Energiewende: Erneuerbare Energien lösen Braunkohle als wichtigste Stromquelle ab

2014, Coal, Emissions Reduction, Energy, GermanyLeave a comment

Manager-magazin.de-Redakteur Nils-Viktor Sorge berichtet am 2. Juli bei SPIEGEL online. Zeitenwende in der deutschen Energiewirtschaft: Im ersten Halbjahr sind die erneuerbaren Energien erstmals zur wichtigste Quelle im Strommix aufgestiegen und haben damit die Braunkohle verdrängt. Dennoch soll die Ökostrom-Umlage nicht weiter steigen. In den ersten sechs Monaten des Jahres 2014 produzierten Windkraft-, Solar-, und Bioenergieanlagen…

With further Arctic Amplification, How fast will Greenhouse Gas emissions accelerate in the Arctic Circle?

2012, 2013, Arctic, Arctic Amplification, Arctic Circle, Atmosphere, Climate Feedbacks, CO2 Emissions, Cryosphere, Deglaciation, Freshwater, Greenhouse Gases, Hydrosphere, Methane (CH4), Methane Hydrate, Model, Ocean Currents, Ocean Heat Content, Ocean Stratification, Ocean Temperature, Oceanography, Permafrost, Polar Amplification, Region, Sea Ice, Sea Level Height, Sea Surface Temperature, Soil, Study, Temperature, YearLeave a comment

Introduction to Methane Hydrate “Methane Hydrates and Contemporary Climate Change” (2011) IDENTIFICATION This post “A Mechanism for Shallow Methane Hydrate Dissociation”, explores possible mechanism which could release vast quantities of shallow Methane Hydrate into the ocean and atmosphere.       CH4 Release The following studies explore the release of CH4 emissions in the Arctic region. OBSERVATION…

Die Vermeidung des Klimawandels – der dritte Teil des neuen Berichtes des Weltklimarates IPCC

2014, Global, IPCC, PolicyLeave a comment

Ein Gast Beitrag von Brigitte Knopf auf Stefan Rahmstorf’s Blog, erläutert den neuen Bericht der Arbeitsgruppe 3, des IPCC’s. „Die Emissionen steigen global weiter an und der Anstieg ist an erster Stelle auf das Wirtschaftswachstum zurückzuführen. Um Klimaschutz zu erreichen, muss die Nutzung fossiler Ressourcen ohne CCS in der Stromerzeugung bis Ende des Jahrhunderts auslaufen.…

No One Is Immune: IPCC Study Offers Bleak Climate Change Outlook

2014, CO2 Emissions, Food Security, Global, Greenhouse Gases, IPCC, National Security, Science Talk, Society, Study8 Comments

A new massive report on global warming says dangers will worsen as the climate changes. Related IPCC Climate Change Report The Five Key Points IPCC Report: Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis IPCC Report: Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability New York Times: Climate Study Puts Diplomatic Pressure on Obama

IPCC Climate Change Report The Five Key Points

2014, Anthropocene, Food Security, Global, Inequality, IPCC, Migration, National Security, Society, Study, Water SecurityLeave a comment

The Guardian recently summarized the five keypoints of the new IPCC AR5 Impact Report. The world faces threat to food supply, conflicts over water rights and growing inequality. The only option to is cut emissions By Suzanne Goldenberg (The Guardian): 1. Food threat Climate change is already taking a sizeable chunk out of global food supply…

The cost of living in the Anthropocene

2014, Anthropocene, Biosphere, Cryosphere, Geosphere, Global, Greenhouse Gases, Study1 Comment

What are the true cost of living in the Anthropocene? Wikipedia: The Anthropocene is an informal geologic chronological term that serves to mark the evidence and extent of human activities that have had a significant global impact on the Earth‘s ecosystems. The term was coined recently by ecologist Eugene F. Stoermer and has been widely popularized by the Nobel Prize-winning atmospheric chemist, Paul Crutzen, who regards the…

The Rate of Sea-Level Rise

2014, Deglaciation, El Nino, Global, Hydrosphere, La Nina, Ocean Heat Content, Oceanography, Sea Level Height, Sea Level Rise, StudyLeave a comment

A new study paper out in nature (Nature Climate Change / 2014 / doi:10.1038/nclimate2159), explores why the rise of sea-level has slowed in the last decade. Unsurprisingly the slow-down coincidences with the observed climate hiatus (IPCC AR5, Ocean heat content uptake). Because  heat is distributed differently, depending on the state of ENSO (between El Nino or La Nina). Abstract: Present-day sea-level…

Climate Effects on Human Evolution

2014, Anthropocene, Global, Health, Heat Stress, Life formsLeave a comment

This article explores the hypothesis that key human adaptations evolved in response to environmental instability.  This idea was developed during research conducted by the Smithsonian’s Human Origins Program. Natural selection was not always a matter of ‘survival of the fittest’ but also survival of those most adaptable to changing surroundings. By the Smithonian  Background Paleoanthropologists – scientists who…

Spot On – Rising Seas in South Florida (PBS 2014)

2014, Anthropocene, Climate Feedbacks, Deglaciation, Hydrosphere, Sea Level Height, Sea Level Rise, USA2 Comments

PBS: Flood-prone South Florida considers proactive investment against rising seas March 19, 2014 (with Transcript). White House starting to make bigger climate change push – will help protect #SWWater if successful, but … http://t.co/OA7EX3OhgQ — Jonathan Overpeck (@TucsonPeck) March 21, 2014 Visit the new White House climate website https://climate.data.gov