by Judith Curry
A few things that caught my eye these past weeks.
Important paper: Coupled stratosphere-troposphere-Atlantic multidecadal oscillation and its importance for near future climate projections [link]
Stability of the Antarctic Ice Sheet during the pre-industrial Holocene [link]
Do we need a new theory of evolution? [link]
can pumping nutrient-rich water from the deep ocean to the surface drawdown CO2? [link]
Tropical cyclones now ‘13% less frequent’ due to climate change [link]
Regimes and transitions in the basal melting of Antarctic ice shelves [link]
Impact of riverine fresh water on Indian Summer Monsoon [link]
New battery to enable 1000 km range and fast charge [link]
Technology & policy
How treating climate change as a security issue backfired [link]
Biggest cryptominers in the U.S. use as much power as Houston [Ilink]
The two degree temperature target is arbitrary and untethered [link]
Dutch farmers protest EU’s militant green regulations [link]
Europe and and UK pour 17,000 tons of cooling oil into vehicles each day [link]
The politics of austerity is back. So is the resistance [link]
Whole county rooftop solar in China [link]
A shock-proof energy economy [link]
Preparing for extreme weather is a community concern. Here’s how to be ready [link]
Green dogma behind fall of Sri Lanka [link]
Emerging small nuclear reactors may significantly contribute to grid decarbonization by 2050 [link]
Land footprint of low carbon energy system varies massively depending on mix of clean energy sources. [link]
Energy enters a perilous era of supply chain risks [link]
Europe’s battle over “green” natural gas and nuclear [link]
Revising Germany’s “clean” energy transition [link]
Solar plus storage for islands [link]
EU’s proposed bioenergy policies risk additional deforestation [link]
Blanket bans on fossil fuels hurt women and lower-income countries [link]
Sand battery could solve green energy’s big storage problem [link]
Vaclav Smil: Time to get real on climate change [link]
Green energy minerals: Key role in the race for climate action [link]
MIracle fuel hydrogen can actually make climate change worse [link]
Climate pledges abandoned as Putin sparks global coal crunch [link]
@NuScale_Power has announced it is making a strategic shift from product development to product delivery as commercialisation of its VOYGR small modular reactor power plants approaches #nuclear https://tinyurl.com/4ea8ttez
COP26: No countries have delivered on promise to improve emission reduction plans [link]
About science & scientists
Misinformation is here to stay (and that’s ok) [link]
Professors are leaving academe during the Great Resignation [link]
The courage to dissent . . . from the left [link]
The importance of stupidity in scientific research [link]
via Climate Etc.
July 16, 2022 at 12:01PM
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