Climate Letter #421

The story of the “Blob” keeps getting worse.  Robert Fanney has put together a strong explanation of what is going on in the upper Pacific Ocean off the coast of North America.  A vast region just keeps getting warmer when it ought to be turning back.  There are extreme effects both on marine wildlife and on climate over land to the east, all quite troublesome.

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Some added notes about the Blob.  (These are my own.)  For a somewhat different perspective, you will need to open the Climate Reanalyzer link below and click on Sea Surface T Anomaly, then scroll down to the full global image.  You can see that the Blob has a long tail plus a little brother to the south and west.  (You can also take a look at the warming effects of el Nino along the equator.)  On this same map check out the Northeast Atlantic Ocean at the exact same latitude as the Blob.  Here the water temperature is a little below average.  Now scroll back up and click on Sea Surface Temperature, to get actual temperature numbers rather than anomalies, and back down to the global map.  You’ll see a striking similarity between the Atlantic and the Pacific in that particular region, which is completely at odds with the anomalies in the other map.  We know the Atlantic is normally warmed in that area by the Gulf Stream, which is said to have weakened a bit lately, which is consistent with it being a bit cooler.  Is it possible that a new current has recently been established in the Pacific which, much like the Gulf Stream, is continually transferring warm water to a part of that ocean which would normally be about 5C cooler?  If so, how and why did it form and how long is it going to last?  That’s just a thought.
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Hawaii aims to be 100% free of fossil fuels by 2045.  Economically, the state has every reason to make this choice, and renewable resources are plentiful.  Getting to 100% electric vehicles is probably the biggest challenge.
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Ethiopia plans to cut emissions two-thirds by 2030.  This is the most ambitious formal plan presented so far to the UN, setting a most commendable standard.  Here again, it helps to have plenty of the proper resources on hand.
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New ways to produce cement are under development.  The cement industry accounts for about five per cent of global carbon emissions, much too big to be overlooked.  The gases given off when limestone is cooked need to be collected and disposed of, a considerable challenge.  There are promising technologies being tested, something that Norwegians are especially active in doing.
Carl

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