Follow @EcoJive : Today, the Earth got a little hotter, and a little more crowded. Daily Climate Change: Global Map of Unusual Temperatures, July 13 2014 How unusual has the weather been? No one event is caused by climate change, but global warming, which is predicted to increase unusual, extreme weather, is having a daily effect on weather, worldwide. Looking above at recent temperature anomalies, the eastern Pacific warm spot is changing in shape but continues to prevent much rain from reaching California. Much of the west coast of North America is far warmer than normal, while the mid-section is significantly cooler than normal. The North Pole is experiencing average summer temperatures, but the surrounding lands are experiencing much warmer than normal temperatures - not good news for our Arctic thermal shield of ice. Hotter than usual temperatures continue to dominate human habitats. (Add 0.3-0.4 C to have these anomaly values calibrate with those of NASA.) Daily updates of can be seen here for both the temperature anomalies map, and the jetstream map. For real time animated US surface wind patterns, click here, and here, for the planet. (Clicking on earth there reveals data and map options.) SOLAR KEEPS SURFING Photo by Pete Cabrinha The US solar installation industry continues to condense, with the top 10 installers comprising half of the US Residential PV market in early 2014. More signs are emerging that cleantech is booming, and the Energy Information Administration (EIA) has just created US maps to show how clean energy is developing throughout the US. OO The solar power potential of the contiguous U.S. and the sites of most of the nations solar power generating facilities. The darker the shade of brown, the greater the solar power production potential of an area. Credit: EIA Other new maps show how solar power is starting to take hold in parts of the US southwest, while microgrids are expanding, becoming cleaner, and commercial energy storage is becoming more viable in the US. Meanwhile, SunPower, one of the rooftop solar installers, has begun adding energy storage capabilities to their installations in new homes. Credit Dennis Schroeder/NREL In Arizona, solar companies are fighting back against the new rooftop solar tax. In coal-producing Australia, solar power continues to expand, and US-based First Solar, a large solar manufacturer and project developer, predicts that utility-scale solar costs in Australia will halve over the next five years, becoming cheaper than wind energy by 2020. Renewable Energy Set To Skyrocket Globally. Global adoption of renewable energy shows no signs of slowing over the next 15 years, with nearly two-thirds of an expected $7.7 trillion in new investment going toward non-fossil power generation, according to new projections by Bloomberg New Energy Finance, reports Daniel Cusick at ClimateWire. RISING RISKS Extreme Weather: Super Typhoon Neoguri, as seen from the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/ Astronaut Reid Wiseman. OO Once In Decades Super Typhoon Neoguri Nears Japan, Nuclear Power Plants OO Super Typhoon Neoguri: 5 Stormy Facts OO First US 2014 Hurricane Arthur Spawns Rain, Lightning, and a Horizontal Tornado also known as a dorecho. Credit James Gathany OO Global Warming To Worsen 8 Summer Miseries, From Poison Ivy To Allergies to biting insects and pollutions says a new report. OO Dangerous Tropical Disease Spreading Like Wildfire Across Caribbean and with increasingly warmer conditions caused by climate change, scientists worry Chikungunya fevers next stop is the United States. Loss of grazing fish, such as this Stoplight Parrot Fish, in the Caribbean is driving the decline of these coral reefs. Wikipedia. OO Caribbean Coral Reefs Will be Lost Within 20 Years due to loss of grazing fish to overfishing and pollution, BUT reversing this would increase reefs resiliency to climate change, says a new report. OO Climate-Resilient But Less Nutritious Crops To Increase Malnutrition, scientists say. Bryce Canyon National Park. Credit James Gordon at Flickr. OO Climate Change Under Way at National Parks says new federal report. OO Climate Change Comes To National Parks: Melting Glaciers, Dying Trees. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell sees the impact of climate change at just about every national park she visits. Wildfires are increasing in the US west with increasing global warming. Credit Matt Granz at twitter, Sacramento National Weather Service. OO Napa Wildfire Burns As Drought Wallops California OO Engineers Warn UK Infrastructure at Risk from Climate OO UK Future Food Security Threatened By Complacency, Leaders Warn Credit Henrik Egede Lassen, Alpha Film OO Dark Snow: From Arctic To Himalayas, It Is Accelerating Glacier Melting - industrial dust and soil, blown thousands of miles, settle on ice sheets and add to rising sea level threat. OO No Country Will Escape Climate Impacts, Warns UK Ministry Of Defence OO Pakistan Faces Environmental Cataclysm Warn Officials WHAT WORKS OO UK Doctors Vote To End Fossil Fuels Funding. The UKs national medical organization sends a strong message about climate change by voting to withdraw funds from the fossil fuel industry and to support renewable energy instead. OO The Declaration Of Interdependence: Jeffersons Brilliant Statement Of Intergenerational Equity - we rob the liberties of future generations by bankrupting their environmental legacy. OO Pope Francis: Destroying The Rainforest Is A Sin - and over-exploiting the earth. You can donate here. OO Historic First: Congressional Climate Candidate makes climate a centerpiece issue in a democratic primary race for a Michigan house seat, reports Michael Mann at ClimateCrocks. Renewed Energy for Michigan is candidate Nancy Skinners slogan. We need more like her. Koch brothers protest. Credit Matt Leonard at Flickr. OO Obama Allies Take On Koch Brothers Over Climate Denial calling on voters to fight back against Koch influence. There should be a law against getting high on Koch. A federal ruling could influence the future of major fossil fuel projects. Wikipedia. Judges Rejection Of Coal Mine Based On Global-Warming Has Major Implications For Pipelines and more reports John Cushman at InsideClimate News. The federal judge blocked a Colorado coal project because federal agencies failed to consider the future global-warming damages from burning fossil fuels. The same rationale could be used potentially to block the Keystone pipeline and other fossil fuel projects. OO Energy Department Announces $4 Billion For Projects To Fight Global Warming EPA Proposes To Limit Methane Pollution From Trash Dumps reports Emily Atkin at Climate Progress. Additionally, other proposed measures will target methane emissions from oil wells on native American reservations. Credit Peter Gordois at Wikimedia Commons. OO UN Gains New Powers To Tackle Air Pollution OO Getting China Climate Action Via US Unilateral Emissions Cuts OO Chinese Coal Consumption To Peak In 2024 - Bloomberg OO To Improve Accuracy, BBC Tells Reporters: No Air Time To Climate Deniers OO This Train Could Power A Fleet Of Electric Buses by redirecting its waste heat Your Thoughts?
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