Another week of GW News, November 28, 2010

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 An Introductionto the novel is available, along with the Unpublished Forewordand the Launch Talk(which includes some quotations), An overview of my writing is available here.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

"Economists suffer from a deep psychological disorder that I call 'physics envy'. We wish that 99 percent of economic behavior could be captured by three simple laws of nature. In fact, economists have 99 laws that capture 3 percent of behavior. Economics is a uniquely human endeavor ..." Andrew Lo, a professor of finance at MIT

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November 28, 2010

Here's a wee chuckle for ye:

And for those interested in exploring the nether reaches of Poe's Law:

Looking back at Copenhagen:

The Cancun crescendo is building:

The World Mayors Summit on Climate went down in Mexico City last weekend:

Schneider & Hook report that lakes around the world are warming significantly:

More on the Climate Science Rapid Responce Team:

A peculiar effect of reforestation policy and economics:

GreenPeace is accusing Indonesia of playing fast & loose with climate aid:

Not much news on the Pakistan floods:

Carbon Tariffs still have people on edge:

Who's getting the subsidies?

Regarding the UN Climate Fund:

About that Ecuadorian proposal...:

What are the global financial institutions up to?

About the psychology of gloom & doom:

The "Year in Review" articles have started already:

John Cook and friends continue their counterpoint articles:

Post CRU theft, controversy & inquiry:

The criminality of denial keeps coming up:

The Arctic melt continues to garner a lot of 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:

On the food corp. front:

The conflict between biofuel and food persists:

So, are these land grabs Colonialism V2.0?

Regarding the genetic modification of food:

And how are we going to feed 9 billion?

Again this week, no cyclonic storms, but some chatter:

As for GHGs:

As for the temperature record:

Clouds are one of the major uncertainties in climate. Much research revolves around them:

While in the paleoclimate:

Peter Gleick has called a tipping point:

And the State of the Oceans:

Meanwhile in near earth orbit:

More GW impacts are being seen:

And then there are the world's forests:

Climate refugees are becoming an issue:

Desertification looms as a threat:

Yes we have no wacky weather, except:

This week in extreme weather:

The odd tornado:

As for heatwaves and wild fires:

Sea levels are rising:

As for hydrological cycle disruptions [floods & droughts]:

Elsewhere on the mitigation front:

Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation has somehow seemed chimeric:

Consider transportation & GHG production:

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

As for carbon sequestration:

Large scale geo-engineering keeps popping up:

While on the adaptation front:

Meanwhile in the journals:

And other significant documents:

As for miscellaneous science:

More DIY science:

What's new in models?:

Regarding John Abraham:

Regarding Hansen:

Regarding Wegman:

The Pielke fan clubbe alas:

Meanwhile on the Kyoto front:

And on the carbon trading front:

The idea of a carbon tax is still bouncing around:

Meanwhile on the international political front:

This week on the rare earths file:

As for GW, energy & water security:

The issue of the law and activism is playing out around the world:

Regarding Water Politics and Business:

Who's making predictions this week?

And on the American political front: