Climate Letter #872

Posted on March 15, 2017 by Carl Campbell
Toxic algae blooms are a growing problem in the Arabian Sea.  “Scientists who study the algae say the microscopic organisms are thriving in new conditions brought about by climate change, and displacing the zooplankton that underpin the local food chain, threatening the entire marine ecosystem.”  This problem, which has been showing up in many parts of the world, does not get as much attention as it should when you hear warnings about climate change.

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The future for collecting wind energy has suddenly become much more interesting.  Fundamental research performed in Europe has developed a new kind of material that has useful properties of superconductivity.  The application getting the most attention is said to be wind turbines, which could be given twice the efficiency of those we have today, yet be lighter in weight.  Further information, unfortunately, is not readily available in this story, but you can do a search of the group leader, Professor Xavier Obradors, and find some reasons for credibility.
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A more complete disclosure of the extent of the drought and hunger crisis in East Africa.  Other countries in the same general neighborhood, like Yemen, have a similar situation.  These are staggering numbers.  Will the rains soon be coming?  Will there be enough?
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Evidence of how a colder climate causes more carbon to be transferred from atmosphere to ocean water.  This research adds to our knowledge of the “biological pump,” which is shown to work more efficiently when the climate is coldest.  The main reason that is advanced, while not proven in every detail, makes sense, and helps to explain why warmer conditions like we have today make the pump less effective.  The clever work that was done was limited to a record covering 40,000 years, in a region where conditions are ideal for showing high sensitivity to change.
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Surprising revelations about how the fossil fuel industry has been colonizing major American universities.  This makes you wonder about everything you may have heard about how the teachings climate science are controlled in a way that furthers the liberal ideal of a socialized outcome.  It looks like there should be plenty of cushy jobs waiting for any scientist who chooses to become an industry advocate.  Under new federal rules, will there soon be a complete flipflop in the standards for government funding of climate research?
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From Siberia, a phototour of the “gateway to hell,” a gigantic permafrost slump.  It is now more than 300 feet deep and keeps widening at a rate of 100 feet per year as the edges melt down.

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