Climate Letter #711

Rain bombs are falling.  This post includes a dramatic picture of one as it hung over Phoenix recently.  The trend toward increased frequency of heavy bursts of precipitation in the US is explained and charted.

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In California the main problem is drought, amplified by high temperatures.  One of the earmarks of climate change is that some places get much more rain than usual while others, like today’s California, get less.  This year’s fire season is already devastating, with the most critical conditions not expected to arrive until fall.
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The sad legacy of deforestation.  New research takes a closer look at negative effects that are only realized over long periods of time.  A high number of vertebrate animal extinctions are prominently included.  In principle, deforestation could be ended much more abruptly than the burning of fossil fuels, with much less reason for opposition, if only the will to do so were strengthened at the government level.  The benefits would be truly significant.
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Three high technology giants have found innovative ways to become greener and more profitable:
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A potentially exciting new solar cell technology.  “Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have engineered a potentially game-changing solar cell that cheaply and efficiently converts atmospheric carbon dioxide directly into usable hydrocarbon fuel, using only sunlight for energy.”  There is a claim that the technology is adaptable to large-scale use, like solar farms.  When something sounds that good there must be a catch, but we’ll keep watching.
How the Republican platform has changed in just eight years.  An attitude that was affirmative toward resisting climate change, albeit only lukewarm, has gone rampantly negative.  This well-documented story should be brought to the attention of every potential Republican voter, who might be led to wonder why it happened.  Was there a comparable shift in public demand, or was it something else?
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2016/07/28/3802870/gop-democratic-platform-climate-comparison/
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A major pipeline that has been approved in full by the Obama administration.  With reference to eminent domain, would such a pipeline really serve a public need during the coming era of radical energy transformation that Democrats have been touting lately?
Carl

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