PHILL PARSONS
Here we are at another World Environment Day but this time with a different atmosphere in real terms and in terms of concern about the outcome if we continue on as before.
A read of this will give some further understanding of the impacts of melting ice on ocean circulation, regional sea levels and the ‘day after tomorrow’.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090527121055.htm
Everything is connected to everything else in the natural world, only in human constructs can things be isolated in jurisdictions or in the laws made to govern.
A failure of the heat circulation pattern prevailing in the North Atlantic gives a new meaning to the 1970’s predictions of an ice age as global warming first began to seriously enter into discussion about the impact of the growth of CO2 in the atmosphere as a result of increasing human use of fossil fuels.
You can read about the impacts of temperature falls in northern Europe, skating on the Thames and famine being 2, with a little historical research. It what is driving the emissions trading in the European economy, a desire to avoid such an outcome.
Some may remember my early foray into hurricanes and the climate driving intensity and the put down about how the a few weather events could not be connected to climate change.
Have a read of this report on cyclone intensity complete with some trend data.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080903134323.htm
Not reported is what further temperature rises do to intensity, will it mean the hotter it gets the greater the changes in cyclone intensity.
In the Australian the MDB now has enough water to meet critical human needs but there are long term problems.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25618330-11949,00.html
The last 3 years has seen 1/5th of the long term inflow. Nine dry years has seen the relationship between rainfall and inflow into the rivers breakdown.
Altogether, over the three-year period 2006-2009 only 5040GL has flowed into the river, one fifth the long-term three-year average of 26,700GL. Basin storages are at 11% of capacity just below 1/5th of the average.
The long-term outlook remains grim with average winter rains unable to recharge the system and it now needs some above average years to compensate for the long dry.
If you wonder why the demand to delay the CPRS until after Copenhagen have a read here.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5glOuTZdaVLxwq820ZEBjxjwov4zA
The world slow cooks and they fiddle and faddle unable to decide on how much pain now thus deferring pain until it comes closer and closer and so more likely to be intolerable.
Euthanized by our own short sighted venality
phill Parsons
Phill is going on a low carbon, low pandemic risk, intrastate holiday and looks forward to returning in July.
By then we will not have a CPRS, the long winter break of the parliament deferring that until October. Still there may be some events and research findings to make a report.
