Another week of GW News, March 20, 2011

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 An Introductionto the novel is available, along with the Unpublished Forewordand the Launch Talk(which includes some quotations), An overview of my writing is available here.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

I notice moyhu has set up a monster index to old AWoGWN on AFTIC.

"None of our wealth or reason is enough to save us it seems when nature - either unbalanced or coolly in its cosmic stride - picks a time and place to run riot." -Jonathan Green

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Here's a chuckle for ya:

And for those who enjoy challenging Poe's Law:

Well, it's been a wild and crazy week. With the Fukushima nuclear disasterand the ongoingArab democratic revolutiongrabbing most headlines, who noticed the supermoonorvernal equinox?

A number of countries have announced changes or reviews of nuclear policy due to Fukushima:

The pundits. lobbyists and politicians have been nuke yakking non-stop:

Inspiration:

WikiLeaks keeps popping up:

And on the Bottom Line:

Delving into the laws of thermodynamics this week:

Regarding attribution:

I'm not sure why this old news suddenly got recirculated, but it popped up all over the place last week:

That story about online persona management software also was recycled:

John Cook and friends continue their point-counterpoint articles:

The Arctic melt continues to garner a lot of attention:

That Damoclean sword still hangs overhead:

As for the geopolitics of Arctic resources:

The food crisis is ongoing:

Food Prices are still rising:

So, are these land grabs Colonialism V2.0?

Regarding the genetic modification of food:

And how are we going to feed 9 billion?

Just one oddball storm in the South Atlantic, but some peripheral news:

As for GHGs:

And in the carbon cycle:

As for the temperature record:

Aerosols are making their presence felt:

The ozone layer is still under threat:

While in the paleoclimate:

And in historical times:

While on the ENSO front:

Regarding Climate Sensitivity:

And the State of the Oceans:

Oh look! The Anthropocene came up again:

Meanwhile in near earth orbit:

More GW impacts are being seen:

And then there are the world's forests:

As for heatwaves and wild fires:

Acidification is changing the oceans:

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:

And on the carbon sequestration front:

Large scale geo-engineering keeps popping up:

Meanwhile in the journals:

And other significant documents:

As for miscellaneous science:

More DIY science:

We had the curious spectacle this week of Nature mag lambasting House Republicans:

Regarding Curry:

Meanwhile on the international political front:

And on the carbon trading front:

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

What are the activists up to?

Polls! We have polls!

Regarding Water Politics and Business:

Among the world's religions:

And on the American political front:

The BP disaster continues to twist US politics:

The 2012 election approacheth:

The Obama chatter is nonstop:

The actions of the Obama administration are being watched closely:

As for what is going on in Congress:

What are the lobbyists pushing?

While in the UK:

And in Europe:

Meanwhile in Australia:

The carbon pricing free-for-all rages on:

While in the Indian subcontinent:

And in China:

In Canada, minority neocon PM Harper, continues his do-nothing policy:

The G20 controversy lingers:

Here's a rarity. A Federal Liberal willing to talk carbon tax: