Another Week of GW News, November 20, 2011

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Another Week of GW News, November 20, 2011

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November 20, 2011

No matter how dark things seem, there are always bad jokes:

And in the Supreme Sarcasm department:

Looking ahead to COP17 and future international climate negotiations:

The Climate Vulnerable Forum had a meeting in Dhaka, Bangladesh:

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

The SREX Summary for Policymakers was released this week:

The Response to Climate Change in New York State report came out this week:

The Lee et al. paper on deforestation by latitude is bound to be controversial:

Late comment on the IEA WEO report:

Late comment on BEST:

Who's getting the subsidies?

The Global Climate Fund is being talked up prepatory to Durban:

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:

That I-131 plume over Europe is still generating discussion:

The Arctic melt continues to draw attention:

As for the charismatic megafauna:

That Damoclean sword still hangs overhead:

As for the geopolitics of Arctic resources:

Another angle on Antarctic resource:

While in Antarctica:

The food crisis is ongoing:

Food (& Land) Prices are still problematic:

And how are we going to feed 9 billion?

Another relatively quiet week in the hurricane wars with only a couple tropical depressions:

As for the Monsoon:

And in the carbon cycle:

As for the temperature record:

Aerosols are making their presence felt:

While in the paleoclimate:

While on the ENSO front:

Dealing with uncertainties:

Regarding Climate Sensitivity:

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:

Climate refugees are becoming an issue:

This week in the New Normal -- extreme weather:

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:

As for hydrological cycle disruptions [floods & droughts]:

Consider transportation & GHG production:

Large scale geo-engineering keeps popping up:

Meanwhile in the journals:

And other significant documents:

As for miscellaneous science:

Regarding Michael Mann:

Paul Epstein obit:

While at the UN:

And on the carbon trading front:

Meanwhile on the international political front:

In the Rare Earths' tussle:

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?

Polls! We have polls!

Regarding Water Politics and Business:

And on the groundwater front:

Who's making predictions this week?

And on the American political front:

The BP disaster continues to twist US politics:

On the 2012 campaign trail:

After the Keystone XL delay, there has still been a lot of argument:

The Obama administration proposed new CAFE regs this week:

The Solyndra hearings in the House are playing out like a preview of the 2012 election:

Cap-and-Trade in America?

The Obama chatter is nonstop:

A note on the Fukushima disaster: