Another week of GW News, October 10, 2010

My first novel Water was published in Canada May, 2007. The American release was in October. An Introductionto the novel is available, along with the Unpublished Forewordand the Launch Talk. An overview of my writing is available here.

-het

P.S. Recent postings can be found in the week archive and the ancient postings can be accessed here, which should open to this.

"Modern American conservatism is, in large part, a movement shaped by billionaires and their bank accounts, and assured paychecks for the ideologically loyal are an important part of the system. Scientists willing to deny the existence of man-made climate change, economists willing to declare that tax cuts for the rich are essential to growth, strategic thinkers willing to provide rationales for wars of choice, lawyers willing to provide defenses of torture, all can count on support from a network of organizations that may seem independent on the surface but are largely financed by a handful of ultrawealthy families."
-Paul Krugman, 2010/10/04: NYT: Fear and Favor

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October 10, 2010

It's always nice to start with a larf:

And for those interested in exploring the nether reaches of Poe's Law:

The UNFCCC talks in Tianjin went down this week:

About those Copenhagen Accord committments:

Looking ahead to COP16 and future international climate negotiations:

The EU-China conference this week did not end well:

The Syed paper documenting an increase in the hydrological cycle raised some surprise:

The Haigh et al. paper on solar influence by wavelength raised a few eyebrows:

The Pakistan monsoon floods are an ongoing tragedy:

And on the Bottom Line:

Carbon Tariffs still have people on edge:

What are the global financial institutions up to?

The No Pressure video raised a ruckus:

John Cook & friends are still cranking them out:

Post CRU theft, controversy & inquiry:

The Arctic melt is still garnering attention:

As for the geopolitics of Arctic resources:

While in Antarctica:

The food crisis is ongoing:

Regarding the genetic modification of food:

And how are we going to feed 9 billion?

As they say in Florida, Otta was a fish and otherwise it was relatively quiet:

While elsewhere in the hurricane wars:

And in the Monsoon:

As for GHGs:

And the temperature record:

Yes we have feedbacks:

Aerosols are making their presence felt:

While in the paleoclimate:

On 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:

The odd tornado popped up:

As for heatwaves and wild fires:

Corals are dying:

Glaciers are melting:

As for hydrological cycle disruptions [floods & droughts]:

Elsewhere on the mitigation front:

Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation has somehow seemed chimeric:

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:

Meanwhile in the journals:

And other significant documents:

As for miscellaneous science:

Regarding Michael Mann:

Regarding Hansen:

Regarding Wegman:

While at the UN:

And on the carbon trading front:

The proposed Bank Tax refuses to die:

After China's rare earth play, corporations and governments around the world are looking at alternative sources:

The energy race between China and the USA is on, or is it?

Elsewhere in international politics:

As for GW, energy & security:

The issue of the law and activism is playing out around the world:

What are the activists up to?

Polls! We have polls!

Regarding Water Politics and Business:

As for SW tools:

Who's making predictions this week?

And on the American political front:

The BP disaster continues to twist US politics:

So how do you figure the 2010 elections will crack up?

The Prop 23 battle rages:

The issue of ethanol subsidies is still floating around:

Cuccinelli is back in court hounding climate scientists:

Following the Lizza article in the New Yorker, Dave Roberts unleashed a trenchant series on the climate bill's failure:

The Obama chatter is nonstop:

The actions of the Obama administration are being watched closely:

As for what is going on in Congress: