Climate Letter #812

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Atmospheric CO2 report.  On this chart (scroll down) you can see that the seasonal pivot in late September was about 3.5 ppm above that same turning point in 2015.  That is a good, well-defined spot for starting a new “carbon year.”  Right now, with daily numbers quite scattered, I would say we are tracking at a rate about 3 parts above the same three months last year.  That is not a good number, as we are still way ahead of the growth rate that prevailed earlier in the current decade.  (Check out the “Growth Rate” and other links on this site.)
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New revelations about East Antarctica’s Totten Glacier and the ice shelf that holds it back.  There is considerable activity on the underside of the shelf.  This one site could produce eleven feet of sea level rise, which is similar to the exposure from glaciers bordering the Amundsen Sea in West Antarctica.
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Significant landscape deformation from melting permafrost in Siberia.  The pictures are fascinating.  This region is loaded with natural gas deposits with potential for leakage.
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Why ending global poverty would be good for the environment.  This timely article is full of statistics and other information that make a great deal of sense.  “If population growth levels off, and the land required to feed a person keeps dropping, it means we should reach a turning point in the next 50 years, where the amount of wildland begins to rebound, and emissions from burning forests takes a precipitous drop.”
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How coffee growers are at risk because of climate change.  Because coffee is highly sensitive to local conditions  this is a worldwide problem, likely to result in serious cutbacks.  Here is the full story.
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Trump’s commitment to the fossil fuel industry, as demonstrated by personnel picks.  Here is a checklist covering nineteen key appointments.  About a third of his total team, which is much larger, has ties to Charles and David Koch, who provide funding for many conservative organizations and elected politicians that are active in the climate denial movement.  This level of government control by a single special interest group is unprecedented in the US, as is the level of total damage this group is motivated toward and capable of causing.
Carl

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