Another week of GW News, July 3, 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 An Introductionto the novel is available, along with the Unpublished Forewordand the Launch Talk(which includes some quotations), An overview of my writing is available here.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.

"I've long joked that the only thing that would wake up the public at this point would be to see the climatologist all quit and move en masse to New Zealand, to homestead high above sea level. Imagine my horror to discover it was not complete fantasy." -Greg Craven

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McMastergate in chronological order, or, Do libraries need librarians? (Updated!)

So, here's the story. A week or so ago, McMaster University Librarian Jeff Trzeciak gave an invited presentation at Penn State, tasked by the organizers to be controversial.

Comments of the Week #31: From black holes to free quarks

"No testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of such a kind, that its falsehood would be more miraculous than the fact which it endeavors to establish." -David Hume

Japan Nuclear Disaster Update 30: It was, is, and will be worse than you thought

Perhaps the most interesting single thing on the table in today's update is the revelation that at least one of Fukushima's reactors suffered sufficient damage from the earthquake that hit the region ... prior to the tsunami ... to have likely gone out of control or melted down.

Another week of GW News, July 3, 2011

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Another week of Climate Disruption News

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July 3, 2011

Laugh. I dare ya:

And for those who enjoy challenging Poe's Law:

Looking back at the Paris G20 meet:

The [US] State of the Climate 2010 report arrived this week:

Regarding the threats against climate scientists:

The Conversation is echoing still:

And on the Bottom Line:

Who's getting the subsidies?

What are the global financial institutions up to?

More shrinkology:

John Cook and friends continue their point-counterpoint articles:

Post CRU theft, controversy & inquiry:

A note on the Fukushima disaster:

Not much good news coming out of Fukushima:

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

And of course, the pundits. lobbyists and politicians have a lot to say:

The Arctic melt continues to garner a lot of attention:

As for the charismatic megafauna:

As for the geopolitics of Arctic resources:

While in Antarctica:

The food crisis is ongoing:

Food Prices are still problematic:

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?

The first Atlantic hurricane of the year showed up this week:

In the Western Pacific, Meari zapped Vietnam:

As for GHGs:

As for the temperature record:

Aerosols are making their presence felt:

While in the paleoclimate:

Regarding the solar hypothesis:

The cliff, aka tipping points, aka planetary boundaries, put in an appearance:

What's up with volcanoes this week?

Meanwhile in near earth orbit:

More GW impacts are being seen:

And then there are the world's forests:

This week in extreme weather:

As for heatwaves and wild fires:

Corals are dying:

As for hydrological cycle disruptions [floods & droughts]:

Elsewhere on the mitigation front:

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:

Meanwhile in the journals:

And other significant documents:

As for miscellaneous science:

More DIY science:

What's new in models?

While at the UN:

And on the carbon trading front:

The idea of a carbon tax is still bouncing around:

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

As the deadline for applying the EU-ETS to airlines draws near, we will see who is serious about reducing carbon emissions:

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

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:

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:

Still some chat about Al Gore and that Rolling Stone article:

The Obama chatter is nonstop:

The actions of the Obama administration are being watched closely:

As for what is going on in Congress:

While in the UK:

And in Europe:

Meanwhile in Australia:

The Australian carbon war rages on:

After a 10 year drought and recent massive flooding, water usage planning is controversial and difficult:

And in New Zealand: