[Coral-List] Scripps Pier - Seawater Temp

[Douglas Fenner]

and I see this:

Atmospheric carbon last year reached levels not seen in 800,000 years

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/08/atmospheric-carbon-last-year-reached-levels-not-seen-800000-years?utm_campaign=news_daily_2018-08-02&et_rid=17045989&et_cid=223004

open-access

And obviously it will continue to go up every year as we continue to emit
like there is no tomorrow.

Lots of other info in this short piece.

I note that it says that "The United States suffered an extreme wildfire
season that burned 4 million hectares and caused more than $18 billion in
damages. The Amazon region experienced some 272,000 wildfires."  Billion
dollars here, billion dollars there, pretty soon you're talking about real
money.  272,000 wildfires?  That's a fair number.

Cheers, Doug

On Fri, Aug 3, 2018 at 8:20 AM, Douglas Fenner <douglasfennertassi at gmail.com
> wrote:

> Scripps is in California, isn't it?  We're lucky the pier's not on fire!
> (there are currently big fires in California, though not near Scripps pier
> as far as I know.  Fires killed 91 people in Greece, fires in Siberia.)
> NOAA says that 2017 was the third hottest year on record and the long term
> warming trend continues: ihttp://www.noaa.gov/news/
> noaa-2017-was-3rd-warmest-year-on-record-for-globe  (what"?  No
> hiatus??)  And NASA says that it was the 2nd hottest year on record:
> https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/91604/2017-was-the-
> second-hottest-year-on-record  (slightly different data set).
>
> Nothing to see here, folks, move along!  Pay no attention.  Snowball in
> Congress proved there is no global warming.  Enjoy your oil stock
> dividends, use of fossil fuels is rising!
>
> It is sometimes said that if you put a frog in a pot of hot water it will
> jump out immediately.  If you put one in a pot of cool water and warm it
> slowly, it won't jump out.
>
> Some say:
>
> The world is losing the war against climate change
> https://www.economist.com/leaders/2018/08/02/the-world-
> is-losing-the-war-against-climate-change
>
> Will this be helpful for reefs?
>
>    Cheers, Doug
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 2, 2018 at 11:29 AM, J Hill <jhilltrustee at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Highest-Ever Seawater Temperature Recorded at Scripps Pier
>> <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001Ku6n_1qHVufgQ0un6DyPnYKCeMI3
>> 6Imdeqd3hFZii6-lHesyjb5IS9556AWtgb4I6iJ3UzcrIC6wlqmg5feX0ird
>> CfMlhgr8Z688WB8v0XVWKM3hEKGXSGuT6-yCRnat8yI8fP_
>> yM5iSVaSsxcSFt1G_P1v1mxk6Tb1PKfSWa3DgeUdK4JpnI8VkQXDTgp4dZCl
>> iU5p2dCWt-5a8n-Ils5XkkKkTyA3eT1_Gzo8fnIQ=&c=9WBUR4TngvMjtmyu
>> Sy5fwePAZxRtwzkGLfM9jgDsZ7I-Dwb3vWAM3w==&ch=1rRTsoBo-3RWDJ
>> Vjc5xKOWX2YWO2yh0N3XSHKScjGSXx4YYi68mj6w==>
>>
>> Sea-surface reading of 25.9℃ (78.6 ℉) highest in 102 years of measurements
>>
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> Douglas Fenner
> Contractor for NOAA NMFS Protected Species, and consultant
> PO Box 7390
> Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799  USA
>
> The world is losing the war against climate change
> https://www.economist.com/leaders/2018/08/02/the-world-
> is-losing-the-war-against-climate-change
>
> How Did the Climate Apocalypse Become Old News?
> http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/07/climate-
> change-wildfires-heatwave-media-old-news-end-of-the-world.html
>
> By getting serious about limiting global warming, the world could save
> itself more than $20 trillion.  (action would cost only a half trillion
> over 30 years, a third the cost of the Iraq war, benefits would be 40 times
> costs, that's a huge return on investment)  http://www.latimes.com/
> science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-global-warming-costs-20180523-story.html
>
> Large potential reduction in economic damages under UN mitigation targets
> (and 30% loss of world economy if the climate is allowed to warm by 4oC)
> http://www.readcube.com/articles/10.1038/s41586-018-0071-9
>
>


-- 
Douglas Fenner
Contractor for NOAA NMFS Protected Species, and consultant
PO Box 7390
Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799  USA

The world is losing the war against climate change
https://www.economist.com/leaders/2018/08/02/the-world-is-losing-the-war-against-climate-change

How Did the Climate Apocalypse Become Old News?
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/07/climate-change-wildfires-heatwave-media-old-news-end-of-the-world.html

By getting serious about limiting global warming, the world could save
itself more than $20 trillion.  (action would cost only a half trillion
over 30 years, a third the cost of the Iraq war, benefits would be 40 times
costs, that's a huge return on investment)
http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-global-warming-costs-20180523-story.html

Large potential reduction in economic damages under UN mitigation targets
(and 30% loss of world economy if the climate is allowed to warm by 4oC)
http://www.readcube.com/articles/10.1038/s41586-018-0071-9