Climate Letter #619

A new climate science report from James Hansen.  The paper, “Ice Melt, Sea Level Rise and Superstorms,” is about to be published.  In this link Hansen provides a 15-minute video summary of the main contents, also the choice of a full transcript.  There is much new information here, coming from a large group of high-level scientists.  For one thing their idea of a superstorm is hard to imagine.

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New paleoclimate study about the PETM.  This famous historical heating event is known for the relatively rapid release of greenhouse gas that brought it on. The latest findings indicate that by comparison the current release of these gasses is happening about ten times faster yet, which means there is nothing else in the historical record even close to what we are doing today.
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Joe Romm writes about the way carbon sinks function.  Land-based sinks are especially erratic and can thus have an unusual impact on the amount of CO2 emissions that stays in the atmosphere in a given year.  This piece has a good overview of the subject and how it has trended.  Furthermore, “….the world’s top carbon cycle experts have determined that the land and oceans are becoming steadily less effective at removing excess CO2 from the atmosphere.”  That is how Nature can shrink what is left of the carbon budget.
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New solid-state battery technology could become competitive before long.  This research, being performed in Japan, is highly applicable to future electric vehicles.  It provides higher density, ultrafast charging capabilities, greater stability, longer life span and more compared with existing battery types.
http://phys.org/news/2016-03-solid-electrolytes-doors-solid-state-batteries.html?
A major British company, Dyson, is also making a large bet on solid state batteries.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-03-21/dyson-challenges-tesla-with-1-4-billion-battery-tech-investment
Carl

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