Monthly Archives: March 2011
News Article “Aircraft Condensation Trails Criss-Crossing The Sky May Be Warming The Planet On A Normal Day More Than The Carbon Dioxide Emitted By All Planes Since The Wright Brothers’ First Flight In 1903, A Study Said On Tuesday”
There is a news article on March 29 2011 from Rueters titled Aircraft condensation trails criss-crossing the sky may be warming the planet on a normal day more than the carbon dioxide emitted by all planes since the Wright Brothers’ first … Continue reading
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News Article “Global Groundwater Depletion Leads To Sea Level Rise”
I was alerted to a news article (h/t to Emma Daniels) at Deltares titled Global groundwater depletion leads to sea level rise The news article starts with the text “Large-scale abstraction of groundwater for irrigation of crops leads to a … Continue reading
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Photographic Metadata For Surface Temperature Observing Sites In The Netherlands
As a result of a visit to the Netherlands, I was informed about an excellent site which provides some photographic documentation of surface temperature sites in this country. Such metadata, of course, should be standard and readily available for all … Continue reading
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Two Perspectives On Vulnerability – The IPCC view And The Bottom-Up Perspective
There are two approaches to assess vulnerability, as is presented in the figure below from O’Brien, K. L., S. Eriksen, L. Nygaard, and A. Schjolden, (2007), Why different interpretations of vulnerability matter in climate change discourses. Climate Policy 7 (1): 73–88 and Füssel, … Continue reading
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Guest Post By Professor Kiminori Itoh On The Earthquake and Tsunami In Japan On March 11 2011
I am pleased to post an insightful communication by Kiminori Itoh regarding the March 11 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan [see also Source Of Information On The Japan March 11 2011 Earthquake And Tsunami] Guest Post by Professor Kiminori Itoh of … Continue reading
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Repost Of “Emissions of Black Carbon by Rockets – Can You Spot The Irony?” By Darin Toohey
There is a quite interesting post by Darin Toohey of the University of Colorado at Boulder titled Emissions of Black Carbon by Rockets – can you spot the irony? where it is clear that his message on the climate risks of these launches … Continue reading
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Important Paper On Aerosol Forcing Of The Climate System – “Lifting Potential Of Solar‐Heated Aerosol Layers”
As we learn more about aerosols, their role within the climate system is becoming better recognized as very complex. There is an important new paper that further documents this complexity. It is Boers, R., A. T. de Laat, D. C. … Continue reading
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Source Of Information On The Japan March 11 2011 Earthquake And Tsunami
There is an excellent source of information on the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan. It is The great M9.0 Tohoku earthquake, Japan, March 11, 2011 The text starts with “On 11 March 2011 Japan was struck by the magnitude … Continue reading
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Seminar “A Way Forward In Climate Science Based On A Bottom-Up Resource-Based Perspective”
The powerpoint slides for my talk in the Netherlands is available. Pielke Sr., R.A. 2011: A way forward in climate science based on a bottom-up resource-based perspective. Presented at Wageningen University, The Netherlands, March 16, 2011 I will be discussing the concept … Continue reading
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Guest Post By James Ward By Could Peak Oil Trump Climate Change?
I was sent the guest post below which readers may be interested in. The open review process for his paper is quite an interesting approach. Guest blog post: Dr James Ward 11th March, 2011 [his bio is at people.unisa.edu.au/james.ward] Could Peak Oil … Continue reading
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