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Debunking Bjørn Lomborg: Part III Lomborg's a real Nowhere Man	Joseph Romm	17 Sep 2007	Gristmill
In Cool It, Lomborg writes about global warming -- but the globe he is writing about certainly isn't Earth. We've already seen in Parts I and II that on Planet Lomborg, polar bears can evolve backwards and the ice sheets can't suffer rapid ice loss (as they are already doing on Earth). On Planet Lomborg, the carbon cycle has no amplifying feedbacks -- even though these are central to why warming on Earth will be worse than the IPCC projects. I couldn't even find the ...
Topics: books, climate, climate change impacts (all these topics)

'Climate change: The limits of consensus' A must-read article from Science on the underestimation of climate change impacts	Joseph Romm	14 Sep 2007	Gristmill
The new issue of Science has a terrific article that underscores many of the points I have been making here. Its central argument is that the scientific consensus most likely underestimates future climate change impacts, especially in the crucial area of sea-level rise and carbon-cycle feedbacks. The authors are highly credible, led by Princeton's Michael Oppenheimer, one of the most widely published climate experts. I will excerpt the article here at length ($ub. r ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, climate science (all these topics)

You Say Potato, I Say Climate Emergency Global warming brings Greenlanders potatoes, destroys their heritage		14 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 9:43 AM on 14 Sep 2007 It gets lost in all the gloom and doom, but global warming does have its upside. In the sub-Arctic south of Greenland, rising temperatures over the last five to 10 years have brought residents more potatoes, broccoli, and flowers, and have made officials optimistic about economically beneficial opportunities for drilling and mining as sea ice melts. Of co ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, Greenland, news (all these topics)

Debunking Bjorn Lomborg: Part I The great polar bear irony	Joseph Romm	13 Sep 2007	Gristmill
For debunkers, Lomborg's work is a target-rich environment. There is even a Lomborg-errors website, where a Danish biologist catalogs Lomborg's mistakes and 'attempts to document his dishonesty.' Lomborg's latest work of disinformation, Cool It, isn't out yet in Europe to be debunked, so I'll fill the gap for now. I will start with polar bears for two reasons. First, the nonironic reason: Lomborg starts his book with a chapter on polar bears, presumably because ...
Topics: Arctic, books, climate, climate change impacts, polar bears, wildlife (all these topics)

Trouble Cropping Up Climate change will cause agricultural output to decline significantly, says study		13 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 4:43 PM on 13 Sep 2007 Attention, people who eat: Climate change could cause global agriculture output to decline by up to 16 percent by 2080, according to a new study from the Center for Global Development and the Peterson Institute for International Economics. Like life itself, the allocation won't be fair: productivity is likely to generally decline in developing countries -- Indi ...
Topics: agriculture, climate, climate change impacts, food, news (all these topics)

The desertification-global warming feedback loop Desertification amplifies climate change, and vice versa	Joseph Romm	13 Sep 2007	Gristmill
Here is yet another carbon-cycle amplifying feedback not in most climate models. On the one hand, the United Nations' top climate official, Yvo de Boer, announced that: Climate change has become the prime cause of an accelerating spread of deserts which threatens the world's drylands. On the other hand, he pointed out that desertification would, in turn, accelerate climate change: You'll see a sort of feedback mechanism ... quite a lot of carbon is captured in ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, climate science, desertification (all these topics)

Fortunately, We've Got It Under Control Warming globe will have major security issues, says think tank		12 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 12:34 PM on 12 Sep 2007 The security implications of climate change resemble those of nuclear war, a security think tank said today. "Fundamental environmental issues of food, water, and energy security ultimately lie behind many present security concerns, and climate change will magnify all three," wrote the International Institute for Strategic Studies, which foresees coll ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, national security, news (all these topics)

Will polar bears go extinct by 2030? Part II Loss of summer ice in the Arctic will threaten polar bear survival	Joseph Romm	11 Sep 2007	Gristmill
We've seen the USGS predict that two-thirds of the polar bear population will be wiped out by 2050. But that analysis assumes the Arctic will still have summer ice then. The USGS acknowledges (PDF) their projection is 'conservative' since it is based upon an average of existing climate models and 'the observed trajectory of Arctic sea ice decline appears to be underestimated by currently available models.' In fact, the Arctic now is poised to lose all its ice by 2030 ...
Topics: Arctic, climate, climate change impacts, climate science, habitat loss, polar bears, wildlife (all these topics)

Not So Green, Are Ya, Greenland? Greenland glaciers melting at an alarming rate		10 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 3:09 PM on 10 Sep 2007 Depressing climate news, version 17,354: Greenland's two-mile-thick ice sheet is melting at a rate unforeseen to scientists and climate models. Chunks of ice breaking off are so huge that they're triggering earthquakes; the glaciers are adding some 58 trillion gallons of water annually to the oceans, more than twice as much as they were 10 years ago. In total, Greenland's ice holds e ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, news (all these topics)

The phrase 'glacial change' needs to be retired Glacial melting is accelerating more quickly than projected	Joseph Romm	10 Sep 2007	Gristmill
Climate change is occurring much faster than the IPCC models project. The Greenland ice sheet is a prime example. Robert Correll, chairman of the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment, said in Ilulissat recently: We have seen a massive acceleration of the speed with which these glaciers are moving into the sea. The ice is moving at two metres an hour on a front 5km [3 miles] long and 1,500 metres deep. That means that this one glacier puts enough fresh water into the ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, climate science, Greenland (all these topics)

Will polar bears go extinct by 2030? Part I On the myth that polar bear populations are flourishing	Joseph Romm	10 Sep 2007	Gristmill
Human-caused global warming is poised to wipe out polar bears. The normally staid U.S. Geological Survey -- studying whether the bear should be listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act -- concluded grimly last Friday: Projected changes in future sea ice conditions, if realized, will result in loss of approximately 2/3 of the world's current polar bear population by the mid 21st century. Because the observed trajectory of Arctic sea i ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, polar bears, wildlife (all these topics)

Eh ...	David Roberts	09 Sep 2007	Gristmill
... who needs sea ice and polar bears anyway.
Topics: Alaska, climate, climate change impacts, wildlife (all these topics)

'We should already be moving to prepare and protect ourselves' Mooney on hurricanes and climate change	David Roberts	07 Sep 2007	Gristmill
Chris Mooney has a piece in the L.A. Times about the current hurricane season and the connection between hurricanes and climate change. It echoes the sensible line taken in Chris' book. This is the crucial bit: When it comes to the hurricane-global warming relationship, neither outright alarmism nor dismissive skepticism are warranted. Rather, taking the limited information that we have and making the most of it should lead to a stance of cautious, well-informed ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, severe weather (all these topics)

Global warming can breed terror John Edwards links climate crisis and national security	Glenn Hurowitz	07 Sep 2007	Gristmill
In a major speech today on national security, presidential candidate John Edwards talked about how fighting the climate crisis is an integral part of battling terror (it also requires less duct tape): Finally, we must achieve energy independence. If we reduce our reliance on oil from instable parts of the world, Middle Eastern regimes will finally diversify their economies and modernize their societies. And fighting global climate change will reduce global disrupt ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, international politics, John Edwards, politics (all these topics)

All Dressed Up and No Place to Go Penguin populations in trouble, climate cited as one cause		06 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 9:04 AM on 06 Sep 2007 Photo: iStockphoto First, the good news: there's an International Penguin Conference! Who knew? Now, the bad news: at said conference, taking place this week in Tasmania, a team of researchers has reported that the world's penguins are in trouble. The 17 species "face serious population decreases throughout their range," the team wrote, adding that officials, s ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, news, wildlife (all these topics)

Putting the Horror Before the Cartographer Atlas makes significant changes to maps due to human activity		05 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 11:30 AM on 05 Sep 2007 The editors of the Times Atlas made significant changes to their newest edition to reflect altered coastlines and shrinking lakes affected by climate change and unregulated irrigation. The last edition of the Atlas, which is published in Britain, came out in 2003; the newest edition contains "half a dozen major examples of how human activities are causin ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, news (all these topics)

Veni, Vidi, Ventricle Doctors suggest global warming could lead to more heart problems		05 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 9:50 AM on 05 Sep 2007 Does global warming make you heartsick? Oh wait, we mistyped. Retry: Does global warming make your heart sick? Some doctors think it might. From the Archives Put Some More Lead on the Barbie. Mattel recalls another batch of lead-painted toys. Your Opinion Is Wrong. National Park Service may ignore public opinion on snowmobiles in parks. Play It Again, ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, health, news (all these topics)

Hurricanes are getting stronger -- thanks to global warming! Climate change is increasing the frequency of Category 5 storms	Joseph Romm	04 Sep 2007	Gristmill
Global warming has long been predicted to make hurricanes more intense. Well, now we are seeing more intense hurricanes. Chris Mooney has a great post on the recent storm surge of Category 5 hurricanes, now that Felix has joined that once-elite club. He notes: There have now been 8 Category 5 Atlantic hurricanes in the past 5 years (Isabel, Ivan, Emily, Katrina, Rita, Wilma, Dean, Felix). There have been two Atlantic Category 5s so far this year; only three ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, climate science, severe weather (all these topics)

Storms a brewin' Global warming will spawn severe storms and tornados, reports NASA	Joseph Romm	31 Aug 2007	Gristmill
We have known for a while that global warming is making our weather more extreme, especially extreme heat, drought, heavy rainfall, and flooding. Now we have more predictions: NASA scientists have developed a new climate model that indicates that the most violent severe storms and tornadoes may become more common as Earth's climate warms. Perhaps that is why we have been setting records for tornados lately. This is especially bad news for this country because, as th ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, climate science, severe weather (all these topics)

Bottom Topography U.S. aims to map mineral-rich Arctic seafloor		31 Aug 2007	News
Posted at 9:56 AM on 31 Aug 2007 Update on the race to despoil the Arctic: This week, U.S. Coast Guard researchers set out on their third venture since 2003 to map the mineral-rich Arctic seafloor. There's a lot to be learned about the watery depths; overall, maps of Mars are about 250 times better than maps of the ocean floor. The U.S. is eager to identify underwater mountains and caverns so we'll know just where to stick our dril ...
Topics: Arctic, climate, climate change impacts, news, oil and gas drilling (all these topics)

Flooded With Remorse Climate change could cause more flooding than currently predicted, says research		30 Aug 2007	News
Posted at 4:51 PM on 30 Aug 2007 Do you like news of the "If you thought you were screwed, it's even worse!" variety? Then with no further ado: a new study in Nature suggests that climate change brings a higher risk of flooding than previously thought. Researchers say that current predictions overlook the fact that rising levels of carbon dioxide decrease plants' ability to suck up wa ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, news (all these topics)

Hurricane Katrina and the myth of global warming adaptation When it comes to climate change, prevention is more important than adaptation	Joseph Romm	29 Aug 2007	Gristmill
G. Gordon Liddy's daughter repeated a standard Denier line in our debate: Humans are very adaptable -- we've adapted to climate changes in the past and will do so in the future. I think Hurricane Katrina gives the lie to that myth. No, I'm not saying humans are not adaptable. Nor am I saying global warming caused Hurricane Katrina, although warming probably did make it more intense. But on the two-year anniversary of Katrina, I'm saying Katrina showed the limitati ...
Topics: climate, climate change adaptation, climate change impacts, climate change mitigation, Louisiana, severe weather (all these topics)

NOAA: Greenhouse gases drove near-record U.S. warmth in 2006 El Niño was not the cause of 2006 warming patterns in the U.S.	Joseph Romm	29 Aug 2007	Gristmill
A new study by NOAA's Earth System Research Lab finds: Greenhouse gases likely accounted for more than half of the widespread warmth across the continental United States last year ... [T]he probability of U.S. temperatures breaking a record in 2006 had increased 15-fold compared to pre-industrial times because of greenhouse gas increases in Earth's atmosphere. How did they come to this conclusion? [T]he NOAA team analyzed 42 simulations of Earth's climate from 1 ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, greenhouse-gas emissions, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States (all these topics)

Warming will worsen water wars The magnitude of drought and floods will increase with climate change	Joseph Romm	24 Aug 2007	Gristmill
A very good article in the Washington Post lays out the problem we face. 'Global warming will intensify drought, and it will intensify floods,' explains Stephen Schneider, editor of the journal Climatic Change and a lead author for the authoritative Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Why? As the air gets warmer, there will be more water in the atmosphere. That's settled science ... You are going to intensify the hydrologic cycle. Where the atmos ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, severe weather, water conflicts, water crisis (all these topics)

In the shadow of Mount Everest Small countries are going green	Maywa Montenegro	23 Aug 2007	Gristmill
While the western media focuses primarily on what the developed world is doing to solve the climate crisis, there's some great coverage on how Third World countries are greening too. SciDev's 'Science in the Himalayas,' a series of editorials and features, gives credence to the notion that local, community efforts can be just as effective as large-scale centralized ones. And low-tech solutions are often just as good as their high-tech counterparts. Nepal's succes ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, climate change mitigation, Nepal (all these topics)

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