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  ‘A Mad Scramble’: One Rare Mineral May Spell Doom For Electric Vehicle Market Spencer Platt/Getty Images Thomas Catenacci Energy & Environment Reporter December 20, 2021 4:55 PM ET Lithium — a mineral that is key for electric car batteries — continues to rise in price, jeopardizing the ongoing transition to renewable energy outlined by Western governments. The cost of lithium has skyrocketed more than 250% over the last 12 months, hitting its highest level ever, according to an industry index from Benchmark Mineral Intelligence. While the cost of manufacturing a lithium-ion battery for an electric vehicle (EV) has fallen sharply over the last decade, the decline has slowed in recent months due to rising lithium costs. The average cost of an EV battery pack fell to $157 per kilowatt hour, a measure of energy capacity, in 2021, the Department of En

Climate Change Will Increase the Number and Severity of Tornadoes Black tornado funnel and lightning on road from 123rf.com Pro: Tornadoes are Getting More Dangerous While there have been no long-term trends in the frequency of tornadoes, there have been changes in tornado patterns in recent years. Research has shown that there are fewer days with at least one tornado but more days with over thirty, even as the total number of tornadoes per year has remained relatively stable. In other words, tornado events are becoming more clustered. There is also evidence to suggest that tornado patterns have shifted geographically. The number of tornadoes in the states that make up Tornado Alley are falling, while tornado events have been on the rise in the states of Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Tennessee, and Kentucky.  There is speculation that some of these changes are linked to climate change and its effect on the jet stream. T

A Colossal 1.3-GW Offshore Wind Farm Just Went Live. It's the Largest in the World And it will be fully operational in 2022. By  Chris Young Dec 22, 2021 (Updated: Dec 22, 2021 09:31 EST)     Danish energy firm Orsted announced that the Hornsea 2 offshore wind farm off the coast of Scotland has produced its first energy, a press statement reveals. The important milestone means that Hornsea 2 will be the "world’s largest operating offshore wind farm" once it is fully operational in 2022, according to Orsted. The wind farm is located approximately 55 miles (90 km) off the coast of Scotland and covers an area of roughly 178 sq mi (462 km²). According to Orsted, the wind farm will use 165 turbines once fully operational, giving it a capacity of over 1.3 gigawatts. This means that Hornsea 2 and 1 together will be able to power more than 1.3 million homes. Hornsea 1, described by Orsted as Hornsea 2's "sibling

  Increase in U.S. Wildfires Due to Climate Change Image: Dixie Fire in California approaching Indian Ridge lookout. Image from PGE wildfire camera on 7/24/21 Pro: Many media outlets are blaming “climate change” for the increased wildfires in the western United States. For example, this article from Vox: The West is burning. Climate change is making it worse. In the article they say: Climate change is supercharging wildfire season Like  most of the West , drought conditions in California and Oregon have fueled the Bootleg and Dixie Fires, resulting in a fire season that is far worse than usual, far earlier. According to the US Drought Monitor , major swaths of Washington, Oregon, California, Montana, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico are all in the midst of a drought, as are other parts of the US. More than 95 percent of that region is experiencing at least “moderate” drought conditions,  according to a map produced by the US Drought Moni

Study: The Urban Heat Island Penalty Grows, Especially at Night From the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), more confirmation of a night-time warming bias in climate records due to increased infrastructure. RICHLAND, Wash.—City living has its perks: Live music, museums, trendy cafés and much more. But urban living isn’t so cool when it comes to summer weather. Living in a city translates to an extra two to six hours of uncomfortable weather per day in the summer for people in the eastern and central United States, according to research  published Dec. 9 in Geophysical Research Letters . The scientists present this and related work this week at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union. The additional uncomfortable hours occur mainly at night. Cities bake in the summer sun, with concrete, dark pavement and structures soaking in the heat during the day and releasing it at night, raising the nighttime heat index. Urban areas are

  UAH Global Temperature Update for November, 2021: +0.08 deg. C. December 2nd, 2021 The Version 6.0 global average lower tropospheric temperature (LT) anomaly for November, 2021 was +0.08 deg. C, down substantially from the October, 2021 value of +0.37 deg. C. The linear warming trend since January, 1979 remains at +0.14 C/decade (+0.12 C/decade over the global-averaged oceans, and +0.18 C/decade over global-averaged land). Various regional LT departures from the 30-year (1991-2020) average for the last 23 months are: YEAR MO GLOBE NHEM. SHEM. TROPIC USA48 ARCTIC AUST 2020 01 0.42 0.44 0.40 0.52 0.57 -0.22 0.41 2020 02 0.59 0.74 0.45 0.63 0.17 -0.27 0.20 2020 03 0.35 0.42 0.27 0.53 0.81 -0.95 -0.04 2020 04 0.26 0.26 0.25 0.35 -0.70 0.63 0.78 2020 05 0.42 0.43 0.41 0.53 0.07 0.84 -0.20 2020 06 0.30 0.29 0.30 0.31 0.26 0.54 0.97 2020 07 0.31 0.31 0.31 0.28 0.44 0.27 0.26 2020 08 0.30 0.34 0.26 0.45 0.35