In a recent talk American Meteorological Society education program director James Brey summarized the climate situation in five simple, understandable, defensible points.… [more]
Category Archives: Beyond Planet Three
With Friends Like These
Fortune Magazine spins Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski as taking the climate disruption problem seriously, but they can’t possibly be serious about her seriousness.… [more]
Politicizing Climate
Charlie Loyd argues “It’s no good talking about the climate tipping point. The climate is a thing in motion and it never stays on any path. Maybe we are too late to avoid millions of refugees; maybe we have another five years. Maybe we will thread a gap in the dragons by chance; maybe the only one out there will take us. It doesn’t help to worry, because we know what we can do and that sooner is better.”… [more]
CO2 on Trial
mt has an article up on Medium called “CO2 on Trial” which argues that our climate conversation has emphasized proxy issues… [more]
Roy Spencer’s Peculiar Prescription
Roy Spencer, one of the few better-qualified naysayer climate scientists, has come up with an intriguing suggestion, in the hypothetical event that he is wrong and everybody else is right, i.e., that CO2 accumulation really is a serious problem. In that case, he says, we would need to burn even more of it.… [more]
The Good News
CNN reports a silver lining to ongoing midwestern flooding.… [more]
Weird Month in Duluth
There has been an extraordinary snowfall in Duluth Minnesota this month.… [more]
Large Flooding Event in a Large Region Including Chicago
Chicago has received near-record one-day rainfall totals yesterday, and this was a very widespread event, with flash flooding in several states. A vigorous frontal boundary between very warm, moist air and very cool air proceeds across the US today. Much of Northern Illinois saw a 40-year recurrence event.… [more]
Gorbachev’s Complaint
AP reports that Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Soviet Premier, is discouraged by the state of the world. “All that has been done is too late, and it’s not enough,” he is quoted as saying.… [more]
Economic Struggles Derail EU Carbon Policy
The EU carbon market is failing due to international pressures, in turn putting international pressures on others, according to a recent story in the Financial Times. This can be taken as a point in evidence for the need for an enforceable, global agreement.
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