Climate Letter #885

The serious risks of even a modest rise in global temperatures.  (This post contains insights and commentaries by the authors of a report introduced in CL #881.)  Heat stress in megacities like Lagos, Nigeria, that are already close to the threshold, can multiply by 100 times if the 1.5C temperature target is broken.

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Greenland’s coastal ice fields crossed a tipping point for melting in 1997.  The fields, which include caps interspersed with coastal glaciers, are melting three times faster than before due to sudden changes in composition.  The change that took place is thought to be irreversible, setting the stage for more rapid runoff of higher volume surface meltwater from the main ice sheet.
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Colombia, like Peru, is suffering from massive flood surges from rainfall associated with the untimely warming of the nearby Pacific Ocean waters.  The pictures are evocative of others shown from time to time in the aftermath of tsunamis.
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The redistribution of plant and animal species due to climate change is accelerating.  A major new study examines this phenomenon and its consequences.  The impact on humans is likely to be greater than what is currently appreciated, and sometimes quite rapid.
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A statement revealing China’s latest official policy toward climate change.  This was recently delivered at a high level UN event, reported here in full.  It is quite remarkable.
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A way to efficiently get rid of vast quantities of plastic waste may have been discovered.  The inventors’ claims are being presented at an exposition of the American Chemical Society.  Their technology transforms many different types of plastic waste into valuable feedstock for diesel fuel.  It can be applied to plastics recovered from ocean waters and also to types that are not recyclicable.
Carl

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