link: Federal Advisory Committee Draft Climate Assessment Report Released for Public Review | National Climate Assessment Development Advisory Comittee Read the draft. Public comment period is 3 months. Public input is part of the process...
The full report is huge, over 147 MB, but the executive summary is only 21 pages and well written . . . easy reading: http://ncadac.globalchange.gov/download/NCAJan11-2013-publicreviewdraft-chap1-execsum.pdf This will really 'set hair on fire' in some circles but then the planet is cooking and maybe it is time . . . to set some hair on fire. The "Report Findings:" Gobal climate is changing, and this is apparent across the U.S. in a wide range of observations. The climate change of the past 50 years is due primarily to human activities, predominantly the burning of fossil fuels. Some extreme weather and climate events have increased in recent decades, and there is new and stronger evidence that many of these increases are related to human activities. Human-induced climate change is projected to continue and accelerate significantly if emissions of heat-trapping gases continue to increase. Impacts related to climate change are already evident in many sectors and are expected to become increasingly challenging across the nation throughout this century and beyond. Climate change threatens human health and well-being in many ways, including impacts from increased extreme weather events, wildfire, decreased air quaity, diseases transmitted by insects, food, and water, and threats to mental health. . . . Hummm, I have to stop here (LOL) . . . can we can find any examples? Do we have any volunteers? Bob Wilson
There is now a publication examining recent global-T extremes: Climatic Change DOI 10.1007/s10584-012-0668-1 if your librarian cannot help, you know who to call It does not contain the word 'dice' so AustinG may not be offended. If the oceans do not soon manage to trap heat as they appear to have done on two previous 60-yr cycles, then we will see more 'extremes' and more facile denials. It is the way of things. I much hope for the oceans to do so, because fossil-C burning is in no way being reduced now. What if we redid such analyses with BEST data, instead of the other instrumental-T records that don't show such hot 1930's? Just asking. My mental health is intact (more or less) because I will miss the 2nd half of this century. The youngins' hair may be more flammable.
