Monthly Archives: December 2015

Climate Letter #552

A new report about the melting rate of Greenland’s ice.  Evidence from lakebed sediment cores reveals the present rate of decline being the greatest in 9500 years, and sunlight cannot be blamed.  The first video has some spectacular new footage … Continue reading

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Climate Letter #551

More extreme temperature data re November.  Scroll down to the chart that links rising CO2 to rising temperatures. This is very light to digest and relieves colic pain. 7.Abdominal Massage also helps to relieve the symptoms of heartburn but also … Continue reading

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Climate Letter #550

November of 2015 was the warmest of the satellite era, which began in 1979.  This post is especially interesting for data under the heading of “Tropics,” which reveals how patterns are prone to unfold during El Nino events.  We can … Continue reading

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Climate Letter #549

The science behind sea level rise has had an impact in Paris.  Here is a good summary of what is being talked about, as genuine awareness finally sets in.  It is the main reason for all of the newly acquired … Continue reading

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Climate Letter #548

What it would really take to limit warming to 1.5C.  Mainly, a complete shutdown of fossil fuel usage by 2025-2030, followed by a large-scale CO2 removal program.  If this is unattainable, as one might logically suppose, and all the island … Continue reading

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Climate Letter #547

About the speedup in movement of Greenland’s glaciers. A remarkable new study has found ways to determine the speed and direction of glacial movements for the past 9500 years.  Evidence shows high sensitivity to even brief periods of warming or … Continue reading

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Climate Letter #546

Monthly atmospheric CO2 report.  November 2015 was not a good month for emissions, most likely because of the extraordinary peatland fires that were burning in Indonesia.  This resulted in a gain of about 2.9 ppm over the level we saw … Continue reading

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Climate Letter #545

Air pollution in the world’s cities.  Here is a good review of data and varying levels of response.  The need to fix it, which is easily recognized, dovetails nicely with the need to fix climate, which is not so easy … Continue reading

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Climate Letter #544

Massive flooding in South India, with more torrential rainfall predicted this weekend.  This is a clear example of another extreme weather event of epic proportions, the rising number of which is consistent with all models of global warming effects. tadalafil … Continue reading

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Climate Letter #543

El Nino update.  The current event is now being viewed as the strongest on record.  This post describes some of the outstanding effects so far, with much more  yet to come.  Moreover, “Timmerman and colleagues have also shown that extreme … Continue reading

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