Climate Letter #750

Posted on September 21, 2016 by Carl Campbell
A new report links the vulnerability of East Antarctica’s ice sheet to past climate conditions like those of today (Washington Post).  This is a well-written story about finding the solution to a longstanding scientific mystery.  The outcome is all about sea level rise, and not too comfortable to behold.

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The story of oceanic heatwaves, their ecological effects and future outlook.  These are extreme events, like terrestrial heatwaves, with similar importance in terms of the magnitude of disastrous effects.
You can see a new one currently taking shape in the Northeast Pacific at this site, just as fearsome looking as the infamous “Blob” that ended last year in the same general location:
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A warning against Trump’s threat to withdraw from the Paris accord.  This comes from 375 distinguished scientists of all different types, including 30 Nobel Prize winners, topped off by Stephen Hawking.  In an open letter the group stated that “a U.S. abandonment of the agreement would make it far harder to develop global strategies to lessen the impact of global warming.”  The action, from an important outside source, adds credibility to the work of the specialized climate science community, which Trump likes to deride as a complete scam.  The authenticity of the Paris accord is almost entirely reliant on that work, the bulk of which is almost impossible to comprehend by way of the independent observations of anyone who is not a well-trained scientist.
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Many businesses are in a position where they have to bet on how future climate policies will develop.  The ones that don’t want the environment to stand in their way are emboldened by Donald Trump and the public’s apparent indifference to his position.
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Detailed figures have been published on government oil and gas subsidies in the US and China.  In the US the total comes to $8.1 billion per year, of which 42% is in the form of cash outlays that benefit energy usage in low-income households.  Most of the rest is in the form of reduced tax collections.  Social costs, like broad damage done to personal health and the environment, including climate change, do not come under the strict definition of  “government” subsidies even though the government budget is sure to experience added costs at some point.

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