A new map illustrating the global consequences of failing to keep temperature change to under 2 °C was launched today by the UK Government, in partnership with the Met Office. The map was developed using the latest peer-reviewed science from the Met Office Hadley Centre and other leading impact scientists. The poster highlights some of […]
The combined global land and ocean surface temperatures for September 2009 ranked as the second warmest September on record since records began in 1880. The combined global land and ocean temperature anomaly was 0.62°C (1.12°F), falling only 0.04°C (0.07°F) short of tying the record set in 2005. Similar to the combined global land and ocean […]
(a) Protected and unprotected forests in 1990 for the main island of Sumatra and the smaller island of Siberut, including adjacent unprotected land lying within 10 km of protected area (PA) boundaries and the wider unprotected landscape, and showing the spatial distribution of the 1264 sample cells (25 km2). (b) Remaining forests in 2000, deforestation […]
This figure shows the mean extent of permafrost in the Arctic, estimated for (a) the years 1990-2000 and (b) the years 2090-2100. In (c), the estimation of loss of permafrost by 2100 is overlaid on estimates for the year 2000. The Arctic could potentially alter the Earth’s climate by becoming a possible source of global […]
The combined global land and ocean surface temperatures for August 2009 ranked as the second warmest August on record since records began in 1880. The combined global land and ocean temperature anomaly was 0.62°C (1.12°F), falling only 0.05°C (0.09°F) short of tying the record set in 1998. Sea surface temperatures (SST) during August 2009 were […]
The salinity in Lake Alexandrina at Milang increased to 6,000 EC in April 2009 and is currently about 5,500 EC, which is significantly higher than the long term average (see Figure 7). Upstream of the Goolwa Barrage, the salinity increased to 32,000 EC in March 2009 and is now about 20,000 EC (compared with seawater […]
OMG graphgasm over at The Oil Drum! Posted by Gail the Actuary on October 9, 2009 – 6:40am We know oil prices peaked in the third quarter of 2008–in fact in July 2008. But what else peaked about the same time? It turns out when you look at the data, lots of things… What Peaked […]
Change in maximum catch potential from 2005 to 2055 under doubling of greenhouse gas concentration by the year 2100. Cheung, W.W.L., Lam, V.W.Y., Sarmiento, J. L., Kearney, K., Watson, R., Zeller, D. and Pauly, D., Large-scale redistribution of maximum fisheries catch potential in the global ocean under climate change. Global Change Biology. OCTOBER 2009. Summarized […]
From Calculated Risk: This graph shows the year-over-year (YoY) change in consumer credit. Consumer credit is off 4.4% over the last 12 months. The previous record YoY decline was 1.9% in 1991. Here is the Fed report: Consumer Credit Consumer credit decreased at an annual rate of 5-3/4 percent in August 2009. Revolving credit decreased […]
From Calculated Risk: This graph breaks down net job gains and losses by firm size since 1992. During the current employment recession, small firms have accounted for about 45% of the job losses – much higher than during the 2001 recession. Small Business and Employment Technorati Tags: financial collapse
