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The flooding in Pakistan is a truly horrific event, and even worse could be coming: But the biggest problem may be an escalating food shortage. According to a report issued on 14 August by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 3.2 million hectares of standing crops and 200,000 head of livestock have been . . . → Read More: The compounding crisis in Pakistan If you follow the energy and climate news you’ve probably noticed the occasional article about some big coal plant being canceled. This is usually positioned as a reason to celebrate for those of use concerned about climate change. I really hate to say this, but climb down from the table, take off that ridiculous . . . → Read More: More US coal plants From Circle of Blue, Infographic: Coal and Water – A Resource Mismatch: And trust me on this — if you haven’t seen Niagara Falls in person, you can’t really appreciate the reference to it in . . . → Read More: Coal and water infographic [I made a really big error in this post, in that I misread the specs page for the Clarian panels and thought the $799 price applied to the 1,000W model, which it clearly doesn't. I will leave this post and the comments pointing out my error intact.] If you follow the energy and climate news as . . . → Read More: Assessing the Clarian plug-and-play solar panels The topic of methane popped up in the comments, and just this morning I stumbled across a related interview with some scientists looking into this particular facet of climate science. Living on Earth: Getting to the Bottom of Methane (emphasis added): YOUNG: So, why are we concerned about these releases of methane from the oceans? REAGAN: Well, recently scientists . . . → Read More: Speaking of methane… Lake Superior reaches record temp: Experts say the lake’s surface temperatures set a new record high this week — and the entire lake likely is warmer than ever recorded. … On Tuesday, the waters atop Lake Superior reached the highest temperature ever recorded. The lake-wide average surface temperature hit 68.3 degrees. The average for Aug. 10 is just . . . → Read More: The Great Lakes are cookin’ Lake Mead’s Water Level Plunges as 11-Year Drought Lingers: Lake Mead, the enormous reservoir of Colorado River water that hydrates Arizona, Nevada, California and northern Mexico, is receding to a level not seen since it was first being filled in the 1930s, stoking existential fears about water supply in the parched Southwest. … In the 75 years since the . . . → Read More: The energy/water/climate nexus in action: Lake Mead This is a red miniature, with blooms about 1.5 inches across, straight from my front yard to your screen. Who knows, maybe this Intertubes thing has some value, . . . → Read More: Time for a rose break It’s Hot Enough to Wake the Media observes TreeHugger: It had to happen sooner or later. After experiencing the hottest decade on record (2000-2009), the hottest spring (2010), and the hottest overall Jan-June period, and then a bunch of record-shattering highs around the globe, as well as heatwaves and an unusually powerful monsoon, the media was bound . . . → Read More: So, how hot is it? The news about what’s going on Russia, especially in and around Moscow, is heartbreaking. I’ve been struggling over the last few days as I tried to figure out what I could say about it that actually added something of value to the online conversation. Do I point out the painfully obvious (obvious, that is, to the . . . → Read More: Russia’s turn to be the fingertip |
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