RT Michael E. Mann @MichaelEMann: Mann v. National Review: Judge Denies Motion to Dismiss. A quote from the court order: http://pic.twitter.com/DM4ZESMyvv
RT ClimateNexusHotNews @ClimateHotNews: What's the way to go? Reducing greenhouse gas pollution is the cheapest path in a warming world - Climate Science Watch http://ow.ly/sQoJw
California drought, polar vortex: 'New normal' by 2030?: @KPCC http://www.scpr.org/programs/take-two/2014/01/21/35622/linking-california-s-80-degree-temps-with-the-pola/
At Davos, push for clean energy as climate weapon: @AP @SFGate http://www.sfgate.com/business/energy/article/At-Davos-push-for-clean-energy-as-climate-weapon-5164824.php?cmpid=twitter
4 Feet of Rain Floods Parts of Philippines, Displaces >260,000: http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/four-feet-of-rain-floods-phili/22301674
Editorial: Backsliding on the Climate: @NYTimes http://nyti.ms/19KxFWt
RT Lyn Bender @Lynestel: The war on science: An insider's story of the global attack on climate science http://theconversation.com/an-insiders-story-of-the-global-attack-on-climate-science-21972 … via @ConversationEDU
RT Moms Clean Air Force @CleanAirMoms: Snowpocalypse or not, 2013 was one of warmest years on record via TIME's @bryanrwalsh http://ow.ly/sPYbb
Where's the Fire? (Or, Business as Usual): Linda Buzzell http://www.huffingtonpost.com/linda-buzzell/climate-change_b_4627677.html
.@NASA Finds 2013 Sustained Long-Term Climate Warming Trend: http://www.nasa.gov/press/2014/january/nasa-finds-2013-sustained-long-term-climate-warming-trend/#.Ut7kGmQo73S
Climate talks help educate, prepare for New England communities: http://www.unionleader.com/article/20140121/NEWS11/140129919
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Thursday, January 23, 2014
Monday, January 20, 2014
Climate tweets for 19 January 2014
California’s Lingering Drought, Pollution Defy Solutions: @CircleofBlue http://www.circleofblue.org/waternews/2014/world/north-south-californias-scarcer-water-supply-mismanaged-use-defy-solutions/
Dwindling Rio Grande flows 2 take toll on New Mexico recreation industry: http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/dwindling-flows-in-rio-grande-to-take-toll-on-state/article_0030795f-26df-5719-89d1-bb4938fc56d9.html
Seafloor Marine Life Faces Major Threat from Climate: @ClimateCentral http://www.climatecentral.org/news/seafloor-marine-life-face-major-threat-from-climate-16912
RT Climate Council @climatecouncil: Australia's Heat Wave Threatening Agricultural Production: http://bit.ly/1mrK8S7 @IBTimes
RT CitizensClimateLobby @citizensclimate: Nicholas Kristof in @nytimes: ‘Neglected Topic’ Winner: Climate Change http://nyti.ms/1cG1ySD
Clean Energy Investment Sags Amid Mounting Climate Risks: @IPSnews http://www.ipsnews.net/2014/01/clean-energy-investment-sags-amid-mounting-climate-risks/
Interesting take: Is the Texas State Climatologist Doing His Job?: http://www.texasobserver.org/texas-state-climatologist-job/#.Utr_7R1Ldzk.twitter …
[UPDATE: Operator error. This clip is from 18 Jan 2011, not 2014. Apologies.] Cold comfort: Canada's record-smashing mildness: @AtmosNews http://www2.ucar.edu/atmosnews/opinion/3657/cold-comfort-canadas-record-smashing-mildness
RT Dana Nuccitelli @dana1981: Are most Australians really climate "agnostics"? Nope! http://gu.com/p/3m25g/tw via @guardianeco
RT Fossil Free Yale @FossilFreeYale: "Fighting for scientific truth...is nothing to apologize for." Thank you @MichaelEMann for fighting for truth. http://nyti.ms/1eSgz8P
Power blackouts during Australia's heatwave didn't happen by accident: @guardian http://www.theguardian.com/environment/southern-crossroads/2014/jan/17/heat-wave-australia-record-breaking-climate-change-bushfires-melbourne
Dwindling Rio Grande flows 2 take toll on New Mexico recreation industry: http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/dwindling-flows-in-rio-grande-to-take-toll-on-state/article_0030795f-26df-5719-89d1-bb4938fc56d9.html
Seafloor Marine Life Faces Major Threat from Climate: @ClimateCentral http://www.climatecentral.org/news/seafloor-marine-life-face-major-threat-from-climate-16912
RT Climate Council @climatecouncil: Australia's Heat Wave Threatening Agricultural Production: http://bit.ly/1mrK8S7 @IBTimes
RT CitizensClimateLobby @citizensclimate: Nicholas Kristof in @nytimes: ‘Neglected Topic’ Winner: Climate Change http://nyti.ms/1cG1ySD
Clean Energy Investment Sags Amid Mounting Climate Risks: @IPSnews http://www.ipsnews.net/2014/01/clean-energy-investment-sags-amid-mounting-climate-risks/
Interesting take: Is the Texas State Climatologist Doing His Job?: http://www.texasobserver.org/texas-state-climatologist-job/#.Utr_7R1Ldzk.twitter …
[UPDATE: Operator error. This clip is from 18 Jan 2011, not 2014. Apologies.] Cold comfort: Canada's record-smashing mildness: @AtmosNews http://www2.ucar.edu/atmosnews/opinion/3657/cold-comfort-canadas-record-smashing-mildness
RT Dana Nuccitelli @dana1981: Are most Australians really climate "agnostics"? Nope! http://gu.com/p/3m25g/tw via @guardianeco
RT Fossil Free Yale @FossilFreeYale: "Fighting for scientific truth...is nothing to apologize for." Thank you @MichaelEMann for fighting for truth. http://nyti.ms/1eSgz8P
Power blackouts during Australia's heatwave didn't happen by accident: @guardian http://www.theguardian.com/environment/southern-crossroads/2014/jan/17/heat-wave-australia-record-breaking-climate-change-bushfires-melbourne
Sunday, January 19, 2014
Climate tweets for 18 January 2014
Why Is It So Hot in Australia?: @LiveScience http://www.livescience.com/42652-why-australia-is-so-hot.html
Study Sheds Light on Effects of Clouds on Warming: @ClimateCentral http://www.climatecentral.org/news/study-sheds-light-on-effects-of-clouds-on-warming-16916
Scorchers: the reality of a sunburnt country: http://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/scorchers-the-reality-of-a-sunburnt-country-20140117-3105t.html
Science Denialists Make Fake Journal, Get Shut Down: @gregladen http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2014/01/18/science-denialists-make-fake-journal-get-shut-down/
Unfortunately, World Still Barreling Toward Climate Cataclysm: @climateprogress http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/01/17/3180811/world-climate-cataclysm/
RT Jeremy Mansfield @JezMans: MT "@Andrewdavid70: Rising sea levels leave National Trust properties in Devon & Cornwall at risk http://ow.ly/sIj72
RT Scott A Mandia @AGW_Prof: John Cook's (et al) paper 11th most talked about academic paper of 2013. Kudos. http://bit.ly/19vIN9u Climate science consensus. 97-98%
California Gov. Brown Declares Drought Emergency Amid Heat Records, Low Reservoirs: http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/01/18/3182581/california-extreme-drought-emergency/
RT Kathryn Thomsen @Ecobase: Eye-opening Infographic showing energy-water interdependence via @AnnaDM_ http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2014/01/16/infographic-thirsty-energy-energy-and-water-interdependence … via @Alex_Verbeek
RT David Reid @davidreid1: California hit by wildfires in the middle of winter! http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-air-quality-colby-wildfire-los-angeles-20140116,0,7217942.story
RT Keith Martin MD @keithmartinmd: Next week @davos begins: will attendees organize themselves & act to address #climatechange?
Faced w/ Sluggish Economy, Europe Blinks on Climate Change: @NYTimes http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/17/business/energy-environment/sluggish-economy-prompts-europe-to-reconsider-climate-goals.html
Study Sheds Light on Effects of Clouds on Warming: @ClimateCentral http://www.climatecentral.org/news/study-sheds-light-on-effects-of-clouds-on-warming-16916
Scorchers: the reality of a sunburnt country: http://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/scorchers-the-reality-of-a-sunburnt-country-20140117-3105t.html
Science Denialists Make Fake Journal, Get Shut Down: @gregladen http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2014/01/18/science-denialists-make-fake-journal-get-shut-down/
Unfortunately, World Still Barreling Toward Climate Cataclysm: @climateprogress http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/01/17/3180811/world-climate-cataclysm/
RT Jeremy Mansfield @JezMans: MT "@Andrewdavid70: Rising sea levels leave National Trust properties in Devon & Cornwall at risk http://ow.ly/sIj72
RT Scott A Mandia @AGW_Prof: John Cook's (et al) paper 11th most talked about academic paper of 2013. Kudos. http://bit.ly/19vIN9u Climate science consensus. 97-98%
California Gov. Brown Declares Drought Emergency Amid Heat Records, Low Reservoirs: http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/01/18/3182581/california-extreme-drought-emergency/
RT Kathryn Thomsen @Ecobase: Eye-opening Infographic showing energy-water interdependence via @AnnaDM_ http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2014/01/16/infographic-thirsty-energy-energy-and-water-interdependence … via @Alex_Verbeek
RT David Reid @davidreid1: California hit by wildfires in the middle of winter! http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-air-quality-colby-wildfire-los-angeles-20140116,0,7217942.story
RT Keith Martin MD @keithmartinmd: Next week @davos begins: will attendees organize themselves & act to address #climatechange?
Faced w/ Sluggish Economy, Europe Blinks on Climate Change: @NYTimes http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/17/business/energy-environment/sluggish-economy-prompts-europe-to-reconsider-climate-goals.html
Thursday, January 16, 2014
Climate tweets for 15 January 2014
Power cuts, bushfires as SE Australia sizzles in heatwave: @abcnews http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-01-15/fire-crews-on-alert-as-south-east-australia-sizzles-in-heatwave/5200424
Hare & lynx threatened by climate change: http://www.ravallirepublic.com/news/state-and-regional/article_c2c25322-7212-597b-8088-be77166210e4.html
N. California drought threatens farmers, ag workers, cities – and you: @ajam http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/1/14/california-droughtthreatensfarmersagworkerscitiesandyou.html
Exclusive: Mont Pelerin Society Home to Leading Pushers of Climate Science Denial: @DeSmogBlog http://www.desmogblog.com/2014/01/15/exclusive-mont-pelerin-society-revealed-home-leading-pushers-climate-science-denial
RT CitizensClimateLobby @citizensclimate: The people must be heard in Washington if we are to pass climate solutions. Join CCL's intro call tonight! http://ow.ly/sCY6b
RT RL Miller @RL_Miller: Hey snow-trolls who think that a cold day disproves climate change, please visit California. 85 degrees, drought, and brushfires in January.
Heat widget viewed more than 1 million times at over 60 blogs: @skepticscience http://www.skepticalscience.com/widget-million.html
RT SustainableDev_Study @Sustainabl_Dev: The 7 deadly sinners driving global warming http://bit.ly/1dwCmUP RT @newscientist http://pic.twitter.com/PaC8lIBrAi
RT Climate Reality @ClimateReality: RT @DanJWeiss: Baltimore Sun's New Hire: An Oil-Funded Climate Denier http://mm4a.org/1dswMB7 Shame.
It's bloody hot, mate!: @uknowiSS http://wp.me/p2fD5I-Aj
RT ClimateNexusHotNews @ClimateHotNews: New Year already setting drought record in CA's Mendocino County http://ow.ly/sBqKX
Why Don’t Climate Change Deniers Publish Papers?: @slate http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2014/01/14/climate_change_another_study_shows_they_don_t_publish_actual_papers.html
Hare & lynx threatened by climate change: http://www.ravallirepublic.com/news/state-and-regional/article_c2c25322-7212-597b-8088-be77166210e4.html
N. California drought threatens farmers, ag workers, cities – and you: @ajam http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/1/14/california-droughtthreatensfarmersagworkerscitiesandyou.html
Exclusive: Mont Pelerin Society Home to Leading Pushers of Climate Science Denial: @DeSmogBlog http://www.desmogblog.com/2014/01/15/exclusive-mont-pelerin-society-revealed-home-leading-pushers-climate-science-denial
RT CitizensClimateLobby @citizensclimate: The people must be heard in Washington if we are to pass climate solutions. Join CCL's intro call tonight! http://ow.ly/sCY6b
RT RL Miller @RL_Miller: Hey snow-trolls who think that a cold day disproves climate change, please visit California. 85 degrees, drought, and brushfires in January.
Heat widget viewed more than 1 million times at over 60 blogs: @skepticscience http://www.skepticalscience.com/widget-million.html
RT SustainableDev_Study @Sustainabl_Dev: The 7 deadly sinners driving global warming http://bit.ly/1dwCmUP RT @newscientist http://pic.twitter.com/PaC8lIBrAi
RT Climate Reality @ClimateReality: RT @DanJWeiss: Baltimore Sun's New Hire: An Oil-Funded Climate Denier http://mm4a.org/1dswMB7 Shame.
It's bloody hot, mate!: @uknowiSS http://wp.me/p2fD5I-Aj
RT ClimateNexusHotNews @ClimateHotNews: New Year already setting drought record in CA's Mendocino County http://ow.ly/sBqKX
Why Don’t Climate Change Deniers Publish Papers?: @slate http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2014/01/14/climate_change_another_study_shows_they_don_t_publish_actual_papers.html
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Climate tweets for 14 January 2014
U.S. Senator takes on Republican climate change deniers: @smh http://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/us-senator-takes-on-republican-climate-change-deniers-20140114-30rdw.html
Coal-dependent Michigan ready to make switch: EnergyWire http://www.eenews.net/stories/1059992782
RT Al Gore @algore: Maggie Fox, CEO of @ClimateReality, is giving a webinar on the Social #CostOfCarbon. Sign up today: http://bit.ly/19gpyAN
RT Climate Reality @ClimateReality: MT @nextgen_usa: 1 step closer to finding out national climate risk, #RiskyBusiness Committee http://bit.ly/1dkkNqZ http://pic.twitter.com/qzV36M6HZf
As ocean becomes more acidic, will ‘dead mud’ consume Maine’s shellfish flats?: http://bangordailynews.com/2014/01/13/news/state/as-ocean-becomes-more-acidic-will-dead-mud-consume-maines-bountiful-shellfish-flats/
RT 350 dot org @350: Fossil fuel companies will face some tough questions at tomorrow's big UN investors summit: http://www.rtcc.org/2014/01/14/fossil-fuel-giants-face-climate-stress-test-call-at-un-summit/ … #divest #carbonbubble
RT Climate Reality @ClimateReality: A critical effort to find the economic impact climate change will have on the U.S. - not acting is #RiskyBusiness http://riskybusiness.org/
During Fiery Heatwaves, Australian PM Looks 2 Stall Clean Energy: http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/01/13/3152811/australia-abbott-wind-anti-clean-energy/
Natural Gas Prices, Coal Use, Carbon Pollution Jumped In 2013: @climateprogress http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/01/13/3153671/carbon-pollution-jumped-2-percent/
Climate Change Mitigation Mosaic: How small steps can make a difference: http://www.skepticalscience.com/Mitigation-Mosaic-Small-Steps-do-make-a-Difference.html
Going Down: The Flood Next Time: @NYTimes.com http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/14/science/earth/grappling-with-sea-level-rise-sooner-not-later.html?hp&_r=0
Walden Trees Leafing Out Far Earlier Than in Thoreau’s Time: @newswise http://newswise.com/articles/walden-trees-leafing-out-far-earlier-than-in-thoreau-s-time
Coal-dependent Michigan ready to make switch: EnergyWire http://www.eenews.net/stories/1059992782
RT Al Gore @algore: Maggie Fox, CEO of @ClimateReality, is giving a webinar on the Social #CostOfCarbon. Sign up today: http://bit.ly/19gpyAN
RT Climate Reality @ClimateReality: MT @nextgen_usa: 1 step closer to finding out national climate risk, #RiskyBusiness Committee http://bit.ly/1dkkNqZ http://pic.twitter.com/qzV36M6HZf
As ocean becomes more acidic, will ‘dead mud’ consume Maine’s shellfish flats?: http://bangordailynews.com/2014/01/13/news/state/as-ocean-becomes-more-acidic-will-dead-mud-consume-maines-bountiful-shellfish-flats/
RT 350 dot org @350: Fossil fuel companies will face some tough questions at tomorrow's big UN investors summit: http://www.rtcc.org/2014/01/14/fossil-fuel-giants-face-climate-stress-test-call-at-un-summit/ … #divest #carbonbubble
RT Climate Reality @ClimateReality: A critical effort to find the economic impact climate change will have on the U.S. - not acting is #RiskyBusiness http://riskybusiness.org/
During Fiery Heatwaves, Australian PM Looks 2 Stall Clean Energy: http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/01/13/3152811/australia-abbott-wind-anti-clean-energy/
Natural Gas Prices, Coal Use, Carbon Pollution Jumped In 2013: @climateprogress http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/01/13/3153671/carbon-pollution-jumped-2-percent/
Climate Change Mitigation Mosaic: How small steps can make a difference: http://www.skepticalscience.com/Mitigation-Mosaic-Small-Steps-do-make-a-Difference.html
Going Down: The Flood Next Time: @NYTimes.com http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/14/science/earth/grappling-with-sea-level-rise-sooner-not-later.html?hp&_r=0
Walden Trees Leafing Out Far Earlier Than in Thoreau’s Time: @newswise http://newswise.com/articles/walden-trees-leafing-out-far-earlier-than-in-thoreau-s-time
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
Climate tweets for 13 January 2014
#GlobalWarming 'Pause' Not What #Climate Change Skeptics Say It Is: http://www.weather.com/news/science/environment/no-hiatus-pause-global-warming-climate-change-heres-why-20140109 … #nosurprise #divest
As #drought grips #California, rain gauges can't measure desperation: @SFGate http://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/Rain-gauges-can-t-measure-desperation-5136884.php … #climate #divest
RT CitizensClimateLobby @citizensclimate: Think it's time for Congress to enact solutions on #climate change? Join CCL's next intro call. http://ow.ly/sxWFL
#Heatwave frequency increases as #climate change takes effect: @canberratimes http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/heatwave-frequency-increases-as-climate-change-takes-effect-20140113-30qz6.html … #globalwarming #divest
RT luca lombroso @LucaLombroso: #Globalwarming impact on Le Piane ski resort #Appennino Italy http://pic.twitter.com/ukVWjJX2Dq
MT @LJSchweiger: In Defense of #Climate Scientists: http://wp.me/p3ERJq-i #globalwarming #eco #divest
#Globalwarming & #energy: interwined problems in #Africa: @guardian http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2014/jan/12/global-warming-energy-intertwined-africa … #climate #divest
Giant #Antarctica #glacier beyond point of no return, research says: @physorg_com http://phys.org/news/2014-01-giant-antarctic-glacier.html … #climate
#California #drought may send Millerton Lake #water 2 west-side growers: @FresnoBee http://www.fresnobee.com/2014/01/11/3709634/calif-drought-may-send-millerton.html … #climate #divest
RT Steve Todd @stevenwtodd: Radio Disney cancels O&G funded propaganda following 80,000-plus petition and Twitter campaign. via @ClimateProgress http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/01/09/3144321/radio-disney-ends-oil-gas-tour/ …
As #drought grips #California, rain gauges can't measure desperation: @SFGate http://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/Rain-gauges-can-t-measure-desperation-5136884.php … #climate #divest
RT CitizensClimateLobby @citizensclimate: Think it's time for Congress to enact solutions on #climate change? Join CCL's next intro call. http://ow.ly/sxWFL
#Heatwave frequency increases as #climate change takes effect: @canberratimes http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/heatwave-frequency-increases-as-climate-change-takes-effect-20140113-30qz6.html … #globalwarming #divest
RT luca lombroso @LucaLombroso: #Globalwarming impact on Le Piane ski resort #Appennino Italy http://pic.twitter.com/ukVWjJX2Dq
MT @LJSchweiger: In Defense of #Climate Scientists: http://wp.me/p3ERJq-i #globalwarming #eco #divest
#Globalwarming & #energy: interwined problems in #Africa: @guardian http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2014/jan/12/global-warming-energy-intertwined-africa … #climate #divest
Giant #Antarctica #glacier beyond point of no return, research says: @physorg_com http://phys.org/news/2014-01-giant-antarctic-glacier.html … #climate
#California #drought may send Millerton Lake #water 2 west-side growers: @FresnoBee http://www.fresnobee.com/2014/01/11/3709634/calif-drought-may-send-millerton.html … #climate #divest
RT Steve Todd @stevenwtodd: Radio Disney cancels O&G funded propaganda following 80,000-plus petition and Twitter campaign. via @ClimateProgress http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/01/09/3144321/radio-disney-ends-oil-gas-tour/ …
Monday, January 13, 2014
Climate tweets for 12 January 2014
With #Climate Change, Pacific NW #Farmers will Need 2 Adjust Cropping Strategies http://magicvalley.com/business/agriculture/with-climate-change-pacific-northwest-farmers-will-need-to-adjust/article_5cede1c1-8312-586c-9746-16274b8633ba.html … #Idaho #divest
Snow-Hit #UK #Sheep #Farmers Fear Worse 2 Come: @CityTalk1059 http://www.citytalk.fm/news/business/20140110-snow-hit-sheep-farmers-fear-worse-is-to-come/ … #climate #globalwarming #divest
Global #climate change brings big public #health challenges, CDC scientist says: http://onlineathens.com/uga/2014-01-11/global-climate-change-brings-big-public-health-challenges-cdc-scientist-says … #divest
#Climate change role in cold snap triggers debate: @toledonews http://www.toledoblade.com/local/2014/01/12/Climate-change-role-in-cold-snap-triggers-debate.html … #globalwarming #science #divest
#NZ #climate cranks’ trust folds, leaves legal bill$ (2 taxpayers?): @hottopicnz http://hot-topic.co.nz/nz-climate-cranks-trust-folded-brill-et-al-try-to-escape-justice/ … #divest
RT Tom Steyer @TomSteyer: From CA's largest corporations & state leadership, a growing demand for a carbon tax to combat #climatechange. http://www.sfgate.com/opinion/openforum/article/Congress-should-put-a-price-on-carbon-pollution-5125722.php …
Global #Climate Change Less Terrifying, More Horrifying: @FFXClimateWatch http://www.fairfaxclimatewatch.com/blog/2014/01/global-climate-change-less-terrifying-more-horrifying.html … #globalwarming #divest
RT AvBerkel @ohHenry7: USA Today "Balances" 97% of Scientists w/ BigOil Backed Group http://mm4a.org/19LK9u1 #UniteBlue #p2 #green #Climate http://pic.twitter.com/OgJj7nNWnN
RT Fred Bentler @Bentler: Nice infographic #climate #pollution #infographic #science http://pic.twitter.com/sxsbXMPxZu
Photo Essay: Documenting Swift Change Wrought by #GlobalWarming: @YaleE360 http://e360.yale.edu/content/feature.msp?id=2722 … #climate #divest
Snow-Hit #UK #Sheep #Farmers Fear Worse 2 Come: @CityTalk1059 http://www.citytalk.fm/news/business/20140110-snow-hit-sheep-farmers-fear-worse-is-to-come/ … #climate #globalwarming #divest
Global #climate change brings big public #health challenges, CDC scientist says: http://onlineathens.com/uga/2014-01-11/global-climate-change-brings-big-public-health-challenges-cdc-scientist-says … #divest
#Climate change role in cold snap triggers debate: @toledonews http://www.toledoblade.com/local/2014/01/12/Climate-change-role-in-cold-snap-triggers-debate.html … #globalwarming #science #divest
#NZ #climate cranks’ trust folds, leaves legal bill$ (2 taxpayers?): @hottopicnz http://hot-topic.co.nz/nz-climate-cranks-trust-folded-brill-et-al-try-to-escape-justice/ … #divest
RT Tom Steyer @TomSteyer: From CA's largest corporations & state leadership, a growing demand for a carbon tax to combat #climatechange. http://www.sfgate.com/opinion/openforum/article/Congress-should-put-a-price-on-carbon-pollution-5125722.php …
Global #Climate Change Less Terrifying, More Horrifying: @FFXClimateWatch http://www.fairfaxclimatewatch.com/blog/2014/01/global-climate-change-less-terrifying-more-horrifying.html … #globalwarming #divest
RT AvBerkel @ohHenry7: USA Today "Balances" 97% of Scientists w/ BigOil Backed Group http://mm4a.org/19LK9u1 #UniteBlue #p2 #green #Climate http://pic.twitter.com/OgJj7nNWnN
RT Fred Bentler @Bentler: Nice infographic #climate #pollution #infographic #science http://pic.twitter.com/sxsbXMPxZu
Photo Essay: Documenting Swift Change Wrought by #GlobalWarming: @YaleE360 http://e360.yale.edu/content/feature.msp?id=2722 … #climate #divest
Sunday, January 12, 2014
Climate tweets for 11 January 2014
Lack of research linking #climate change, #UK #floods is 'scandal': @BBCnews http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25684933 … #globalwarming #divest
Terror charges faced by #Oklahoma fossil fuel protesters 'outrageous': @suzyji @guardian http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/10/terror-charges-oklahoma-fossil-fuel-protest … #climate
In #flood #insurance fight, Congress wants easy win, not tough [serious] solutions: http://www.eenews.net/stories/1059992703 … #climate #divest
RT CitizensClimateLobby @citizensclimate: Don't be sad if you missed CCL's national call with #carbontax expert @AdeleCMorris. Listen here: http://ow.ly/suyXl #climate
RT AJELive @AJELive: #Climate change in #Croatia is causing the country's bee population to come out of hibernation prematurely. http://aje.me/1abit2D
Toronto "not prepared 4 #climate change": @NOWtoronto http://nowtoronto.com/news/story.cfm?content=196189 … #Canada #globalwarming #divest
RT Moms Clean Air Force @CleanAirMoms: .@UW degree to prep students for a melting world: http://ow.ly/sun3O via @seattletimes #ActOnClimate #research
#Polarvortex over US brings abnormally mild weather 2 Scandinavia: @guardian http://gu.com/p/3ynx7/tw #climate #divest
Warmer #Climate Causing #Pelican Chicks 2 Freeze 2 Death: @climateprogress http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/01/10/3149151/pelicans-hit-adaptations-climate-change/ … #wildlife #divest
Rivers rising in western #Queensland but graziers need more rain: @abcnews http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-01-10/rivers-rising-in-western-qld-but-graziers-need-more-rain/5193842 … #climate #drought #divest
Terror charges faced by #Oklahoma fossil fuel protesters 'outrageous': @suzyji @guardian http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/10/terror-charges-oklahoma-fossil-fuel-protest … #climate
In #flood #insurance fight, Congress wants easy win, not tough [serious] solutions: http://www.eenews.net/stories/1059992703 … #climate #divest
RT CitizensClimateLobby @citizensclimate: Don't be sad if you missed CCL's national call with #carbontax expert @AdeleCMorris. Listen here: http://ow.ly/suyXl #climate
RT AJELive @AJELive: #Climate change in #Croatia is causing the country's bee population to come out of hibernation prematurely. http://aje.me/1abit2D
Toronto "not prepared 4 #climate change": @NOWtoronto http://nowtoronto.com/news/story.cfm?content=196189 … #Canada #globalwarming #divest
RT Moms Clean Air Force @CleanAirMoms: .@UW degree to prep students for a melting world: http://ow.ly/sun3O via @seattletimes #ActOnClimate #research
#Polarvortex over US brings abnormally mild weather 2 Scandinavia: @guardian http://gu.com/p/3ynx7/tw #climate #divest
Warmer #Climate Causing #Pelican Chicks 2 Freeze 2 Death: @climateprogress http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/01/10/3149151/pelicans-hit-adaptations-climate-change/ … #wildlife #divest
Rivers rising in western #Queensland but graziers need more rain: @abcnews http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-01-10/rivers-rising-in-western-qld-but-graziers-need-more-rain/5193842 … #climate #drought #divest
Saturday, January 11, 2014
Climate tweets for 10 January 2014
#Bats fall 2 extreme weather amid widespread decline: @TorontoStar http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2014/01/10/bats_fall_to_extreme_weather_amid_widespread_decline.html … #climate #wildlife #divest
#Carbon emissions: #coal reliance puts Australia #2 on OECD's dirt list: @guardian http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/10/carbon-emissions-australias-growth-puts-it-near-top-of-oecd-rankings … #climate #divest
#Australia's 2014 #HeatWave Picks Up Where 2013 Left Off: @ClimateCentral http://www.climatecentral.org/news/australia-2014-heat-wave-picks-up-where-2013-left-off-16938 … #climate #globalwarming
.@PolitiFact sets Rush Limbaugh's #pantsonfire: http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2014/jan/08/rush-limbaugh/limbaugh-polar-vortex-made-yet-still-proof-ice-cap/ … #polarvortex #climate #globalwarming #divest
Record-setting #California #drought threatens #salmon survival: GreenWire http://www.eenews.net/stories/1059992570 … #climate #wildlife
Yes, it's cold in parts of U.S., but chill's far from historic: ClimateWire http://www.eenews.net/stories/1059992541 … #climate #divest
RT Shawna @S_WhiteBear: Kangaroos, emus, parrots drop dead, as Australia sizzles in record-breaking heatwave - http://bit.ly/19XupHK #climate
RT Shawn Huckaby @ShawnHuckaby: Might as well copy the best! "Kochs Hire Tobacco Operative to Lead Communications and Marketing" #climate http://www.desmogblog.com/2014/01/10/koch-industries-hires-tobacco-operative-steve-lombardo-communications-marketing …
RT brent newman @Sailors_Warning: Updated pie chart of accredited #climate scientists that support and are skeptical of #climatechange via @DeSmogBlog http://pic.twitter.com/PuZCl0peJv
Celebrating Deep Freeze, Insect Experts See Chance 2 Kill Off Invasive Species http://nyti.ms/19eTZHn #climate #divest
#Carbon emissions: #coal reliance puts Australia #2 on OECD's dirt list: @guardian http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/10/carbon-emissions-australias-growth-puts-it-near-top-of-oecd-rankings … #climate #divest
#Australia's 2014 #HeatWave Picks Up Where 2013 Left Off: @ClimateCentral http://www.climatecentral.org/news/australia-2014-heat-wave-picks-up-where-2013-left-off-16938 … #climate #globalwarming
.@PolitiFact sets Rush Limbaugh's #pantsonfire: http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2014/jan/08/rush-limbaugh/limbaugh-polar-vortex-made-yet-still-proof-ice-cap/ … #polarvortex #climate #globalwarming #divest
Record-setting #California #drought threatens #salmon survival: GreenWire http://www.eenews.net/stories/1059992570 … #climate #wildlife
Yes, it's cold in parts of U.S., but chill's far from historic: ClimateWire http://www.eenews.net/stories/1059992541 … #climate #divest
RT Shawna @S_WhiteBear: Kangaroos, emus, parrots drop dead, as Australia sizzles in record-breaking heatwave - http://bit.ly/19XupHK #climate
RT Shawn Huckaby @ShawnHuckaby: Might as well copy the best! "Kochs Hire Tobacco Operative to Lead Communications and Marketing" #climate http://www.desmogblog.com/2014/01/10/koch-industries-hires-tobacco-operative-steve-lombardo-communications-marketing …
RT brent newman @Sailors_Warning: Updated pie chart of accredited #climate scientists that support and are skeptical of #climatechange via @DeSmogBlog http://pic.twitter.com/PuZCl0peJv
Celebrating Deep Freeze, Insect Experts See Chance 2 Kill Off Invasive Species http://nyti.ms/19eTZHn #climate #divest
Friday, January 10, 2014
Climate tweets for 9 January 2014
Cold Snap Curtails #Forest Pests Somewhat, But Not Enough: @climateprogress http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/01/09/3136861/cold-spell-beetles-trees/ … #climate #divest
#Globalwarming being caused by humans, not sun, says new research: @skepticscience http://www.skepticalscience.com/global-warming-humans-not-sun-high-sensitivity.html … #climate #divest
Encouraging: Brits don't see cold weather as evidence against #climate change: @CarbonBrief http://www.carbonbrief.org/blog/2014/01/the-british-dont-see-cold-weather-as-evidence-against-climate-change,-according-to-new-polling/ … #divest
About 100,000 #bats dead after #heatwave in southern Queensland: @abcnews http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-01-08/hundred-thousand-dead-bats-after-qld-heatwave-rspca-says/5190644 … #climate #wildlife #divest
Reasons 4 Optimism on #Climate Action: @RockBrosFund http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-northrop/reasons-for-optimism-on-c_b_4545836.html … #globalwarming #energy #coal #divest
RT J Brosley @jbrosley: Don't believe in #globalwarming ? #Australia today. The purple blotch? That's 122F http://pic.twitter.com/9PxKMP1TOS
Inside the #globalwarming hiatus: @AtmosNews http://www2.ucar.edu/atmosnews/opinion/10883/inside-warming-hiatus … #climate #divest
RT Moms Clean Air Force @CleanAirMoms: Reading: New York Governor Announces One Billion Dollars For Solar Energy http://ift.tt/KKrQ0j #Climate
RT Clara Vondrich @Clara_Vondrich: Fossil Divestment 2014 TREND TO WATCH: http://bit.ly/1cH4L7F @Utech44 @dfenton @Ed_Crooks @EllenD35 @StevenMufson @TomSteyer @hal_harvey
Higher #insurance premiums in 4cast after months of wild weather: @GlobeandMail http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/higher-insurance-premiums-in-the-forecast-after-months-of-wild-weather/article16238497/ … #climate #divest
#Globalwarming being caused by humans, not sun, says new research: @skepticscience http://www.skepticalscience.com/global-warming-humans-not-sun-high-sensitivity.html … #climate #divest
Encouraging: Brits don't see cold weather as evidence against #climate change: @CarbonBrief http://www.carbonbrief.org/blog/2014/01/the-british-dont-see-cold-weather-as-evidence-against-climate-change,-according-to-new-polling/ … #divest
About 100,000 #bats dead after #heatwave in southern Queensland: @abcnews http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-01-08/hundred-thousand-dead-bats-after-qld-heatwave-rspca-says/5190644 … #climate #wildlife #divest
Reasons 4 Optimism on #Climate Action: @RockBrosFund http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-northrop/reasons-for-optimism-on-c_b_4545836.html … #globalwarming #energy #coal #divest
RT J Brosley @jbrosley: Don't believe in #globalwarming ? #Australia today. The purple blotch? That's 122F http://pic.twitter.com/9PxKMP1TOS
Inside the #globalwarming hiatus: @AtmosNews http://www2.ucar.edu/atmosnews/opinion/10883/inside-warming-hiatus … #climate #divest
RT Moms Clean Air Force @CleanAirMoms: Reading: New York Governor Announces One Billion Dollars For Solar Energy http://ift.tt/KKrQ0j #Climate
RT Clara Vondrich @Clara_Vondrich: Fossil Divestment 2014 TREND TO WATCH: http://bit.ly/1cH4L7F @Utech44 @dfenton @Ed_Crooks @EllenD35 @StevenMufson @TomSteyer @hal_harvey
Higher #insurance premiums in 4cast after months of wild weather: @GlobeandMail http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/higher-insurance-premiums-in-the-forecast-after-months-of-wild-weather/article16238497/ … #climate #divest
Thursday, January 9, 2014
Climate tweets for 8 January 2014
#Texas Cold in Perspective: #Climate Abyss http://blog.chron.com/climateabyss/2014/01/texas-cold-in-perspective/ … #globalwarming #polarvortex #divest
Cold, hard facts: @AtmosNews http://www2.ucar.edu/atmosnews/opinion/10886/cold-hard-facts#.UsyJcjHeRuA.wordpress … #climate #globalwarming #polarvortex #divest
The #Arctic Has Barfed: ClimateSight http://climatesight.org/2014/01/07/the-arctic-has-barfed/ … #climatedisruption #globalwarming #polarvortex #divest
New Year Brings More Extreme Weather, #Flooding 4 Storm-Weary #UK: @climateprogress http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/01/07/3130031/extreme-weather/ … #climate #divest
Are economics & #ethics of fossil fuel #divestment aligning? http://shar.es/9xoTl #climate #globalwarming
RT Climate Progress @climateprogress: BOMBSHELL: Observations point to 10 degrees F of warming by 2100 http://thkpr.gs/1cZRjNd
#Republican Talks About Changing Dialogue On #Energy & #Climate: @350orbust1 http://350orbust.com/2014/01/07/changing-the-dialogue-on-energy-climate/ … #globalwarming #divest
#Australia's hottest year no freak event: humans caused it: @ConversationEDU http://theconversation.com/australias-hottest-year-was-no-freak-event-humans-caused-it-21734 … #climate #divest
RT Tom Burke @tom_burke_47: #Thames barrier was closed just four times in 1980s, compared to 80 times since 2000 http://bit.ly/1ggbaYr #London #floods #climate #risk
RT ClimateNexusHotNews @ClimateHotNews: RT @ColbertReport "If there's one thing @realDonaldTrump knows, it's expensive bullshit." -- @StephenAtHome http://pic.twitter.com/Tic0zLrQuS
RT Thomas Smith @DrTELS: Impressive climate indicators array in BAMS "State of the Climate in 2012" report, most without warming pause #QRA50 http://pic.twitter.com/WohCc05HN7
Cold, hard facts: @AtmosNews http://www2.ucar.edu/atmosnews/opinion/10886/cold-hard-facts#.UsyJcjHeRuA.wordpress … #climate #globalwarming #polarvortex #divest
The #Arctic Has Barfed: ClimateSight http://climatesight.org/2014/01/07/the-arctic-has-barfed/ … #climatedisruption #globalwarming #polarvortex #divest
New Year Brings More Extreme Weather, #Flooding 4 Storm-Weary #UK: @climateprogress http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/01/07/3130031/extreme-weather/ … #climate #divest
Are economics & #ethics of fossil fuel #divestment aligning? http://shar.es/9xoTl #climate #globalwarming
RT Climate Progress @climateprogress: BOMBSHELL: Observations point to 10 degrees F of warming by 2100 http://thkpr.gs/1cZRjNd
#Republican Talks About Changing Dialogue On #Energy & #Climate: @350orbust1 http://350orbust.com/2014/01/07/changing-the-dialogue-on-energy-climate/ … #globalwarming #divest
#Australia's hottest year no freak event: humans caused it: @ConversationEDU http://theconversation.com/australias-hottest-year-was-no-freak-event-humans-caused-it-21734 … #climate #divest
RT Tom Burke @tom_burke_47: #Thames barrier was closed just four times in 1980s, compared to 80 times since 2000 http://bit.ly/1ggbaYr #London #floods #climate #risk
RT ClimateNexusHotNews @ClimateHotNews: RT @ColbertReport "If there's one thing @realDonaldTrump knows, it's expensive bullshit." -- @StephenAtHome http://pic.twitter.com/Tic0zLrQuS
RT Thomas Smith @DrTELS: Impressive climate indicators array in BAMS "State of the Climate in 2012" report, most without warming pause #QRA50 http://pic.twitter.com/WohCc05HN7
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Climate tweets for 7 January 2014
Dear @60Minutes, That Ticking Sound Is #Climate Change: @DanielJKessler http://www.huffingtonpost.com/daniel-kessler/dear-60-minutes-that-tick_b_4549550.html … #globalwarming #divest
Study finds #sealevels rising fast; concerns grow about #NJ Shore: @phillydotcom http://po.st/8lQNzT #climate #divest
Talking Trash on Greenhouse Gas Emissions: @skepticscience http://www.skepticalscience.com/behind_the_Lines_CO2_shotput.html … #climate #globalwarming #science #divest
7 Reasons 2 Celebrate A #CleanEnergy Future: @EarthTechling http://www.earthtechling.com/2014/01/7-reasons-to-celebrate-a-clean-energy-future/ … #climate #globalwarming #divest
Queensland in grip of big dry: @abcnews http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-01-06/hot2c-dry-weather-raises-water-concerns-across-northern-qld/5185778 … #Australia #drought #water #climatedisruption #divest
RT Andrew Freedman @afreedma: In Minneapolis, # of nights below -10F fell from avg. of 14.7 in 1970s to 3.8 in 2000s http://bit.ly/1ge59ew http://pic.twitter.com/RLj7c8TAXA
RT Josh Marks @envirojourno: .@WhiteHouse @OMBPress The Social #CostOfCarbon is a vital step towards a price on carbon. Please strengthen it! http://bit.ly/1khjD3d
Groundbreaking #climate research helps Edmonton plan future drainage needs: http://www.edmontonjournal.com/technology/Groundbreaking+climate+research+helps+Edmonton+plan/9351748/story.html … #Alberta #flood #divest
New at It's Burning: On the #polarvortex & #climate communications: http://itsburning.blogspot.com/2014/01/on-polar-vortex-and-climate.html … #globalwarming #divest
#Flood-hit #UK must prepare 4 more extreme weather, says #climate adviser: @Guardian http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/05/uk-prepare-extreme-weather-floods … #divest
Study finds #sealevels rising fast; concerns grow about #NJ Shore: @phillydotcom http://po.st/8lQNzT #climate #divest
Talking Trash on Greenhouse Gas Emissions: @skepticscience http://www.skepticalscience.com/behind_the_Lines_CO2_shotput.html … #climate #globalwarming #science #divest
7 Reasons 2 Celebrate A #CleanEnergy Future: @EarthTechling http://www.earthtechling.com/2014/01/7-reasons-to-celebrate-a-clean-energy-future/ … #climate #globalwarming #divest
Queensland in grip of big dry: @abcnews http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-01-06/hot2c-dry-weather-raises-water-concerns-across-northern-qld/5185778 … #Australia #drought #water #climatedisruption #divest
RT Andrew Freedman @afreedma: In Minneapolis, # of nights below -10F fell from avg. of 14.7 in 1970s to 3.8 in 2000s http://bit.ly/1ge59ew http://pic.twitter.com/RLj7c8TAXA
RT Josh Marks @envirojourno: .@WhiteHouse @OMBPress The Social #CostOfCarbon is a vital step towards a price on carbon. Please strengthen it! http://bit.ly/1khjD3d
Groundbreaking #climate research helps Edmonton plan future drainage needs: http://www.edmontonjournal.com/technology/Groundbreaking+climate+research+helps+Edmonton+plan/9351748/story.html … #Alberta #flood #divest
New at It's Burning: On the #polarvortex & #climate communications: http://itsburning.blogspot.com/2014/01/on-polar-vortex-and-climate.html … #globalwarming #divest
#Flood-hit #UK must prepare 4 more extreme weather, says #climate adviser: @Guardian http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/05/uk-prepare-extreme-weather-floods … #divest
Tuesday, January 7, 2014
On the polar vortex and climate communications
Just a few quick thoughts on this from my vantage point as a retired communications specialist:
- There is no point in explaining how and why the polar vortex may be the result of global warming. I've seen a few articles popping up along these lines lately, and my advice is, save your breath. Even though I think it's probably true (disruption of a complex system via a massive influx of heat can lead to chaotic results), few if any climate scientists are going to be willing to provide credible support. Most of them haven't even been willing to state that extreme weather events that seem very plausibly related, such as the great U.S./Canada heat wave of spring 2012 or the terrible Russian heat wave of summer 2010, are due to human-caused climate change. Without that credible backing, you're dead in the water.
- Trying to connect the vortex and global warming sounds deceptive on its face. Any explanation of how and why the two might be connected is necessarily complex and subject to many unknowns. That being the case, what the average person hears is, "Yada, yada, everything is due to global warming." This does nothing for the credibility of science communications--instead, it just gives those in denial an easy counter.
- The polar vortex event is a one-off and should be treated as such. This just in--as I was drafting, a tweet appeared from the estimable Heidi Cullen referring to graphics from many cities showing that extreme cold events have become more rare since 1970. That's a good way to go in handling this event (and don't say "no weather event can be used to demonstrate climate"--the time is surely coming when such events will be so extreme they can no longer be ignored).
- Better to focus on the weather extremes that have been predicted by climate science and are continuing to happen as we speak. Within the past month:
Heat waves, drought, precipitation extremes--all have been predicted and are reasonable to expect as results of a warming planet.
- There is no point in explaining how and why the polar vortex may be the result of global warming. I've seen a few articles popping up along these lines lately, and my advice is, save your breath. Even though I think it's probably true (disruption of a complex system via a massive influx of heat can lead to chaotic results), few if any climate scientists are going to be willing to provide credible support. Most of them haven't even been willing to state that extreme weather events that seem very plausibly related, such as the great U.S./Canada heat wave of spring 2012 or the terrible Russian heat wave of summer 2010, are due to human-caused climate change. Without that credible backing, you're dead in the water.
- Trying to connect the vortex and global warming sounds deceptive on its face. Any explanation of how and why the two might be connected is necessarily complex and subject to many unknowns. That being the case, what the average person hears is, "Yada, yada, everything is due to global warming." This does nothing for the credibility of science communications--instead, it just gives those in denial an easy counter.
- The polar vortex event is a one-off and should be treated as such. This just in--as I was drafting, a tweet appeared from the estimable Heidi Cullen referring to graphics from many cities showing that extreme cold events have become more rare since 1970. That's a good way to go in handling this event (and don't say "no weather event can be used to demonstrate climate"--the time is surely coming when such events will be so extreme they can no longer be ignored).
- Better to focus on the weather extremes that have been predicted by climate science and are continuing to happen as we speak. Within the past month:
- Australia has wrapped up its hottest year on record--not a few days or weeks, but a year, for an area as large as the U.S. (which, by the way, had its hottest year on record waay back in 2012, for those who have already forgotten).
- Torrential downpours have struck islands in the eastern Caribbean, and parts of Brazil.
- Argentina and part of Brazil have seen a record heat wave.
- December 2013 was Scotland's wettest month ever.
- California and Oregon finished their driest year ever, with rainfall amounts at a number of locations that were startlingly below previous all-time lows.
Heat waves, drought, precipitation extremes--all have been predicted and are reasonable to expect as results of a warming planet.
Monday, January 6, 2014
Climate tweets for 5 January 2014
RT GlobalClimateTreaty @ClimateTreaty: We can't afford to ignore global warming - Indianapolis Star http://bit.ly/1eZjMpJ - #GlobalWarming
Climate Scientist Ralph Keeling Makes Crowdfunding Plea to Back Key Research: @InsideClimate http://insideclimatenews.org/content/climate-scientist-ralph-keeling-makes-crowdfunding-plea-back-key-research … #divest
Climate change increasing sea surface temps around Australia: http://indymedia.org.au/2014/01/05/climate-change-increasing-sea-surface-temperatures-around-australia … #globalwarming #divest
RT seth borenstein @borenbears: Last time US set cold monthly record: Dec. '83; hot records Mar & July 2012; Last hot month global record: Nov. 2013: Last cold: Dec. 1916
RT Climate Reality @ClimateReality: We're doing something special today! Our second giveaway will be #IAMPROSNOW T-Shirts!!! No way? WAY! http://pic.twitter.com/GV60WmF224
Big weather events "getting worse": climatologist: @VoiceofRussiaUK http://voiceofrussia.com/uk/news/2014_01_05/Big-weather-events-getting-worse-climatologist-9310/ … #climatedisruption #divest
Water Bonds Shrivel as California Sees Driest Year: @Bloomberg http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-01-02/water-bonds-shrivel-as-california-sees-driest-year-muni.html … #drought #climate #divest
Climate Hangover: 5 Reasons to End America's Fossil Fuel Fiesta in 2014: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kassie-siegel/our-climate-hangover-5-re_b_4537564.html … #globalwarming #divest
Heartland relying on more non-experts with vested interests to spin garbage: @uknowiSS https://uknowispeaksense.wordpress.com/2014/01/04/heartland-relying-on-more-non-experts-with-vested-interests-to-spin-garbage/ … #climate
2013: Much more than record-setting drought: @FresnoBee http://www.fresnobee.com/2014/01/03/3696430/2013-was-much-more-than-record.html … #California #climatedisruption #divest
Climate Scientist Ralph Keeling Makes Crowdfunding Plea to Back Key Research: @InsideClimate http://insideclimatenews.org/content/climate-scientist-ralph-keeling-makes-crowdfunding-plea-back-key-research … #divest
Climate change increasing sea surface temps around Australia: http://indymedia.org.au/2014/01/05/climate-change-increasing-sea-surface-temperatures-around-australia … #globalwarming #divest
RT seth borenstein @borenbears: Last time US set cold monthly record: Dec. '83; hot records Mar & July 2012; Last hot month global record: Nov. 2013: Last cold: Dec. 1916
RT Climate Reality @ClimateReality: We're doing something special today! Our second giveaway will be #IAMPROSNOW T-Shirts!!! No way? WAY! http://pic.twitter.com/GV60WmF224
Big weather events "getting worse": climatologist: @VoiceofRussiaUK http://voiceofrussia.com/uk/news/2014_01_05/Big-weather-events-getting-worse-climatologist-9310/ … #climatedisruption #divest
Water Bonds Shrivel as California Sees Driest Year: @Bloomberg http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-01-02/water-bonds-shrivel-as-california-sees-driest-year-muni.html … #drought #climate #divest
Climate Hangover: 5 Reasons to End America's Fossil Fuel Fiesta in 2014: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kassie-siegel/our-climate-hangover-5-re_b_4537564.html … #globalwarming #divest
Heartland relying on more non-experts with vested interests to spin garbage: @uknowiSS https://uknowispeaksense.wordpress.com/2014/01/04/heartland-relying-on-more-non-experts-with-vested-interests-to-spin-garbage/ … #climate
2013: Much more than record-setting drought: @FresnoBee http://www.fresnobee.com/2014/01/03/3696430/2013-was-much-more-than-record.html … #California #climatedisruption #divest
Saturday, January 4, 2014
Climate tweets for 3 January 2014
Australian PM urged to rethink climate 'policy' after hottest year on record: @guardian http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/03/abbott-urged-to-rethink-climate-policy … #divest
Sunny Sierra raises chilling drought fears: @SFGate http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Sunny-Sierra-raises-chilling-drought-fears-5109706.php … #California #climate #water #divest
Climate change: It's hot - & not just in kitchens of bickering MPs: @smh http://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/climate-change-its-hot--and-not-just-in-the-kitchens-of-bickering-mps-20140103-309jl.html … #globalwarming #divest
Climate Change Could Put 1/5 Of World's Population In Severe Water Shortage: http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/01/03/3113981/climate-change-water-shortage/ … #drought #divest
Australia Rings In New Year with Record-Breaking Heat Wave: @climateprogress http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/01/02/3111171/australia-new-year-heat-wave/ … #climate #divest
Donald Trump's Hair, The End Of Global Warming and Other Things That Aren't Real: http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/01/02/3112791/time-2014-hottest-year-record/ … #climate #divest
RT ClimateNexusHotNews @ClimateHotNews: Joe Romm catches WSJ whopper: Paper Claims ‘Liberals No Longer Refer To Global Warming Because Winter Is Cold' http://bit.ly/1d5QnbS
RT craigjack36 @craigjack36: If one boat stuck in 1 bit of ice proves there is no global warming One boat stuck in a desert proves there is: http://pic.twitter.com/wFzvOW787H
Cattle producers on lookout for heat stress: @ABCRural http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-01-02/nrn-heat-stress-02-01-14/5182142#.UsXzoHp_q0g.twitter … #globalwarming #Australia #climate #divest
Sunny Sierra raises chilling drought fears: @SFGate http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Sunny-Sierra-raises-chilling-drought-fears-5109706.php … #California #climate #water #divest
Climate change: It's hot - & not just in kitchens of bickering MPs: @smh http://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/climate-change-its-hot--and-not-just-in-the-kitchens-of-bickering-mps-20140103-309jl.html … #globalwarming #divest
Climate Change Could Put 1/5 Of World's Population In Severe Water Shortage: http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/01/03/3113981/climate-change-water-shortage/ … #drought #divest
Australia Rings In New Year with Record-Breaking Heat Wave: @climateprogress http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/01/02/3111171/australia-new-year-heat-wave/ … #climate #divest
Donald Trump's Hair, The End Of Global Warming and Other Things That Aren't Real: http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/01/02/3112791/time-2014-hottest-year-record/ … #climate #divest
RT ClimateNexusHotNews @ClimateHotNews: Joe Romm catches WSJ whopper: Paper Claims ‘Liberals No Longer Refer To Global Warming Because Winter Is Cold' http://bit.ly/1d5QnbS
RT craigjack36 @craigjack36: If one boat stuck in 1 bit of ice proves there is no global warming One boat stuck in a desert proves there is: http://pic.twitter.com/wFzvOW787H
Cattle producers on lookout for heat stress: @ABCRural http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-01-02/nrn-heat-stress-02-01-14/5182142#.UsXzoHp_q0g.twitter … #globalwarming #Australia #climate #divest
Friday, January 3, 2014
Climate tweets for 2 January 2014
Caribbean Deluge Disaster Raises New Climate Change Warnings: @WLRN http://wlrn.org/post/caribbean-deluge-disaster-raises-new-climate-change-warnings … #globalwarming #flood #divest
RT Climate Desk @ClimateDesk14h: Dear @realDonaldTrump: Winter does not disprove global warming http://ow.ly/sdXvH
Loss of Tropical Coral Reefs Could Be 1st Irreversible Climate Consequence: @InsideClimate http://insideclimatenews.org/content/loss-tropical-coral-reefs-could-be-first-irreversible-climate-consequence …
RT Holly Currie @hcurrie28: Hottest year in Australia since records began, but there is no such thing as climate change. @globalwarming @Greenpeace @WWF @WWF_Australia
RT Dana Nuccitelli @dana1981: .@JohnKerry Quietly Makes Priority of Climate Pact http://nyti.ms/1dWZYOp via @nytimes by @CoralMDavenport
What's Really Behind Alabama Coal Industry's Attack on Clean Energy Groups? Market Share: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gabe-elsner/whats-really-behind-the-a_b_4499553.html … #climate
Archeologists Race Against Time In Warming Arctic Coasts: @NPRnews http://www.npr.org/2014/01/01/258889938/archeologists-race-against-time-in-warming-arctic-coasts … #climate #globalwarming #divest
RT ClimateNexusHotNews @ClimateHotNews: Heat Wave Ends Across Buenos Aires after temps climbed above 88 F (31 C) every day since Dec. 13 http://ow.ly/sdZP6
RT @climateprogress: Climate change will starve deep sea--that's not great 4 humans either. http://thkpr.gs/1lCYnAl #divest
Ford Debuts New Car That Saves Each Driver 4 Metric Tons Of Greenhouse Gas/Year: http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/01/02/3110341/ford-solar-hybrid-car/ … #climate #divest
Farm Forecasts Try to Decode Capricious Climate: @IPSnews http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/12/farm-forecasts-ease-climate-uncertainty/ … #globalwarming #ag #Trinidad #divest
RT Climate Desk @ClimateDesk14h: Dear @realDonaldTrump: Winter does not disprove global warming http://ow.ly/sdXvH
Loss of Tropical Coral Reefs Could Be 1st Irreversible Climate Consequence: @InsideClimate http://insideclimatenews.org/content/loss-tropical-coral-reefs-could-be-first-irreversible-climate-consequence …
RT Holly Currie @hcurrie28: Hottest year in Australia since records began, but there is no such thing as climate change. @globalwarming @Greenpeace @WWF @WWF_Australia
RT Dana Nuccitelli @dana1981: .@JohnKerry Quietly Makes Priority of Climate Pact http://nyti.ms/1dWZYOp via @nytimes by @CoralMDavenport
What's Really Behind Alabama Coal Industry's Attack on Clean Energy Groups? Market Share: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gabe-elsner/whats-really-behind-the-a_b_4499553.html … #climate
Archeologists Race Against Time In Warming Arctic Coasts: @NPRnews http://www.npr.org/2014/01/01/258889938/archeologists-race-against-time-in-warming-arctic-coasts … #climate #globalwarming #divest
RT ClimateNexusHotNews @ClimateHotNews: Heat Wave Ends Across Buenos Aires after temps climbed above 88 F (31 C) every day since Dec. 13 http://ow.ly/sdZP6
RT @climateprogress: Climate change will starve deep sea--that's not great 4 humans either. http://thkpr.gs/1lCYnAl #divest
Ford Debuts New Car That Saves Each Driver 4 Metric Tons Of Greenhouse Gas/Year: http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/01/02/3110341/ford-solar-hybrid-car/ … #climate #divest
Farm Forecasts Try to Decode Capricious Climate: @IPSnews http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/12/farm-forecasts-ease-climate-uncertainty/ … #globalwarming #ag #Trinidad #divest
Sunday, April 21, 2013
When 'head-on' isn't really
"City tackles climate change head-on" reads a recent article in the La Crosse, Wis., Tribune. Sounds exciting, doesn't it? But the story that follows is a letdown--enough so to inspire this brief blog post.
What La Crosse is doing:
- Hosting a climate change workshop "to build consensus about pragmatic adaptations authorities can make to changing weather." I assume this involved some serious dissemination of information about climate change's impact, so that's a good thing.
- Adding more green spaces on the city's south side to handle the runoff from heavy rain events.
- And ... that's it. Oh, perhaps not--the story makes a point of noting that La Crosse "made clear in its application that climate change a distinct challenge to [its] future."
And that seems to be the point of the headline: the city actually came right out and said, in effect, that it thinks climate change is real.
That too is a good thing, but in fact, "tackling climate change head-on" means, in the simplest of terms, reducing fossil fuel use. Everything else is just papering over the problem. In this instance (the extra green space), it's a little like giving someone with a broken arm aspirin, because his arm hurts.
Energy efficiency and non-fossil energy, as much as possible, as soon as possible, is what we need to do, or as Joe Romm puts it, "deployment, deployment, deployment" of technologies that reduce fossil fuel use. As Mr. Romm puts it here:
"The crucial climate strategy is aggressive deployment of every last bit of available low-carbon technology starting ASAP. Anyone who isn’t in favor of that strategy understands neither climate science nor the current state of clean energy. Sadly, that covers most of the traditional media and so-called intelligentsia."
What La Crosse is doing:
- Hosting a climate change workshop "to build consensus about pragmatic adaptations authorities can make to changing weather." I assume this involved some serious dissemination of information about climate change's impact, so that's a good thing.
- Adding more green spaces on the city's south side to handle the runoff from heavy rain events.
- And ... that's it. Oh, perhaps not--the story makes a point of noting that La Crosse "made clear in its application that climate change a distinct challenge to [its] future."
And that seems to be the point of the headline: the city actually came right out and said, in effect, that it thinks climate change is real.
That too is a good thing, but in fact, "tackling climate change head-on" means, in the simplest of terms, reducing fossil fuel use. Everything else is just papering over the problem. In this instance (the extra green space), it's a little like giving someone with a broken arm aspirin, because his arm hurts.
Energy efficiency and non-fossil energy, as much as possible, as soon as possible, is what we need to do, or as Joe Romm puts it, "deployment, deployment, deployment" of technologies that reduce fossil fuel use. As Mr. Romm puts it here:
"The crucial climate strategy is aggressive deployment of every last bit of available low-carbon technology starting ASAP. Anyone who isn’t in favor of that strategy understands neither climate science nor the current state of clean energy. Sadly, that covers most of the traditional media and so-called intelligentsia."
Sunday, July 8, 2012
By the numbers: U.S. warming
OK, I admit it--I'm a numbers geek, er, guy.
Graphics are good, but numbers are better. It's fun to poke around them and try to understand the story they are telling.
A while ago, inspired by the Great March 2012 Heat Wave, I expressed concern about the ratio of new high daily temperatures across the U.S. to new low daily temperatures. I reposted a graphic from the blog Capital Climate that seemed to me to suggest that the high ratios of months like March 2012 (35:1, here after just "35") and January 2012 (22) indicated that wild swings in temperature are growing greater--that the weather system was looking more and more unstable due to global warming.
The Capital Climate graphic, however, didn't show everything I needed to confirm that hypothesis. In this particular iteration (the blog has published others previously, covering different time periods), only ratios from 2011 and 2012 were shown--not enough to get a feel for just how unusual the March and January ratios were. So I decided to go digging.
A week later (this is tedious and time-consuming work), I've created an Excel spreadsheet that shows new daily highs, new daily lows, and their ratio for months in the years 1993-2012. I also flipped ahead and took a peek at 1988 and 1936, two previous years with remarkable heat waves. All data is from the National Climate Data Center (NCDC) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which maintains an online database of temperature extremes at http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/extremes/records/.
There's still quite a bit of work to do (the database covers years back to 1850!), but even with the limited portion I've completed, there are some interesting results:
First, ratios of new highs to lows in recent years are not toooo extreme. While March 2012 (35) and January 2012 (22) are definitely unusual, there are other wilder outliers in the historical record. January 2006 (58:1) is the biggest I've found so far, and November 1999 (53) and February 2000 (50) also achieved ratios of 50 or better.
Second, there is a clear warming trend. That trend is, I think, best illustrated by looking at some yearly records:
Most recent year in which new daily lows exceeded new daily highs: 1997, with 16,469 new lows versus 15,964 new highs. That's a stopper right there, since if the climate were stable, it would be unusual for there to be 14 straight years (1998 through 2011) in which new highs exceeded new lows.
Most recent year with 20,000 or more new daily lows: 1996 (23,160).
Most recent year with 20,000 or more new daily highs: 2007 (26,067).
One might speculate that the number of new records is decreasing over time as the temperature data set gets longer/larger, but there's no reason for highs to exceed lows unless the average temperature is increasing.
Most recent year with 15,000 or more new daily lows: 2002 (18,166).
Most recent year with 15,000 or more new daily highs: 2012 (18,164 and counting, through July 7).
Pretty hard to refute this very impressive data. 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2011 also had more than 15,000 new daily highs.
Most recent year with 10,000 or more new daily lows: 2007 (10,355).
2010, 2011, 2012 all surpassed 10,000 new daily highs.
Number of months since January 1, 1993, with a ratio of new lows to new highs exceeding 10:1: 1 (March 1997, with a ratio of 12.7:1).
The following months since that date have had ratios of new highs to new lows exceeding 10:1: January 1995 (17), February 1997 (16), January 1998 (12), July 1998 (16), September 1998 (17), November 1998 (21), December 1998 (14), November 1999 (53), January 2000 (12), February 2000 (53), March 2000 (40), November 2001 (14), December 2001 (12), January 2002 (15), August 2003 (12), October 2003 (11), March 2004 (21), February 2005 (18), January 2006 (58), August 2007 (13), June 2011 (10), August 2011 (22), January 2012 (22) and March 2012 (35)--a total of 24 months in all.
Highest ratio of new highs to new lows for a year: 1998 (4.04).
At the moment, 2012 is on track to easily surpass 1998 (currently, its ratio is a remarkable 11.7), but the record makes it clear that significant changes can take place in a few months.
More generally, this work is inspired not only by the Great June-July 2012 Heat Wave, which we have just finished, but by a study of the ratio of new highs to new lows completed in 2009 by authors from the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Climate Central, The Weather Channel, and NOAA. That study found the following ratios by decade:
1950s: 1.09 (to 1)
1960s: 0.77
1970s: 0.78
1980s: 1.14
1990s: 1.36
2000s: 2.04
The decadal record has the effect of smoothing variations and making it clear that since the 1990s, the ratio has taken a jump, with a larger increase from the 1990s to 2000s than any previous change. (I hope to extend this back to at least the 1930s and 1940s, since the Dust Bowl era of the 1930s had multiple very hot summers.)
I'll be continuing to build out my spreadsheet in the coming weeks, and will keep you posted on what I find.
Graphics are good, but numbers are better. It's fun to poke around them and try to understand the story they are telling.
A while ago, inspired by the Great March 2012 Heat Wave, I expressed concern about the ratio of new high daily temperatures across the U.S. to new low daily temperatures. I reposted a graphic from the blog Capital Climate that seemed to me to suggest that the high ratios of months like March 2012 (35:1, here after just "35") and January 2012 (22) indicated that wild swings in temperature are growing greater--that the weather system was looking more and more unstable due to global warming.
The Capital Climate graphic, however, didn't show everything I needed to confirm that hypothesis. In this particular iteration (the blog has published others previously, covering different time periods), only ratios from 2011 and 2012 were shown--not enough to get a feel for just how unusual the March and January ratios were. So I decided to go digging.
A week later (this is tedious and time-consuming work), I've created an Excel spreadsheet that shows new daily highs, new daily lows, and their ratio for months in the years 1993-2012. I also flipped ahead and took a peek at 1988 and 1936, two previous years with remarkable heat waves. All data is from the National Climate Data Center (NCDC) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which maintains an online database of temperature extremes at http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/extremes/records/.
There's still quite a bit of work to do (the database covers years back to 1850!), but even with the limited portion I've completed, there are some interesting results:
First, ratios of new highs to lows in recent years are not toooo extreme. While March 2012 (35) and January 2012 (22) are definitely unusual, there are other wilder outliers in the historical record. January 2006 (58:1) is the biggest I've found so far, and November 1999 (53) and February 2000 (50) also achieved ratios of 50 or better.
Second, there is a clear warming trend. That trend is, I think, best illustrated by looking at some yearly records:
Most recent year in which new daily lows exceeded new daily highs: 1997, with 16,469 new lows versus 15,964 new highs. That's a stopper right there, since if the climate were stable, it would be unusual for there to be 14 straight years (1998 through 2011) in which new highs exceeded new lows.
Most recent year with 20,000 or more new daily lows: 1996 (23,160).
Most recent year with 20,000 or more new daily highs: 2007 (26,067).
One might speculate that the number of new records is decreasing over time as the temperature data set gets longer/larger, but there's no reason for highs to exceed lows unless the average temperature is increasing.
Most recent year with 15,000 or more new daily lows: 2002 (18,166).
Most recent year with 15,000 or more new daily highs: 2012 (18,164 and counting, through July 7).
Pretty hard to refute this very impressive data. 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2011 also had more than 15,000 new daily highs.
Most recent year with 10,000 or more new daily lows: 2007 (10,355).
2010, 2011, 2012 all surpassed 10,000 new daily highs.
Number of months since January 1, 1993, with a ratio of new lows to new highs exceeding 10:1: 1 (March 1997, with a ratio of 12.7:1).
The following months since that date have had ratios of new highs to new lows exceeding 10:1: January 1995 (17), February 1997 (16), January 1998 (12), July 1998 (16), September 1998 (17), November 1998 (21), December 1998 (14), November 1999 (53), January 2000 (12), February 2000 (53), March 2000 (40), November 2001 (14), December 2001 (12), January 2002 (15), August 2003 (12), October 2003 (11), March 2004 (21), February 2005 (18), January 2006 (58), August 2007 (13), June 2011 (10), August 2011 (22), January 2012 (22) and March 2012 (35)--a total of 24 months in all.
Highest ratio of new highs to new lows for a year: 1998 (4.04).
At the moment, 2012 is on track to easily surpass 1998 (currently, its ratio is a remarkable 11.7), but the record makes it clear that significant changes can take place in a few months.
More generally, this work is inspired not only by the Great June-July 2012 Heat Wave, which we have just finished, but by a study of the ratio of new highs to new lows completed in 2009 by authors from the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Climate Central, The Weather Channel, and NOAA. That study found the following ratios by decade:
1950s: 1.09 (to 1)
1960s: 0.77
1970s: 0.78
1980s: 1.14
1990s: 1.36
2000s: 2.04
The decadal record has the effect of smoothing variations and making it clear that since the 1990s, the ratio has taken a jump, with a larger increase from the 1990s to 2000s than any previous change. (I hope to extend this back to at least the 1930s and 1940s, since the Dust Bowl era of the 1930s had multiple very hot summers.)
I'll be continuing to build out my spreadsheet in the coming weeks, and will keep you posted on what I find.
Thursday, December 22, 2011
How the New York Times could cover global warming
I've complained (hmmm, maybe "ranted" is the appropriate word) here previously about the New York Times and its "coverage" of global warming.
It's interesting to compare that coverage with the Times' coverage of Congress. The e-mail alert (from the Times) for the breaking story of the day on Saturday, December 17, reads, in pertinent part, as follows:
“Senate Votes to Extend Payroll Tax Cut for Two Months
“WASHINGTON — In the ultimate cap to a year of last-minute, half-loaf legislation, the Senate voted overwhelmingly on Saturday to extend a payroll tax cut for a two months, with the chamber’s leaders and the White House proclaiming victory, even as they pushed the issue of how to extend the tax cut and unemployment benefits into the new year. …
“The agreement — should it get through the House — mirrors a series of 11th-hour deals devised by the the 112th Congress that appear to solve an impending crisis, but simply push it forward …
“A failure to even extend a modest tax break for 160 million Americans for a single year — something both sides would love as political feathers in their election-year caps — is particularly remarkable in a Congress charged with far more significant items.
“‘Today is an important day for our country,’ said Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the majority leader, as he explained from the Senate floor Saturday why his chamber would be voting on a bill, conceived Friday in private between Senate leaders to extend the tax for only two months. ‘We are doing today exactly what the Founding Fathers thought we would do,’ and passage of the bills is ‘an accomplishment important for the American people.’
Notice that the reporting is very judgmental--I have bolded some of the pieces of the text that, while they are arguably accurate reporting, also appear to express the personal views of the reporter. Certainly, they are not "straight reporting." Also, the article positions the quote from Reid in such a way as to make him appear either openly cynical or stupid.
The NYT does this regularly with political news, so its reporters do know how to take a position, in a news story. The mystery is why it is so assiduous about writing news stories about global warming as neutrally (and even cluelessly) as possible. It has, for example, carried lengthy articles about the recent rash of wildfires in the western U.S. and on the record-breaking Texas drought of 2011 without mentioning global warming at all. Its blog even reported on the most well-known skeptic politician, U.S. Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), sending a self-congratulatory message to skeptics at the Cancun international climate conference--without any discussion of the climate science he belittles.
That said, some credit is due. On the same day as the story above, it carried a long story on methane that actually discusses climate science as if it were settled. I hope it's the beginning of a sea change, but at this point, it's hard to be optimistic.
It's interesting to compare that coverage with the Times' coverage of Congress. The e-mail alert (from the Times) for the breaking story of the day on Saturday, December 17, reads, in pertinent part, as follows:
“Senate Votes to Extend Payroll Tax Cut for Two Months
“WASHINGTON — In the ultimate cap to a year of last-minute, half-loaf legislation, the Senate voted overwhelmingly on Saturday to extend a payroll tax cut for a two months, with the chamber’s leaders and the White House proclaiming victory, even as they pushed the issue of how to extend the tax cut and unemployment benefits into the new year. …
“The agreement — should it get through the House — mirrors a series of 11th-hour deals devised by the the 112th Congress that appear to solve an impending crisis, but simply push it forward …
“A failure to even extend a modest tax break for 160 million Americans for a single year — something both sides would love as political feathers in their election-year caps — is particularly remarkable in a Congress charged with far more significant items.
“‘Today is an important day for our country,’ said Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the majority leader, as he explained from the Senate floor Saturday why his chamber would be voting on a bill, conceived Friday in private between Senate leaders to extend the tax for only two months. ‘We are doing today exactly what the Founding Fathers thought we would do,’ and passage of the bills is ‘an accomplishment important for the American people.’
Notice that the reporting is very judgmental--I have bolded some of the pieces of the text that, while they are arguably accurate reporting, also appear to express the personal views of the reporter. Certainly, they are not "straight reporting." Also, the article positions the quote from Reid in such a way as to make him appear either openly cynical or stupid.
The NYT does this regularly with political news, so its reporters do know how to take a position, in a news story. The mystery is why it is so assiduous about writing news stories about global warming as neutrally (and even cluelessly) as possible. It has, for example, carried lengthy articles about the recent rash of wildfires in the western U.S. and on the record-breaking Texas drought of 2011 without mentioning global warming at all. Its blog even reported on the most well-known skeptic politician, U.S. Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), sending a self-congratulatory message to skeptics at the Cancun international climate conference--without any discussion of the climate science he belittles.
That said, some credit is due. On the same day as the story above, it carried a long story on methane that actually discusses climate science as if it were settled. I hope it's the beginning of a sea change, but at this point, it's hard to be optimistic.
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Update from the Terra Incognita of rain
"Terra Incognita" is my metaphorical phrase for describing the previously unknown weather (well, unknown at least in the weather records) that is now being brought to us, around the world, by global warming. Here's a quick update from one part of that unknown land--the rainy one.
A few days ago, Joe Romm's excellent Climate Progress blog ran a post by Dr. Jeff Masters of Weather Underground (wunderground.com) about the new records for rainfall that have been set in the Northeastern U.S. this year. Dr. Masters emphasized the fact that Philadelphia, which has one of the longest weather records (and therefore extremes that are very hard to top) had set a new record with its rainiest year since the start of rainfall record-keeping in 1820. But some other numbers in his list of new 2011 records seem to me even more striking. Here they are:
Williamsport, PA, rainfall records dating from 1895: broke old record by 7.1 inches (180 mm) (11.5%).
Cleveland, OH, records since 1855: broke old record by 8.51 inches (216 mm) (15.8%)
Harrisburg, PA, records since 1861: broke old record by 12.29 inches (312 mm) (20.5%).
Binghamton, NY, records since 1890: broke old record by 16.61 inches (422 mm) (33.7%)
In each case, we're talking about weather records dating back more than a century, and the old rainfall records are not just being surpassed, they're being obliterated.
The bottom line? Global warming means new weather coming, to a place near you. It may be hotter, or dryer, or wetter than ever before, but whichever it is, we're off the old weather charts and into new territory.
A few days ago, Joe Romm's excellent Climate Progress blog ran a post by Dr. Jeff Masters of Weather Underground (wunderground.com) about the new records for rainfall that have been set in the Northeastern U.S. this year. Dr. Masters emphasized the fact that Philadelphia, which has one of the longest weather records (and therefore extremes that are very hard to top) had set a new record with its rainiest year since the start of rainfall record-keeping in 1820. But some other numbers in his list of new 2011 records seem to me even more striking. Here they are:
Williamsport, PA, rainfall records dating from 1895: broke old record by 7.1 inches (180 mm) (11.5%).
Cleveland, OH, records since 1855: broke old record by 8.51 inches (216 mm) (15.8%)
Harrisburg, PA, records since 1861: broke old record by 12.29 inches (312 mm) (20.5%).
Binghamton, NY, records since 1890: broke old record by 16.61 inches (422 mm) (33.7%)
In each case, we're talking about weather records dating back more than a century, and the old rainfall records are not just being surpassed, they're being obliterated.
The bottom line? Global warming means new weather coming, to a place near you. It may be hotter, or dryer, or wetter than ever before, but whichever it is, we're off the old weather charts and into new territory.
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