Monthly Archives: April 2018

The Great Plains of the western United States are gradually spreading eastward.  A research term has found a way to compare conditions of 140 years ago with those of today, all the way from north to south, such that the … Continue reading →

Explaining the consequences of the Gulf Stream slowdown.  Yesterday’s report from two new studies, which you saw here, is very big news, being taken most seriously in the scientific community.  For starters, the information comes from sources that are regarded … Continue reading →

Two new studies describe a weakening of the Gulf Stream current (or AMOC) in the North Atlantic.  One of them shows that it is currently at its weakest point in the past 1,600 years.  The other sees it “rapidly weakening … Continue reading →

How the US is reducing CO2 emissions (VOX).  It’s all happening in electric power generation, in part because of the switch from dirty coal to natural gas.  The three other major consumers of fossil fuel, for transportation, heating of buildings … Continue reading →

Sub-Saharan Africa has been losing stored carbon from vegetation on a large scale for the past seven years (Carbon Brief).  It is happening in rainforests, savannahs and woodlands,driven by a series of droughts and deforestation.  The results were gathered using … Continue reading →

This year’s month of March was the third warmest on record.  With the El Nino warming now out of the way temperatures for the month fell right on line with the underlying warming trend, which has been rising 0.18C on … Continue reading →

Fred Pearce describes the vast energy consumption of the data processing industries (Yale e360).  “If the global IT industry were a country, only China and the United States would contribute more to climate change.”  At least the problem is well-recognized … Continue reading →

What is happening to Earth’s wilderness areas, reviewed by Outside magazine with recommendations for means of remedy.  “Studies published in the last few years have arrived at the same blunt conclusion: the world’s last, big wildlands are disappearing, even faster … Continue reading →

The link between excessive heat and human well-being.  This article from Science News is full of good information, probably the best I have seen on the subject.  The direct effects of overheating are actually just as important as the indirect … Continue reading →

A new study about the growth of food insecurity in a 2C world, reviewed by John Abraham.  This is part of a suite of some twenty studies issued yesterday, and mentioned in yesterday’s Climate Letter, aimed at providing a full … Continue reading →