Climate Letter #1063

Learn about the Beaufort Gyre and its potential for impacting the climate (Yale e360).  This huge circulating current in the center of the Arctic Ocean has deviated from its normal pattern of behavior.  There is much speculation about the outcome, including suggestions of a temporary cooling effect for northern Europe.

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An analysis of variations in the weather effect of La Nina events for the US.  A weak La Nina has developed for the second consecutive year.  It could be very troublesome, especially for California, as a way of extending the unusual dry spell now in effect.
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A focus on the need for more energy efficiency in the building industry.  This sector currently accounts for about a quarter of greenhouse gas emissions, and the amount of floor space is set to double by 2060.  There are considerable challenges in bringing all new construction up to the best of zero-emission standards and even greater ones in retrofitting all existing buildings that fail badly on efficiency.  There is some progress, but it is said to be too little and too slow by a UN chief.
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The exponential growth of data processing is consuming huge amounts of electrical energy.  These demands have quietly become more and more important as a percentage of the whole, and that is sure to continue.  The increasing demand makes it more difficult to take older power generating plants out of commission because renewables still have such a small base to grow from.
–Here is one major new source of electricity demand that only a few people make use of, and for no recognizable purpose:
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Stories about the carbon cost of eating meat keep coming back to haunt us.  A new report written by investment analysts says that eating meat will be regarded as a sin and that a meat tax is inevitable within five or ten years.
Carl

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