Climate Letter #505

Posted on October 9, 2015 by Carl Campbell
The bushfire season is off to a fast start in parts of Australia.  There is record heat and considerable dryness involved, with El Nino looming large.  “It’s going to be a very, very challenging three or four months.”

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All about India and its choices.  This is an exceptionally fine analysis from The Economist.  You cannot overstate the importance of what India does next, both for its own good and for the likely global impacts.  Its planners are getting a lot of outside advice, some of it quite worthy.
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How climate feedbacks operate.  This is as good an explanation as you will ever find.  One thing I would add is a point about the water vapor feedback applied only to its role as a greenhouse gas, aside from cloud formation.  You simply can take the net warming (or cooling) effect from combining all of the other temperature change forcings, including those from  clouds, and multiply by two.  The average amount of water vapor in the atmosphere always depends on existing air temperature, and its greenhouse effect then depends on whatever that amount may be.  The doubling effect accounts for a progression of incremental feedbacks from the warming of air, followed by yet more evaporation, that keeps accumulating just from the vapor’s own increase in greenhouse activity, from a starting point of about plus 50%, then  plus another 25%, plus 12  1/2%, etc..
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How can ordinary individuals help to fight climate change?  Here are three ideas from each of ten individuals who themselves have prominent roles in climate action.  I would add one more recommendation, that is, find the time to learn all you can about climate science, in depth, up to and a bit beyond the limit of your ability.  That will allow you to speak comfortably and convincingly about climate change with anyone else, including deniers, as well as to better evaluate what others are saying.
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A statement of public relations from the top of the fossil fuel industry.  There is not one statement here that cannot be responded to with something either more truthful or more convincing.  We in America enjoy an exceptional standard of living not because of fossil fuels, per se, but because we have been blessed with an abundance of cheap energy.  We could even allow ourselves to overlook how dirty and dangerous it was.  Now energy that is just as cheap, even more abundant and much, much cleaner and safer is becoming available.  No one has the right to get in the way of spreading the good news and putting it to good use as quickly as humanly possible.
Carl

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