Climate Letter #1503

Posted on September 4, 2019 by Carl Campbell
An explanation of the risk from Amazon deforestation and what can be done about it (Yale e360).  Brazil’s leading expert on the Amazon and climate change provides detailed views on how the tipping point is calculated and when the Amazon will become a net source of carbon instead of an important sink.  His ideas for corrective action make sense and should actually not be difficult to undertake.

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What China’s Belt and Road investment plan could mean for global climate goals (Climate Home News).  The plan calls for $12 trillion for infrastructure investment and economic integration in less-developed parts of Asia.  The intense level of activity and growth that follows would likely add enough carbon to the atmosphere to raise global temperatures by 0.7C beyond whatever target is otherwise realized under the Paris agreement.  (Nothing much has yet happened that would make this outcome a reality, but the risk is real.)
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Greenland’s ice faces melting ‘death sentence’ (BBC News).  An expert piece of photojournalism tells many key parts of the story, including effects on local people.
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On the front lines of climate change in the world’s northernmost town (Reuters).  Temperatures in Svalbard have risen faster than anywhere else in the world, now up 4C on average per year.  The projected increase is 7-10C by the end of the century.
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Two prominent scientists give us their thoughts about Hurricane Dorian and its significance.  Michael Mann and Andrew Dessler wrote this for The Guardian, with many insights into the storm’s unusual features.  Their conclusion:  “When all these factors combine in one storm, as it has for Dorian, it is truly a nightmare scenario – and a preview of the climate crisis to come.”
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Who was the first person to realize that adding CO2 to the atmosphere would warm the climate? (The Guardian).  Eunice Foote deserves the credit, three years ahead of the renowned John Tyndall.  “Her work was presented in August 1856 at a prestigious scientific conference in the US, but had to be given by a male colleague because women were not allowed to give talks at the meeting.  Her study was not even included in the conference proceedings, although a summary of the talk appeared in a report about the meeting a year later.”
Carl

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