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CO2 concentrations at Mauna Loa continue the march... Weather is NOT Climate, most certainly, but this is worthy of note. For the first time temperatures of 40°C have been forecast in the UK and the Met Office has issued the first ever Red warning for exceptional heat.MET Office - United Kingdom UK Temperatures since 1970 The Keeling Curve is a…
The Group of Seven western industrialised states (G7) has committed to making their electricity systems “predominantly” carbon-free by 2035, but stopped short of setting a concrete date for exiting coal. Following their meeting in Berlin, the G7 environment, climate and energy ministers said only that they would support “an accelerated global unabated coal phase-out”. Analysts said the announcement to decarbonise…
Source: Geoscience Australia Just sayin... The Australian continent has the highest solar radiation per square metre of any continent in the world. That's 10,000 times LARGER than our energy consumption!Geoscience Australia
The worlds warming cities. Apologies to the Drifters... When this old world starts getting me downAnd people are just too much for me to faceI climb way up to the top of the stairsAnd all my cares just drift right into spaceOn the roof, it's peaceful as can beAnd there the world below can't bother meLet me tell you nowThe…
The Working Group I contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report, Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis is now out. The report addresses the most up-to-date physical understanding of the climate system and climate change, bringing together the latest advances in climate science, and combining multiple lines of evidence from paleoclimate, observations, process understanding, and global and regional climate simulations. Links Code…
The mean carbon dioxide measured at Mauna Loa Observatory, Hawaii in June 2021 was 418.94ppm. 418.94ppm If I am not mistaken, this is the highest concentration recorded since humans have been on earth? At least it is comforting to know that such existential issues are front-of-mind for our political leaders. You know, "follow-the-science" and all that... Source: NOAA 2021 I…
For your consideration. Elon Musk’s thoughts on solar energy versus nuclear energy. https://youtu.be/DB_zSKJDGpU
The world has lost one-third of its forests since the end of the last great ice age. Deforestation has continued throughout the last millennia but rates rapidly accelerated in the last few centuries. There was a marked acceleration in deforestation rates in the 20th century, particularly in tropical regions. Global forest loss peaked in the 1980s – losing an area…