Climate Letter #551

More extreme temperature data re November.  Scroll down to the chart that links rising CO2 to rising temperatures.

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How realistic is the possibility of limiting warming to 1.5C?  A distinguished professor at Oxford shows details on what would be required.  Besides a rapid reduction of emissions we would need effective ways to capture and store CO2, which are not yet proven, plus a rapid reduction of other climate pollutants like methane and soot (“SLCP.”)  This last group, which can be controlled if we have the will, is important enough to account for a difference of 0.5C all by itself.
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A new idea for extracting CO2 from the air on a large scale.  This one makes use of the known effects of rock weathering, which would avert ocean acidification as well as stabilizing climate while storing the carbon in natural ways.  Costly of course, but it just may be worthy of consideration in an emergency.
The basic claims and a few of the details can be found in this journal abstract:
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The Paris agreement is very bad news for the coal industry.  Here are the four main reasons:
The above notwithstanding, India presents a problem that may be difficult to resolve.  The country has set a priority of fully electrifying as quickly and cheaply as possible, and is counting on coal as the mainstay just as China once did.
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A credible study about the problem caused by combining future heat waves with high humidity.  These events will become much more common in places, “making it hard for societies to function.”  India is singled out as a region that is especially vulnerable—and should so be informed, along with the primary cause.
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A proposed alternative for large-scale electricity storage.  This idea, involving hydrogen as a fuel source, makes good sense although it is not yet ready to exploit.  As a method of storing power it has several built-in advantages over the use of batteries.  It could be a major beneficiary of ongoing research that is successfully lowering the cost of hydrogen production via sunlight.
Carl

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