Thursday, June 06, 2013

Links

Twitter / BVerheggen
Climate sensitivity estimates derived from the instrumental record are very sensitive to decadal variability and uncertain aerosol forcing
Using CCS to cut emissions is a good idea, but we need to find out if it works first | Carbon Brief
It seems risky to implement Allen's proposal without having tested CCS out properly first  [Ya think?]
Twitter / ToryAardvark: Never though the day would ...
Never though the day would Jeremy Vine show allowed criticism of wind farms, what next Stern admitting the warming has stopped?
Twitter / Climate"Reality"
Ha! MT : World’s biggest coal company uses solar for its own power - because it's cheaper! [If solar power is so cheap, shouldn't we stop subsidizing it and stop favoring it in renewable energy mandates?]
Do medieval Irish monks hold key to cold weather? - Environmental News | The Irish Times - Thu, Jun 06, 2013
researchers have successfully linked the climatic aftermath of volcanic eruptions to extreme cold weather events here over a 1,200-year period.
Q&A: McKibben crunches Australia’s climate numbers | Business Spectator
If we were allotting space in the atmosphere based on fairness, we would be letting Indians and Africans use most of it from here on in.
Antarctic ice loss less severe than previous IPCC estimates: research | ABC Radio Australia
Professor Allison says the impacts of rising sea levels are some of the more major impacts coming out of climate change.

"It's not just a matter of sea level rising, so sea level going up, it's the impact of storm surges and extreme events, events that might happen once in a hundred years... they'll start occurring every 10 years to every couple of years," he said.

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