Climate Letter #913

An update on the decline of glaciers in the US lower 48.  They are all likely to vanish by the middle of this century.  In Glacier national park only 26 remain of 150 once known.

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Dust storms are worsening in the American Southwest for reasons traced to climate change.  These storms now strike the Southwest 48 times a year, compared to an average of 20 times per year during the 1990s.  The drier soils that provide the dust are linked to warmer temperatures in the surface waters of the Pacific Ocean.
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The commercial production of insects as a source of food is now the subject of serious studies.  Farmed insects, just like livestock, must be fed in order to grow.  Research is showing that the conversion rate of feed into protein is quite favorable for insects, and the sources of feed are well-diversified.  Nine different species of insect are presently being farmed around the world.
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From Ireland, an opinion offering reasons why, for the time being, it would be better for everyone if the US does not remain a member of the Paris accord.  Staying would simply serve as a fig leaf that covers up the underlying reality.  A future administration with a genuine change of heart would be quickly and warmly readmitted.
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse explains how the Republican Party was captured by the big money barons of the fossil fuel industry.  He blames it on a Supreme Court decision made in 2010, expressed in a new book and also in an interview with Yale e360 that is reported in this post.  The amount of money allowed for political influence increased substantially, and in this case has been skillfully administered.  “The warden is the Koch Brothers’ political apparatus, which at this point is, in many respects, actually bigger and more formidable than that of the Republican Party.”
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A cure for the main problem of peroxide solar cells may have been found.  The main problem, rapid breakdown, is due to defects in the structural arrangement of iodide ions, a principal component.  A simple way to address the problem has been discovered which should finally enable this inexpensive type of cell to be brought to market, along with its many other advantages over silicon.
Carl

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