Climate Letter #439

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The incredible extent of northern North American wildfires. This post has a map of all wildfire locations as of Monday, to an extent that is simply amazing.  There is also an explanation (CBC) of how this unprecedented phenomenon could largely be attributed to climate change.
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The historical foundations of modern climate science research.  A review of the most influential papers reporting significant milestones of original research. The one that gets top ranking was written in 1967, creating a means of effectively modeling future forecasts.  Many others are described.  Most recently, James Hansen demonstrated how many of the effects of climate change are not far off in the future but are observable in the present.
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How to achieve “deep decarbonization.”  Two new reports have been issued, describing what a realistic effort to decarbonize within a relatively brief time frame would look like.  The goal in this case is to hold temperature increases below 2C.  A more stringent goal of under 1.5C, when we are already on the edge of 1.0, would perhaps require a doubling down for all of these steps???
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A new in-depth study about the increase in heavy rainfall events.  The trend since 1980 can only be explained by the thermodynamics of global warming.  Recent years show an acceleration of the trend.  Meanwhile, some regions are showing rainfall extremes, offset by others that are more inclined than before toward drought.
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How climate scientists handle the emotional aspects of their life work.  This post reproduces a full-length article of the human interest type being published in the August issue of Esquire magazine.  It especially features the feelings of Jason Box, whose use of adult language to describe humanity’s future has drawn considerable attention, plus Michael Mann and others.
Comment:  I think it is fair to say that the more one knows about the basic truths of climate science the more serious that person becomes about the urgent need for humans to make major behavioral changes.  That simple dictum can be applied to all of us, at our own level of ability to understand what science has to say.
Carl

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