Climate Letter #1540

Worldwide, wildfires in the month of August were up almost five times over 2018 (European Space Agency).  Asia had the most of any continent, South America second.  “Even if the atlas cannot pick up all fires due to satellite overpass constraints and cloud coverage, it is statistically representative from one month to the other and from one year to the other…..We have never seen an increase of wildfires of this kind since the ATSR World Fire Atlas was created in 1995.”  No explanation was given.  (Be sure to click on the main image to see the visual comparisons.)

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A comprehensive new study finds that earthworms are sensitive to climate change, with potentially serious ecological and agricultural consequences (German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research).  “In any single location, there are typically more earthworms and more earthworm species found in temperate regions than in the tropics. Global climate change could lead to significant shifts in earthworm communities worldwide, threatening the many functions they provide.”  The dataset encompassed 6928 sites in 57 countries, studied by 140 researchers.
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An IEA analysis shows vast potential for offshore wind power (The Guardian).  “A detailed study of the world’s coastlines has found that offshore windfarms alone could provide more electricity than the world needs – even if they are only built in windy regions in shallow waters near the shore…..The next generation of floating turbines capable of operating further from the shore could generate enough energy to meet the world’s total electricity demand 11 times over in 2040…..Birol said offshore wind would not only contribute to generating clean electricity, but could also offer a major opportunity in the production of hydrogen, which can be used instead of fossil fuel gas for heating and in heavy industry.”
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The surprising connection between free trade and the climate crisis (The Ecologist).  This article provides a superb introduction to the various effects of today’s international movement of goods as motivated by weird convolutions of policy-making.  Many examples are described, all of which apparently create profitability even while it is impossible for an ordinary person to see how that can be.  The general wastefulness and the negative effects on climate are much easier to see.
–The author of this story is a member of a group called Local Futures that is devoted to promoting the practice of purchasing from nearby sources.  Here is their website:
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Another story about global trade recommends a greater employment of sailing vessels (The Guardian).  The picture of a real beauty that is active today makes it worth opening the link for that alone.  There is much more solid information related to growth statistics and current pollution effects.  The chart showing the growth of tonnage carried on container ships from 1980 to 2017 should not be missed.
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A new theory about a source of CO2 emissions that could only happen during the depths of the ice age cycles (University of Bremen).  They helped to make changes we can truly appreciate.
Carl

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