Another Antarctic Ice Record | Real Science

Antarctic ice area set another record high for the date, and is now the sixth highest daily value ever recorded.

Germany’s Dash For Coal « NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT

Last month, a giant new 2200MW power station opened at Neurath in Germany. To give some idea of the capacity of this plant, at normal operating loads, it will supply about 3% of Germany’s total electricity needs. Furthermore this is the first of many. According to BDEW , the association that represents Germany’s energy companies, another fifteen coal plants are in the pipeline and due for commissioning by 2020.

The Marshall Institute - Climate and National Security: Exploring the Connection

In summary, efforts to link climate change to the deterioration of U.S. national security rely on improbable scenarios, imprecise and speculative methods, and scant empirical support.

Southwest Likely to be Loser Thanks to Climate Change | KNAU Arizona Public Radio

Despite this year’s abundant monsoon season, researchers say climate change could be pushing the Southwest into a period of sustained drought.
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deBuys: Drought tends to cause movement along the fault lines that exist in any society. Certainly the biggest fault line in the society of the Southwest is the international border where we’re building walls today. So I think we’re going to see probably strained relations and lots of different dimensions as the difficulties of climate change become more and more palpable. That certainly was the case hundreds of years ago when Chaco Canyon and Mesa Verde went through their respective droughts. So if the past is prologue to the future, we can expect that kind of social strain again.

Smithson: What should we be doing to prevent this, or can it be prevented?

deBuys: There’s an awful lot of change already in the climate system. But as a society, we need to rally urgently to take action to limit greenhouse gases. There’s simply no question about that. We need to enact some sort of carbon tax, the sooner the better.