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Antarctic ice streams are no bubbling brook Bad news from down south	Joseph Romm	27 Apr 2007	Gristmill
Scientific and observational data from Antarctica are driving home the message that we have entered a period of consequences. Most recently, scientists have discovered ice streams hiding bigger reservoirs of water in West Antarctica. The evidence has 'major implications for glacial melt rates and associated sea-level rises' and the rate of warming. Equally frightening is that the ice streams feed into the Ross Ice Shelf, a major southern ice shelf whose melting wo ...
Topics: Antarctica, climate, climate change impacts (all these topics)

Australia's 'food bowl' running dry And their PM is still in denial	Joseph Romm	27 Apr 2007	Gristmill
Australian Prime Minister John Howard is in a sticky, yet dry, situation. Even though a drought has caused Australia's agricultural production to fall 25 percent in the last year, Howard may have to ban irrigation so that urban centers can have drinking water. The targeted river basin, the Murray-Darling, is known as Australia's 'food bowl' because it houses 72 percent of Australia's farm and pasture land. If insufficient rain continues through the next few weeks, ...
Topics: Australia, climate, climate change impacts, desertification (all these topics)

New island 'made' by global warming	Erik Hoffner	25 Apr 2007	Gristmill
In the same week that science discovers a new, earth-like planet, we get a new island off the coast of Greenland. From The Independent: The map of Greenland will have to be redrawn. A new island has appeared off its coast, suddenly separated from the mainland by the melting of Greenland's enormous ice sheet, a development that is being seen as the most alarming sign of global warming.Yikes.
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, Greenland (all these topics)

The Nation takes on climate change Lots o' goodies	David Roberts	24 Apr 2007	Gristmill
The Nation has devoted its current issue to "surviving the climate crisis," and it's chock full o' good stuff. First up is Jim Hansen, the World's Least Censored Censored Scientist, who recommends the following five steps: "First, there should be a moratorium on building any more coal-fired power plants until we have the technology to capture and sequester the CO2." A gradually increasing price on CO2 emissions. Energy-efficiency sta ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, coal, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, politics (all these topics)

McCain's big speech on energy and climate A mixed bag	David Roberts	23 Apr 2007	Gristmill
John McCain gave a major speech today in which he said that energy dependence and global warming are major threats to America's future that urgently need to be addressed. The policy section started off with this great bit: Energy efficiency by using improved technology and practicing sensible habits in our homes, businesses and automobiles is a big part of the answer, and is something we can achieve right now. And new advances will make conservation an ever more im ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, elections, energy, ethanol, politics (all these topics)

Oh, China, China, China	David Roberts	23 Apr 2007	Gristmill
First, I see this: China warned on global warming effects And then this: China detains environmental activist Guess he shouldn't have warned them!
Topics: China, climate, climate change impacts, climate change mitigation (all these topics)

A functional, global response: Strategy Environmentalists need to fundamentally change their climate change strategy	Ken Ward	23 Apr 2007	Gristmill
((brightlines_include)) Pro-fossil fuel forces are pursuing an effective strategy that engages the attention of climate action advocates and obscures the vigorous expansion of fossil fuel supply now underway. How is it possible for the world's best informed governmental and private sector leaders to proceed with this course of action when the consequences are known? An answer, of sorts, is visible in the business plans and statements of fossil fuel sector leaders. ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, climate change mitigation, energy (all these topics)

The wrong question Is climate change the most important global problem?	Michael Tobis	22 Apr 2007	Gristmill
Is climate change the most important global problem we face? This seems on its face a good question. Economists like Bjorn Lomborg take this reductionist recipe, spice it with an unshakable confidence in future growth, and conclude that climate should be low on our list of priorities. Lomborg's arguments follow from his assumptions. If his conclusions are wrong as they appear, perhaps the logic is wrong, or the data, or the underlying premises. All of these are ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, environmental movement (all these topics)

Megadroughts projected for southwest: bears	Kit Stolz	20 Apr 2007	Gristmill
To be "environmental," in simplest terms, is to be aware of the existence of "our fellow mortals," as John Muir liked to put it. In the Southwest, where a new study for Science -- based on the results of nineteen climate model runs -- projects "megadroughts" that will be at least as devastating as the Dust Bowl, some of these mortals, such as black bears and oak trees, have already noticed changes in the climate and begun to change their behav ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, wildlife (all these topics)

Sensenbrenner: protecting the children from <del Oy	David Roberts	19 Apr 2007	Gristmill
A panel of retired generals thinks global warming is an urgent national security threat. The U.N. Security Council thinks global warming is an urgent national security threat. But wait! We forgot to ask Wisconsin Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R)! Sensenbrenner questioned "why global warming has suddenly become an issue of national defense" and afterward accused politicians and pundits of stoking children's fears. Think of the children.
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, Congress, environmental movement, insanity, messaging, politics (all these topics)

Drain Lake Powell ... before nature does it for us	Erik Hoffner	19 Apr 2007	Gristmill
Following a recent study forecasting permanent drought in the southwest U.S. in coming decades comes this news in today's Salt Lake Tribune. It's a proposal being floated to pipe some of the already dwindling Lake Powell reservoir (currently just half full) in a new direction, to three thirsty counties in southern Utah. Living Rivers' End Lake Powell Campaign says that draining Powell would actually add water to the Colorado River system, given the evaporative losses th ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, public lands, Utah (all these topics)

Corn ethanol: it really does suck And cellulosic might too -- plus it's still a decade off	Tom Philpott	19 Apr 2007	Gristmill
Yes, this is another bitter polemic against ethanol, but I want to make one point up front, because I sometimes forget to: The only concrete alternative energy/climate policy that our political class can agree on -- a plan that unites Democrats and Republicans to commit some $5 billion per year and rising -- is a clear and obvious boondoggle: a cash sieve that has done and will do much more harm than good. This is our main public intervention into the energy markets ...
Topics: cellulosic ethanol, climate, climate change impacts, energy, ethanol, politics (all these topics)

Responsibility The view from Washington	Tom Athanasiou	18 Apr 2007	Gristmill
So here I am in Washington (the other one) in a homey B&B just eight blocks from the White House. I came here for a number of reasons, not the least of which is attending a conference called Climate Change and International Development (which was, by the way, recorded, and it is said that videos will be available here.) It was pretty good, and the less-public strategy meeting that followed it today (at the Friends of the Earth offices) was even better. Strategic ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, IPCC, politics, United Nations (all these topics)

The chasm between our agenda and climate science: The problem statement It's time to accept dire climate realities	Ken Ward	18 Apr 2007	Gristmill
((brightlines_include)) A review of recent climate science findings finds that Jim Hansen's bright-line standard and timeframe for global action [1.0�C limit on further increase in global temperature / 475 ppm cap on atmospheric carbon with <10 years for global action] is, if anything, not conservative enough. A rash of recent reports identify major climate forcings wholly unaccounted for in IPCC models -- such as a five-fold increase in methane releases from Si ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, climate change mitigation, climate science, environmental movement, messaging (all these topics)

Oh, It's Unparalleled All Right U.S. claims emissions-reduction success, U.N. Security Council debates climate		17 Apr 2007	Daily Grist
Oh, It's Unparalleled All Right U.S. claims emissions-reduction success, U.N. Security Council debates climate Today, for the first time ever, the U.N. Security Council will take up the topic of climate change and world security. "The security implications of climate changes are bigger than we thought even two or three years ago," says John Ashton, a cl ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, greenhouse-gas emissions, national security, news, US EPA (all these topics)

The Polar Excise U.S. Interior edited document relating climate change to polar-bear fate		16 Apr 2007	Daily Grist
The Polar Excise U.S. Interior edited document relating climate change to polar-bear fate Remember when U.S. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne announced that the agency would propose listing polar bears under the Endangered Species Act? And he said that, while the bears' home was indeed melting, "that whole aspect of climate change is beyon ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, climate science, Department of Interior, endangered species, news, Russia (all these topics)

Calling All Hawks New report says climate change is a threat to U.S. security		16 Apr 2007	Daily Grist
Calling All Hawks New report says climate change is a threat to U.S. security A government-funded report issued today by a group of retired U.S. generals and admirals says global warming is a security risk. The Military Advisory Board says climate change "can act as a threat multiplier," with severe weather and drought leading to mass migrations, battles over food and water, and the sprea ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, national security, news (all these topics)

U.S. military steps it up Maybe the Pentagon can persuade red-staters	JMG	16 Apr 2007	Gristmill
The military -- which tends to insist on operating in a reality-based world, as a matter of self-preservation -- thinks global heating is a big threat. A bit from the story: Today, 11 retired senior generals issued a report drawing attention to the ability of climate change to act as a 'threat multiplier' in unstable parts of the world. The Army's former chief of staff, Gen. Gordon R. Sullivan, who is one of the authors, noted he had been 'a little bit of a skeptic' when t ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, national security, politics (all these topics)

Gambling on global warming Betting the heat	Andrew Dessler	13 Apr 2007	Gristmill
Here's an excerpt from a great article on global warming: In 2005, Annan offered to take Lindzen, the MIT meteorologist, up on his bet that global temperatures in 20 years will be cooler than they are now. However, no wager was ever settled on because Lindzen wanted odds of 50-to-1 in his favor. This meant that for a $10,000 bet, Annan would have to pay Lindzen the entire sum if temperatures dropped, but receive only $200 if they rose. 'Richard Lindzen's words s ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, climate science (all these topics)

Insurers starting to balk in climate-threatened Florida When insurers get serious about climate change, EVERYBODY gets serious about climate change	JMG	12 Apr 2007	Gristmill
United Services Automobile Association (USAA), a 'most-admired' company in many different rankings, has decided not to insure multiple homes in FL for one policyholder -- the first step in what will eventually be the revolt of the insurance companies against climate denialists (and against Florida legislators who want policyholders in other states to share the costs of insuring the damages from more intense and frequent hurricane strikes). This is great news (unless you own m ...
Topics: business, climate, climate change impacts, Florida (all these topics)

Summary of the IPCC Summary for Policymakers, part III This time, it's personal	Joseph Romm	11 Apr 2007	Gristmill
(Continued from parts I and II.) Last but not least (actually, what quite literally hits closest to home!): North America Moderate climate change in the early decades of the century is projected to increase aggregate yields of rain-fed agriculture by 5-20 percent, but with important variability among regions. Warming in Western mountains is projected to cause decreased snowpack, more winter flooding, and reduced summer flows, exacerbating competition for ove ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, IPCC, politics, United States (all these topics)

Summary of the IPCC Summary for Policymakers, part II Continued ...	Joseph Romm	11 Apr 2007	Gristmill
And now for the IPCC report's regional assessments, continued from yesterday:Africa By 2020, between 75 and 250 million people are projected to be exposed to an increase of water stress due to climate change. The area suitable for agriculture, the length of growing seasons, and yield potential, particularly along the margins of semi-arid and arid areas, are expected to decrease. This would further adversely affect food security and exacerbate malnutrition in the co ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, IPCC (all these topics)

Well-grounded fear of flying Monbiot says what needs saying	JMG	11 Apr 2007	Gristmill
The estimable Bart A.'s Energy Bulletin unearths yet another gem amidst the rising tide of dreck pouring out of the Series of Tubes: A must read interview with George Monbiot.
Topics: climate, climate change impacts (all these topics)

Summary of the IPCC Summary for Policymakers, part I Summarizin'	Joseph Romm	10 Apr 2007	Gristmill
The summary for policymakers (PDF) of the report by the IPCC Second Working Group is out! A summary of the summary: Where does the information come from? The IPCC, WGI's 4AR on the Scientific Basis of climate change. 29,000 observational data series crossed with expected changes to physical and biological systems based on those observations, with 89% consistency between the two. Models, some of which account for non-anthropogenic sources of warming (solar an ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, IPCC (all these topics)

Was It Something We Said? Global warming and other woes cause rise of eco-anxiety		10 Apr 2007	Daily Grist
Was It Something We Said? Global warming and other woes cause rise of eco-anxiety The world already has ecotourism, eco-movies, and eco-purses -- in fact, more eco-trends than you can shake an eco-stick at. So it was only a matter of time before another trapping of modern life took the prefix: eco-anxiety. Seems people are flocking to, yes, eco-therapists to talk about the unpleasant feelings they get u ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, green living, news (all these topics)

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