[LINK] OT: Ocean warming virtually certain man-made

[Richard Chirgwin]

Jan - won't help. I'm already getting the denialst dive-bombing for 
writing it up on El Reg:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/06/11/humans_warming_the_oceans/

RC


On 12/06/12 9:47 AM, Jan Whitaker wrote:
> [In case you know Tony Abbott or Joe Hockey or any number of members
> of the LNP...]
>
> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/11/human-induced-ocean-warming-study-climate-change_n_1586532.html
>
>
> According to a Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory press release,
> <https://www.llnl.gov/news/newsreleases/2012/Jun/NR-12-06-04.html>the
> study shows that over the past 50 years, observed ocean warming is
> explained only when greenhouse gas increases are included in the models.
>
> Lead author and LLNL climate scientist Peter Gleckler said in the
> press release, "The bottom line is that this study substantially
> strengthens the conclusion that most of the observed global ocean
> warming over the past 50 years is attributable to human activities."
>
> [and despite the bleating about China's impact, guess who is leading
> the effort in clean energy. Again, please pass along to our
> conservative brethren]
>
> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/11/wwf-clean-technology-report_n_1587741.html?ref=topbar
>
>
> A new report from the World Wildlife Fund shows that China continues
> to lead the world in clean energy technology manufacturing
> (cleantech). Denmark takes the top spot for sales as a proportion of
> total economy. The third edition of
> <http://www.worldwildlife.org/climate/Publications/WWFBinaryitem28087.pdf>Clean
> Economy, Living Planet, released last week, ranks countries' 2011
> cleantech sales, both in absolute terms and as a proportion of their
> economies.
>
> The United States was ranked second behind China for total sales, but
> stands at number 15 in terms of sales relative to its entire economy.
> Marty Spitzer, Director of US Climate Policy for WWF,
> <http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2012/WWFPresitem28089.html>said
> in a press release, "Other countries are moving on clean technology
> opportunities and making big investments in the industry, while U.S.
> policymakers in Washington seem to be content to let all the recent
> growth in the U.S. wither on the vine by not providing policy
> certainty and not going after growth opportunities."
>
>
>
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