Climate Letter #1028

From Lancet, a major new report on the global health consequences of environmental pollution.  This is a comprehensive type of report, providing data uncovered by studies that are massive enough to be thoroughly convincing.  Effects tied to fossil fuel activities clearly stand out, along with the extent of the benefits that would accrue in all cases from a tightening of controls.  I believe it is possible to pinpoint the individuals and industries that are largely responsible and put pressure on them to change, but that pressure will first require the deepened educating of a broad public base.  “There is this myth that finance ministers still live by, that you have to let industry pollute or else you won’t develop—It just isn’t true.”

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–Here is a link to the full publication of the study, which includes a variety of audio/visual materials designed for general public dissemination:
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The current year is clearly headed for being the third warmest on record.  It was the second warmest through nine months, but will lose out to 2015 in the fourth quarter because of the La Nina pattern that has developed in the Pacific.  Otherwise, note how the Northern Hemisphere is generally warming much more rapidly than the Southern.
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Building dams in the wrong places can have consequences that are mistaken for climate change.  This fine report by Fred Pearce tells the sad story of what is happening in Africa’s Sahel region (Yale e360).  In places like this hydro is a poor choice for alternative energy, now completely inexcusable considering the advances made by solar processing and the strong sunlight that is available.
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A few political candidates are starting to use climate change as their principal campaign issue.  Joe Romm has a report on four of them who are running in Democratic primaries.  If they do well it should send a signal that could have huge ramifications in both parties.
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A lesson from the Late Triassic mass extinction 201 million years ago.  When the waters warm some marine animals can find a new home, but not all.  “Reef ecosystems are the most vulnerable to rapid environmental change. The effect of the Late Triassic greenhouse gases on marine ecosystems is not so different from what you see happening to coral reefs suffering from increasing ocean temperatures today.”
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A simple device will significantly cut the cost of rooftop solar installations.  Things like this are just part of any normal learning curve, and there will be more to come.



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