Climate change
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http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/business/columnists/leolewis/article4391935.ece
Since it’s The Times (UK) you only get the intro to this short article on China, but you get the gist.
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Here’s what the BBC said about it a few days ago:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-32006972The following article reports how China how China became top of the league in investment in clean energy last year.
http://www.climatecentral.org/news/u.s.-renewable-investments-climb-18638?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ClimateCentral-News+Climate+Central+-+NewsOK, so the first submission of this seems to have gone into a black hole so I’ll have another go.
And another.
Success! Whoopee!
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Good stuff, Graham. Is it coincidence that we have a monotone increase since the start of WW1 except for a decade around WW2?
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I’ve another graph here which, in addition to the temperature anomaly, shows a sunspot anomaly I calculated, Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) index and the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO).
The broken lines show forecasts of temperature trends. One is based on GS Callendar’s forecast in the 1930’s of a 2C rise for a doubling of CO2 and a second is from 1980 giving a 3C rise. The latter differs from Callendar’s in adding other factors such as water vapour changes to a 2C rise due to CO2. The forecast based on periodic cycles is also from 1980; I suspect that the magnitude of the temperature changes given by this is exaggerated and that only the period of the cycles should be accepted.
You might notice that the post-war dip in temperature corresponds, though with a bit of a lag, with a the post-crash levelling-off of the CO2 curve. The dip in the PDO index after WWII may have contributed to the dip in air temperature but the one just before 1920 occurs after air temperatures had begun a rapid rise. I’m not too sure what to make of the sunspot anomaly either.
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The graphs look a bit small/unreadable so, if you’re having trouble, have a peek on https://www.flickr.com/photos/scarlet-jade/sets/72157626804420653/with/5817710735/ where they are a bit clearer.
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May Day
The last post to this forum was 6 days ago it says (by a hygge at that).
So here is one held up my sleeve for emergencies – nice cloud in Queensland
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Samuel Scheffler on the Afterlife
Our belief in the future for our families and mankind in general makes us care about climate change argues philosopher (towards the end of the discussion):
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The White House Video
https://www.whitehouse.gov/climate-changeBBC environment correspondent’s two minute overall comment
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02yqfs9Hilary Clinton
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steven-cohen/hillary-clinton-is-right_b_7924908.htmlThe President has been all over UK media channels today. So too have his opposition, like West Virginia, Jed Bush etc. An impartial (?) American observer on BBC Radio, David Mark, said the Republicans do not deny the science behind the Climate Change Plan, rather they will fight it as undesirably unilateral vs China and India steaming ahead (my phrase).
I was surprised to see Wyoming listed alongside the Appalachian states as a major coal producer. Wiki says its motto is ‘Equal rights’, and an unofficial slogan is ‘Like no place on earth’; about half of Wyoming is government owned.
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Book by Oliver Morton ‘The Planet Remade: How Geo-engineering Could Change the World’.
5 minute clip:
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I see the guy complains that “In fact as soon as you a slightly different discourse on this subject, you are branded a climate sceptic.” Did this lose something in translation? What is a “climate sceptic”? I assume he meant “climate-change sceptic” as I doubt that even someone on the outer fringes of the science galaxy such as M Verdier could be accused of believing that climate does not exist.
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Geo-engineering
The book: http://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/SearchResults?an=oliver+morton&sts=t&tn=the+planet+remadeThe BBC discussion:
‘The failure of governments to come to an agreement on climate change will be discussed next month at a UN conference in Paris and Oliver Morton looks at whether the radical, yet uncertain, strategies of geo-engineering are the answer’:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06mc8j9Prix Pictet:
‘The theme of the sixth cycle of the Prix Pictet Photography Prize is Disorder.’
http://www.prixpictet.com/disorder/
On the shortlist, Artificial Wonderland; the Sunday Times Magazine caption 1NOV15 says ‘A sprawling digital collage depicts a dystopian vision of the Chinese future, where the greying landscape has become overrun by construction, debris and skyscrapers’. See also the Artist’s Statement on the link:
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Heads up for California climate BBC World Service 2000 GMT Thurs 3DEC15
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0395ym1See also #81328 O&E #34 8AUG15 (but for 1000 years read 100 years):
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Climate Change Action Day in Brisbane, Qld 28Nov15 outs an unusual cloud effect.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-29/climate-change-marches-around-australia/6984094
[Tab thru the gallery of stills to frame 13]
I take it Steve stumbled into the wrong party gathering.
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27 minute radio program: ‘Biosphere 2 is an Earth systems science research facility – a mini model of the Earth where scientists can carry out controlled experiments in different environments’
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The Met Office Chief Scientist (at the end of the link) gets close to linking climate change with the recent flooding in Cumbria, UK:
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The good news (clouds are at the forefront of saving the planet)
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22429974-000-geoengineering-the-planet-first-experiments-take-shape/-
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I take your point, Graham; it was just that clouds might help…
Latest from Nasa:
http://climate.nasa.gov/news/2391/
I think the Met Office came out today too, Graham, if you can put your finger on that.
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The Sound of Climate Change
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The one word to describe what happened in February is:
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Can you help?
Paul Simons in The Times (UK) 21APR16 wonders if you would help decipher old whaling log books for weather info:
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OK, four-and-a-halfth attempt to make a posting here. The 3rd try was successful until I added a couple of links, at which point it vanished completely. This one vanished half-way through typing it. Aargh! Anyway, here we go:
I’ve cobbled together a web-page containing info on Climate Change. I will be updating the graphs each month as new data arrives.
My blog page also contains some items on climate which you may find interesting – or not – along with other useful stuff such as how to take care of your toenails!
I’ll not attempt to post the links here but will try and get them in a reply to this post. Fingers crossed.
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So, the problem seems to be that I used the “link” button in the edit panel to create a link – how stupid of me!
Here’s the page on Climate Change:
and my blogs:
http://www.scarlet-jade.com/blogs/Oh, and the home page contains a little message that might be considered appropriate for anyone discussing Climate Change:
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I heard on the BBC radio that big insurane companies are pushing for an end to fossil fuel subsidies – it seems they are not alone
This G20 must push COP21 agenda by ending fossil fuel subsidies
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how quickly climate change is accelerating, in 167 maps
https://www.wired.com/2016/08/quickly-climate-change-accelerating-167-maps/
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