Climate Letter #593

Weekly CO2 reading.  Up 3.71 ppm from the same week last year, making two unusually bad weeks in a row.  There have been four days this month with very high averages around 406 ppm, that have since backed off but lack a good explanation.

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This link will take you to the charted source of the daily data:
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How the biosphere is “hyperventilating.”  This is an interesting study about how plant life all over the globe responds to relatively fast changes in atmospheric CO2 accompanied by longer growing seasons, as well as basic differences between the two hemispheres.  The indications point to one of those “loose ends” that climate science has yet to catch up with when predicting the future.
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A great explanation of what greenhouse gas means and how it functions.  This is something anyone with an ordinary education can easily understand, with a tiny bit of effort.  If you mostly have “uneasy feelings” about climate change there are some basic ways to deepen and secure those feelings.  This will help.
If you already understand the greenhouse effect, and still want more depth or just a refresher, there are some good links to draw from at this site:
A focus on the study of long-term irreversible effects of climate change activity.  This is a fine summary, from a report produced at Oregon State University.  The authors look ahead tens of thousands of years in relation to commitments being made right now, that will soon be impossible to reverse.  Sea level is one of the clearest examples:  “With just two degrees (Celsius) warming in the low-end scenario, sea levels are predicted to eventually rise by about 25 meters.”  The problems of adaptation that will be left to thousands (!) of future generations are unimaginable.
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Update on tar sands development in the US.  One large project in Utah, operated by a Canadian company, has been placed on hold due to the continuing weakness in oil prices, but could still be brought back to life in the event of a recovery later this year.  The available resource base is large enough to have environmental groups quite concerned.
Carl

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