World Report Card: The Inexorable March Toward Zero Carbon Emissions (Not!)
As we all know, the most important task currently facing the world is the elimination of carbon emissions from energy consumption in order to save the planet from the existential crisis of climate disruption.…
Greta’s Movement Is Imploding
It appears School Strike 4 Climate has hit a crossroads. A New Zealand chapter recently shut itself down to to it being an overwhelmingly white movement. Is this the beginning of the end for School Strike 4 Climate? We’ll find out!…
Global fossil fuel use similar to decade ago in energy mix
The authors of the report don’t seem to have worked out that countries such as China and India don’t want them for the simple reason that they don’t work. They might be fine for niche operations and topping up, but they have worked out that you cannot build an entire power grid around wind and solar power.…
Polar bear habitat update and the progress of breakup on Hudson Bay
From Polar Bear Science Posted on June 17, 2021 At mid-month, there is still an abundance of thick first year ice over much of Hudson Bay, suggesting that – yet again……
Sulfur enhances carbon storage in the Black Sea
They found that almost a fifth of the organic molecules in the anoxic areas of the Black Sea contained sulfur – significantly more than in other seas. In addition, the team was able to establish that a high proportion of these compounds are only found in these areas, leading the researchers to conclude that the sulfur compounds form there through chemical reactions in the sulfidic water.Negative feedback relevant on geological time scales…
Models In Turmoil: Underestimation Of Satellite-Based Cloud-Aerosol Interaction “Hampering Climate Change Projections”
By acting as cloud condensation nuclei (CCN), aerosols act as cloud condensation nuclei and thus can alter cloud properties and precipitation. This influences the Earth’s radiation budget and hence climate change. This means a major model perturbation in a very complex system.…