Another week of GW News, October 24, 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 An Introductionto the novel is available, along with the Unpublished Forewordand the Launch Talk.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.

"We don't imagine that global food production will immediately fall short -- I wouldn't want to claim that there's going to be widespread starvation anytime soon -- but what this does do is suggest a trend that if it plays out over decades as the population continues to grow we may be at a point where food production becomes tighter." - Dr. Steve Running

Another week of GW News, October 24, 2010

Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck Years

Another week of Climate Instability News

Sipping from the internet firehose...

October 24, 2010

A wee chuckle for ye:

The Yes Men bounced one off Chevron:

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

Looking ahead to COP16 and future international climate negotiations:

The Nagoya conference on Biodiversity opened this week:

Pavan Sukhdev produced a UNEP document for the Nagoya CBD meeting that generated some coverage:

India has set up a National Green Tribunal:

The Maplecroft Climate Change Vulnerability Index came out this week:

The monsoon floods in Pakistan are an ongoing tragedy:

And on the Bottom Line:

The IP Rentiers have their hooks in:

Fun with economists:

John Cook and friends continue their counterpoints:

I get to ride my Free Access hobby horse again:

The Arctic melt continues to garner a lot of attention:

As for the geopolitics of Arctic resources:

While in Antarctica:

The food crisis is ongoing:

As for the agro-chem corps:

The conflict between biofuel and food persists:

And how are we going to feed 9 billion?

In the Caribbean, Tropical storm Richard spun up beside the Yucatan:

In the Bay of Bengal, Cyclone Giri jumped from Cat 1 to Cat 4 just before slamming Myanmar/Burma:

In the Western Pacific, Typhoon Megi zapped the Phillipines and headed for China:

While elsewhere in the hurricane wars:

And on the Monsoon front:

As for GHGs:

And in the temperature record:

Yes we have feedbacks:

While in the paleoclimate:

While on the ENSO front:

Regarding Climate Sensitivity:

The cliff, aka tipping points, aka planetary boundaries, put in an appearance:

And the State of the Oceans:

Meanwhile in near earth orbit:

More GW impacts are being seen:

And then there are the world's forests:

Yes we have no wacky weather, except:

The odd tornado makes the news:

As for heatwaves and wild fires:

Corals are dying:

Glaciers are melting:

Sea levels are rising:

As for hydrological cycle disruptions [floods & droughts]:

Elsewhere on the mitigation front:

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:

More DIY science:

More Hansen:

Regarding Wegman:

Regarding Hal Lewis:

Meanwhile at the UN:

The idea of a carbon tax is still bouncing around:

The proposed G20 Bank Tax is gone again:

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:

On the international political front, rare earths are again front and centre:

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

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:

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 Cuccinelli saga grinds on:

The tussle over ethanol subsidies/tax breaks plays on:

The Chamber Of Commerce came in for a lot of flack this week:

The actions of the Obama administration are being watched closely: