Another Week of GW News, November 13, 2011

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Guide reproduction wisely - improving fitness and diversity.
Unite humanity with a living new language.
Rule passion - faith - tradition - and all things with tempered reason.
Protect people and nations with fair laws and just courts.
Let all nations rule internally resolving external disputes in a world court.
Avoid petty laws and useless officials.
Balance personal rights with social duties.
Prize truth - beauty - love - seeking harmony with the infinite.
Be not a cancer on the earth - Leave room for nature - Leave room for nature.

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Another Week of GW News, November 13, 2011

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November 13, 2011

Here's a wee chuckle for ye:

Looking ahead to COP17 and future international climate negotiations:

It is disturbing how little coverage the Horn of Africa drought and famine receive. How many have died?

The Bangkok flood travails continue:

The BEST is still getting some attention:

JCurry managed to insert herself in the middle of the BEST debate:

The Occupy Wall Street movement is energizing American politics:

The IEA released their World Energy Outlook 2011 this week:

Here is one of those curiosities of connectedness:

And on the Bottom Line:

Who's getting the subsidies?

Remember the Greenland kaffufle?

John Cook and friends continue their point-counterpoint articles:

Post CRU theft, controversy & inquiry:

A note on theFukushima disaster:

Not much good news coming out of Fukushima:

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

Note the spin. They don't know where the iodine-131 is coming from, but it is not Fukushima (unless there was an unreported recent criticality or ...):

In the Arctic, the polar bear has had its Canadian status changed:

That Damoclean sword still hangs overhead:

As for the geopolitics of Arctic resources:

The food crisis is ongoing:

Food Prices are still problematic:

Regarding the food factor in the ongoing revolutions:

The conflict between biofuel and food persists:

Regarding the genetic modification of food:

And how are we going to feed 9 billion?

Sean spun up in the Atlantic, but otherwise it has been quiet:

As for GHGs:

And in the carbon cycle:

As for the temperature record:

Yes we have feedbacks:

Aerosols are making their presence felt:

While in the paleoclimate:

In the attribution debate:

While on the ENSO front:

Regarding the solar hypothesis:

Dealing with uncertainties:

Regarding Climate Sensitivity:

And the State of the Oceans:

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:

Yes we have no wacky weather, except:

BC had a little storm too, and France:

Changes in natural cycles are showing up:

On the tornado front:

As for heatwaves and wild fires:

Corals are a bellwether of the ocean's health:

Acidification is changing the oceans:

Sea levels are rising:

These global warming deluges are becoming all too frequent:

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:

More DIY science:

What's new in models?

While at the UN:

And on the carbon trading front:

The idea of a carbon tax is still bouncing around. See also:

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

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

The energy race between China and the USA is focussing on solar PV:

Also on the international political front:

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

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

What are the activists up to?

A note on the Fukushima disaster: