Climate Letter #1192

The problems of Bangladesh—not just sea level rise.  The country also gets pummeled by monsoon rains, and this year they are heavier than usual, much like the rains and flooding in the US and other parts of the world.  This common effect of global warming will just keep growing.  Densely-populated Bangladesh has the wrong kind of topography for this one-two punch and is sure to be a world leader in climate migration in the years ahead.  (The stunning picture in this post says it all.)

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Sea level rise coming from Antarctica has been speeding up.  The numbers are relatively small but the rate of increase in one decade, a triple, is alarming.  “Their findings show that, prior to 2012, Antarctica lost ice at a steady rate of 76 billion tonnes per year—a 0.2 mm per year contribution to sea level rise. However, since then there has been a sharp, threefold increase. Between 2012 and 2017 the continent lost 219 billion tonnes of ice per year—a 0.6 mm per year sea level contribution.”  The next decade will not necessarily keep going at that pace but will certainly be closely watched.
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Vast quantities of carbon dioxide can be safely stored underground.  That is the conclusion of a scientific study that investigated all the viable methods and the potential problems of leakage and mismanagement.  This is a handy piece of knowledge to have on hand, even if the research sidestepped questions about cost, because it dispels common fears and misconceptions about a kind of storage that may be desperately wanted.
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Farmers and ranchers are learning how to put carbon back into their soil.  It takes lots of effort, and patience, and may likely need outside funding to get started, but the result has enormous value.  The article is lengthy, so here is the main punch line:  “In areas of Wick’s ranch where the soil was once losing carbon, he says, he’s seeing a slow but powerful process unfold. “Where we put compost, which we imported at first, we reversed that trend and that system is making more biomass so I can make even more compost on-site. So now making my own compost as medicine and putting a single dose on my poor soils creates even more [compost]. And so I have this sweet spot of success that’s expanding outward.”
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Saving the planet is easy.  The challenge is how to save ourselves and the biosphere.  Adam Frank, an astrophysics professor and author of a new book, “Light of the Stars: Alien Worlds and the Fate of Earth,” wrote this fine piece for the NY Times.  He sounds exactly like Pope Francis, absent any religious overtones.
Carl

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