Climate Letter #464

Temperature records are being broken in a large part of Europe, that continent’s second such heat wave of the summer.

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The concept of “danger days” explained, with future projections for many US cities—some of which are in surprising locations—as climate changes.  Based on a heat index of 105F or more, you can begin to apply this idea right now to local and all other weather forecasts.
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Canada’s tar sands producers are hurting badly from low oil prices.  If we assume that a large portion of existing proven oil reserves are going to be left in the ground for good the tar sands are most likely to be fully included because of their high cost structure.  And that’s before environmental costs, which of course are off the charts.
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A new design for a compact fusion reactor.  It is said to be robust and affordable, with few impediments to construction, and a mere five-year target for creating an engineering model.  The idea originated in a graduate physics course at MIT.  This post has several links to sources providing additional details of what could potentially be an unexpected game changer for renewable energy.

http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/08/11/heck-of-a-class-project-an-affordable-robust-compact-fusion-reactor-design-buildable-in-a-decade/?ref=energy-environment&_r=0

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Another new study for paleoclimate buffs.  This one is about model simulations of flood-basalt eruptions and how they could have a pivotal effect on climate.  Fortunately for us these events are rare.
Carl

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