For those of us who work with coral, NOAA’s Coral Reef Watch is quite useful. It’s a online tool for tracking global sea surface temperature data in real-time. But what about temperatures, say, a quarter mile beneath the surface? There are no user-friendly websites or pretty maps for tracking anomalous temperatures in deeper waters. A recent population increase and geographic spread of the deep-water Humbolt Squid gives reason for new concern about the changing mesopelagic world.
There is a great new must read article at RealClimate outlining and analyzing all those errors in the IPCC AR4 report you keep hearing about. Check it our here.
Currently, a few errors –and supposed errors– in the last IPCC report (“AR4″) are making the media rounds – together with a lot of distortion [...]
A great video by Peter Sinclair debunking the meme about to consume the planet: the earth is cooling…
Must be global warming… (just kidding, but it could be). From todays NYT:
By STEFAN MILKOWSKI
MARSHALL, Alaska — Just a few years ago, king salmon played an outsize role in villages along the Yukon River. Fishing provided meaningful income, fed families throughout the year, and kept alive long-held traditions of Yup’ik [...]
Theres not much to smile about in the run up to Copenhagen. However, I snapped up this piece of good news in August but haven’t had the time to post it. Its well worth a read. Basically, draining the water out of rice paddies during the growing season has led to dramatic reductions [...]
Here’s an interesting graph taken from a recent publication by Russill & Nyssa in the journal Global Environmental Change (“The tipping point trend in climate change communication”, 19:336-344). The entire article is a fascinating read, but if the methods are to be believed, the data implies a HUGE increase in the reporting [...]
Japan’s next leader has promised a big cut in greenhouse gas emissions, saying he will aim for a 25% reduction by 2020 compared with 1990 levels.
Democratic Party leader Yukio Hatoyama is due to take over as prime minister on 16 September, after a resounding election victory in August.
His predecessor, Taro Aso, had pledged cuts of only 8%.
Mr Hatoyama said the plan was dependent on other nations agreeing targets at December’s climate talks in Copenhagen
Ever wondered where the wise investment in the property market is going to be under the IPCC projected scenarios? Check out the Sea Level Rise Explorer over at Global Warming Art:
During the twentieth century, sea level rose 20 cm. It is predicted that sea level rise [...]
New research from the journal Science shows that arctic temperatures are higher now than they have been for the past 2000 years. Using ice cores, tree rings and lake sediments, Kaufmann et al were able to establish a comprehensive record of decadal change within the region, revealing that four of the five warmest decades [...]
The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority released it’s Outlook Report 2009 today (direct link to PDF’s here). The report is a independently peer reviewed assessement of the impacts of climate change, catchment runoff, fishing, coastal development and an array of other impacts on the reef. Alongside the [...]
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