Another week of GW News, January 30, 2011

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 An Introductionto the novel is available, along with the Unpublished Forewordand the Launch Talk(which includes some quotations), An overview of my writing is available here.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 are facing the end of history. We don't want to be the sacrificed countries of the 21st century. We want to survive."
-Antonio Lima, Cape Verde ambassador to the UN, speaking at CancÃºn

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Another week of GW News, January 30, 2011

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More black humour in a climatic vein:

And for those who enjoy challenging Poe's Law:

Looking ahead to COP17 and future international climate negotiations:

There's a G20 meeting coming up:

Still some Cablegate news:

The WEF in Davos and the WSF in Dakar are worlds apart:

The Sri Lankan floods still get some attention:

Brazil is struggling with an unprecedented disaster:

In Australia, an inland sea is moving slowly across Victoria state:

Even after 7+ months, the Pakistan monsoon flood hardships remain:

And on the Bottom Line:

Who's getting the subsidies?

Explicating the laws of thermodynamics...:

The Universal Ecological Fund story lingered:

John Cook and friends continue their counterpoint articles:

Post CRU theft, controversy & inquiry:

The Arctic melt continues to garner a lot of attention:

As for the charismatic megafauna:

And the geopolitics of Arctic resources:

While in Antarctica:

The food crisis is ongoing:

As for the agro-chemical corps:

Food Prices are rising steadily:

The Foresight Report on Food and Farming Futures came out in Britain this week:

The conflict between biofuel and food persists:

Look out! the IP Rentiers are coming!

Regarding the genetic modification of food:

And how are we going to feed 9 billion?

Australia is getting it on both the East & West coasts. Oh, and Wilma zapped New Zealand:

While elsewhere in the hurricane wars:

As for GHGs:

And in the carbon cycle:

As for the temperature record:

Clouds are one of the major uncertainties in climate. Much research revolves around them:

While in the paleoclimate:

And in historical times:

While on the ENSO front:

Regarding Milankovitch cycles:

As for ocean currents:

Meanwhile in near earth orbit:

More GW impacts are being seen:

And then there are the world's forests:

This week in extreme weather:

Corals are dying:

Glaciers are melting:

Sea levels are rising:

As for hydrological cycle disruptions [floods & droughts]:

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:

Large scale geo-engineering keeps popping up:

While on the adaptation front:

Meanwhile in the journals:

And other significant documents:

As for miscellaneous science:

More DIY science:

What's new in models?:

Paul Nurse is emerging as a strong advocate for science:

The Pielke fan clubbe, alas:

Regarding Curry:

While at the UN:

And on the carbon trading front:

The idea of a carbon tax is still bouncing around:

Do you think the WindMade label will take off?

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:

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:

US Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack deregulated roundup ready alfalfa this week to great dismay:

Newt Gingrich wants to trash the EPA:

It seems Pat Michaels may have perjured himself before congress: