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At Least Buy Us All Umbrellas Science orgs plead for more funding for severe-weather preparation		21 Aug 2008	News
Posted at 8:30 AM on 21 Aug 2008 More floods, storms, and droughts are a-comin', and the U.S. lacks funding to predict and prepare for 'em, say eight scientific organizations. The groups, including the American Geophysical Union and American Meteorological Society, made a plea Wednesday for Congress and the next U.S. president to double the current budget for climate research and forecasting between ...
Topics: climate, climate change adaptation, climate change impacts, climate science, news, severe weather (all these topics)

Is Obama's energy plan change we can believe in? Toward a sensible energy plan	Jon Rynn	20 Aug 2008	Gristmill
This is a guest post by Ted Glick, the policy director of the Chesapeake Climate Action Network/U.S. Climate Emergency Council. He can be reached at usajointheworld@igc.org. He is author of 'Past Future Hope' columns. ----- On August 4, the Barack Obama presidential campaign released a comprehensive program for reform of the U.S. energy system. In the words of Obama supporter, climate blogger, and author Joe Romm, it was 'easily the best energy plan ever put forward by a ...
Topics: Barack Obama, carbon sequestration, climate, climate science, energy, nuclear power, presidential race 08, renewable energy (all these topics)

Can't see the forest with the trees IPCC needs to update projections to include deforestation feedbacks	Joseph Romm	20 Aug 2008	Gristmill
The following post is by Ken Levenson, guest blogger at Climate Progress. ----- As deforestation accelerates and grows ever more concentrated the climate change consequences appear even greater than previously thought. As reported in New Scientist: Pristine temperate forest stores three times more carbon than currently estimated by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and 60% more than plantation forests, according to research in Australia. T ...
Topics: climate, climate science, deforestation, IPCC (all these topics)

Hedging hog Note to media: Enough with the multiple hedges on climate science!	Joseph Romm	19 Aug 2008	Gristmill
In an otherwise fascinating story on the growing 'icebreaker gap' in the rapidly defrosting Arctic Ocean, NYT reporter Andy Revkin writes: Even with the increasing summer retreats of sea ice, which many polar scientists say probably are being driven in part by global warming caused by humans, there will always be enough ice in certain parts of the Arctic to require icebreakers. I do not view a quadruple-hedged climate impact attribution as acceptable for a major me ...
Topics: Arctic, climate, climate science, mainstream media, oceans (all these topics)

Climate whiplash	Andrew Dessler	18 Aug 2008	Gristmill
In a recent article in The New York Times, Andy Revkin talks about the whiplash effect: When science is testing new ideas, the result is often a two-papers-forward-one-paper-back intellectual tussle among competing research teams. When the work touches on issues that worry the public, affect the economy or polarize politics, the news media and advocates of all stripes dive in. Under nonstop scrutiny, conflicting findings can make news coverage veer from one extreme ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, climate science, mainstream media, scientific research (all these topics)

Climate forecast: Hot and then even hotter NOAA says July 08 was fifth warmest on record	Joseph Romm	18 Aug 2008	Gristmill
I know we're supposed to be going into a period of cooling, at least according to people who don't believe in the scientific method. For those who do however, NOAA's National Climatic Data Center reports in its 'Climate of 2008 July in Historical Perspective': Based on preliminary data, the globally averaged combined land and sea surface temperature was the fifth warmest on record for July and the ninth warmest for the January-July year-to-date period. It is worth ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, climate science, severe weather (all these topics)

The uncertainty agenda Journalists need to evaluate strength of scientific consensus	Andrew Dessler	13 Aug 2008	Gristmill
One of the biggest problems in the climate change debate is the fact that many people out there fail to understand the finer points of 'scientific consensus.' For an example of this misunderstanding, see Ron Rosenbaum's recent article in Slate. (h/t Dot Earth.) His article trots out one of the staples of the denial industry: Science has been wrong in the past, so how do we know that a scientific consensus on climate change is right? Because of this, reporters ...
Topics: climate, climate science, mainstream media, scientific research (all these topics)

Ice bet Arctic sea ice declines sharply in August	Joseph Romm	12 Aug 2008	Gristmill
The National Snow and Ice Data Center reported Monday that in the first 10 days of August, Arctic sea ice extent declined one million kilometers. Sea ice is now disappearing on a daily basis nearly 50 percent faster than it typically does this time of year. So the race is on again to see whether 2008 can repeat -- or beat -- the record set only last year. The NSIDC explains exactly what is going on in the Arctic this summer:Ice extent has begun to decline sharp ...
Topics: Arctic, climate, climate science, oceans (all these topics)

It's raining tigers and wolves Science: Extreme rains supercharged by warming	Joseph Romm	10 Aug 2008	Gristmill
Science has just published, 'Atmospheric Warming and the Amplification of Precipitation Extremes' ($ub. req'd). It concludes: Here, we use satellite observations and model simulations to examine the response of tropical precipitation events to naturally driven changes in surface temperature and atmospheric moisture content.These observations reveal a distinct link between rainfall extremes and temperature, with heavy rain events increasing during warm periods and dec ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, climate science, severe weather (all these topics)

Unpopular Science Feds cut program that helped poor countries adapt to climate change		07 Aug 2008	News
Posted at 2:54 PM on 07 Aug 2008 The National Center for Atmospheric Research is eliminating a program that helped developing countries anticipate and deal with droughts, floods, and other realities of a changing climate. The now-defunct Center for Capacity Building, which had an annual budget of about $500,000, was reputable in the international climate community for its unique approach to the human side of c ...
Topics: climate, climate change adaptation, climate science, news (all these topics)

Climate what? Hansen's trip report finds 'sobering degree of self-deception' in Germany, U.K., Japan	Joseph Romm	06 Aug 2008	Gristmill
The nation's top climate scientist has visited some of 'countries that are among the best-educated on climate change' and come away disappointed. For real disappointment, though, imagine what happens when climate scientists from those countries visit America. The whole report [PDF] is worth reading, with many fascinating nuggets. Hansen joins the cavalcade of experts who thoroughly debunks the notion that changes in solar irradiation are responsible for global war ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, climate science, greenhouse-gas emissions (all these topics)

The Ton Also Rises On calculating CO2 weight	Umbra Fisk	06 Aug 2008	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, I know CO2 is a gas as other greenhouse gases are, and gases are sometimes lighter than air. So I'm wondering: how can gases be weighed in tons? That's a hell of a lot of gas to weigh even one ton, let alone the millions of tons that are reported to be causing climate change. (No, I'm not Oklahoma Sen. James Inhofe in disguise.) James N. Oklahoma City, Okla. Dearest James, Science. It is confusing. Oh, for the Da ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, climate, climate science, green living, greenhouse-gas emissions (all these topics)

Things smart people assume	David Roberts	05 Aug 2008	Gristmill
In Sunday's WaPo, Joel Achebach says, 'Rigorous science is the best weapon for persuading the public that [climate change] is a real problem that requires bold action.' The best weapon? Is that true?
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, climate science (all these topics)

A harbinger of denial The Washington Post's Joel Achenbach doesn't understand basic climate science	Joseph Romm	04 Aug 2008	Gristmill
Repeat after me, Joel: 'Global warming makes the weather more extreme.' If even the Bush administration accepts that basic fact of climate science, shouldn't you? I used to like Achenbach's cutesy science pieces, but his knowledge of climate science is about one or two decades old, as evidenced by his major story in The Washington Post, 'Global Warming Did It! Well, Maybe Not.' It is a typically uninformed journalistic 'backlash' piece whereby a reporter creates a ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, climate science, severe weather (all these topics)

See levels rise Jet Propulsion Laboratory has new climate website that shows global sea-level trends	Joseph Romm	02 Aug 2008	Gristmill
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory has a very good new website on global climate change. It offers a nice summary of the relevant science in a variety of areas: key indicators, evidence, causes, effects, uncertainties, and solutions. The website is a good place to send people who are uninformed on global warming, but looking for basic information. JPL has a very nice front-page banner with pulldown menus providing data on 'Vital Signs of the Planet,' including Arctic s ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, climate science, oceans (all these topics)

Hot, hot heat By century's end we can expect extremely high surface temperatures	Joseph Romm	31 Jul 2008	Gristmill
Sure glacier melt, sea level rise, extreme drought, and species loss get all the media attention -- they are the Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, and Barack Obama of climate impacts. But what about good old-fashioned sweltering heat? How bad will that be? Two little-noticed studies -- one new, one old -- spell out the grim news. Bottom line: By century's end, extreme temperatures of up to 122�F would threaten most of the central, southern, and western U.S. Even ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, climate science, severe weather (all these topics)

Krugman almost gets 'Economics of catastrophe' Review of climate change impact economics	Joseph Romm	30 Jul 2008	Gristmill
Paul Krugman has a blog post about one of my favorite economists, Marty Weitzman. He has the central point right, which is that 'on any sort of expected-welfare calculation, the small probability of catastrophe dominates the expected loss.' But Krugman's general lack of understanding of global warming -- and his willingness to believe anything Bj�rn Lomborg says -- undermines his entire analysis: Bjorn Lomborg ... says that climate change will reduce world GDP ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, climate science, greenhouse-gas emissions (all these topics)

Biofuel for the flames Are biofuels a core solution?	Joseph Romm	18 Jul 2008	Gristmill
As part of my ongoing series on core climate solutions (see links below), let's examine biofuels. If we are going to avoid catastrophic climate outcomes, we need some 11 'stabilization wedges' from 2015 to 2040. So if you want to be a core climate solution, you need to be able to generate a large fraction of a wedge in a climate-constrained world. And that is a staggering amount of low-carbon energy. Princeton's Socolow and Pacala describe one wedge of biofuel in ...
Topics: climate, climate science, biofuels, population (all these topics)

The newest denialist talking point Physicists reaffirm that human-induced GHGs affect the atmosphere	Andrew Dessler	18 Jul 2008	Gristmill
It goes something like this: The American Physical Society, an organization representing nearly 50,000 physicists, has reversed its stance on climate change and is now proclaiming that many of its members disbelieve in human-induced global warming. Of course that's not true. Today a statement appeared on the APS website saying:APS Position Remains Unchanged The American Physical Society reaffirms the following position on climate change, adopted by its governing b ...
Topics: climate, climate change skepticism, climate science, greenhouse-gas emissions, scientific research (all these topics)

Climate change and the null hypothesis	Andrew Dessler	17 Jul 2008	Gristmill
An excellent post by my colleague John Nielsen-Gammon, the Texas State climatologist, can be found here. An excerpt: ... consider a pot of water. Somebody you don't know claims that they have invented a new way to heat water. They demonstrate this technique to you by placing the pot of water in a separate room and showing you a temperature readout that indicates a rising temperature. A true skeptic will not immediately believe that the temperature readout is comi ...
Topics: climate, climate change skepticism, climate science (all these topics)

So uncool Eighth warmest June on record means 'Great Ice Age of 2008' is still over	Joseph Romm	17 Jul 2008	Gristmill
I know we're supposed to be going into a period of cooling, at least according to people who don't believe in the scientific method, but for those who do, NOAA's National Climatic Data Center reports in its 'Climate of 2008 June in Historical Perspective': Based on preliminary data, the globally averaged combined land and sea surface temperature was the eighth warmest on record for June and the ninth warmest for January-June year-to-date period. It is pretty darn h ...
Topics: Arctic, climate, climate change impacts, climate science, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (all these topics)

Polluter appeasement Should we question the patriotism of deniers?	Joseph Romm	04 Jul 2008	Gristmill
Independence Day may be the best day to ask ourselves -- what is the greatest preventable threat to Americans' life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness (LLPH). The answer is simple: human-caused global warming. Certainly there are other major threats to LLPH, the gravest of which is probably terrorists using weapons of mass destruction, particularly nuclear weapon, in this country. Between Homeland Security and the Pentagon, we spend billions of dollars every m ...
Topics: climate, climate science, energy, fossil fuels, holiday, politics (all these topics)

The dogma whisperer A possible consensus perspective on the tax vs. cap debate	Ken Johnson	02 Jul 2008	Gristmill
Last revised: 07/10/2008 In his recent Congressional testimony, James Hansen talked about a 'perfect storm' of climatological tipping points that may soon converge to yield global cataclysm. But another kind of perfect storm is brewing: a technology storm that could rapidly displace fossil fuels and restore global climate sustainability. Effective regulatory policy could provide the kind of incentives and stable investment climate that are needed to facili ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, climate science, greenhouse-gas emissions, James Hansen (all these topics)

Anti-science conservatives must be stopped New global warming denier article in Salon	Joseph Romm	30 Jun 2008	Gristmill
That's the title of my new article in Salon. I had proposed 'The political fight of the century,' but the editors wanted a stronger headline -- and subhead: Americans must not allow global warming deniers to block the policies needed to avert catastrophic climate change. Our future is at stake. Now that the relevant science is settled -- namely that failing to quickly embrace strong greenhouse gas reduction policies would be the greatest act of self-destructi ...
Topics: climate, climate change skepticism, climate science, greenhouse-gas emissions (all these topics)

Climate change ideas for On Day One Day five of the UN Dispatch-Grist collaboration	Ideas for On Day One	27 Jun 2008	Gristmill
The UN Dispatch - Grist collaboration concludes today with discussion of an idea submitted by On Day One user James Hansen -- yes that Dr. James Hansen! Tony Kreindler of the Environmental Defense Fund, Nigel Purvis, Kate Sheppard, Timothy B. Hurst, and David Roberts respond below the fold. Tony Kreindler, media director of the National Climate Campaign at the Environmental Defense Fund As usual, great issues raised ...
Topics: cap-and-dividend, carbon tax, climate, climate change mitigation, climate science, James Hansen, video (all these topics)

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