Monthly Archives: April 2017

India is experiencing an early heat wave this year.  Tomorrow’s forecast shows almost the entire country reaching highs of 100F or better.  It’s just April, but some spots have already been above 112.  It has also been very dry, with … Continue reading →

An update on East Antarctica’s glaciers, with a focus on the Totten.  New studies about destabilization keep coming in, well summarized in this post.  Here is one example, “….the sea-floor sediments revealed that the ice sheet waxed and waned many … Continue reading →

How global warming affects quality of life for the urban poor who are living in the warmest regions.  Ordinary heat waves can be completely debilitating even when death rates are not high.  This is a severe and rapidly growing consequence … Continue reading →

New research predicts a worsened amount of permafrost thawing.  “These results alarm me because they predict even greater permafrost loss than shown in the global models for the 2°C warming target,” according to a scientist not involved in the study.  … Continue reading →

An update on coral bleaching at the Great Barrier Reef.  The post has excellent charts showing the extent of damage in each of the last two years. Alarmingly, “The latest damage happened without the assistance of El Niño, a weather … Continue reading →

Renewable power generation is growing around the world even while investment has fallen.  That is because of the stunning decline in costs.  “It means renewables now account for almost 17% of global power capacity, up from 15% last year.”  The … Continue reading →

An interview with Kevin Anderson.  Kevin is a professor of engineering who is devoted to studying the processes involved in the mitigation of climate change, both active and proposed.  His engineering background has prepared him to be a realist—is such … Continue reading →

A new report provides long-term perspectives on Earth’s climate history.  In general, as the sun’s has steadily grown stronger greenhouse gases have fluctuated between extremes, most recently a low extreme that is in the process of being reversed at an … Continue reading →

Groundwater depletion will soon affect supplies and prices of food around the globe.  Irreplaceable groundwater now supplies global agriculture with 43% of its crop irrigation needs, simultaneously reducing its ability to meet future emergency needs in times of drought, which … Continue reading →

The serious risks of even a modest rise in global temperatures.  (This post contains insights and commentaries by the authors of a report introduced in CL #881.)  Heat stress in megacities like Lagos, Nigeria, that are already close to the … Continue reading →