Another Week of GW News, March 18, 2012

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 An Introductionto the novel is available, along with the Unpublished Forewordand the Launch Talk(which includes some quotations), An overview of my writing is available here.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

"It is difficult for people living now, who have become accustomed to the steady exponential growth in the consumption of energy from fossil fuels, to realize how transitory the fossil fuel epoch will eventually prove to be when it is viewed over a longer span of human history. The situation can better be seen in the perspective of some 10,000 years, half before the present and half afterward. On such a scale the complete cycle of the exploitation of the world's fossil fuels will be seen to encompass perhaps 1,300 years, with the principal segment of the cycle (defined as the period during which all but the first 10 percent and the last 10 percent of the fuels are extracted and burned) covering only about 300 years." -M. King Hubbert, Scientific American, September 1971, Page 61

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Another Week of GW News, March 18, 2012

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More black humour for ya:

A notable series by Garry Trudeau:

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

Looking back at Durban, looking ahead to COP18 and future international climate negotiations:

The steady dribble of Rio+20 Conference news is turning into a torrent:

The UN came out with a World Water Development Report this week:

Like Dylan said, "Seems a lot of people been having this dream."

Heartland's ignominy rumbles in the near distance:

The impulse to schadenfreude is natural, but just remember they are simply honing their sword:

And on the Bottom Line:

Who's getting the subsidies?

What are the global financial institutions up to?

John Cook and friends continue their point-counterpoint articles:

A note on theFukushima disaster:

Not much good news coming out of Fukushima:

Post Fukushima, nuclear policies are in flux around the world:

The Arctic melt continues to garner attention:

That Damoclean sword still hangs overhead:

As for the geopolitics of Arctic resources:

The food crisis is ongoing:

The state of the world's fisheries is a concern:

Food Prices are still problematic:

Regarding the genetic modification of food:

And how are we going to feed 9 billion, 10 billion, 15 billion?

Cat 4 Cyclone Lua zapped Western Australia:

While elsewhere in the hurricane wars:

As for GHGs:

As for the temperature record:

While on the ENSO front:

Dealing with uncertainties:

Regarding Climate Sensitivity:

What's new on the extinction front?

Meanwhile in near earth orbit:

More GW impacts are being seen:

And then there are the world's forests:

On the tornado front:

As for heatwaves and wild fires:

Corals are a bellwether of the ocean's health:

Acidification is changing the oceans:

Glaciers are melting:

Sea levels are rising:

These global warming deluges are becoming all too frequent:

As for hydrological cycle disruptions [floods & droughts]:

First, stop subsidizing fossil fuelsSecond, put a price on carbonThird ...(your suggestion here)And elsewhere on the mitigation front:

Consider transportation & GHG production:

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:

What developments in the ongoing struggle for Free/Open Science?

Sherwood Rowland obit and rememberances:

Regarding Annan:

Regarding Mann:

Regarding Lindzen:

Regarding Christy:

Regarding Wegman:

While at the UN:

The Fifth IPCC report is coming up:

And on the carbon trading front:

The Robin Hood tax, aka the Tobin tax, aka the Bank tax, aka the Financial Transaction tax keeps coming up:

The debate over the optimal strategy [carbon trading, carbon offsets, auction vs. allocation, cap and trade, cap and dividend, tradable energy quotas and/or a carbon tax] to use in dealing with GHGs continues:

On the international political front, tensions continue as the USA and Israel lean on Iran:

As the EU-ETS is applied to airlines, we will see who is serious about reducing carbon emissions:

In the Rare Earths' tussle:

The fight over South Atlantic sea floor oil fields is building:

In the solar panel trade war between China and the USA:

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. See also:

And on the American political front:

The BP disaster continues to twist US politics:

Do you want a corporate dweeb, or a sociopathic corporate dweeb? Your choice:

A note on the Fukushima disaster:

First, stop subsidizing fossil fuels
Second, put a price on carbon
Third ...(your suggestion here)
And elsewhere on the mitigation front:

Who's fielding the FAQs?