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Rapid attribution of PNW heatwave

7 Jul 2021 by group

Summary: It was almost impossible for the temperatures seen recently in the Pacific North West heatwave to have occurred without global warming. And only improbable with it.

It’s been clear for at least a decade that global warming has been in general increasing the intensity of heat waves, with clear trends in observed maximum temperatures that match what climate models have been predicting. For the specific situation in the Pacific NorthWest at the end of June, we now have the first attribution analysis from the World Weather Attribution group – a consortium of climate experts from around the world working on extreme event attribution. Their preprint (Philip et al.) is available here.

Trends in Tmax globally
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Filed Under: Climate impacts, Climate modelling, Climate Science, heatwaves, Instrumental Record, statistics

Forced Responses: July 2021

2 Jul 2021 by group

A new bi-monthly open thread for climate solutions discussions. Climate science threads go here.

Filed Under: Open thread, Solutions

Unforced Variations: July 2021

2 Jul 2021 by group

This month’s open thread for climate science. Probably a good time to discuss attribution for extreme heat, wildfires, hurricane intensity and intense precipitation.

Lytton's Main Street, before and after yesterday's devastating fire.

(Photo from a Chilliwack Fire Department member) pic.twitter.com/OaoRvg1ch3

— Justin McElroy (@j_mcelroy) July 1, 2021

Filed Under: Climate Science, Open thread

Unforced Variations: Jun 2021

2 Jun 2021 by group

This month’s open thread for climate science. Start of the meteorological summer, official hurricane season (outlook), the final stretches of the IPCC AR6 review process and a rare conjunction of Father’s Day and the summer solstice. Please stay on topic.

Filed Under: Climate Science, Open thread

Forced Responses: May 2021

2 May 2021 by group

A bimonthly open thread on climate solutions. Perhaps unsurprisingly this is always the most contentious comment thread on the site, but please try and be constructive and avoid going off on wild tangents.

Filed Under: Open thread, Solutions

Unforced Variations: May 2021

1 May 2021 by group

This month’s open thread for climate science topics.

Filed Under: Climate Science, Open thread

Unforced Variations: Apr 2021

1 Apr 2021 by group

This month’s open thread for climate science discussions. Be nice, it’s Earth month.

Filed Under: Climate Science, Open thread

Looking for help with an electricity tax-swap idea

3 Mar 2021 by group

Guest commentary from Yoram Bauman

Everyone from Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to Elon Musk thinks that putting a price on carbon is an important step in tackling climate change. Politically, however, carbon taxes and cap-and-trade systems face an uphill battle, in part because they could drive up the prices of household basics like gasoline and electricity. There are many worthy proposals for addressing this concern, mostly focused on the idea of using carbon pricing revenue to pay for things like per-capita dividends, green investments, or reductions in payroll taxes. 

But what if you could put a price on carbon without driving up consumer prices? In California, for example, the impact of the cap-and-trade system on residential electric bills is reduced substantially by the semi-annual Climate Credits that households receive on their bills. 

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Filed Under: Solutions

Forced responses: Mar 2021

1 Mar 2021 by group

A bi-monthly open thread on climate solutions.

Filed Under: Open thread, Solutions

Unforced Variations: Mar 2021

1 Mar 2021 by group

This month’s open thread. Northern Hemisphere Spring is on it’s way, along with peak Arctic/minimum Antarctic sea ice, undoubtedly more discussion about the polar vortex, and the sharpening up of the (currently very uncertain) ENSO forecast for the rest of this year.

Filed Under: Climate Science, El Nino, Open thread

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