Climate Letter #1044

After holding steady for two years CO2 emissions from fossil fuel burning are rising again.  This year’s data are on track for a 2% increase, with China out in front while the US and Europe have again declined.  India and “all others” are up 2% or more.  This post explains why the rate of CO2 gains in the atmosphere is quite different from these emission figures.

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Many of the world’s greatest natural wonders are being destroyed by global warming.  Those listed as world heritage sites that are at high risk from this cause has almost doubled, to 62, in just the last three years.  “A further 55 sites around the world are expected to be harmed by climate change in the future unless warming is curbed.”
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Electricity grids all over the world could be powered by cost effectively powered with renewable energy within a few decades, using technologies that already exist.  That forecast takes into account the need for overnight storage and even seasonal storage in some cases.  A study led by a university in Finland finds that solar energy is likely to end up in a dominating position because of its rapidly declining costs.  “There is no reason to invest one more Dollar in fossil or nuclear power production.”
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Estimates of the amount of carbon stored in Congo peatlands have risen.  New research is finding samples that go much deeper than thought.  This is significant because of the size of its extent and the fact that threats are looming similar to those already experienced in Indonesia.  “These findings could have major implications for the planet.”
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Why the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs was unusually destructive.  The density of hydrocarbons in the ground at that particular location is thought to be the primary reason.
Carl

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