"Three may keep a secret, if two are dead." — Benjamin Franklin
Not research, but research-related. Skeptical Science reader John G. writes to point out an omission in our collection of rebuttals: "You are failing to rebut a prevailing narrative which blames a Globalist Elite for promoting CC as part of The Great Reset."
Thank you John, and your point lands home; while we have a rebuttal for "climate scientists are in it for the money," a nebulous "globalist elite" seems a bit far afield of actual scientific climate research and misinformation. But indeed there's a connection. Leaving aside prosaic practical, logistical objections to the plausibility of a supra-national conspiracy we can still offer some numerical hints from the perspective of scientific literature, information suggestive of the absurdity of a "secret" plan in the face of statistical likelihood.
A hypothetical perfectly executed secret plan is a challenge to disprove given that things that cannot be perceived are by definition beyond our ability to observe. However, the world of human affairs is composed of human nature. Our nature is such that keeping hermetically perfect confidences unseeable by any but members of the "in" group becomes impossible even with fairly low numbers of participants. Given more than a handful of participants and the passage of a little time, "secrets will out" because for all kinds of reasons we like to talk about ourselves.
We also are subject to often uncontrollable feelings of outrage. In situations involving high stakes, moral and ethical impulses kick in; there's extensive research literature on the secrecy-exploding phenomenon of whistle-blowing, because whistle-blowers are a prominent feature of organizational behavior. Documented cases are most often found in company with costly fraud. The larger, more cumbersome and more costly a deception, the more potential whistle-blowers necessarily will be included and the more likely they'll be "activated" and blow cover.
Meanwhile, "the globalist elite" covertly promoting "The Great Reset" apparently have foolishly laid all of their chips on one square: scientific research on climate change. The entire premise of the plot is completely rooted in this research. This entails a profound complication and serious challenge to the conspiracists' secret plan, given that people will blab for good or ill and the sheer number of individuals drawn into the plot by the plotters' overreliance on the scientific community.
How big is this potential tripping point for managers of the "Great Reset?" Of late each New Research has included some simple weekly statistics, including the total number of contributing authors to each edition's collection of articles. This single week's author count is a minimum (DOI databases are not perfect) of 817.
These articles are the central purpose of each and every author's professional career; each article's readership and applications are carefully (arguably obsessively) observed by most participating authors. Right away we can see the problem: over the space of a single week, several hundred persons have been added to the Global Elite's nefarious plan. All must remain utterly quiet, regardless of whether they're active participants concocting fakery or guileless victims witnessing their work being devoted to dark ends.
It gets much, much worse for the poor old Global Elite. Newly published research articles progress our state of knowledge. In order to lay the foundations for whatever increment of enlightenment any given article provides, that article includes citations of earlier supporting work. As we're talking about scientific advancement, the "cutting edge," supporting research publications tend to be recent, also more or less carefully monitored by their respective authors. These persons also must be enrolled or duped into perfect silence. In the case of this particular edition of New Research (one week's enrollees) that's an additional minimum of 41,137 new participants.
Over a year's time many of these authors will feature more than once, but it's safe to say that in that short span hundreds of thousands of witting or unwitting accomplices are added to the Elites' nefarious plan, all remaining perfectly silent, or completely failing to notice that their work is being misrepresented. This has supposedly been going on with flawless reliability for decades.
It's worth noting: these eyepopping figures take into account only the authors of first-level citations. Each cited work itself of course leans on yet more authors. Perfidy and/or gullibility all the way down to Isaac Newton and earlier, apparently— or so we're supposed to believe.
But wait: there's more. Not only must all of these people remain silent, but somehow— whether accidentally or on purpose-- the entire collective arc of facts, figures, predictions and observations must be pretty much wholly consistent and coherent, a seamless forgery indectable even to the best-trained eye. For this week alone a minimum of 8,951 articles must neatly mesh in agreement even while not being true. Simultaneously they're only the tip of a pyramid of smooth, factual, predictive continuum of research findings embodied in yet more layered citations, leading to such matters as g=9.8 m/s/s and all the rest of our real-world underpinnings.
How this prodigious and seemingly impossible conundrum and effort is accomplished as a matter of cryptic intent without any leakage of collusive communications is a true mystery.
Or— just perhaps— maybe it's more believable that no such scheme exists? A moment's thought leads to an obvious conclusion: a "global elite" (or for that matter anybody with common sense) would never be so stupid as to invest their faith in such an far-fetched, automatically faulty concept. Hundreds of thousands of scientists trained to delight in saying "you're wrong," all sitting on their hands in an ocean of errors and yet obediently quiet? Tell us another one.
The Late-Eighteenth-Century Climate of Cape Town, South Africa, Based on the Dutch East India Company “Day Registers” (1773–91). A history of commerce, colonization and exploitation leads to recovery of valuable climate data, hundreds of years later.
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Estimating the environmental impacts of 57,000 food products. More fodder for a favorite topic to chew the fat over: what's OK for dinner?
Reviewing the ecological impacts of offshore wind farms. We're exiting one poorly considered and hastily implemented energy technology. Now we know better. This article is what judicious, circumspect adoption of newer & better systems looks like. Better doesn't mean perfect, better can be done worse or better.
Physical science of climate change, effects
Effect of the Late-1990s Change in Tropical Forcing on Teleconnections to the Amundsen–Bellingshausen Seas Region during Austral Autumn
Guo et al., Journal of Climate, 10.1175/jcli-d-21-0965.1
Observations of climate change, effects
Analysis of long-term trends and variations in extreme high air temperatures in May over Turkey and a record-breaking heatwave event of May 2020
Erlat et al., International Journal of Climatology, 10.1002/joc.7821
Assessing agrometeorological drought trends in Iran during 1985–2018
Isfahani et al., Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 10.1007/s00704-022-04159-5
Climate change impacts on reference evapotranspiration in South Korea over the recent 100 years
Jeon et al., Theoretical and Applied Climatology, Open Access 10.1007/s00704-022-04152-y
Climate mobilities into cities: A systematic review of literature from 2011 to 2020
Chung et al., Urban Climate, 10.1016/j.uclim.2022.101252
Correction to: Persistent freshening of the Arctic Ocean and changes in the North Atlantic salinity caused by Arctic sea ice decline
Li & Fedorov, Climate Dynamics, Open Access pdf 10.1007/s00382-022-06433-8
Diverse variations in middle and high latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere spring phenology sensitivity to diurnal temperature during 1982-2015
Deng et al., International Journal of Climatology, 10.1002/joc.7827
Evaluating global and regional land warming trends in the past decades with both MODIS and ERA5-Land land surface temperature data
Wang et al., Remote Sensing of Environment, Open Access 10.1016/j.rse.2022.113181
Monitoring sudden stratospheric warmings under climate change based on reanalysis data verified by radio occultation
Li et al., [journal not provided], Open Access pdf 10.5194/acp-2022-497
Ongoing grounding line retreat and fracturing initiated at the Petermann Glacier ice shelf, Greenland, after 2016
Millan et al., The Cryosphere, Open Access pdf 10.5194/tc-16-3021-2022
Rapid 20th century warming reverses 900-year cooling in the Gulf of Maine
Whitney et al., Communications Earth & Environment, Open Access pdf 10.1038/s43247-022-00504-8
Instrumentation & observational methods of climate change, effects
A simple approach for the study of the relationship between temperature and precipitation
Rodrigo, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, Open Access pdf 10.1007/s00704-022-04154-w
Climate, Land, Energy and Water systems interactions – From key concepts to model implementation with OSeMOSYS
Ramos et al., Environmental Science & Policy, Open Access 10.1016/j.envsci.2022.07.007
Data driven approach on in-situ soil carbon measurement
Acharya et al., Carbon Management, Open Access pdf 10.1080/17583004.2022.2106310
Evaluation of aerosol optical depths and clear-sky radiative fluxes of the CERES Edition 4.1 SYN1deg data product
Fillmore et al., [journal not provided], Open Access pdf 10.5194/acp-2021-283
Strong correspondence in evapotranspiration and carbon dioxide fluxes between different eddy covariance systems enables quantification of landscape heterogeneity in dryland fluxes
Cunliffe et al., Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, Open Access pdf 10.1029/2021jg006240
Modeling, simulation & projection of climate change, effects
Earth System Model Overestimation of Cropland Temperatures Scales with Agricultural Intensity
Coffel et al., Geophysical Research Letters, 10.1029/2021gl097135
Evaluation and joint projection of temperature and precipitation extremes across Canada based on Hierarchical Bayesian Modelling and large ensembles of regional climate simulations
Singh et al., Weather and Climate Extremes, Open Access 10.1016/j.wace.2022.100443
Future projections of daily maximum and minimum temperatures over East Asia for the carbon neutrality period of 2050-2060
Zhang & Chen Chen, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, Open Access pdf 10.1007/s00704-022-04155-9
Intensification of very wet monsoon seasons in India under global warming
Katzenberger et al., Geophysical Research Letters, 10.1029/2022gl098856
Interdecadal Changes of the South Asian High in CMIP5/6 and Projection of Its Future Changes
Zhang et al., Journal of Climate, 10.1175/jcli-d-21-0921.1
Advancement of climate & climate effects modeling, simulation & projection
An Investigation of the Effective Climate Sensitivity in GFDL’s New Climate Models CM4.0 and SPEAR
Zhao, Journal of Climate, 10.1175/jcli-d-21-0327.1
ENSO Asymmetry in CMIP6 Models
Zhao & Sun, Journal of Climate, Open Access pdf 10.1175/jcli-d-21-0835.1
Errors in simple climate model emulations of past and future global temperature change
Jackson et al., [journal not provided], 10.1002/essoar.10511003.1
Impact of initialization methods on the predictive skill in NorCPM: an Arctic–Atlantic case study
Passos et al., Climate Dynamics, Open Access pdf 10.1007/s00382-022-06437-4
Metrics for Evaluating CMIP6 Representation of Daily Precipitation Probability Distributions
Martinez-Villalobos et al., Journal of Climate, 10.1175/jcli-d-21-0617.1
Quantifying the contribution of forcing and three prominent modes of variability on historical climate
Schurer et al., [journal not provided], Open Access pdf 10.5194/cp-2022-55
Training a supermodel with noisy and sparse observations: a case study with CPT and the synch rule on SPEEDO – v.1
Schevenhoven & Carrassi Carrassi, Geoscientific Model Development, Open Access pdf 10.5194/gmd-15-3831-2022
Cryosphere & climate change
Exploring ice sheet model sensitivity to ocean thermal forcing using the Community Ice Sheet Model (CISM)
Berdahl et al., [journal not provided], Open Access pdf 10.5194/tc-2022-156
Multi-annual temperature evolution and implications for cave ice development in a sag-type ice cave in the Austrian Alps
Wind et al., The Cryosphere, Open Access pdf 10.5194/tc-16-3163-2022
Ongoing grounding line retreat and fracturing initiated at the Petermann Glacier ice shelf, Greenland, after 2016
Millan et al., The Cryosphere, Open Access pdf 10.5194/tc-16-3021-2022
Response of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet to past and future climate change
Stokes et al., Nature, 10.1038/s41586-022-04946-0
Seasonal variability in Antarctic ice shelf velocities forced by sea surface height variations
Mosbeux et al., [journal not provided], Open Access pdf 10.5194/tc-2022-153
Thickness of multi-year sea ice on the northern Canadian polar shelf: a second look after 40 years
Melling, The Cryosphere, Open Access pdf 10.5194/tc-16-3181-2022
Paleoclimate
Bottom water oxygenation changes in the southwestern Indian Ocean as an indicator for enhanced respired carbon storage since the last glacial inception
Amsler et al., Climate of the Past, Open Access pdf 10.5194/cp-18-1797-2022
Carbon Fluxes during Dansgaard–Oeschger Events as Simulated by an Earth System Model
Jochum et al., Journal of Climate, 10.1175/jcli-d-21-0713.1
Compilation of Southern Ocean sea-ice records covering the last glacial-interglacial cycle (12–130 ka)
Chadwick et al., Climate of the Past, Open Access pdf 10.5194/cp-18-1815-2022
Ecological and environmental stability in offshore Southern California Marine Basins through the Holocene
Palmer et al., [journal not provided], Open Access 10.1002/essoar.10508818.2
Evidence for a relatively warm mid-to late Holocene on the southeastern Tibetan Plateau
Feng et al., Geophysical Research Letters, 10.1029/2022gl098740
Lévy noise versus Gaussian-noise-induced transitions in the Ghil–Sellers energy balance model
Lucarini et al., Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics, Open Access pdf 10.5194/npg-29-183-2022
Relative sea-level data preclude major late Holocene ice-mass change in Pine Island Bay
Braddock et al., Nature Geoscience, Open Access pdf 10.1038/s41561-022-00961-y
The Late-Eighteenth-Century Climate of Cape Town, South Africa, Based on the Dutch East India Company “Day Registers” (1773–91)
Grab & Williams, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Open Access pdf 10.1175/bams-d-21-0127.1
Biology & climate change, related geochemistry
Divergent responses of autumn vegetation phenology to climate extremes over northern middle and high latitudes
Wang et al., Global Ecology and Biogeography, 10.1111/geb.13583
Dominance by non-native grasses suppresses long-term shifts in plant species composition and productivity in response to global change
Craig & Henry, Oecologia, 10.1007/s00442-022-05238-0
Eastern monarch larval performance may not be affected by shifts in phenological synchrony with milkweed
Gilmour & Kharouba, Ecology and Evolution, Open Access pdf 10.1002/ece3.9131
Functional traits underlying performance variations in the overwintering of the cosmopolitan invasive plant water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) under climate warming and water drawdown
Huang et al., Ecology and Evolution, 10.1002/ece3.9181
Genetic diversity and differentiation of populations of Anthyllis vulneraria along elevational and latitudinal gradients
Daco et al., Ecology and Evolution, 10.1002/ece3.9167
Latitudinal gradient in species diversity provides high niche opportunities for a range-expanding phytophagous insect
Jones et al., [journal not provided], Open Access pdf 10.1101/2022.02.07.479421
Live-fast-die-young: Carryover effects of heatwave-exposed adult urchins on the development of the next generation
Minuti et al., Global Change Biology, 10.1111/gcb.16339
Long-Term Decrease in Coloration: A Consequence of Climate Change?
Lopez-Idiaquez et al., The American Naturalist, 10.1086/719655
Offshore extinctions: ocean acidification impacting interstitial fauna
Santos, International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 10.1007/s13762-022-04371-w
On the rise: Climate change in New Zealand will cause sperm and blue whales to seek higher latitudes
Peters et al., Ecological Indicators, Open Access 10.1016/j.ecolind.2022.109235
Past, present, and future predictions on the suitable habitat of the Slender racer (Orientocoluber spinalis) using species distribution models
Park et al., Ecology and Evolution, Open Access 10.1002/ece3.9169
Recommendations for quantifying and reducing uncertainty in climate projections of species distributions
Brodie et al., Global Change Biology, 10.1111/gcb.16371
Recurrent droughts increase risk of cascading tipping events by outpacing adaptive capacities in the Amazon rainforest
Wunderling et al., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Open Access 10.1073/pnas.2120777119
Sympatric soil biota mitigate a warmer-drier climate for Bouteloua gracilis
Remke et al., Global Change Biology, 10.1111/gcb.16369
The impact of climate change on the distribution of rare and endangered tree Firmiana kwangsiensis using the Maxent modeling
Gao et al., [journal not provided], Open Access pdf 10.22541/au.165226342.20697516/v1
The importance of considering the duration of extreme temperatures when investigating responses to climate change
Isotalo et al., Global Change Biology, 10.1111/gcb.16381
Timing and duration of drought modulate tree growth response in pure and mixed stands of Scots pine and Norway spruce
Aldea et al., Journal of Ecology, Open Access 10.1111/1365-2745.13978
Timing and synchrony of birth in Eurasian lynx across Europe
Mattisson et al., Ecology and Evolution, Open Access pdf 10.1002/ece3.9147
Warm springs alter timing but not total growth of temperate deciduous trees
Dow et al., Nature, 10.1038/s41586-022-05092-3
GHG sources & sinks, flux, related geochemistry
Dynamic impacts of economic growth, energy use, urbanization, tourism, agricultural value-added, and forested area on carbon dioxide emissions in Brazil
Raihan & Tuspekova, Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, 10.1007/s13412-022-00782-w
Effects of initial leaching for estimates of mass loss and microbial decomposition—Call for an increased nuance
Lind et al., Ecology and Evolution, Open Access 10.1002/ece3.9118
Long-term nitrogen addition raises the annual carbon sink of a boreal forest to a new steady-state
Zhao et al., Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Open Access 10.1016/j.agrformet.2022.109112
Quantifying biological carbon pump pathways with a data-constrained mechanistic model ensemble approach
Stukel et al., [journal not provided], Open Access pdf 10.1101/2022.01.07.475464
Responses of soil greenhouse gas emissions to land use conversion and reversion — A global meta-analysis
Feng et al., Global Change Biology, 10.1111/gcb.16370
Re-assessment of the climatic controls on the carbon and water fluxes of a boreal aspen forest over 1996-2016: changing sensitivity to long-term climatic conditions
Liu et al., Global Change Biology, 10.1111/gcb.16218
Re-assessment of the climatic controls on the carbon and water fluxes of a boreal aspen forest over 1996–2016: Changing sensitivity to long-term climatic conditions
Liu et al., Global Change Biology, 10.1111/gcb.16218
Using satellites to uncover large methane emissions from landfills
Maasakkers et al., Science Advances, Open Access 10.1126/sciadv.abn9683
CO2 capture, sequestration science & engineering
Bacteria–photocatalyst sheet for sustainable carbon dioxide utilization
Wang et al., Nature Catalysis, Open Access 10.1038/s41929-022-00817-z
California’s forest carbon offsets buffer pool is severely undercapitalized
Badgley et al., [journal not provided], Open Access pdf 10.1101/2022.04.27.488938
Decarbonization
Barriers and opportunities for bioenergy expansion in Chinese rural areas
Xu et al., Energy for Sustainable Development, Open Access 10.1016/j.esd.2022.06.012
Climate change and 2030 cooling demand in Ahmedabad, India: opportunities for expansion of renewable energy and cool roofs
Joshi et al., Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, Open Access pdf 10.1007/s11027-022-10019-4
Decoupling efficiency from electricity intensity: An empirical assessment in the EU
Perillo et al., Energy Policy, 10.1016/j.enpol.2022.113171
Development of a wind power ramp forecasting system via meteorological pattern analysis
Okada et al., Wind Energy, Open Access 10.1002/we.2774
Environmental and economic analyses of different size photovoltaic installation in Poland
Olczak et al., Energy for Sustainable Development, 10.1016/j.esd.2022.07.016
Environmental Impact Assessment of Solid Polymer Electrolytes for Solid-State Lithium Batteries
Larrabide et al., Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research, 10.1002/aesr.202200079
Grafted Groups’ Modification in the Main Chain of Polyfluorene-Based Conjugated Polyelectrolytes to Greatly Boost Solar Hydrogen Production from Natural Seawater
Wu et al., Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research, 10.1002/aesr.202200068
Importing or self-dependent: energy transition in Beijing towards carbon neutrality and the air pollution reduction co-benefits
Nikodým, The Mathematical Apparatus for Quantum, Open Access 10.1007/978-3-642-46030-2_3
Interactions Between U.S. Vehicle Electrification, Climate Change, and Global Agricultural Markets
Dumortier et al., Environmental and Resource Economics, 10.1007/s10640-022-00716-8
Investigation of energy storage in parabolic rotary trough solar collectors using various porous fins with magnetic nanoparticles
Helmi et al., Energy for Sustainable Development, 10.1016/j.esd.2022.07.009
Just Transition: A whole-systems approach to decarbonisation
Abram et al., Climate Policy, Open Access pdf 10.1080/14693062.2022.2108365
Modelling wind speed across Zambia: implications for wind energy
Libanda & Paeth, International Journal of Climatology, 10.1002/joc.7826
Moving towards green university: a method of analysis based on multi-criteria decision-making approach to assess sustainability indicators
Yadegaridehkordi & Nilashi, International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 10.1007/s13762-022-04086-y
Performance of biogas plant analysis and policy implications: Evidence from the commercial sources
Bai et al., Energy Policy, 10.1016/j.enpol.2022.113173
Realization of a Sustainable Charging Power Source by In Situ Low-Frequency Water Wave Energy Harvesting with a Coaxial Triboelectric–Electromagnetic Hybrid Generator
Ding et al., Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research, 10.1002/aesr.202200087
Reviewing the ecological impacts of offshore wind farms
Galparsoro et al., npj Ocean Sustainability, Open Access pdf 10.1038/s44183-022-00003-5
Techno-economic analysis of a PV/T waste heat–driven compound ejector-heat pump for simultaneous data centre cooling and district heating using low global warming potential refrigerants
Al-Sayyab et al., Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, Open Access pdf 10.1007/s11027-022-10017-6
The costs of replacing coal plant jobs with local instead of distant wind and solar jobs across the United States
Vanatta et al., iScience, Open Access pdf 10.1016/j.isci.2022.104817
Aerosols Climate change communications & cognition
Changing minds about global warming: vicarious experience predicts self-reported opinion change in the USA
Ballew et al., Climatic Change, 10.1007/s10584-022-03397-w
Post publication careers: communication, engagement and impact
Gonçalves Neto, Communications Earth & Environment, Open Access pdf 10.1038/s43247-022-00508-4
The COVID-19 infodemic in Brazil: trends in Google search data
Harb et al., PeerJ, Open Access 10.7717/peerj.13747
The German coal debate on Twitter: Reactions to a corporate policy process
Müller-Hansen et al., Energy Policy, 10.1016/j.enpol.2022.113178
The proliferation of carbon labels
Etzion, Nature Climate Change, 10.1038/s41558-022-01442-1
Agronomy, animal husbundry, food production & climate change
Analysis of soil carbon and income over Acacia decurrens and Eucalyptus globulus land uses in the highlands of Ethiopia
Dessie et al., Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, 10.1007/s13412-022-00784-8
Assessing agrometeorological drought trends in Iran during 1985–2018
Isfahani et al., Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 10.1007/s00704-022-04159-5
Bibliometric analysis of rice and climate change publications based on Web of Science
Yuan & Sun Sun, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, Open Access 10.1007/s00704-022-04169-3
Coastal livelihood resilience to abrupt environmental change: the role of social capital in a Peruvian bay
Kriegl et al., Regional Environmental Change, Open Access pdf 10.1007/s10113-022-01959-3
Does global warming threaten small-scale bivalve fisheries in NW Spain?
Castro-Olivares et al., Marine Environmental Research, 10.1016/j.marenvres.2022.105707
Estimating the environmental impacts of 57,000 food products
Clark et al., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Open Access 10.1073/pnas.2120584119
EU Citizen support for climate-friendly agriculture (Farm) and dietary options (Fork) across the left-right political spectrum
de Boer & Aiking, Climate Policy, Open Access pdf 10.1080/14693062.2022.2104792
Identification and characterization of potential change agents among agri-food producers: regime, niche and hybrid actors
Bünger & Schiller, Sustainability Science, Open Access pdf 10.1007/s11625-022-01184-1
Income and Yield effects of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) adoption in flood prone areas of Bangladesh: Farm Level Evidence
Akter et al., Climate Risk Management, Open Access 10.1016/j.crm.2022.100455
Interactions Between U.S. Vehicle Electrification, Climate Change, and Global Agricultural Markets
Dumortier et al., Environmental and Resource Economics, 10.1007/s10640-022-00716-8
Performance of biogas plant analysis and policy implications: Evidence from the commercial sources
Bai et al., Energy Policy, 10.1016/j.enpol.2022.113173
Spatial and interdecadal differences in climatic suitability for winter wheat in China from 1985 to 2014
Li & Zheng, International Journal of Biometeorology, 10.1007/s00484-022-02343-w
The main driver of soil organic carbon differs greatly between topsoil and subsoil in a grazing steppe
Wu et al., Ecology and Evolution, Open Access pdf 10.1002/ece3.9182
Visualization and quantification of carbon “rusty sink” by rice root iron plaque: mechanisms, functions, and global implications
Wei et al., Global Change Biology, 10.1111/gcb.16372
Hydrology, hydrometeorology & climate change
Future rise of the Great Lakes water levels under climate change
Kayastha et al., Journal of Hydrology, 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.128205
Hydrological drought dynamics and its teleconnections with large-scale climate indices in the Xijiang River basin, South China
Lin et al., Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 10.1007/s00704-022-04153-x
Precipitation extremes over the Tropical Americas under RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 climate change scenarios: Results from dynamical downscaling simulations
Araújo Costa et al., International Journal of Climatology, 10.1002/joc.7828
Projected dry/wet regimes in China using SPEI under four SSP-RCP based on statistically downscaled CMIP6 data
Chen et al., International Journal of Climatology, 10.1002/joc.7824
The Role of Climate and Vegetation in Regulating Drought–Heat Extremes
O et al., Journal of Climate, 10.1175/jcli-d-21-0675.1
Climate change economics
Allocation, allocation, allocation! The political economy of the development of the European Union Emissions Trading System
Sato et al., WIREs Climate Change, Open Access pdf 10.1002/wcc.796
Climate change and household debt in rural India
Kandikuppa & Gray, Climatic Change, 10.1007/s10584-022-03407-x
Environmental adjustment of the EU27 GDP: an econometric quantitative model
Galiano Bastarrica et al., Environment Systems and Decisions, Open Access pdf 10.1007/s10669-022-09872-0
How Does State-Level Carbon Pricing in the United States Affect Industrial Competitiveness?
Casey et al., Environmental and Resource Economics, Open Access pdf 10.1007/s10640-022-00711-z
Is energy efficiency a robust driver for the new normal development model? A Granger causality analysis
Panait et al., Energy Policy, 10.1016/j.enpol.2022.113162
Is the green deal a global strategy? Revision of the green deal definitions, strategies and importance in post-COVID recovery plans in various regions of the world
Smol, Energy Policy, Open Access 10.1016/j.enpol.2022.113152
Persistent effect of temperature on GDP identified from lower frequency temperature variability
Bastien-Olvera et al., Environmental Research Letters, Open Access 10.1088/1748-9326/ac82c2
Climate change mitigation public policy research
Evolving a policy framework discovering the dynamic association between determinants of oil consumption in India
Siddiqui et al., Energy Policy, 10.1016/j.enpol.2022.113179
Implication of the Paris agreement target on Indonesia electricity sector transition to 2050 using TIMES model
Reyseliani et al., Energy Policy, 10.1016/j.enpol.2022.113184
Improving regional applicability of the UK Shared Socioeconomic Pathways through iterative participatory co-design
Harmá?ková et al., Climate Risk Management, Open Access 10.1016/j.crm.2022.100452
Measuring corporate Paris Compliance using a strict science-based approach
Rekker et al., Nature Communications, Open Access pdf 10.1038/s41467-022-31143-4
Performance of biogas plant analysis and policy implications: Evidence from the commercial sources
Bai et al., Energy Policy, 10.1016/j.enpol.2022.113173
Product market competition and carbon disclosure: Evidence from China
Luo et al., Carbon Management, Open Access pdf 10.1080/17583004.2022.2100830
Rethinking electricity rate design: Fostering the energy transition in North Africa
Hendam et al., Energy Policy, 10.1016/j.enpol.2022.113172
Solar adoption inequality in the U.S.: Trend, magnitude, and solar justice policies
Gao & Zhou, Energy Policy, 10.1016/j.enpol.2022.113163
Who pays for BECCS and DACCS in the UK: designing equitable climate policy
Owen et al., Climate Policy, Open Access pdf 10.1080/14693062.2022.2104793
Climate change adaptation & adaptation public policy research
Climate Adaptation to Multi-Hazard Climate Related Risks in Ten Indonesian Cities: Ambitions and Challenges
Gaborit, Climate Risk Management, Open Access 10.1016/j.crm.2022.100453
Influence of cross-scale measures on neighborhood resilience
Buck et al., Natural Hazards, 10.1007/s11069-022-05493-7
Russia’s expanding adaptation agenda and its limitations
Moe et al., Climate Policy, Open Access 10.1080/14693062.2022.2107981
Towards improved understanding of cascading and interconnected risks from concurrent weather extremes: Analysis of historical heat and drought extreme events
Niggli et al., PLOS Climate, Open Access pdf 10.1371/journal.pclm.0000057
Climate change impacts on human health
Assessing the risk of spread of Zika virus under current and future climate scenarios
Xu et al., Biosafety and Health, Open Access 10.1016/j.bsheal.2022.03.012
Moving in a hotter world: Maintaining adequate childhood fitness as a climate change countermeasure
Morrison, Temperature, Open Access pdf 10.1080/23328940.2022.2102375
Over half of known human pathogenic diseases can be aggravated by climate change
Mora et al., Nature Climate Change, Open Access pdf 10.1038/s41558-022-01426-1
The effects of night-time warming on mortality burden under future climate change scenarios: a modelling study
He et al., The Lancet Planetary Health, Open Access pdf 10.1016/s2542-5196(22)00139-5
Informed opinion, nudges & major initiatives
Chemical Toxicants in Water: A GeoHealth perspective in the context of Climate Change
Joseph et al., GeoHealth, 10.1029/2022gh000675
Linking science and action to improve public health capacity for climate preparedness in lower- and middle-income countries
Quinn et al., Climate Policy, 10.1080/14693062.2022.2098228
Over half of known human pathogenic diseases can be aggravated by climate change
Mora et al., Nature Climate Change, Open Access pdf 10.1038/s41558-022-01426-1
Post publication careers: communication, engagement and impact
Gonçalves Neto, Communications Earth & Environment, Open Access pdf 10.1038/s43247-022-00508-4
Tropical forests are crucial in regulating the climate on Earth
Artaxo et al., PLOS Climate, Open Access pdf 10.1371/journal.pclm.0000054
Book reviews
Climate Change and Biodiversity Governance in the Amazon: At the Edge of Ecological Collapse?
Munera Roldan, Environmental Politics, Open Access pdf 10.1080/09644016.2022.2105047
Martin J. Pasqualetti. The thread of energy: the ubiquity of energy in modern life
Perkins, Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, 10.1007/s13412-022-00793-7
Carbon Capture’s Methane Problem. Life Cycle Analysis of Proposed New Mexico Carbon Capture and Sequestration Project Shows 90% or Higher Capture Is a Myth., Schlissel and Wamsted, e Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis
Like other proponents of carbon capture and storage (CCS) seeking federal funding of their projects, Enchant Energy and its allies claim that retrofitting the San Juan Generating Station (SJGS) in New Mexico for carbon capture could capture 90% or more of the CO2 emitted by the power plant. Real-world evidence suggests that this carbon capture rate is unrealistically high. Yet even if it were achievable, the total climate impact of SJGS would still be significant because of the substantial methane emissions from the San Juan coal mine that supplies fuel to the station. The authors found that the effective CO2 capture rate at the plant after including the mine’s methane emissions would be no more than 72%. The figure is likely too high since it assumes Enchant will be able to consistently capture 95% of CO2 generated at the plant.
U.S. Strategy Toward Sub-Saharan Africa, The White House
Sub-Saharan Africa plays a critical role in advancing global priorities to the benefit of Africans and Americans. It has one of the world’s fastest-growing populations, largest free trade areas, most diverse ecosystems, and one of the largest regional voting groups in the United Nations (UN). It is impossible to meet today’s defining challenges without African contributions and leadership. The region will factor prominently in efforts to end the COVID-19 pandemic; tackle the climate crisis; reverse the global tide of democratic backsliding; address global food insecurity; promote gender equity and equality; strengthen an open and stable international system; shape the rules of the world on vital issues like trade, cyber, and emerging technologies; and confront the threat of terrorism, conflict, and transnational crime. The U.S. Strategy Toward Sub-Saharan Africa represents a reframing of Africa’s importance to U.S. national security interests.
Green Energy Jobs in The U.S.: What Are They, And Where Are They?, Curtis and Marinescu, National Bureau of Economic Research
Does the growth of renewable energy benefit U.S. workers, and which workers stand to benefit the most? Until now, evidence on green energy jobs has been limited due to measurement issues. The authors use data on nearly all jobs posted online in the U.S., as collected by Burning Glass Technology. They also create a new measure of green jobs, defined in the paper as solar and wind jobs. The authors use job titles and task requirements to define green jobs. They found that both solar and wind job postings have more than tripled since 2010, with solar jobs seeing especially strong growth that precedes the growth of new installed solar capacity. In 2019, they identified approximately 52,500 solar job openings and 13,500 wind job openings. Solar jobs are mostly (33%) in sales occupations, and in the utility industry (16%). Wind jobs are most represented among installation and maintenance occupations (37%), and in the manufacturing industry (29%). Green jobs are created in occupations that are about 21% higher paying than average. The pay premium is even higher for jobs with a low educational requirement. Finally, green jobs tend to locate in counties with high shares of employment in fossil fuel extraction. Overall, the authors suggest that the growth of renewable energy leads to the creation of relatively high-paying jobs, which are more often than not located in areas that stand to lose from a decline in fossil fuel extraction jobs.
PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and the Environment, Baldassare et al., Public Policy Institute of California
With California facing a severe drought and wildfire season, public awareness has risen of the impact of climate change as well as state policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. A sharp increase in petroleum prices has led to discussions about expanding oil production and renewable energy sources. These are among the key findings of a statewide survey on environmental issues conducted by the authors in July 2022. For example, Californians are most likely to name water supply and drought, followed by wildfires and climate change, as the most important environmental issue facing the state today.
Retail Electricity Rates Under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, Roy et al, Resources for the Future
The authors model the impact of the proposed Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 on consumer electricity prices, finding that it reduces the average American household's electricity costs by $170-$220 a year.
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