Climate Letter #562

Update from the North Pole:  It is confirmed that temperatures yesterday, as predicted, did rise above the freezing point for several hours.  “In other words, the area around the North Pole was about as warm as Chicago on Wednesday, and quite a few degrees warmer than much of the Midwest.”

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From Yale Climate Connections, a video by Peter Sinclair:  “We are the Asteroid.”  Every mass extinction was due to some type of impact. The current extinction event, on its way to becoming another major, is defined by several scientists, along with its unmistakable cause.
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From Scientific American, five of their “most intriguing” environmental stories of 2015, all of which involve changes in the climate.
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Alberta, Canada:  A study of a special case in the problems of decarbonization.  Alberta’s tar sands produce oil which, when finally burned, is about like all other oil.  Before being burned is quite another story, which Albertans today are honestly trying to cope with.  “Alberta is committing to do far more than anyone just a year ago would have thought the province to be capable of. But it’s still not enough. The physics and arithmetic of mitigation are brutal.”  Lengthy, but a fine piece of journalism, applicable in some way to jurisdictions everywhere.
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A new study of how the Amazon rainforest might change in a warmer and drier climate.  These authors stay away from the idea that a complete breakdown is right around the corner.  They look for results that are less dramatic and more varied regionally.
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Once more, the story of how Exxon turned its back on climate change.  If you missed it earlier, here you can get the full story summarized in a fast-paced video.  The story explains so much about how and why the US is loaded with heedless deniers of science, an historical development that is hard to dislodge.  These revelations should help.
Carl

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