Climate Letter #877

Posted on March 22, 2017 by Carl Campbell
From the World Meteorological Organization, the 2016 State of the Global Climate report has been issued.  It was a notable year for broken records and extreme weather events, as summarized by Inside Climate News:

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—If you have a few minutes, the full report is easily browsed, loaded with eye-catching charts and critical databits.
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Progress has been made in reducing coal-fired carbon emissions.  The US and UK have set records for retirement of older power plants.  China and India have both made sharp cutbacks in plans for new construction.  Construction plans elsewhere in Southeast Asia are still a concern, but since a precedent has now been established for making changes there is reason to be hopeful.
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An update on the drought in Somaliland.  With the situation now desperate, rains that are due near the end of March must not be delayed again this year.
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The new wildfire season is off to a fast start in the US—ten times higher than average as of mid-March.  Most of the acreage burned so far is in the grasslands of the Great Plains, where drought conditions are exceptionally high.
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One more reason why it is a good idea to put an end to the oil business.  Oil theft worth billions of dollars, easily taken from remote pipelines, is fueling terrorist groups and drug cartels around the world, according to a new analysis.
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There is still a remnant of the great Laurentide Ice Sheet that covered North America.  It is called the Barnes Ice Cap, about the size of Delaware, located on Baffin Island.  It has been found to have survived all of the ice sheets that have ebbed and flowed for 2.5 million years, but is now doomed to disappear because of the current temperature anomaly.  According to one of the researchers, “One implication derived from our results is that significant parts of the southern Greenland Ice Sheet also may be at risk of melting as the Arctic continues to warm.”
Carl

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