: Insurers at risk
For the first time in its history, the [US] National Association of Insurance
Commissioners was planning to examine formally the impact of climate change
on insurance at its fall meeting this week.
<http://www.sacbee.com/content/news/environment/story/13538381p-14378761c.html>
2005/09/09: SacBee: Global warming called insurance peril -
State regulators and scientists warn of huge losses from climate shifts.
<http://www.theroyalgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050908/BUSINESS/109080085>
2005/09/08: TRG: Insurers brace for more ‘Katrinas’ -
Insurance regulators mull climate change, say storm makes case
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=45811>
2005/09/05: ClimateArk: Climate change to hit UK insurance premiums
Melting glaciers get some attention:
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=46018>
2005/09/10: ClimateArk: Retreating Glaciers Worrying Greenlanders
<http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=8720>
2005/09/07: ENN: Water Crisis Looms as Himalayan Glaciers Melt
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=46023>
2005/09/10: ClimateArk: Melting [Himalayan] glaciers or ticking time-bomb?
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=45855>
2005/09/06: ClimateArk: Glaciers on the Roof of the World at Risk
Positive feedback hits the media:
<http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/090805EA.shtml>
2005/09/08: TruthOut: Vicious Circle of CO2 Emissions Is Speeding Up Climate Change
<http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/environment/article311069.ece>
2005/09/08: Independent(UK): Vicious circle of CO2 emissions is speeding up climate change
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/09/08/arctic_shrubs/>
2005/09/08: Register: Arctic shrubs join global warming effort
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,12374,1565049,00.html>
2005/09/08: Guardian(UK): Loss of soil carbon 'will speed global warming'
<http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7964>
2005/09/08: NewScientist: Soil may spoil UK’s climate efforts
<http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=8740>
2005/09/08: ENN: Global Warming Causes Soil To Release Carbon, Study Says
<http://www.nature.com/news/2005/050905/full/050905-8.html>
2005/09/07: NSU: Earthy bacteria faced with climate rap -
Carbon loss from soil may speed global warming.
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/science/nature/4224272.stm>
2005/09/08: BBC: Higher UK temperatures are causing soils to "exhale" large
quantities of carbon dioxide, probably accelerating global warming, scientists report.
<http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L05384446.htm>
2005/09/07: Reuters: Global warming causes soil to release carbon -study
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=45857>
2005/09/06: ClimateArk: The Snowball Effect of Global Warming
[vegetation changing Arctic albedo]
<http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-09/agu-vgm090205.php>
2005/09/06: Eureka: Vegetation growth may quickly raise Arctic temperatures
The effect of humans on ancient climate has been raised:
<http://www.physorg.com/news6366.html>
2005/09/09: PhysOrg: Study: Ancient humans 'altered' climate
<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/09/050909075709.htm>
2005/09/09: SciDaily: Methane Gyrations Last 2,000 Years Show Human Influence On Atmosphere
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/science/nature/4219818.stm>
2005/09/08: BBC: Ancient humans 'altered' climate -
Humans were influencing the climate long before the Industrial Revolution,
new research suggests.
<http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-09/uoca-mgl090805.php>
2005/09/08: Eureka: Methane gyrations last 2,000 years show human influence on atmosphere
While elsewhere in GHG developments:
<http://www.physorg.com/news6344.html>
2005/09/09: PhysOrg: Causes of methane growth revealed
<http://news.mongabay.com/2005/0906-gas_hydrates.html>
2005/09/06: MongaBay: Ocean gas hydrates could trigger catastrophic climate change
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=45823>
2005/09/05: ClimateArk: Rising ocean temperatures trigger gas fears
[warmer oceans releasing methane cathrates]
And in the paleoclimate:
<http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-09/wuis-cfr090705.php>
2005/09/07: Eureka: Calculations favor reducing atmopshere for early earth
The impacts of GW are becoming clearer:
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,12374,1567316,00.html>
2005/09/11: Guardian(UK): Warmer Britain will grow sunflowers, sweetcorn and tea
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=46034>
2005/09/11: ClimateArk: Olives and bananas thrive among the heather in warming Scotland
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/32433/story.htm>
2005/09/09: PlanetArk: Global Warming could Hit Indian Agriculture - Study
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=46039>
2005/09/11: ClimateArk: Alaska: Scientists link warmer weather to beetle outbreak
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=46036>
2005/09/11: ClimateArk: Global warming: Adapting to a new reality
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=46002>
2005/09/09: ClimateArk: Heat and storms ahead for India, says climate study
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=46012>
2005/09/10: ClimateArk: EU ministers discuss climate change impact on farming
<http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=8746>
2005/09/09: ENN: Global Warming Could Hit Indian Agriculture, Study Reveals
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/32361/story.htm>
2005/09/06: PlanetArk: Climate Change Raises Risk of Hunger - Scientists
<http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=8706>
2005/09/06: ENN: Climate Change Raises Risk of Hunger, Scientists Say
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/science/nature/4217480.stm>
2005/09/05: BBC: Climate food crisis 'to deepen'
Climate change threatens to put far more people at risk of hunger
over the next 50 years than previously thought, according to new research.
<http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200509/s1453792.htm>
2005/09/06: ABC(Au): Climate change may leave another 50m hungry
Elsewhere on the mitigation front:
<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/09/050908082414.htm>
2005/09/08: SciDaily: Climate Change Will Affect Carbon Sequestration In Oceans, Model Shows
<http://i-newswire.com/pr45616.html>
2005/09/08: INW: Climate change will affect carbon sequestration in oceans, model shows
<http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-09/uoia-ccw090705.php>
2005/09/07: Eureka: Climate change will affect carbon sequestration in oceans, model shows
Meanwhile on the Kyoto front:
<http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L10445306.htm>
2005/09/11: Reuters: EU Commissioner urges U.S. climate change rethink
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=46035>
2005/09/10: ClimateArk: EU Commissioner urges US climate change rethink
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=45969>
2005/09/08: ClimateArk: Australia losing Kyoto benefits: Labor
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=45818>
2005/09/05: ClimateArk: Britain 'set to miss Kyoto targets'
<http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=361286&in_page_id=1770>
2005/09/05: DailyMail(UK): Warning over Kyoto targets
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,12374,1562766,00.html>
2005/09/05: Guardian(UK): CO2 rise threatens Britain's hope of meeting Kyoto target
[CO2 emissions up 2.5% in first 6 months of 2005]
And on the American political front:
<http://davidappell.com/archives/00000906.htm>
2005/09/09: QuarkSoup: More on Mann, Barton, and McIntyre
Then there was all the Katrina chatter:
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=46030>
2005/09/11: ClimateArk: The Storm Next Time
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=46043>
2005/09/11: ClimateArk: Linking global warming to super storms -
The terrible hurricanes of the past still atmospheric scientists today
<http://davidappell.com/archives/00000914.htm>
2005/09/11: QuarkSoup: The Storm Next Time
<http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/240063_focuswarming11.html>
2005/09/11: SeattlePI: Can't blame global warming, at least not this time
<http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2005/9/8/234946/7346>
2005/09/08: GristMill: Ceres on Katrina, insurance, and weather-related risk
<http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0909-05.htm>
2005/09/09: CDreams:Reuters: Katrina Fuels Global Warming Storm
<http://chronicle.com/free/2005/09/2005090803n.htm>
2005/09/08: CHE: Stronger Hurricanes? Researchers Debate Whether
Global Warming Will Make Storms More Destructive
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=45972>
2005/09/08: ClimateArk: Katrina rings alarms on climate change: World Bank
<http://reuters.myway.com/article/20050909/2005-09-09T124325Z_01_MCC945372_RTRIDST_0_NEWS-ENVIRONMENT-DC.html>
2005/09/09: Reuters: Katrina fuels global warming storm
<http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=106&sid=6072287&cKey=1126183380000>
2005/09/08: SwissInfo: Freak weather is "indication" of global warming
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,12374,1565744,00.html>
2005/09/08: Guardian(UK): 'York could be UK's New Orleans'
<http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheus/archives/climate_change/000560manufactured_controv.html> 2005/09/08: Prometheus: Manufactured Controversy: Comments on Today's Chronicle Article
<http://grist.org/comments/soapbox/2005/09/07/korty/index.html>
2005/09/07: Grist: The Cyclone Ranger -
A hurricane expert [Robert Korty] explains the climate-change connection
<http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0906-26.htm>
2005/09/06: CDreams: Chosun(Korea): Global Warming Hits New Orleans:
The Controversy After the Storm
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=45856>
2005/09/07: ClimateArk: Perfect recipe for a storm -
We can't keep making greenhouse gases and playing Russian roulette with the world's climate
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=45853>
2005/09/06: ClimateArk: In the wake of Katrina, more questions than answers about global
climate change
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=45821>
2005/09/05: ClimateArk: New Orleans crisis gives Bush climate warning - FOE
<http://davidappell.com/archives/00000895.htm>
2005/09/04: QuarkSoup: Sea Level Rise and Future New Orleans
<http://davidappell.com/archives/00000890.htm>
2005/09/02: QuarkSoup: Katrina and the Aftermath
Meanwhile in Europe:
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=45956>
2005/09/08: ClimateArk: EU lawmakers cite disasters in push on climate change
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,12374,1567349,00.html>
2005/09/11: Guardian(UK): Prescott links global warming to Katrina
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=46017>
2005/09/10: ClimateArk: United Kingdom: Prescott attack on US causes storm
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/uk_news/4232612.stm>
2005/09/10: BBC: Prescott in climate swipe at US
Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott has criticised the US's record on combating
global warming in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, which devastated New Orleans.
<http://www.watchingamerica.com/diewelt000004.html>
2005/09/09: WA:DieWelt: Green Party Chairman Discusses 'Climate Killer USA'
An interesting development on climate & the law:
<http://news.findlaw.com/andrews/en/haz/20050909/20050909friends.html>
2005/09/09: FindLaw: Global Warming Lawsuit Gets Go-Ahead
<http://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2005/09/global-warming-lawsuit-gets-go-ahead.html>
2005/09/11: JEB: Global Warming Lawsuit Gets Go-Ahead
Wrestling over a new energy infrastructure continues unabated:
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=46024>
2005/09/07: ClimateArk: Japan to support nuclear power in Asia
amid soaring oil costs, global warming
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=45996>
2005/09/10: ClimateArk: Sun and Sand: Dirty silicon could supply solar power
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,12374,1565746,00.html>
2005/09/08: Guardian(UK): Accentuate the alternative -
Renewable energy is at a critical stage as investors turn their spotlight on the industry
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=46021>
2005/09/10: ClimateArk: California Solar Bill Fails
The nation’s biggest solar initiative dies after politicians disagree
over whether to pay electricians installing panels union wages.
<http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/090805EB.shtml>
2005/09/08: TruthOut: Energy Policy: DOA
<http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0908-30.htm>
2005/09/08: CDreams:Sun-Sentinel: Energy Policy: Emphasize Conservation, Alternative Fuels
<http://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2005/09/tall-grasses-set-to-power-europe.html>
2005/09/08: JEB: Tall grasses set to power Europe
<http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=8725>
2005/09/07: ENN: Grass [Miscanthus] Hailed as Potential Source of Clean Energy
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/science/nature/4220790.stm>
2005/09/07: BBC: Tall grasses set to power Europe
The fields of Europe could soon take on a shimmering silver colour
as farmers grow giant grasses to try to mitigate the effects of global warming.
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/uk_news/scotland/4221062.stm>
2005/09/07: BBC: Tide turns to new power sources -
New measures to encourage electricity suppliers to use wave and tidal power
have been unveiled by the Scottish Executive.
And in an interesting twist a suit over energy efficiency standards:
<http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9255732/>
2005/09/09: MSNBC: U.S. sued over appliance energy standards -
More efficient models would ease power plant use, states and city argue
<http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=8738>
2005/09/08: ENN: [Fifteen] States Sue U.S. over Energy Efficiency of Appliances
And in the betting over climate casino:
<http://mustelid.blogspot.com/2005/09/probably-not-betting-on-climate-with.html>
2005/09/10: Stoat: Probably not betting on climate with Lubos Motl
The carbon lobby are up to the usual:
<http://www.torontofreepress.com/2005/milloy083105.htm>
2005/08/31: TFP: Global Warming Doubt Dispelled? Not Really
<http://johnquiggin.com/index.php/archives/2005/09/04/an-anti-market-argument-from-authority/>
2005/09/05: JQuiggin: An anti-market argument from authority [against carbon trading]
There are a couple of older stories still reverberating through
the media echo chamber:
<http://www3.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0410/feature5/>
2004/10/: NatGeo: Louisiana's Wetlands
Then there was the usual news and commentary:
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=45990>
2005/09/09: ClimateArk: Beware global warming, says Arctic explorer
<http://climatesci.atmos.colostate.edu/?p=48>
2005/09/08: CliSci: A Perspective on Weather and Climate Science by S. Raghavan
<http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheus/archives/climate_change/000558correction_of_misquo.html> 2005/09/07: Prometheus: Correction of Misquote in AP Story
<http://climatesci.atmos.colostate.edu/?p=47>
2005/09/06: CliSci: A New Paradigm for Assessing the Role of Agriculture
in the Climate System and in Climate Change
<http://mustelid.blogspot.com/2005/09/gw-methane-and-vegetarianism.html>
2005/09/06: Stoat: GW, methane and vegetarianism
And here are a couple of sites which you may find interesting &/ useful:
<http://wind.mit.edu/~emanuel/home.html>
Kerry Emanuel's Homepage
LDEO: Persistent drought in North America: a climate modeling and paleoclimate perspective
<http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/res/div/ocp/drought/>
Deltoid
<http://timlambert.org/>
<http://cgi.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/cgi-bin/blog/>
Stoat
<http://mustelid.blogspot.com/>
UK RoyalSociety: Climate change documents
<http://www.royalsoc.ac.uk/landing.asp?id=1278>
Ross Gelbspan: The Heat is Online
<http://www.heatisonline.org/>
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
<http://www.millenniumassessment.org/en/index.aspx>
EESI: Climate Change News
<http://www.eesi.org/publications/Newsletters/CCNews/ccnews.htm>
CMDL:NOAA: CCGG: Carbon Cycle Greenhouse Gases Group
<http://www.cmdl.noaa.gov/ccgg/>
EESI: Environmental and Energy Study Institute
<http://www.eesi.org/index.html>
EESI: Climate Change News
<http://www.eesi.org/publications/Newsletters/CCNews/ccnews.htm>
SPARC: Science Policy Assessment and Research on Climate
<http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/sparc/>
Global Warming Factsheets
<http://www.greenhouse-warming.org.uk/>
Global Climate Change
<http://www.global-climate-change.org.uk/>
<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>
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then they say it's happening & we're doing it, but we can't do anything about it;
then they say it's happening & we're doing it, but it will be good for you;
then they say it's not happening..."
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