Another week of GW News, December 6, 2009

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"Evidently due to this e-mail conspiracy, Arctic sea ice is at historically low levels, Australia is on fire, the northern United Kingdom is underwater, and the world's glaciers are disappearing. Oh yeah, and it's the hottest decade in history." -Brad Johnson

Another week of GW News, December 6, 2009

Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck Years

Another week of Climate Disruption News

December 6, 2009

It's supposed to be funny. Laugh, damnit!

As the big show gets underway:

The Australian Emissions Trading System [CPRS] was voted down in the Senate [see more here]:

The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research released a major report this week:

An interesting study investigated the amount of CO2 being absorbed by the Atlantic:

They're still talking about 4 Degrees:

I imagine we will see a lot more of these decadal retrospective stories toward the end of the month:

UEA has announced an inquiry into the CRU email and data theft:

It appears there have been other hack attempts, which puts the CRU hack in a different perspective:

The stolen CRU email blogorrhea rolls on:

And on the Bottom Line:

Late coverage of Tim Garrett's theory:

Late Comment on those Lancet Health and Climate Change articles:

Late Comment on the Copenhagen Diagnosis:

The Arctic melt continues to garner a lot of attention:

A grim tale regarding the polar bear:

That spectral Damocles sword still hangs overhead:

As for the geopolitics of Arctic resources:

While in Antarctica:

The food crisis is ongoing:

And how are we going to feed 9 billion?

Nida blew out in the Western Pacific, but otherwise it has been quiet:

While elsewhere in the hurricane wars:

As for GHGs:

We're seeing a variety of GHG reduction pledges leading up to COP15:

Funny. I didn't have Stern pegged as one of the rah-rah squad:

And in the carbon cycle:

As for the temperature record:

Aerosols are making their presence felt:

While in the paleoclimate:

And the ENSO front:

As for ocean currents:

Meanwhile in near earth orbit:

More GW impacts are being seen:

And then there are the world's forests:

Climate refugees are becoming an issue:

Yes we have no wacky weather, except:

As for heatwaves and wild fires:

Corals are dying:

Acidification is changing the oceans:

Glaciers are melting:

Sea levels are rising:

As for the hydrological cycle:

Consider transportation & GHG production:

While in the endless quest for zero energy, sustainable buildings and practical codes:

As for carbon sequestration:

Large scale geo-engineering keeps popping up:

And on the adaptation front:

Meanwhile in the journals:

And other significant documents:

Before we get into politics, there was some science done:

On Lindzen & Choi:

Clive Spash and CSIRO:

Hansen, again:

Hans Joachim Schellnhuber:

Meanwhile on the Kyoto front:

And at the UN:

On the carbon trading front:

And the Tobin tax has had an airing lately:

The debate over the optimal strategy [carbon trading, carbon offsets, auction vs. allocation, and/or a carbon tax] to use in dealing with GHGs continues:

A video on Cap and Trade triggered strong reactions:

A suggestion for a new international forest monitoring body:

As for GW & security:

The issue of the law and activism is playing out around the world as nations scramble to deal with climate change:

Among the world's religions:

Polls! We have polls!

Don't mention the Yanks control the World Bank (by effective veto):

And on the American political front:

California says it may be necessary to have a Plan B:

The Obama chatter is nonstop:

The actions of the Obama administration are being watched closely:

As for what is going on in Congress:

Kerry-Boxer aka CEJAPA defines a battleline:

The Gore-apalooza is still bopping along:

While in the UK:

So are the UK Tories going to rebel like the Aussie Liberals?