Climate Letter #690

How climate change is heating things up in Iceland.  This heavily glaciated country is watching its glaciers melt away, leaving behind a barren moonscape.

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A close look at how the Tibetan Plateau is melting.  Temperatures are rising at a pace equal to four times the global average.  “Last year, an international research team lead by Shea predicted that 70 to 99 percent of Everest glaciers would disappear by 2100, and that the melting has reached an unstoppable point.”  The potential damages, incalculably high, will eventually affect the availability of water for two-fifths of the global population.
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A global warming wake-up call from 31 major science organizations to the US congress.  This should get some attention because the bulk of individuals involved are not climate scientists, but otherwise ordinary citizens who have been paying attention and have well above average ability to make sound judgments about the veracity of what climate scientists (that is, at least 97% of them) have been trying to tell us.
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A grim forecast concerning the future demand for energy.  As published by Reuters, using numbers taken from reputable sources, the writer sees demand, mostly from underdeveloped countries, being of such magnitude that there is no real likelihood that non-polluting energy sources could keep up with it while at the same time be replacing current fossil fuel sources.  That means fossil fuel demand has room to keep right on growing, enough to use up the bulk of existing reserves in the ground.  This is not an unreasonable view, given the trend of rising expectations everywhere, combined with constantly rising capabilities in the means of producing things.  Something will have to give, or perhaps some miraculous new technology will come along and save civilization.
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A great idea for the placement of solar energy farms.  It has the side benefit of preserving water resources held in large reservoirs, much needed in drought-stricken areas.
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A new design for solar panels placed on commercial rooftops produces big savings in installation costs.  The savings should be great enough to considerably expand any market that is now close to viability, of which there are many.

Carl

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