Monthly Archives: April 2018

Climate Letter #1161

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Climate Letter #1160

How different rates of global warming would impact Africa (Carbon Brief).  A new study tells that heatwaves and hot nights would both increase significantly as global temperatures rise, causing many more fatalities.  Africa, which is generally a very hot continent … Continue reading

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Climate Letter #1159

“We’re doomed.”  An interview with an 86-year old social scientist who has been studying climate science in his later years.  He has accepted the reality of what scientists have to say and then applies his own judgment about the way … Continue reading

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Climate Letter #1158

How climate change affects global food production, by Paul Ehrlich and John Harte.  This post begins with a general picture of the problems faced by a rapidly rising population confronted with limited and deteriorating agricultural facilities.  It then goes on … Continue reading

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Climate Letter #1157

New information about the world’s ecological footprint is available.  It is still much too high, but there is some hope that it may have leveled off in recent years.  Much new data has become available, subject of an overall review … Continue reading

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Climate Letter #1156

There are three stories today about the reality of climate change in the far North: One of the most rapidly changing glaciers in the world.  Alaska’s Columbia Glacier, which had been stable for at least two centuries, retreated twelve miles … Continue reading

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Climate Letter #1155

Michael Mann Is a big-name scientist and a true veteran of the climate wars.  Here, for Scientific American, he tells his own story beginning with the “hockey stick” days and makes a number of observations about the way climate change … Continue reading

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Climate Letter #1154

A new analysis of how the 2016 heatwave affected the Great Barrier Reef.  The coral death rate was 30% in this nine-month event, “far more harmful than historical bleaching events, where an estimated 5% to 10% of corals died.”  Some … Continue reading

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Climate Letter #1153

An update on the status of Earth’s mountain glaciers.  As scientists have predicted, their rate of melting down continues to accelerate.  This post contains a graph showing the progressive rate of mass balance loss since 1980.  Melt rates can actually … Continue reading

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Climate Letter #1152

The Economist magazine has a new Special Report on the future of energy.  Their main points are that it will be all-electric, of the green sort, and the transition away from fossil fuels will occur at a much faster pace … Continue reading

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