by Judith Curry
A few things that caught my eye this past week.
Reviews of Geophysics: Observing and modeling ice sheet surface mass balance [link]
Effects of variability in the Atlantic Ocean circulation [link]
“Global and Regional Increase of Precipitation Extremes under Global Warming” now available at https://doi.org/10.1029/2018WR024067 …
Microorganisms — tiny bacteria and other living things invisible to the naked eye — play a “central role” in the climate crisis. [link]
Common cause for severe droughts in Sougth America and marine heatwaves in the South Atlantic [link]
Evaluating SST Analyses with independent ocean profile observations [link]
The complex human impacts behind India’s 2019 heatwave [link]
Interesting work on how irrigation in farming can cool local microclimate https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/07/190702152820.htm …
Scientists zero in on trees as a surprisingly large source of methane [link]
Airplanes’ “contrails” have a big climate impact, and it could triple by 2050 [link]
Medieval Warm period in Antarctica [link]
40 yr record of Antarctic sea ice extent [link]
Scientist Spots High Geothermal Heat Flux In East Greenland – ‘Dramatic Consequences For Ice Basal Melting’ [link]
The relative influence of climate and housing development on current and projected fire patterns and structure loss in California [link]
Zharkhova: Oscillations of the baseline of solar magnetic field and solar radiation on millennial timescale [link]
Scientists have identified biased data in an iconic meteorological record, and are now challenging conclusions about long-term precipitation trends in England, Wales and possibly other regions. [link]
Mid-Holocene climate change over China: model–data discrepancy https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-15-1223-2019 …
Now, scientists in Germany say wind turbines are contributing significantly to the “insect die-off.” [link]
How the secret language of plants can boost agriculture’s resilience [link]
Long‐Term Hydroclimatic Patterns in the Truckee‐Carson Basin of the Eastern Sierra Nevada, USA [link]
Icehouse climate of the late Paleozoic [link]
Social science, technology & policy
Why the “Manhattan Project” or “Apollo Program” aren’t useful policy models for climate change [link]
Making Carbon Taxation a Generational Win-Win [link]
How the media corrupted climate policy [link]
Inconvenient energy realities. [link]
Leibreich: We need to talk about nuclear power [link]
Why renewables advocates protect fossil fuel interests [link]
Inexpensive heating reduces winter mortality: National Bureau of Economic Research https://www.nber.org/papers/w25681.pdf …
The renewable energy storage conundrum [link]
Regenerative and sustainable agriculture [link]
Shell’s boss delivers some hard truths on climate change [link]
“People who professed to have superior beliefs were most likely to inaccurately overestimate their perceived knowledge relative to their actual knowledge on a number of political topics.” https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S002210311730714X …
How restoration of forests and wetlands can heal climate and biodiversity crises [link]
Creative Carbon Accounting: How Industry and Government Make Burning Wood Look Like a Climate Solution [link]
“political motives are the major driving force behind most science communication programmes including so-called public engagement with science” [link]
As floods keep coming, cities pay residents to move [link]
The global tree restoration potential for carbon sequestration [link]
Improved rice cultivation can drawdown carbon [link]
Tree planting has mind blowing potential to tackle climate crisis [link]
Why cost-benefit analysis does not work well for wicked problems such as climate change [link]
EU destroys 700,00 hectares of rainforest for biofuels [link]
It’s time to untame the mighty Mississippi River and stop wasting millions of dollars of sediment each year https://ensia.com/voices/mississippi-wetlands/?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1562092744 …
Sustainable cities focus on solutions, not litigation [link]
Systematic carbon footprint analysis shows how consumption practices are socially and spatially structured. Slashing emissions isn’t about individuals’ choices, it’s about public policy choices. [link]
Cement produces more pollution than all the trucks in the world [link]
No real benefit to biofuels. Corn-based ethanol and soybean-based biodiesel are hurting water quality and that the Renewable Fuel Standard may be increasing the number of acres being planted for biofuels. [link]
About science & scientists
Is pre-publication peer review a good idea? [link] Short answer: NO
What conservatives get wrong about the campus wars [link]