Another Week of Anthropocene Antics, May 5, 2013

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 An Introductionto the novel is available, along with the Unpublished Forewordand the Launch Talk(which includes some quotations), An overview of my writing is available here.

A Simple Plea

Webmasters, web coders and content providers have mercy on your low bandwidth brethren. Because I am on dial-up, I am a text surfer -- no images, no javascript and no flash. When you post a graphic, will you please use the alt text field ... and when you embed a youtube/vimeo/flash video, please add some minimal description. Thank you.

-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.

"Things that normally happen in geologic time are happening during the span of a human lifetime. It's like watching the Statue of Liberty melt." -Daniel Fagre, referring to Glacier National Park

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Hi Coby

You might wish to point out an error to HET (or he may not care)

Cyclone Zane spun up in the Western Pacific but faded after crossing York Peninsula

York(e) Peninsula is in South Australia. The place in North Queensland is Cape York.

Thanks, mandas, have fixed.

Re #1 mandas

Whoops.
My fault. I did wonder about it, but the one map I checked
didn't show a name.

-het

Another Week of Anthropocene Antics, May 5, 2013

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May 5, 2013

Here's a wee chuckle for ye:

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

Hope you had a hip-hop-happy May Day!:

Looking ahead to COP19 and future international climate negotiations, the Bonn conference went down this week:

Oh yes ... those MDGs:

That Unburnable Carbon concept seems to have legs:

Late comment on PAGES2k:

And on the Bottom Line:

John Cook and friends continue their point-counterpoint articles:

A note on theFukushima disaster:

Not much good news coming out of Fukushima:

The food crisis is ongoing:

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

Food Prices are still problematic:

The spectre of fascism lurks behind these food economy struggles:

The conflict between biofuel and food persists:

Regarding the genetic modification of food:

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

The Arctic melt continues to garner attention:

Cyclone Zane spun up in the Western Pacific but faded after crossing York Peninsula:

This week in notable weather:

This week in the New Normal -- extreme weather:

Meanwhile on the GHG front:

As for the temperature record:

Yes we have feedbacks:

Aerosols are making their presence felt:

While in the paleoclimate:

Regarding the solar hypothesis:

What's new on the extinction front?

The bees and Colony Collapse Disorder are a constant concern:

Meanwhile in near earth orbit:

More GW impacts are being seen:

And then there are the world's forests:

Emerging diseases accompany ecological change:

As for heatwaves and wild fires:

Corals are a bellwether of the ocean's health:

Glaciers are melting:

Sea levels are rising:

As for hydrological cycle disruptions [floods & droughts]:

First, stop subsidizing fossil fuelsSecond, put a price on carbonAnd elsewhere on the mitigation front:

Synthetic Biology is moving into industrial production of food, fuel and precursor chemicals:

Consider transportation & GHG production:

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

Large scale geo-engineering keeps popping up:

What's new in conservation?

While on the adaptation front:

Meanwhile in the journals:

And other significant documents:

As for miscellaneous science:

What's new in models?

What developments in the ongoing struggle for Open Science?

Regarding Hansen:

Meanwhile on the carbon trading front:

On the international political front, tensions continue as the empire leans on Iran:

South [& East] China Sea tension persists:

Now that the EU-ETS for airlines is in year long limbo, will it ever be resurrected?

In the global competition for Rare Earths and other natural resources:

And in miscellaneous international political posturing and jousting:

Climate Change is a threat multiplier exacerbating existing conflicts in food, energy, water, race, resources, religion, ideology ... etc.:

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

What are the activists up to?

The move to divest from fossil fuel investments is growing slowly:

Polls! We have polls!

Regarding Water Politics and Business:

Among the world's religions:

Regarding science education:

While in the UK:

And in Europe:

Meanwhile in Australia:

The fight over coal seam gas continues:

It's a long way to the September election:

After years of wrangling, the Murray Darling Basin plan is in place, but the water management fights are not over:

And in the Indian subcontinent:

While in China:

And elsewhere in Asia:

And South America:

A note on the Fukushima disaster:

First, stop subsidizing fossil fuels
Second, put a price on carbon
And elsewhere on the mitigation front:

Who's fielding the FAQs?