Climate Letter #424

An introduction to “Brown Oceans.”  This is a term that is entering the lexicon of climate scientists, with Tropical Storm Bill serving as a likely test.  Water-soaked land can apparently provide a source of energy to tropical storms or hurricanes in much the same way as warm ocean water, thereby enabling the storms to remain powerful over land.  You can get full details in this post and/or the attached links.

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How U.S. Catholics view global warming, from a new poll.  In summary:  “The survey by the Pew Research Center found 71 percent of U.S. Catholics believed the planet was getting warmer, but less than half, or 47 percent, attributed global warming to human causes. About 48 percent viewed it as a very serious problem.”  These numbers are similar to those of the entire population.  Some more numbers:  “Among Catholic Democrats, 62 percent believe warming is caused by human activity, compared with 24 percent of Catholic Republicans.”  And still more that I find interesting:  “The poll also found that 65 percent of Hispanics, who make up about a third of the U.S. Catholic church, view global warming as a very serious problem, compared to 39 percent of whites.”  Thanks to the pope, I think all of these numbers could be higher in the next such poll a year from now. 
Here is a separate post that has some interesting commentary and perspectives on the complete same poll:
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India has sharply increased its targets for solar energy installations.  This shift in strategy is important because of India’s huge population, similar to that of China,  and its economic ambitions, which are aligned in many ways with the trail already blazed by China. Tthe recent heat wave that killed thousands may have had an influence on this decision.
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Renewable liquid fuel ventures are making lots of news.  Three separate projects are covered in this post.  The company called Joule, which has raised $160 million in financing to date, has a procedure that  looks especially interesting.
Here is the website for Joule:
Carl    (written June 17th)

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