Climate Letter #663

Arctic sea ice is on course to hit a new record low this summer.  With plenty of data to back them up, a number of scientists give their personal impressions of how things look and feel in the region.

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Portugal sets a record for renewable energy use.  The country produced 100% of its electric power from renewables for four consecutive days.  As recently as 2007 Portugal was ranked among the higher CO2 emitters, followed by a successful effort to make serious changes.
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Some shocking revelations about the cruise ship industry.  Including the size of the largest ship, the rate of growth, the disproportionate amount of pollution, and more, the scale is unbelievable.  It’s all here:
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A quick survey of the possibilities of advanced nuclear, from Fortune magazine.  At least five different companies are working on new technologies that promise significant advantages of one sort or another.  They all have plans to build commercial pilot plants at an average cost of about $2 billion each.
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A wild ride is looming for the oil industry.  These are the views of seasoned observers, pointing to a set of conditions that could cause extreme price fluctuations that would inevitably have disruptive economic consequences on both ends.  This prospect is built in to the very nature of the global oil and gas industry and the way it affects so many things that depend on its concentration of commodity power.  Think of what a difference a switch to renewable sources of energy would bring, with everything spread out and localized.
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Climate science, for those who do not have enough things to worry about.  This article describes how we are causing a major decline in the ocean’s oxygen content, through a combination of warming water temperatures, acidification and an excessive influx of nutrients.  The presentation is very clear, not hard to follow, with implications that raise the level of seriousness of what we are now doing with greenhouse gas to whole new heights.  Well worth studying.

Carl

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