Another Week of GW News, May 6, 2012

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 An Introductionto the novel is available, along with the Unpublished Forewordand the Launch Talk(which includes some quotations), An overview of my writing is available here.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

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

"...two forces seem to have coalesced in the political arena. On the one hand, the corporate interests that don't want to be regulated, wealthy anti-regulatory ideologues, and the political elites that are aligned with them. On the other, the grassroots conservatives who are culturally at odds with liberal values and what they see as liberal elites. It's beyond climate science now, it's embedded in that larger context in a way that makes effective action much more difficult." -Rick Piltz

Another Week of GW News, May 6, 2012

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May 6, 2012

It's always nice to start with a laugh:

Looking ahead to Rio+20 :

And on the UNFCCC climate negotiations front:

The complexity of Greenland glacier speeds reported by Moon et al. meant that every headline writer could choose a preferred slant:

We need a word.We need a new metric: The probability of a paper being misunderstood, misconstrued, or maliciously misused.On the pattern of fnord, I propose the Wnatt.The Zhou et al. paper on wind farms rates about an 8 on the 0 to 10 Wnatt Scale:

There's something going on on the West coast of Peru. Something deadly:

A late reminder from the IEA:

Not much coverage, but Elgin is still a spewin':

What are the banks up to?

The world inches toward creating a global legal framework for ecological crime:

John Cook and friends continue their point-counterpoint articles:

A note on the Fukushima 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 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:

The state of the world's fisheries is a concern:

Food Prices are still problematic:

So, are these land grabs Colonialism V2.0?

Regarding the genetic modification of food:

And how are we going to feed 9 billion, 10 billion, 15 billion?

Another quiet week in the hurricane wars:

As for GHGs:

And the temperature record:

Aerosols are making their presence felt:

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:

As for ocean currents:

And the State of the Oceans:

What's new on the extinction front?

Oh look! The Anthropocene came up again:

Meanwhile in near earth orbit:

More GW impacts are being seen:

And then there are the world's forests:

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:

Glaciers are melting:

Sea levels are rising:

These global warming deluges are becoming all too frequent:

As for hydrological cycle disruptions [floods & droughts]:

First, stop subsidizing fossil fuelsSecond, put a price on carbonAnd elsewhere on the mitigation front:

While in the endless quest for zero energy, sustainable buildings and practical codes:

Large scale geo-engineering keeps popping up:

Meanwhile in the journals:

And other significant documents:

As for miscellaneous science:

What's new in models?

What developments in the ongoing struggle for Open Science?

Regarding Lovelock:

Regarding Wilson:

Regarding Wegman:

Meanwhile on the Kyoto front:

And on the carbon trading front:

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

On the international political front, tensions continue as the USA and Israel lean on Iran:

Argentina nationalized YPF, removing the Spanish firm Repsol. Much yelling ensued:

And now Bolivia has nationalized their power grid:

And in miscellaneous international political jousting:

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:

So what's new on the education front?

And on the American political front:

The BP disaster continues to twist US politics:

We need a word.
We need a new metric: The probability of a paper being misunderstood, misconstrued, or maliciously misused.
On the pattern of fnord, I propose the Wnatt.
The Zhou et al. paper on wind farms rates about an 8 on the 0 to 10 Wnatt Scale:

First, stop subsidizing fossil fuels
Second, put a price on carbon
And elsewhere on the mitigation front: