Monthly Archives: July 2018

It’s not just air-conditioning—digital power consumption is also rapidly expanding (The Guardian).  “In response to vast increases in data storage and computational capacity in the last decade, the amount of energy used by data centres has doubled every four years, … Continue reading →

How heat records are falling around the world this year (Weather Underground).  Christopher Burt is very likely the world’s leading historian of record-setting weather conditions.  This list has plenty to offer. The cialis in spain greater range of motion that … Continue reading →

Explainer:  Drought creates a perfect storm for wildfires in U.S. West (Reuters).  The current numbers and conditions are very bad and the future outlook is even worse.  “An expected 1.8 Fahrenheit (1C) temperature rise by mid-century is expected to double … Continue reading →

A new study sees a net speeding up of carbon release from the Arctic tundra regions.  There has been a long debate over the balance between increases of carbon storage due to vegetation growth and losses due to permafrost melting … Continue reading →

Joseph Stiglitz has written an expert witness court brief supporting the Hansen-backed children’s lawsuit that seeks to enforce a variety of strong government actions (Inside Climate News).  Stiglitz lends big-name authenticity to the need for correctly identifying and evaluating the … Continue reading →

How global warming will affect populations in West Africa.  A new study shows that almost everyone will experience “unprecedented discomfort” from heat stress as gains reach 1.5C and especially at 2C. Once, you are sensually provoked then released nitric oxide … Continue reading →

Game theory helps to explain the lack of sufficient action to mitigate climate change.  This story reviews a new paper published by a team of mathematicians, describing a number of insights that seem quite credible.  It should give you much … Continue reading →

A new study tells about how deforestation accelerates climate change.  There is nothing new about the conclusions, but the work was done in a way that buttresses the scientific fundamentals.  Deforestation, with its powerful effect on the CO2 level, has … Continue reading →

A new study about the way whole ecosystems in Australia are collapsing because of climate change.  Three authors of the study have penned this short summary of their findings.  It concludes, “The beginning of this century has seen an unprecedented … Continue reading →

The pattern of global warming is very uneven around the globe.  A tutorial from Carbon Brief shows how this will impact the world’s populations, depending on location and any of several pathways of mitigation effort, through the end of this … Continue reading →