Climate Letter #736

A report from Robert Fanney on the wild weather conditions in the Arctic.  There has been no slowdown in this season’s dramatic events.  He also has comments on hurricane Hermine which is likewise showing the effects of abnormal amounts of heat.  As usual, many of the comments that follow his report are themselves worthy of a good look.

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Things are not going well in Somalia.  This troubled country is not getting the kind of rain it had hoped for following the painfully dry and overheated El Nino season.  The most recent La Nina, in 2011, produced a famine in which 260,000 people died, and the current outlook appears to be headed that same way.  Some 4.7 million people are currently in need of humanitarian aid.
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China is going all out to become the leading producer of fully electric vehicles (a Joe Romm report.)  “…the world’s leading EV maker, China’s BYD, has already sold more EVs than Tesla, GM, and Nissan combined!”  Large government subsidies are a contributing factor.
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A bright future for floating offshore wind farms.  That prediction comes from GE, which is one of the producers.  One big advantage is that they can be located in waters up to 200 meters in depth.  They also can be constructed on shore and towed to the site, for major savings, and there is more.

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Some new findings about the role of sea ice around Antarctica.  The processes that are described are potentially important, mainly involving changes that it would be better to avoid, like slowing down oceanic deep water formation and circulation.

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If you have an interest in corals, their biology, and why we do not want them to be lost, here is a beautifully illustrated essay that was produced for Hakai Magazine.
Carl

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