Category Archives: Climate Change

Science: A Drier Future. Global Warming is likely to lead to overall drying of land surfaces.

Posted on February 24, 2014 by

A Drier Future. Global Warming is likely to lead to overall drying of land surfaces. Sherwood, S & Fu, Q. Science. 14 Feb 2014. Vol 343. pp 737-739 Global temperature increases affect the water cycle over land, but the nature … Continue reading →

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PNAS: Abrupt Impacts of Climate Change: Anticipating Surprises

Posted on February 22, 2014 by

Abrupt Impacts of Climate Change: Anticipating Surprises. 2013. sponsored by the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, the National Science Foundation, and the U.S. Intelligence community. This was the best summary of the 223 page National Academy of Sciences publication I could … Continue reading →

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Set the planet on fire: Burn underground coal to gasify it. Worse than Fracking.

Posted on February 13, 2014 by

Fire in the hole: After fracking comes coal. 13 February 2014 by Fred Pearce. NewScientist. Setting fire to coal underground could answer our energy prayers, or start an environmental disaster on a bigger scale than ever before. Without a way to … Continue reading →

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Rate of global warming 10 times faster than past 65 million years

Posted on August 2, 2013 by

1 Aug 2013. Climate Change Occurring Ten Times Faster Than at Any Time in Past 65 Million Years. N. S. Diffenbaugh, C. B. Field. Changes in Ecologically Critical Terrestrial Climate Conditions. Science, 2013; 341 (6145): 486 DOI: 10.1126/science.1237123 The likely … Continue reading →

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Global Warming increases violence and wars

Posted on August 2, 2013 by

2 Aug 2013. Seth Borenstein. Global warming may fuel wars. A massive new study finds that aggressive acts like committing violent crimes and waging war become more likely with each added degree of temperature. The study was published online yesterday … Continue reading →

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Peak fossil fuels means global warming less than projected

Posted on July 15, 2013 by

This Science article states we could emit CO2 at the same rate we are now for another 50 years before going over the 2 degrees Celsius level we need to avoid a runaway greenhouse.  Since we are at peak world fossil … Continue reading →

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China food security: climate change likely to reduce rice, wheat, and other crop yields

Posted on July 13, 2013 by

Christina Larson  Science 8 February 2013: Vol. 339 no. 6120 pp. 644-645 Losing Arable Land, China Faces Stark Choice: Adapt or Go Hungry Warming is expected to trigger more episodes of heat stress that can sterilize the pollen of China’s … Continue reading →

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Soot warming earth even more than thought

Posted on July 13, 2013 by

Richard A. Kerr Science 25 January 2013: Vol. 339 no. 6118 p. 382 DOI: 10.1126/science.339.6118.382 Soot Is Warming the World Even More Than Thought A new study finds that soot is warming the climate about twice as fast as scientists … Continue reading →

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Climate Change deadlines: the longer we do nothing, the worse it gets

Posted on July 13, 2013 by

Thomas F. Stocker Science 18 January 2013: Vol. 339 no. 6117 pp. 280-282 DOI: 10.1126/science.1232468 The Closing Door of Climate Targets Robust evidence from a range of climate–carbon cycle models shows that the maximum warming relative to pre-industrial times caused … Continue reading →

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Climate change is inducing salinity into drinking water world-wide: more cardiovascular and other diseases will rise

Posted on July 13, 2013 by

Science 23 November 2012: Vol. 338 no. 6110 pp. 1028-1029 Climate Change–Induced Salinity Threatens Health Sea-level rise, storm surges, and cyclones exacerbated by climate change have begun to severely affect coasts and river estuaries in low-income countries. The resulting increased … Continue reading →

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