Climate

Green Ammonia

From Fertilizer to Fuel: Can ‘Green’ Ammonia Be a Climate Fix? – Yale E360

Wildfire Smoke Maps USA: 2009-2020

Weather Caused Perils Cost

As of April 2023. Note $500 billion a year is about $4,000 per US household. Note also there are other costs from sub $billion weather events as well.

Decoupling of GDP Growth from Environmental Impact? PLOS

Is Decoupling GDP Growth from Environmental Impact Possible? | PLOS ONE The material footprint of nations (pnas.org)  

Changeover to Post Fossil Fuels to be Difficult PNAS 2-2017

Evaluation of a proposal for reliable low-cost grid power with 100% wind, water, and solar (pnas.org) The Green Growth Delusion: What if the limits of renewable energy require sacrificing consumption? (truthdig.com)

Forests and Precipitation

  Conserving old growth forests is key to stabilising the Earth’s climate – Club of Rome The role of ecosystem transpiration in creating alternate moisture regimes by influencing atmospheric moisture convergence –…

Earth’s Energy Imbalance Hansen and Sato 12-2022 Report

Earth’s Energy Imbalance and Climate Response Time (mailchi.mp) Short erm and long term response to a doubling in CO2, note logarithmic scale. LS  

Climate Change in US Western Forests PNAS 3/2023

Climate change, tree demography, and thermophilization in western US forests (pnas.org) US forests are failing to keep up with climate change, finds study (phys.org)

Valley Fever, Now and With Climate Change

Fungal infections: How climate change is advancing cases of Valley fever – Vox Expansion of Coccidioidomycosis Endemic Regions in the United States in Response to Climate Change – PMC (nih.gov)

Trophic Rewilding

The Proud Holobionts: Trophic Rewilding: A Cure for a sick Planet?