Archive for December 2008

E. Zorita et al., How unusual is the recent series of warm years?

Citation: Zorita, E., T. F. Stocker, and H. von Storch (2008), How unusual is the recent series of warm years?, Geophys. Res. Lett.,

No Quick Easy Technological Fix For Climate Change, Researchers Say

No Quick Or Easy Technological Fix For Climate Change, Researchers Say ScienceDaily (Dec. 27, 2008) — Global warming, some have argued, can be reversed with a large-scale "geoengineering" fix, such as having a giant blimp spray liquefied

Stronger Coastal Winds Due To Climate Change May Have Far-reaching Effects

Stronger Coastal Winds Due To Climate Change May Have Far-reaching Effects ScienceDaily (Dec. 22, 2008) — Future increases in wind strength along the California coast may have far-reaching effects, including more intense upwelling of cold

Ray Hudson: Material matters and the search for resilience: Rethinking regional and urban development strategies in the context of global environment

International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development, 2008, Vol. 3, No. 3/4, pp. 166–184.Material matters and the search for resilience: Rethinking regional and urban development strategies in the context of global environmental changeRay

Takayuki Toyama & Alan Stainer: Cosmic Heat Emission concept to 'stop' global warming

International Journal of Global Environmental Issues, 2009, Vol. 9, No. 1/2, pp. 151–168.Cosmic Heat Emission concept to 'stop' global warmingTakayuki Toyama (Avix Inc., 3-5-26 Miyazaki, Miyamae-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 216 0033, Japan) and Alan Stainer

Fix For Global Warming? Scientists Propose Covering Deserts With Reflective Sheeting

Fix For Global Warming? Scientists Propose Covering Deserts With Reflective Sheeting ScienceDaily (Dec. 23, 2008) — A radical plan to curb global warming and so reverse the climate change caused by our rampant burning of fossil fuels since

New York Times: The E.P.A.'s Doctor No (outgoing E.P.A. Administrator Stephen Johnson)

New York Times Editorial, December 24, 2008 E.P.A.’s Doctor No function getSharePasskey() { return 'ex=1387861200&en=85c5f533b4e5510f&ei=5124';} function getShareURL() { return encodeURIComponent('http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/25/opinion/25thu1.html');

Washington Post: Faster Climate Change Feared -- New Report Points to Accelerated Melting, Longer Drought

Faster Climate Change Feared New Report Points to Accelerated Melting, Longer Droughtby Juliet Eilperin, Washington Post Staff Writer, December 25, 2008; Page A02 The United States faces the possibility of much more rapid climate change by the end of

D. Pollard & R. M. Deconto (2008), Modeling West Antarctic Ice Sheet Growth and Retreat Through the Last 5 Million Years

American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2008, abstract #C34B-02; published December 2008Modeling West Antarctic Ice Sheet Growth and Retreat Through the Last 5 Million YearsD. Pollard (Pennsylvania State University, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute,

Greenland and Siberia see rapid changes: Arctic warming spurs record melting

Published online 17 December 2008 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2008.1314 News Arctic warming spurs record melting Greenland and Siberia see rapid changes by Rich Monastersky

NASA scientist, James Hansen, warns of runaway global warming

NASA scientist warns of runaway global warming by Michael Le Page, features editor, NewScientist, December 22, 2008Here's a prediction to take note of: there will be an unambiguous new global temperature record during the first term of the Obama administration.This

James Hansen to Obama on 4th generation, integral fast (IFR) and liquid-fluoride thorium nuclear reactors (LFTR)

From the Brave New Climate blog:Hansen to Obama Pt III - Fast nuclear reactors are integral Posted by Barry Brook on 28 November 2008 Nuclear energy? Pah! Too dangerous (risk of meltdown or weapons proliferation), too expensive, too slow to

D. E. Becker et al., Greenland ice sheet outlet glacier front changes: comparison of year 2008 with past years

American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2008, abstract #C11D-0538Greenland ice sheet outlet glacier front changes: Comparison of year 2008 with past yearsD. E. Becker, J. Box, and R. Benson (Byrd Polar Research Center, 1090 Carmack Rd, Columbus, OH

Hugues Goosse et al., Consistent past half-century trends in the atmosphere, the sea ice and the ocean at high southern latitudes

Journal:Climate Dynamics Publisher:Springer, Berlin/Heidelberg ISSN:0930-7575 (print); 1432-0894 (online) DOI:10.1007/s00382-008-0500-9 Subject Collection:Earth and Environmental Science SpringerLink

D. H. Bromwich et. al., Surface and Mid-tropospheric Climate Change in Antarctica

AGU 2008 Fall MeetingAbstract: C41A-0497Surface and Mid-tropospheric Climate Change in AntarcticaD. H. Bromwich* (e-mail: bromwich.1@osu.edu; Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State University, 1090 Carmack Road, Columbus, OH 43210, U.S.A.), A. J. Monaghan

AGU 2008: Evidence that Antarctica has warmed significantly over past 50 years

AGU 2008: Evidence that Antarctica has warmed significantly over past 50 years New research presented at the AGU today suggests that the entire Antarctic continent may

Climate Progress blog: Another AGU stunner -- Evidence that Antarctica has warmed significantly over past 50 years

Another AGU stunner: Evidence that Antarctica has warmed significantly over past 50 years Scientists know the Antarctic ice sheet is losing mass “100 years ahead of schedule” (see “AGU 2008: Two trillion tons of land ice lost since 2003” and “Antarctic

Clean Coal Technology and the Canary in the Coal Mine

Awesome cute if it were not so sad:http://www.thisisreality.org/#/?p=facil

James Hansen's AGU presentation "The Venus Syndrome"

Link to lecture (pdf file): http://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/2008/AGUBjerknes_20081217.

Eduardo Zorita: 13 of last 17 years hottest since 1880 statistically unlikely in stable climate

Glut of hot years a coincidence? Fat chance by Catherine Brahic, NewScientist, December 17, 2008Thirteen of the hottest years since records of global