Another Week of GW News, October 16, 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 An Introductionto the novel is available, along with the Unpublished Forewordand the Launch Talk(which includes some quotations), An overview of my writing is available here.

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I notice moyhu has set up a monster index to old AWoGWN on AFTIC.

"The only thing we can be sure of about the future is that it will be absolutely fantastic. So if what I say now seems to you to be very reasonable, then I have failed completely. Only if what I tell you appears absolutely unbelievable, have we any chance of visualizing the future as it really will happen." -Arthur C. Clarke

Another Week of GW News, October 16, 2011

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October 16, 2011

Live and direct from the laugh, it's funny, damnit department:

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

This is not climate per se, but falling through an active cumulonimbus thunderhead from 47,000 feet is remarkable:

The Occupy Wall Street movement is getting some environmental attention:

Looking ahead to COP17 and future international climate negotiations:

The Horn of Africa drought and famine continues to be a major disaster:

The Australian parliament passed the carbon bill. See also:

The South Pacific islands drought continues:

The Monsoon is severely afflicting Thailand:

And on the Bottom Line:

Who's getting the subsidies?

The idea of a global legal framework continues to draw attention:

John Cook and friends continue their point-counterpoint articles:

A note on theFukushima disaster:

Not much good news coming out of Fukushima:

Post Fukushima, nuclear policies are in flux around the world:

The Arctic melt continues to garner a lot of attention:

As for the charismatic megafauna:

That Damoclean sword still hangs overhead:

As for the geopolitics of Arctic resources:

While in Antarctica:

The food crisis is ongoing:

Food Prices are still problematic:

The conflict between biofuel and food persists:

Regarding the genetic modification of food:

And how are we going to feed 9 billion?

In the Western Pacific, Banyan plagued the Philippines:

In the Eastern Pacific, Jova zapped Mexico:

While elsewhere in the hurricane wars:

And in the carbon cycle:

As for the temperature record:

Regarding ozone:

While in the paleoclimate:

And in historical times:

Regarding the solar hypothesis:

Intimations of Overshoot:

What's new on the extinction front?

Meanwhile in near earth orbit:

More GW impacts are being seen:

And then there are the world's forests:

Corals are a bellwether of the ocean's health:

Glaciers are melting:

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:

While on the adaptation front:

Meanwhile in the journals:

And other significant documents:

As for miscellaneous science:

What's new in models?

While at the UN:

The Robin Hood tax, aka the Tobin tax, aka the Bank tax, aka the Financial Transaction tax keeps coming up:

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

As the deadline for applying the EU-ETS to airlines draws near, we will see who is serious about reducing carbon emissions:

In the Rare Earths' tussle:

Climate Change is a threat multiplier exacerbating existing conflicts in food, energy, water, race, ideology ... etc.:

What are the activists up to?

Polls! We have polls!

Regarding Water Politics and Business:

And on the American political front:

The BP disaster continues to twist US politics:

USPol01:

Texas gave us an idea this week of what we could expect from a Perry presidency:

The Keystone decision is due by the end of the year:

The Solyndra faux-scandale drags on:

Al Gore keeps making news:

The Obama chatter is nonstop:

The actions of the Obama administration are being watched closely:

As for what is going on in Congress:

What's up with the lobbyists?

While in the UK:

And in Europe:

A note on the Fukushima disaster: