Climate Letter #649

Florida’s coral reef is disintegrating.  This large and important reef is literally breaking down because of acidification, as opposed to the more familiar bleaching in other places due to high water temperatures.  The pace at which this is happening is much greater than scientists had expected, and seems almost sure to quicken along with the rise in CO2 levels.  The process is continuous.

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Do climate-victimized migrants have rights?  Here is a superb article that covers many facets of this complex question, and what is being done to address it.  Rights are not actually “real” in some abstract sense.  They become real when they are the subject of enforcement, and that only happens when those who have the power of enforcement take whatever steps are necessary to accept that responsibility.  This is ordinarily accomplished in a voluntary way, and is best expressed in writing that is clear, solemn and formal.  That is what is needed now, because the migration has begun, and is likely to expand into the tens of millions over the next few decades.
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A new record low for the wholesale price of solar electricity.  A Dubai utility has received a low bid of 2.99 cents per kwh for a major addition to its system, unsubsidized.  Just three years ago the record for a similar type of contract was over eight cents.
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A review of non-silicon solar cell technologies.  There are four kinds that are much cheaper to produce than silicon cells, and have true market prospects, but only one of these, based on perovskite materials, is closely comparable in terms of efficiency.  Perovskites still have some practical problems to overcome before being market-ready, but the author of this well-written report shows positive feelings.
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An update of current research directed toward “artificial photosynthesis.”  The goal is a clean energy source that is virtually inexhaustible, and there has been some progress at the University of Wurzburg.  This long-term research effort might be just as important as that which is tied to nuclear fusion, for example, and is a whole lot less expensive to carry out.
A follow-up to the NCAR report on reduced ocean oxygen content that was published last week.  The reporter has asked several  scientists for comments, especially with reference to the West Coast of North America.  It is obviously a very serious matter.
Robert Fanney also has some comments that make reference to scary events in deep climate history:
Carl

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