Climate Letter #776

An up-to-date chart of the global temperature trend tied to the pre-industrial baseline.  The 12-month moving average (dark red) has just stopped moving up, and should soon start backing down, but no one should feel too comfortable until it takes a normal dip well below the major trend line.  That line, of course, is already past the halfway point to 2C.

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The continuing collapse of wildlife population. The stated numbers, which are extremely grim, are based on research performed by the World Wildlife Fund and the London Zoological Society.  Full details are provided in links to a new 148-page report that is available online.  There is also a related pictorial report.
This link provides an abbreviated summary of the report:
http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/all_publications/lpr_2016/
Comment:  By my calculations, the animal life population drop starting from 2012 to the estimated 2020 figure is a bit more than 20%, representing an accelerated pace that is almost inconceivable.  This is happening right now, and because it is practically invisible to most people it may not get the emergency type of attention that is called for by the publicists.
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Deforestation activity in the Congo.  This kind of problem is very damaging, both to biodiversity and to the carbon cycle, and is very difficult to control.  The motivation behind the activity seems entirely normal by standards that are found everywhere.
Exactly the same thing is happening in Brazil, for much the same reasons, again poorly controlled.
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As if we didn’t have enough troubles, here is one more to consider (Scientific American).  Things that threaten the ozone layer do have a way of getting extra public attention, so maybe this will stir the pot in a favorable way.
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Here is something to feel good about, that will even help the environment—a new kind of natural soap that has all the right answers for countless applications will soon be coming.
Carl

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