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Does anyone know where I might be able to find some good new regarding the climate? I'm not asking for lies to make me feel good, just more regarding technolog

Does anyone know where I might be able to find some good new regarding the climate? I'm not asking for lies to make me feel good, just more regarding technological progress, positive trends in the use of renewables etc. It would be nice to read a news letter to give us some hope for the future. Maybe there is no good news? I find it hard to believe that though.

gpm 6y ago
This isn't exactly what you're looking for, but climate change is probably a solvable problem with the right technology. My personal favorite idea is a giant set of solar shades [1]. I guess for that you should be watching for starship news at something like [2]. Other examples of relevant technology would include things include like fusion, superconductors (which are really a subset of fusion ;)), co2 extraction (which only makes sense if you have excess energy), and so on. [1] https://medium.com/age-of-awareness/we-need-spacex-bfr-not-just-get-us-to-mars-but-to-save-earth-from-global-warming-4b2c49fb2b27 https://medium.com/age-of-awareness/we-need-spacex-bfr-not-j... [2] https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/ https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/
shash 6y ago
Realclimate is usually good (http://realclimate.org http://realclimate.org)
- pjc50 6y ago
  That looks excellent. I'd even count the mid-2000s web design as a positive. Reminds me of http://theoildrum.com/special/archives http://theoildrum.com/special/archives
jesperlang 6y ago
Daily overview of a broad range of data. Just look at that hot blob over the arctic and switch to sea ice view..: https://climatereanalyzer.org/wx/DailySummary/#t2anom https://climatereanalyzer.org/wx/DailySummary/#t2anom For daily arctic sea ice updates (where you can clearly see that the regrowth is very slow for october): https://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/ https://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/
moultano 6y ago
https://www.carbonbrief.org/solar-is-now-cheapest-electricity-in-history-confirms-iea https://www.carbonbrief.org/solar-is-now-cheapest-electricit... "The world’s best solar power schemes now offer the “cheapest…electricity in history” with the technology cheaper than coal and gas in most major countries." This is how you can be confident that anyone who says nuclear is the only solution to climate change hasn't looked at the state of the energy industry in 30 years. The price of solar power is a dirt cheap and still dropping exponentially.
yongjik 6y ago
Not sure if this should count as "good news", but there's this: > While the ongoing coronavirus pandemic continues to threaten millions of lives around the world, the first half of 2020 saw an unprecedented decline in carbon dioxide emissions -- larger than during the financial crisis of 2008, the oil crisis of the 1979, or even World War II. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/10/201014082806.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/10/201014082806.h...

gpm 6y ago

This isn't exactly what you're looking for, but climate change is probably a solvable problem with the right technology. My personal favorite idea is a giant set of solar shades [1]. I guess for that you should be watching for starship news at something like [2]. Other examples of relevant technology would include things include like fusion, superconductors (which are really a subset of fusion ;)), co2 extraction (which only makes sense if you have excess energy), and so on. [1] https://medium.com/age-of-awareness/we-need-spacex-bfr-not-just-get-us-to-mars-but-to-save-earth-from-global-warming-4b2c49fb2b27 https://medium.com/age-of-awareness/we-need-spacex-bfr-not-j... [2] https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/ https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/

shash 6y ago

Realclimate is usually good (http://realclimate.org http://realclimate.org)

pjc50 6y ago
That looks excellent. I'd even count the mid-2000s web design as a positive. Reminds me of http://theoildrum.com/special/archives http://theoildrum.com/special/archives

jesperlang 6y ago

Daily overview of a broad range of data. Just look at that hot blob over the arctic and switch to sea ice view..: https://climatereanalyzer.org/wx/DailySummary/#t2anom https://climatereanalyzer.org/wx/DailySummary/#t2anom For daily arctic sea ice updates (where you can clearly see that the regrowth is very slow for october): https://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/ https://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/

moultano 6y ago

https://www.carbonbrief.org/solar-is-now-cheapest-electricity-in-history-confirms-iea https://www.carbonbrief.org/solar-is-now-cheapest-electricit... "The world’s best solar power schemes now offer the “cheapest…electricity in history” with the technology cheaper than coal and gas in most major countries." This is how you can be confident that anyone who says nuclear is the only solution to climate change hasn't looked at the state of the energy industry in 30 years. The price of solar power is a dirt cheap and still dropping exponentially.

yongjik 6y ago

Not sure if this should count as "good news", but there's this: > While the ongoing coronavirus pandemic continues to threaten millions of lives around the world, the first half of 2020 saw an unprecedented decline in carbon dioxide emissions -- larger than during the financial crisis of 2008, the oil crisis of the 1979, or even World War II. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/10/201014082806.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/10/201014082806.h...