Climate Letter #1030

A record loss of global tree cover in 2016.  Most of the loss was caused by wildfires in certain regions, intensified by extreme conditions of heat and drought.  Similar events have been occurring in a number of regions this year.  Records for making the comparison only go back to the year 2000, and differ from other ways of measuring forestry changes, but the extreme and persistent trend of such damage is indisputable.

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–Also, from another source, a good summary of what wildfires alone have done so far in 2017. “….global warming is resulting in hotter, drier conditions that mean such infernos are becoming more common…..the changed climatic conditions can mean forests take far longer to recover. Meanwhile, fires are also starting in areas like the tropics, which have no natural fire ecology.”
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Evidence shows how nitrous oxide emissions grow as climate warms.  The third most effective greenhouse gas (excluding water vapor) has historically moved up and down in the atmosphere as a sort of reinforcing companion linked to the behavior of CO2, which is the one that dominates.  The human use of fertilizers is now adding to the effect.
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The world’s salt lakes are rapidly shrinking.  The rivers that feed them are being diverted for other purposes.  Their principal outlet, evaporation, increases with temperature and is beyond human control.  These lakes are often shallow to begin with.  Many of them are very large, and both economic and environmental losses now happening are considerable.
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A one-minute video runs through the various ways that we are depleting our soil and its vital nutrients while transferring more greenhouse gas from soil to the atmosphere.  This is a human activity that must be not just stopped, but reversed, and that is something within our means of capability that has low cost of execution.  Organized activity is the principal requirement.
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What are Democrats waiting for?  The Republican Party, by offering no objections, is now solidly identified with Donald Trump’s attitude toward climate and the environment, which is widely opposed by the public but not yet elevated enough to be a voting issue.  Is there some risk involved in getting out in front and trying to make it an issue?  I believe that would quickly change if someone who had the financial backing and right personal qualities would threaten to start a third party, emphatically green and otherwise moderate on most issues.  A tall order but quite possible.
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The island nation of Kiribati is fighting for survival.  The wonderful pictures in this story will show you why the people who live there do not want to move.
Carl

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