Climate Letter #487

Posted on September 15, 2015 by Carl Campbell
Will 2015 be a record year for global air temperatures?  This post provides a chart containing a unique way to measure annual progress month by month.  Each month shows that year’s accumulation for its year to date, starting with 1995.  This year is well in the lead as of August, and the developing El Nino all but guarantees many more months of extra warmth on the way.  This will serve as an important backdrop for the Paris conference by silencing denier arguments that are now totally obsolete.

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A perspective on this year’s fire season in California.  There is nothing like it on record, and the reasons are not hard to figure out.
A study published last December offered evidence of this being California’s worst drought in more than 1200 years—with the studied drought now marked by one more very bad year added on.
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A new study of how warmer temperatures affect a common type of dryland.  This is shown by an experiment that took 15 years to complete.   The results were not favorable.
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Republican leaders have taken an extreme stance on climate issues, including potential solutions.  This is a curious phenomenon, because it is so blatant, so universal, and so out of touch with the (maybe tepid) feelings of a majority of Republican voters.
Could a minority of Republican voters who agree, and have strong feelings, be one of the main reasons?  Here is an interesting analysis of how such things work, but with a focus on biofuels:
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Alabama is doing something right.  That is, teaching school kids the scientific fundamentals of climate change.  Many other states (and countries) should be capable of that same kind of initiative.
Carl

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