Climate Letter #440

New monthly global CO2 report for June.  This was a “good” month because the annual rate of increase was well below 2 ppm.  The middle line on the main graph, which has lots of little wiggles, is more relevant and has not changed course, leaving little cause for celebration.

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Good new research that accounts for catastrophic flooding in certain situations.  The effect, discovered in southwest China, is caused by heavy air pollution that can redirect moisture flows, which are captured later in a more mountainous area.  Something like it could happen anywhere.  China now has another reason to reduce (and finally quit) the burning of coal.
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Connecting volcanic eruptions to the history of climate. An interesting study looks for climate effects from major eruptions over the past 2500 years, seeing an inevitable pattern.
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An aging oil pipeline that causes elevated fears.  The Straits of Mackinaw, a pristine environment, cradles a major pipeline that is now 62 years old.  It is well tended, and has a perfect record to date, but no one really knows how long that will last.  A short video tells the whole story.
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Another cheap wholesale purchase of solar electricity.  This one, in Nevada, by Warren Buffet, who accepted a bid from First Solar for less than 4 cents per kwh.  That’s a new US record that may not stand for long.
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A truly novel solar energy energy idea is being tested.  If cost-effective there are a number of advantages for solar concentrating type systems.  Take note of who the odd group of partners are for this research:  “Sandia’s partners in the Department of Energy project are the Georgia Institute of Technology, Bucknell University, King Saud University in Saudi Arabia and the German Aerospace Center.”  Sounds like this idea might have more than ordinary interest.
Carl

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