[GWSG] Rain melts; NOAA report; tree loss; Hansen paper; using wetlands; ocean pH; tasty dulse; nuclear decon

[Tilley, Al]

1.  Greenland's ice sheet is temporarily destabilized, and melting increased, by the heavy rainfall of late summer and early autumn cyclonic storms.  http://www.enn.com/climate/article/48774?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ClimateChangeNews-Enn+%28Climate+Change+News+-+ENN%29



2.  The US government's State of the Climate Report 2014 depicts a heating earth.   NOAA's news release on the report with a link to it:  http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2015/071615-international-report-confirms-2014-was-earths-warmest-year-on-record.html



3.  Los Angeles parks have lost 14,000 trees to drought in the past year.  As heat and drought destroy the tree cover in the southern parts of the US, and savannahs and scrublands become dominant, we face some psychological trauma in adjusting to our new surroundings.  http://www.npr.org/2015/07/19/424341975/as-california-drought-wears-on-la-starts-to-lose-its-trees?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=environment



4.  James Hansen and sixteen coauthors warn in a new study that the goal of limiting warming to 2C would result in meters of sea level rise in as little as fifty years and other unacceptable results.  We still have the opportunity to limit the heating to 1.5C, even if we must pass that limit temporarily.  Hansen has been involved in similar warnings for several years.  http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/07/20/the-worlds-most-famous-climate-scientist-just-outlined-an-alarming-scenario-for-our-planets-future/



5.  Wetlands have been drained to grow palm oil and corn, with disastrous results.  The same land can support nut, rubber, and gum trees, as well as reeds and over a thousand further useful species of plants, while serving as a wildlife habitat and carbon sink.  http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jul/20/swamp-power-how-the-worlds-wetlands-can-help-stop-climate-change



6.  The oceans have become 30% more acidic from our carbon emissions.  Within fifteen years marine animals in the Pacific Arctic may no longer be able to sustain their shells year round.  http://news.mongabay.com/2015/0714-watsa-arctic-ocean-acidification.html



7.  Fried dulse (a seaweed) is said to taste exactly like bacon.  It grows quickly and is protein rich; harvesting it removing excess nitrogen and CO2. http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/07/19/3681740/bacon-seaweed-environmental-benefits/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=cptop3



8.  The costs and difficulties of decommissioning and decontaminating nuclear power sites are generally overlooked in arguments for building nuclear power plants.  http://cleantechnica.com/2015/07/20/whats-the-cost-of-nuclear-decommissioning-too-much/?utm_source=Cleantechnica+News&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=a002b73ec7-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_term=0_b9b83ee7eb-a002b73ec7-331994013
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