Climate Letter #577

Uneven heating of the Earth’s surface—what it means.  Regional variations of climate change is a subject that is gaining much attention, with new findings that provide unexpected worries and requirements for mitigation.  For example, “The global budget to keep within 2 degrees mean warming level is cumulative emissions of about 850 gigatonnes (GT) of carbon, the paper said.  To prevent the Mediterranean region warming by that amount, however, the  budget is about 600GT.”  In such places the future is almost or already here.

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More signs of a weakening AMOC (or Gulf Stream.)  From a new study, “The data suggest that the influx of freshwater from Greenland is accelerating, and has changed the Labrador Sea in ways that could lead to a weakening of the AMOC.”  Among the foreseeable consequences are changes in climate for the entire North Atlantic region and a lessening of circulation of waters globally in the deep ocean basins.  The latter possibility, while poorly understood, is potentially more damaging.
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The trend of extreme weather/climate events since 1980, charted.  While the database is limited it’s clear that the overall trend of seven categories has moved sharply higher, especially since the turn of the century.  It is also clear that severe storms have been on a rampage over the last decade.  The opposite is true for severe freezes.
There is a huge storm now setting up for the US east coast, as fully explained by Robert Fanney in this post:
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How the usefulness of battery storage is going to accelerate.  A study shows how multi-use applications are being discovered which have great advantages over today’s common single-use practices.  This should favor the overall efficiency of renewable energy grids and speed up their development.
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A much-improved process for producing ethanol from cellulosic biomass.  This low-cost method “gives unprecedented yields while minimizing water use and waste disposal.”  The end of corn-based ethanol must be getting closer?
Carl

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