Reposted with permission; by Jim Hansen, Director, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies

When I was young, Yankee Stadium had ~70,000 seats. It seldom sold out, and almost any kid could afford the cheap seats. Capacity was reduced to ~57,000 when the stadium was remodeled in the 1970s. Most games sell out now, and prices have gone up.

The new stadium, opening next year, will reduce seating further, to ~51,800. This intentional contraction is aimed at guaranteeing sellouts, increasing demand, allowing the owners, in pretty short order, to hike prices to double, triple, and more. The owners know that scarcity will fatten their wallets, even though it reduces the number of sales. This is more than a bit distasteful, as it discriminates against the lower middle class. Nevertheless, it should be a great stadium and as long as the owner is footing the bill without public subsidies for the stadium itself, we may have little grounds for complaint.

The reason that I draw your attention to this practice is that fossil fuel moguls are intent on hoodwinking the entire planet with an analogous scheme. (more…)

By Dr. James Hansen, Director of the Goddard Institute for Space Studies; reposted with permission (original post is here)

Predictably, as scientific evidence clarifies that the dangerous level of atmospheric CO2 is at hand, there are cries that it is impractical to avoid climate catastrophe. Such negativity is part of the playbook of those who stand to gain from business-as-usual. A recent report by the Scripps Howard News Service claims that I stated “we must reduce greenhouse gases by 80 percent within 12 years or it will be too late to prevent a climate catastrophe.” What nonsense. (more…)

350.

350 ppm.

Das sind 350 Teilchen pro Millionen.

350 Teilchen CO2 pro Millionen anderer Teilchen in unserer Atmosphäre.

Dreihundertundfünfzig ist die Zahl, die jeder kennen muß.

Das ist die Konzentration welche Dr. James Hansen, Direktor des Goddard Instituts für Space Studies, in seiner noch nicht veröffentlichten Studie für notwendig hält, um katastrophale Auswirkungen des Klimawandels zu vermeiden (auch kommentiert bei Climate Progress). (more…)

It is probably not exaggerated to say that Dr. James Hansen is one of the best known climate scientists in the U.S. He is the director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, and adjunct professor at Columbia University Earth Institute. He has been warning us since many years about the catastrophic events caused by global climate change that will happen if we do not reduce greenhouse gas emissions in time. His influential papers and commentaries, letters (for example a letter to the UK prime minister), and newspaper editorials can be found at his webpage of Columbia university. Dr. Hansen kindly gave us the permission to reproduce and translate his work on the CO2-blogger. (more…)

Beitrag auf dem Yale Climate Media Forum von Zeke Hausfather, frei übersetzt von Maiken Winter; überarbeitet von Dr. Hans Richard Knoche, Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung (IMK-IFU), Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe

Nur wenige Themen im Bereich Klimawandel entfachen hitzigere Debatten als die scheinbar langweiligen Klimamodelle. Kritiker meinen, dass Klimamodelle zu subjektiv sind, dass Wissenschaftler Parameter so zurechtrücken, dass die Modelle genau das ergeben, was die Wissenschaftler sehen wollen, oder dass Klimamodelle einfach eine tolle Übung darin sind, Kurven an Daten anzupassen, um irgendwelche unhaltsamen Vorhersagen zu machen.

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