[GWSG] Pv on J; US moves; C 6% up; solar sympathy; Oakland solar; global maps; S FL submerging; PIG calves; IPCC on weather; UK shipping

[Tilley, Al]

1.  This summary article on photovoltaic power features a memorable J curve of world production since 1985.  http://www.earth-policy.org/indicators/C47/solar_power_2011

2.    Lester Brown of the Earth Policy Institute gives good reason to suppose that the transition to renewable energy is well underway in the US.  http://www.earth-policy.org/plan_b_updates/2011/update101

3.  World carbon emissions increased 6% in 2010, worse than the worst case scenario of the 2007 IPCC report.  The increase came primarily from developing countries.  http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SCI_CARBON_EMISSIONS?SITE=TXDAM&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

4.  90% of Americans think it is important to develop solar power, and 80% support subsidies for its development.  The support is broadly bipartisan.  http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2011/11/survey-says-9-in-10-americans-want-more-solar-energy?cmpid=WNL-Wednesday-November2-2011

5.  Solar Mosaic has implemented a solar installation in an Oakland, CA, lower-income community supplying power for 35 homes funded through a program of $100 buy-ins.  http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/First-of-its-Kind-Community-Solar-Project/

6.  A Cartography of the Anthropocene provides impressive global maps of human settlements and interconnections.  http://globaia.org/en/anthropocene/#Maps

7.    Some Miami streets are already being flooded by high tides.  Low-income housing areas at higher elevations are being gentrified with high-rise condos as the wealthy retreat from the beach.  By midcentury, Homestead will be a barrier island.  This article from Grist describes a few of the emergent issues as South Florida begins to experience sea level rise.  http://www.grist.org/cities/2011-10-26-underwater-cities-climate-change-begins-reshape-urban-landscape

8.  Pine Island Glacier, fastest in the Antarctic, is calving a large ice berg.  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15580679

9.  On Nov. 18 the IPCC will release an extensive study of the effects of climate change on weather weather-related disasters, finding that extreme events and variability are likely to increase.  http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/apnewsbreak-global-warming-worsens-weather-extremes-international-climate-panel-says/2011/11/01/gIQApMtgbM_story.html?wprss=rss_national

10.  As the UK cuts its carbon emissions, shipping emissions emerge as a more and more urgent problem and will require regulation.  The article features a photo of a Japanese design for a cargo ship with sails.  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15554523
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