CO2 absorption by the North Atlantic has been shooting up over the past decade. A new study has found data that supports a 50% increase. The outcome has been beneficial in terms of retarding the progress of global warming but negative with respect to acidification.
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A chart showing how much of the CO2 humans emit remains in the air. Notice how the trend has been declining since 2000, at least partly due to the influence of the North Atlantic sink described above. The added “savings” at this stage are equal to about 1 ppm per year on the familiar Keeling CO2 growth chart (not shown.)
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Update on “The Blob,” a vast body of exceptionally warm water in the Northeast Pacific. This post contains an extensive summary of the devastating effects of this strange, disruptive beast. Scientists lack a good understanding of why it is there, or what its future may be like. “Climate change may look like a whole new model we haven’t seen before,” Dewey said. “It could be we’re getting a glimpse into what the future might hold.”
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Update on the reduction of Arctic sea ice. Much good information in this post from Robert Fanney. The initial chart, which is uncommon, is a great way to show the basic trend. Also, near the end, there is a chart not to be missed showing the current anomalies of sea surface temperatures in the Northern Barents Sea. The numbers are incredible, and it is hard to put much if any blame on El Nino in that location. (The comments that follow his post are worth checking out.)
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George Monbiot speaks out—again. George is a well-known British naturalist who does not hesitate to vent his anger at the fossil fuel industry, and he is very good at it. Here is his latest, as published by the Guardian. The part about “ministerial buddies” is especially fascinating. Another example, “Already, according to the International Monetary Fund, more money is spent, directly and indirectly, on subsidising fossil fuels than on funding health services.”
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Who pays for abandoned fracking wells? Since we’re already in an angry mood, let’s pile on. This one is from Peter Sinclair, about a matter that is likely to become explosive as this year wears on and bankruptcies rise.
Carl