Climate Letter #414

Posted on June 3, 2015 by Carl Campbell
A 6-minute video worth watching, based on the environmental overtures of Pope Francis.  It has a good bit of inspirational appeal, tastefully handled, and the religious part is entirely transcendent.  (You might have some friends who would like to see it.)

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Climate summit meetings, past and present.  The upcoming Paris conference will get a lot of attention and has a chance of being successful.  Here is a good review of the historical background and how all the previous meetings fell short of reaching their goals.
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India’s heat wave—5th most deadly in recorded world history.  A heat wave is a particular kind of extreme weather event, separate from the broader and longer-term characteristics of drought.  This one, apparently caused by a monsoon failure, is going in the record books, and may not be over yet.  You can be quite certain that no matter what the cause it is being amplified by the broad backdrop of rising air temperatures.  There are forecasts for many more such events soon to come.
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Heat waves are bad, but extreme drought is probably the worst of all climate change effects.  Here is a description of seven very recent examples, all serious.  Notice that every continent has had to deal with at least one of them.
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Mexico City can’t shake off its pollution problems.  Last year was the hottest on record for this city, which has made valiant efforts to clean up its air in the past.  New problems are now appearing simply because the increase in ambient heat causes certain pollutants to be released more quickly.  This can happen anywhere.
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Important change coming for lithium supplies.  An economical new way to  process plentiful low-grade ores has been developed.  Fears of future shortages should abate, a big relief for modern battery production.  The process is more energy efficient than the current standard.
Carl

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