Another week of GW news - September 25
H. E. Taylor
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/09/25/nkyoto25.xml&sSheet=/portal/2005/09/25/ixportal.html>
2005/09/25: Telegraph(UK): Why Kyoto will never succeed, by Blair
<http://politics.guardian.co.uk/green/story/0,9061,1578037,00.html>
2005/09/25: Guardian(UK): Blair is accused of Kyoto U-turn -
PM moves closer to Bush's solutions
<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-1796800,00.html>
2005/09/25: Times(UK): Blair signals he’s cooling towards Kyoto
Again this week, and I suppose until the end of the US hurrican season,
there was a lot of hurricane and a little climatology;
first the science, the political stuff is below:
<http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheus/archives/climate_change/000576revkin_on_katrina_c.html>
2005/09/21: Prometheus: Revkin on Katrina, Climate Science, Policy
<http://climatesci.atmos.colostate.edu/?p=53>
2005/09/19: CliSci: Comment on Webster et al. September 16, 2005 Science Article
"Changes in Tropical Cyclone Number, Duration, and Intensity in a Warming Environment"
Pielke Sr. continues the RealClimate conversation on forcings:
<http://climatesci.atmos.colostate.edu/?p=56>
2005/09/23: CliSci: Comment on Real Climate Response as to
"What is a First-Order Climate Forcing"?
<http://www.realclimate.org/index.php?p=186>
2005/09/22: RealClimate: What is a first-order climate forcing?
An unsettling report of the effect of extreme temperatures
on plant use of CO2 released:
<http://www.nature.com/news/2005/050919/full/050919-5.html>
2005/09/21: NSU: Heatwaves spell bad news for carbon sinks -
Extreme temperatures make forests emit carbon dioxide
<http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=8860>
2005/09/22: ENN: Europe's 2003 Heatwave Altered Carbon Cycle, Study Says
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=46476>
2005/09/22: ClimateArk: Heatwave of 2003 caused worst [European] crop slump for 100 years
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=46485>
2005/09/22: ClimateArk: Heatwave study raises new global warming fear
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,12374,1575475,00.html>
2005/09/22: Guardian(UK): Killer heatwave may have fuelled global warming
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=46462>
2005/09/21: ClimateArk: Europe's 2003 heatwave altered carbon cycle -study
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/science/nature/4269066.stm>
2005/09/21: BBC: Heatwave makes plants warm planet
A new study shows that during the 2003 heatwave, European plants produced
more carbon dioxide than they absorbed from the atmosphere.
Before we get into politics, there was some science done:
<http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Cryosat/SEMPZW7X9DE_0.html>
2005/09/22: ESA: Polar explorer delivers rare snow-depth data to ESA
for CryoSat validation
<http://climatesci.atmos.colostate.edu/?p=54>
2005/09/20: CliSci: A New Integrated Climate/Environmental Activity:
the Northern Eurasia Earth Science Partnership Initiative (NEESPI)
<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/09/050919083059.htm>
2005/09/19: SciDaily: Ocean Instrument Program Led By Scripps Set To Achieve World Coverage
<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/09/050919082534.htm>
2005/09/19: SciDaily: Morphology Of Fossil Salamanders Reflects Climate Change
wmc posted a good reference for GW news sources:
<http://mustelid.blogspot.com/2005/09/primer-on-sources-for-global-warming.html>
2005/09/20: Stoat: A primer on sources for global warming
A worrisome report considers GW impacts as a trigger:
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/32631/story.htm>
2005/09/23: PlanetArk: Report says Global Warming could Spark Conflict
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=46495>
2005/09/22: ClimateArk: Report says global warming could spark conflict
The impacts of GW are evident:
<http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200509/s1467652.htm>
2005/09/24: ABC(Au): Caribbean coral hit by warm, storm-spawning seas
<http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200509/s1466232.htm>
2005/09/22: ABC(Au): Graziers warned to expect longer dry periods
<http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200509/s1466129.htm>
2005/09/22: ABC(Au): Report predicts global warming's deadly impact
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/32630/story.htm>
2005/09/23: PlanetArk: Climate Change Hurts Africa Most, Scientists say
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=46536>
2005/09/23: ClimateArk: Report warns of shrinking snowpack in the West -
Colorado River Basin: A research group warns climate disruptions point
to an ever-drier future
<http://climatesci.atmos.colostate.edu/?p=55>
2005/09/22: CliSci: Are Today's Droughts Exceptional?
<http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=8866>
2005/09/22: ENN: Global Warming Could Cause up to 10,000 Deaths Per Year
in Asia-Pacific, WHO Official Says
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=46473>
2005/09/22: ClimateArk: Climate change may deepen food crisis
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=46479>
2005/09/22: ClimateArk: Top water official warns of climate change -
Denver Water manager says global warming means future will not be like the past
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=46481>
2005/09/21: ClimateArk: Climate report: Warmer and drier in the West
<http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=8855>
2005/09/21: ENN: Professor Documents Glacial Retreat, Warns of Global Warming's Impact
There is concern over the Arctic:
<http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-09/uoaf-ctt092205.php>
2005/09/22: Eureka: Coming to the Arctic near you: The longer, hotter summer
<http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-09/uov-lsc092205.php>
2005/09/22: Eureka: Lands surface change on Alaska tundra creating longer,
warmer summers in Arctic
<http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0924-28.htm>
2005/09/24: CDreams: Minneapolis Star Tribune: Arctic Ice: Shrinking, with Consequences
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=46558>
2005/09/24: ClimateArk: Arctic ice/Shrinking, with consequences
<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/09/050923074610.htm>
2005/09/23: SciDaily: Coming To The Arctic Near You: The Longer, Hotter Summer
The state of Amazonian deforestation arises once again:
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=46493>
2005/09/21: ClimateArk: Huge fire burns Bolivia's Amazon
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/americas/4272116.stm>
2005/09/22: BBC: Fires rage in Brazil's rainforest
Elsewhere on the mitigation front:
<http://www.physorg.com/news6665.html>
2005/09/23: PhysOrg: How to avoid severe climate change discussed at CO2 conference
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=46429>
2005/09/21: ClimateArk: New blueprint for storing carbon
<http://www.physorg.com/news6611.html>
2005/09/20: PhysOrg: Bury climate-warming gas, scientists say
Meanwhile on the Kyoto front:
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=46577>
2005/09/25: ClimateArk: Blair falls into line with Bush on global warming: paper
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=46589>
2005/09/25: ClimateArk: Canada: NGOs arrive in Montreal for climate change talks
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/32629/story.htm>
2005/09/23: PlanetArk: EU Sees No Major Post-Kyoto Climate Deal at Talks
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=46539>
2005/09/23: ClimateArk: EU Sees No Major Post-Kyoto Climate Deal at Talks
[in Montreal in late November]
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=46482>
2005/09/22: ClimateArk: International ministers launch new Kyoto talks in Ottawa
<http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=8834>
2005/09/20: ENN: Firms Pressure Russia To Adopt Kyoto Mechanisms
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=46392>
2005/09/20: ClimateArk: Canada: Kyoto goals still a long way off
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=46344>
2005/09/19: ClimateArk: Firms pressure Russia to adopt Kyoto mechanisms
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=46350>
2005/09/19: ClimateArk: Nepal accedes to Kyoto Protocol
And on the American political front:
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=46560>
2005/09/23: ClimateArk: Bush Climate Policy More Fossil Than Fuel
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=46573>
2005/09/24: ClimateArk: Washington all but ignoring debate on climate change
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/laurie-david/he-doth-protest-too-much_b_7700.html>
2005/09/22: THP: He Doth Protest Too Much [Inhofe & hurricanes]
<http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/003486.html>
2005/09/22: WorldChanging: Clinton Global Initiative
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=46423>
2005/09/21: ClimateArk: Senate Considers Emissions Market to Reduce Greenhouse Gasses
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=46464>
2005/09/21: ClimateArk: New Mexico joins greenhouse gas emission reduction program
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=46399>
2005/09/19: ClimateArk: California: Emissions target praised
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=46349>
2005/09/19: ClimateArk: Judge declares global warming too political for US courts
While on the UK political front:
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=46398>
2005/09/20: ClimateArk: New [UK] Tory initiative to cut greenhouse gases
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/32638/story.htm>
2005/09/23: PlanetArk: British Scientist Criticises US Climate "Loonies"
<http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article314510.ece>
2005/09/23: Independent(UK): This [Rita] is global warming, says environmental
chief [John Lawton, chairman of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution]
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,12374,1576701,00.html>
2005/09/23: Guardian(UK): [UK Govt] We're not an obstacle to climate change reduction
[response to Monbiot essay]
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,12374,1575467,00.html>
2005/09/22: Guardian(UK): Minister says tax could cut airline pollution
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/science/nature/4266466.stm>
2005/09/21: BBC: Aviation 'huge threat to CO2 aim' - UK homes, firms and
motorists will have to cut carbon dioxide emissions to zero due to air
travel growth, a study says.
<http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=57&ItemID=8777>
2005/09/20: ZMag: A World Turned Upside Down
The corporations are demanding regulation, and the government is refusing
to give it to them
Developing a new energy infrastructure may be the fundamental challenge of
the current generation:
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=46576>
2005/09/26: ClimateArk: Australia: Joint plan for $1.5bn in wind generation
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=46581>
2005/09/25: ClimateArk: India plugs into wind energy as oil prices soar
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=46567>
2005/09/24: ClimateArk: Canada: Prime Minister commits more investment
in renewable energy technology
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=46546>
2005/09/24: ClimateArk: California Officials Approve Permits for Wind Farm
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=46469>
2005/09/22: ClimateArk: Ford to Boost Production of Hybrids Tenfold
<http://www.iodp.org/news-releases/media-advisory-expedition-311/>
2005/09/21: IODP: Cascadia Margins Gas Hydrates Expedition 311
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=46330>
2005/09/18: ClimateArk: Panel shortage snags solar system sellers -
Renewable-energy programs overseas cause local shortage of supplies and drive up prices
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=46352>
2005/09/19: ClimateArk: California Solar Bill Derailed by Politics
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=46353>
2005/09/19: ClimateArk: Energy emergency
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=46354>
2005/09/19: ClimateArk: US hopes for nuclear energy face resistance
The reaction of business to climate change may be critical:
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=46578>
2005/09/25: ClimateArk: Japan: Many firms see global warming affecting their business: poll
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,12374,1574002,00.html>
2005/09/20: Guardian(UK): Corporations are ready to act on global warming but
are thwarted by ministers who resist regulation in the name of the market
<http://www.nj.com/business/ledger/index.ssf?/base/business-1/1126794601118340.xml&coll=1>
2005/09/15: StarLedger: It's easy being 'green' -
Businesses are realizing the benefits of energy-efficient buildings
In particular insurance and re-insurance companies are feeling the pressure:
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/32582/story.htm>
2005/09/20: PlanetArk: US Lawmakers Mull Natural Disaster Insurance
The betting meme rolls on:
<http://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2005/09/will-real-piers-corbyn-please-stand-up.html>
2005/09/23: JEB: Will the real Piers Corbyn please stand up? [betting]
The carbon lobby are up to the usual:
<http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheus/archives/climate_change/000578correcting_pat_micha.html>
2005/09/22: Prometheus: Correcting Pat Michaels
<http://mustelid.blogspot.com/2005/09/arctic-sea-ice-is-not-really-heat-sink.html>
2005/09/19: Stoat: The arctic sea ice is not really a heat sink
And then there was the hurricanitis:
<http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0924-29.htm>
2005/09/24: CDreams: Boston Globe: Global Warming? You Better Believe It
<http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0923-01.htm>
2005/09/23: CDreams: Independent(UK): This is Global Warming, Says Environmental Chief
[Lawton]
<http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0923-21.htm>
2005/09/23: CDreams: SF Chronicle: End of 'Normal' Hurricanes Means Preparing
for Global Warming
<http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0923-22.htm>
2005/09/23: CDreams: Guardian(UK): Sorry, Mr President, Homilies Won't Stop the Hurricanes
<http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=57&ItemID=8807>
2005/09/25: ZMag: This Is Global Warming - As Hurricane Rita threatens devastation, scientist
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=46561>
2005/09/24: ClimateArk: 'Hurricanes are 'smoking guns' of climate change'
[says John Lawton, chairman of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution]
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=46562>
2005/09/24: ClimateArk: So Who Is Right in Debate on Role of Global Warming?
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=46574>
2005/09/24: ClimateArk: Global warming? You better believe it
<http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/ill-winds-that-whisper-the-collapse-of-civilisation/2005/09/23/1126982230825.html>
2005/09/23: SMH: Ill winds that whisper the collapse of civilisation
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/09/23/EDGA8ERM8O1.DTL&type=printable>
2005/09/23: SF Gate: End of 'normal' hurricanes means preparing for global warming
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/32632/story.htm>
2005/09/23: PlanetArk: Rita Roars through Gulf, Texans Flee Coast
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=46531>
2005/09/23: ClimateArk: Rita could herald record hurricane year - WMO
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=46535>
2005/09/23: ClimateArk: Global Denial
Katrina is a portent. But will it cause Americans to embrace
fundamental change in how we consume energy and understand politics?
<http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheus/archives/disasters/000581oped_in_the_la_time.html>
2005/09/23: Prometheus: Op-ed in the LA Times [on hurricanes, climate change and disasters]
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/09/22/MNG44ERTEN1.DTL&type=printable>
2005/09/22: SF Gate: Hurricane fuel: warm, moist air over warm ocean water -
How a Category 5 monster is formed over the open sea
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/science/nature/4276242.stm>
2005/09/23: BBC: Hurricanes and global warming - a link?
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,12374,1576715,00.html>
2005/09/23: Guardian(UK): Sorry, Mr President, homilies won't stop the hurricanes -
We Americans need to get out of our SUVs and learn the harsh lesson of Katrina
and Rita: we are all to blame
<http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheus/archives/climate_change/000575on_burying_the_lead.html> 2005/09/21: Prometheus: On Burying the Lead [Webster/Holland/Curry/Chang/Hurricanes]
<http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-09/ncfa-ste092105.php>
2005/09/21: Eureka: Seeing the eye: Weather model advances hurricane intensity prediction
<http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=71333>
2005/09/20: Turkish Press: Katrina, drought to cost US farmers over two billion dollars
<http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20050917/bob8.asp>
2005/09/17: SciNews: The Wind and the Fury - Has climate change made hurricanes fiercer,
or are such claims hot air?
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=46310>
2005/09/18: ClimateArk: Big storms, warming linked - Some fault latest study tying
hurricane severity to rising sea temps
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=46341>
2005/09/19: ClimateArk: Your Planet: The storm approaches
<http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/sep2005/reli-s19.shtml>
2005/09/19: WSWS: Religion, science and Hurricane Katrina
And the usual news and commentary:
<http://mustelid.blogspot.com/2005/09/john-houghton-caught-blogging.html>
2005/09/24: Stoat: John Houghton caught blogging?
<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/09/050922015634.htm>
2005/09/22: SciDaily: Impact Of Global Warming On Weather Patterns Underestimated
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,12374,1574943,00.html>
2005/09/21: Guardian(UK): Report sounds warning over aircraft pollution
<http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-09/uoea-iog092005.php>
2005/09/21: Eureka: Impact of global warming on weather patterns underestimated
<http://www.illawarramercury.com.au/articles/2005/09/20/1126982063383.html>
2005/09/21: IM: Global warming ... don't blame it on the sunshine
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=46375>
2005/09/20: ClimateArk: Current Climate, Weather Scenario Not Seen for 50 to 100 Years
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=46401>
2005/09/20: ClimateArk: Is Global Warming Causing Increased Severe Weather?
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/09/18/INGG5EO58K1.DTL&type=printable>
2005/09/18: SF Gate: Global cooling - Seven steps you can take to fight warming of planet
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/laurie-david/a-warning-from-tony-blair_b_7551.html>
2005/09/19: THP: A Warning From Tony Blair's Top Science Advisor
Here are a couple of sites which you may find interesting &/ useful:
<http://www.carboeurope.org/>
Integrated Project CarboEurope-IP - Assessment of the European Terrestrial Carbon Balance
<http://neespi.org/>
NEESPI: The Northern Eurasia Earth Science Partnership Initiative
<http://www.epa.gov/globalwarming>
EPA: Global Warming
<http://yosemite.epa.gov/oar/globalwarming.nsf/content/index.html>
EPA: Global Warming
<http://www.globefox.com/cacc/>
CACC: Campaign against Climate Change
<http://www.kyotoandbeyond.org/>
Kyoto and Beyond [Petition]
<http://www.climatecrisis.us/>
ClimateCrisis
<http://www.arcus.org/ARCSS/>
ARCSS: Arctic System Science Program
<http://www.ispe.arizona.edu/>
UA:ISPE: Institute for the Study of Planet Earth
<http://www.geo.arizona.edu/dgesl/publications/publications.htm>
UA:DGESL: Environmental Studies Laboratory - Publications
<http://www.esmf.ucar.edu/>
ESMF: Earth System Modeling Framework
<http://wind.mit.edu/~emanuel/home.html>
Kerry Emanuel's Homepage
<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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