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The rumbles continue (and are likely still building) over the publication of Superfreakonomics, the book that is quickly shaping up to be the biggest single example we’ve seen recently of bad research and writing practices, whether accidental or as part of a willful attempt to gin up a controversy and make more money.[1] The latest noteworthy aftershock . . . → Read More: Superfreak aftershocks continue The US GAO (General Accountability Office) has issued a report, ENERGY-WATERNEXUS: From the summary (“What GAO Found”): Advanced cooling technologies that rely on air to cool part or all of the steam used in generating electricity and alternative . . . → Read More: Monitoring the energy/water nexus I posted a few weeks ago about the breakthrough that (seemingly) explains the sharp rise in atmospheric methane we’ve measured since late 2006. For those who haven’t been following along, the most recent graph of atmospheric methane I posted was just a little over a . . . → Read More: More on the methane mystery I’ve mostly stayed away from the slowly-erupting mess over the publication of Superfreakonomics and its “global cooling” chapter, largely because I thought it would quickly blow over and turn into just another pointless annoyance. Obviously I committed a pretty substantial Bushian misunderestimation with that conclusion. As is often the case with a brouhaha involving those seeking . . . → Read More: The superfreak show comes to town As the saying goes, it’s not the things you don’t know that will get you into trouble, but the things you know that ain’t so. I thought of this when reading, Just How Sensitive Is Earth’s Climate to Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide?: Carbon dioxide levels climbing toward a doubling of the 280 parts per million (ppm) concentration found in . . . → Read More: Unconventional wisdom New Report Brings Greater Clarity to Burning Issue – United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP): A far more sophisticated approach needs to be taken when developing biofuels as an environmentally-friendly energy option a new report concludes. Governments should fit biofuels into an overall energy, climate, land-use, water and agricultural strategy if their deployment is to benefit society, the economy . . . → Read More: Doc alert: Assessing biofuels Of the many facets of our climate chaos mess, one of the most interesting and intractable for me is the mystery of why so many weathermen are such virulent deniers. I was reminded of this issue this morning when I read an item that popped up in my news feeds, KDKA’s Jeff Verszyla is tweeting . . . → Read More: Whither the weathermen There’s a fascinating and very timely paper that’s just been published in the PNAS, Reducing abrupt climate change risk using the Montreal Protocol and other regulatory actions to complement cuts in CO2 emissions. As you can tell from the title, it’s an examination of ways to slow down the approach of climate chaos by means . . . → Read More: Delaying climate chaos After this morning’s link fest on water issues, I thought I was done with it for a while. Wrong again. Lester Brown on his must-read new book “Plan B 4.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization” (guest post by Lester Brown on Climate Progress; emphasis as in the original): In early 2008, Saudi Arabia announced that, after being self-sufficient . . . → Read More: Water, again Have I mentioned lately that the primary vector for the human impacts of climate change will be water? If not, consider it said, and here’s some recent news with details: India’s thirst is making us all wet: One nation’s thirst for groundwater is having an impact on global sea levels. Satellite measurements show that northern India is . . . → Read More: Worldwide water woes |
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