“The ongoing interest in the subject is related to the increased concern toward the possible effects of fossil fuel CO2 on the environment.” Mucci, 1983
People associate Hawaiʻi with tropical conditions but rainfall has been decreasing for decades because of climate change, drying out the lush landscape and making it increasingly susceptible to wildfire damage.
But for a large part of Wally Broecker's career — based on paleoclimate evidence — he was obsessed with the idea of abrupt climate change that arrives suddenly and dramatically.
For a talk, I updated the remaining carbon budget figure from The Global Carbon Budget based on a recent publication from Piers Forster and colleagues.
If CO₂ emissions continue like 2022, on January 2024, we'll have 5.25 years to use up the remaining carbon budget for 1.5°C.
Also, by any fair measure, whether it's by population or legacy CO₂ emissions, it's not the rich countries who should get to use the remaining carbon budget. We need to be at real zero CO₂ emission now.
This is obviously false, but what I would like to know is how this ultra-white paint compares against regular white paint that's available now for painting impermeable roofs and lowering indoor temperatures, and what happens when dust gets on the roofs?
Think about how close these people in motor vehicles are allowed to drive at speed next to people on foot, on bicycles, and in wheelchairs when they have no idea where the boundaries of their vehicles are.