Climate Letter #588

Monthly CO2 report from Mauna Loa.  The January average gain of 2.56 ppm over a year ago partly reflects the extra-large input from massive fires toward the end of last year.  The fires created a limited “pulse” equal to around 1 ppm, which brought the gain for all of last year up to 3 ppm.  About half of that pulse is now being rapidly absorbed by sinks, while the rest will be with us for a very long time.  We still have to worry about whether the short-term sinks, both land and sea, will continue to function properly, given all the changes that are occurring on every surface.  There are no guarantees.

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Lately I have been watching weekly CO2 reports, which are much more erratic, but also sensitive to early warnings of whatever might be causing things to change. Last week reported a troublesome gain of 4.35 above the same week of 2015.  Here is the best link for quick access, with the same for daily reports included:
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A report from Amory Lovins on the future of the oil industry (following the Obama oil tax video.)  He has no end of interesting things to say, attacking the subject from multiple directions, building an impregnable case that favors its replacement.  There is even a credible analysis of the Middle East powderkeg.
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How does weather differ from climate?  A professional statistician digs deeply into the fundamentals in this absorbing study.  He makes use of well-kept records from a town in Austria which has experienced an unusual climb of about 3C over just the last fifty years, following a long stretch of stability.  Don’t miss the short video at the end.
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An excellent description of how Greenland’s meltwater behaves.  The discovery was previously reported here, but this has much more clarity about the details.  There is a link to an equally excellent short video at the end of the text.
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An amazing two-sided graph that shows what has been happening in the solar power industry over the last 40 years.  The next decade should be all the more interesting, both down and up.
Carl

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