Climate Letter #445

The immense scope of northern wildfires. Thanks to Robert Fanney, one of the few people willing and able to assemble so many facts, report them in his own way, which is much too limited, and provide a meaningful level of interpretation.  You just have to read it, and try to absorb some of a vast amount of dreadful information about events that are totally absent from view in places where most of us live.  Don’t miss the section about permafrost response, which hints that it may already be too late to stop the feedback mechanism discussed in yesterday’s letter with respect to the remaining carbon budget.

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Here is some supplemental information about how the wildfire season has been lengthening, as produced by a recent study.  This can only be seen as a direct consequence of the ongoing trend of global warming.  The longer season not only allows time for more fires but sets up conditions that are hotter and drier.
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Health risks from fracking activity are being documented.  It mainly affects people who live close to where the fracking is being done, with local hospitals providing the documentation.  Merely producing oil and gas can often have serious side effects totally separate from those created by burning.  Opposition to fracking, already high, now has another strong argument.
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A message from Amory Lovins about why the price of oil is cheap, and what it means.  (A summary of his message is included as a part of this post.)  See what the Saudis are up to, how the fracking business is being destroyed, and why cheap oil is not something that green energy needs to worry about.
http://climatecrocks.com/2015/07/15/end-of-the-road-for-fossil-fuels-in-sight/#more-24383
The full report from Lovins is available at a different site:
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What about the “little ice age” that is supposed to be returning?  Reports that the sun is going to lose some of its radiance have been getting a lot of press, much of which is misleading.  A dimmer sun could possibly happen, but what are the likely effects on the Earth?  Dana Nuccitelli has a good way of putting things like this in proper perspective, portrayed here with a set of perfectly clear charts.  The one comparing temperature change and solar irradiance since 1880 , based entirely on historical data, is quite revealing and should get everyone’s attention.
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Views of the Anthropocene.   Reprint of a lengthy article by Andrew Revkin, published in the New York Times, with remarks from a number of “big thinkers” about how humanity affects the global environment.
Carl

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