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Dealing in Doubt: The climate denial industry and climate science – a brief history of attacks on climate science, climate scientists and the IPCC. This report describes 20 years of organised attacks on climate science, scientists and the IPCC. It sets out some of the key moments in this campaign of denial started by the fossil fuel industry, . . . → Read More: Greenpeace exposes those “dealing in doubt” From NASA comes the latest imagery showing temperature anomalies. Did someone leave a clothes iron plugged in up there in Greenland? December 2009 January . . . → Read More: Earth’s latest family photos Even soil feels the heat: Soils release more carbon dioxide as globe warms: The scientists also calculated the total amount of carbon dioxide flowing from soils, which is about 10-15 percent higher than previous measurements. That number — about 98 petagrams of carbon a year (or 98 billion metric tons) — will help scientists build a better . . . → Read More: Even dirt is out to get us A Paler Shade of Green? – Energy & Environment Experts: In a recent survey of residents in the U.S. and Sweden, RFF Fellow Alan Krupnick and his colleagues in Sweden found that 92% of Swedes and 71% of Americans are willing to pay for climate change mitigation efforts. The average amount people are willing to pay to . . . → Read More: What does enviro-polling mean? Drought paralyzes power supply: The severe drought in Southwest China has caused a drop in Yunnan province’s electricity supply, as about 70 percent of the power in the province is from hydropower stations, media has reported. The drought has also paralyzed 90 percent of hydropower stations in the neighboring Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, the Guangzhou Daily reported on . . . → Read More: Drought + hydro = electricity shortage John Cook, who brings us the excellent Skeptical Science site, was interviewed by Andy Revkin for Dot Earth. A Physics Maven’s Take on Skeptical Science: Q: What in the world inspired you to dive into this maelstrom? A: My interest in climate change began innocently enough — some “vigorous discussions” with a few in-law family members who happened to . . . → Read More: Interview with John Cook Joe Romm has a post up about Greenland that should make your hair stand on end, even if you’re a newcomer to climate change issues: New study of Greenland under “more realistic forcings” concludes “collapse of the ice-sheet was found to occur between 400 and 560 ppm” of CO2 (emphasis as in Romm’s post): A new study . . . → Read More: Greenland and Antarctica are melting quicker than thought 6 Ways We’re Already Geoengineering Earth: Scientists and policymakers are meeting this week to discuss whether geoengineering to fight climate change can be safe in the future, but make no mistake about it: We’re already geoengineering Earth on a massive scale. From diverting a third of Earth’s available fresh water to planting and grazing two-fifths of its land . . . → Read More: Geohacking already underway Go ahead, argue with it. I double dog . . . → Read More: Truth hurts There’s a deep lesson here about life, one that I’m afraid to think about… See more at xkcd, which I have no connection with, except as an . . . → Read More: Left brain, right brain |
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