Climate Letter #870

A new study adds to information about how the oceans have been warming.  Heat stored within the oceans is building up at a steadily increasing rate, not subject to the kind of slowdown experienced at times in the atmosphere.  This is where 93% of the global energy imbalance is deposited, and will remain until the imbalance has been corrected.  A larger share of the stored heat is moving to deeper levels.

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The consequences of deforestation in the Amazon region.  New research sees a vicious cycle where loss of rainforest leads to more drought causing still more forest mortality because of changes to the normal manner in which precipitation is recycled.  This makes rainforests particularly vulnerable to human deforestation activity.  One of the side effects is an extra increase in carbon emissions.
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Yemen, with a population of 27 million, is running out of water.  There are a number of reasons, one of which is now the critical drying up of groundwater reserves.  Climate change adds to the stress, and the overall result has been an increase in conflicts that bring to mind the humanitarian crisis in Syria.
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An update on the crisis in Somalia.  More than half of the population is dependent on herding of livestock, now badly depleted by the absence of food and water as drought conditions continue.  Six million humans are requiring assistance.
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How important is economic growth?  This discussion is the joint work of five individuals who have a professional interest in the study of sustainability.  Substituting renewable energy for fossil fuel energy does not by itself have any effect on the drawdown of a broad range of other natural resources, which of course includes many that are limited.  They argue that GDP growth has become outdated as a measure of the well-being of a society.

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