[TheClimate.Vote] April 11, 2017 - Daily Global Warming News

Tue Apr 11 10:01:04 EDT 2017

/April 11, 2017 /

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/legendary-climate-scientist-likes-a-gop-proposal-on-global-warming/

    Legendary Climate Scientist Likes a GOP Proposal on Global Warming
    <https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/legendary-climate-scientist-likes-a-gop-proposal-on-global-warming/>

Scientific American 	 -‎5 hours ago‎ 	

James Hansen, the “father of climate change awareness,” wants the same 
carbon fee–and-dividend strategy proposed by Republicans.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/climate-change-farmers_us_58e3c1d8e4b0d0b7e16502d5

    *Climate Change*Is Ruining Farmers' Lives, But Only A Few Will Admit
    It
    <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/climate-change-farmers_us_58e3c1d8e4b0d0b7e16502d5>

Huffington Post 	 -‎5 hours ago‎ 	

Carter said she believes*climate change*is to blame for such extremes, 
and making her farm more adaptable to such wild weather has been on her 
mind practically from the start.

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/10042017/permafrost-climate-change-arctic-carbon-release
*Global Warming Could Thaw Far More Permafrost Than Expected, Study Says 
<https://insideclimatenews.org/news/10042017/permafrost-climate-change-arctic-carbon-release>*

    InsideClimate News...
    More than 40 percent of the world's permafrost - landscape covered
    in frozen soil - is at risk of thawing even if the world succeeds in
    limiting global warming to the international goal of 2 degrees
    Celsius, according to a new study...
    Currently, permafrost covers about nearly 5.8 million square miles,
    and scientists found as much as 2.5 million square miles of that
    could thaw - about twice the area of Alaska, California and Texas
    combined - in a 2 degree Celsius scenario. Thawing would be more
    limited if warming can be held to 1.5 degrees Celsius, but could
    still affect 1.8 million square miles...
    The new research was published Monday in the journal Nature Climate
    Change....
    http://www.nature.com/nclimate/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nclimate3262.html
    An observation-based constraint on permafrost loss as a function of
    global warming
    <http://www.nature.com/nclimate/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nclimate3262.html>
    Permafrost, which covers 15 million km2 of the land surface, is one
    of the components of the Earth system that is most sensitive to
    warming. Loss of permafrost would radically change high-latitude
    hydrology and biogeochemical cycling, and could therefore provide
    very significant feedbacks on climate change
    https://phys.org/news/2017-04-huge-permafrost-limited-ambitious-climate.html
    Huge permafrost thaw can be limited by ambitious climate targets
    <https://phys.org/news/2017-04-huge-permafrost-limited-ambitious-climate.html>
    Global warming will thaw about 20% more permafrost than previously
    thought, scientists have warned - potentially releasing significant
    amounts of greenhouse gases into the Earth's atmosphere...
    A new international research study, including climate change experts
    from the University of Leeds, University of Exeter and the Met
    Office, reveals that permafrost is more sensitive to the effects of
    global warming than previously thought.
    The study, published today in Nature Climate Change, suggests that
    nearly 4 million square kilometres of frozen soil - an area larger
    than India - could be lost for every additional degree of global
    warming experienced...
    Permafrost is frozen soil that has been at a temperature of below
    0ºC for at least two years. Large quantities of carbon are stored in
    organic matter trapped in the icy permafrost soils. When permafrost
    thaws the organic matter starts to decompose, releasing greenhouse
    gases such as carbon dioxide and methane which increase global
    temperatures...
    It is estimated that there is more carbon contained in the frozen
    permafrost than is currently in the atmosphere...
    http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/news/releases/2017/climate-targets-to-constrain-permafrost-loss

http://www.iisd.org/faq/building-a-climate-resilient-city/
*Eight Ways Cities Are Building Climate Resilience 
<http://www.iisd.org/faq/building-a-climate-resilient-city/>*

    Examples from the "Building a Climate-Resilient City" research series
    The Building a Climate-Resilient City series was prepared for the
    City of Edmonton and the City of Calgary by the Prairie Climate
    Centre, a collaboration between the University of Winnipeg and the
    International Institute for Sustainable Development...
    Climate change will have serious impacts for cities. In coming
    decades, building resilience will be essential urban policy and a
    smart investment for cities...
    And while many cities are already beginning to build resilience in
    response to emerging threats associated with climate change, the
    strategies they are adopting are often win-win results, making them
    healthier, more attractive places to live and do business.
    Resilience is brandable, and demonstrates of city’s willingness to
    embrace innovation culture...
    In a new series of research papers commissioned by the Canadian
    cities Edmonton and Calgary, we explore themes related to building
    climate-resilient cities. Here are eight examples of actions cities
    can take to foster resilience.

https://www.ft.com/content/1edb61dd-cbbe-380f-964e-b3b165b367fe

    G7*climate change*delay blamed on US
    <https://www.ft.com/content/1edb61dd-cbbe-380f-964e-b3b165b367fe>

Financial Times 	 -‎12 hours ago‎ 	

Italian officials had wanted language reaffirming the G7′s clear 
commitment to the Paris*climate change*accord and decarbonisation - a 
view shared by the other G7 nations except the US.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4398020/G7-officials-fail-agree-statement-climate-change.html

    G7 officials fail to agree statement on*climate change*
    <http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4398020/G7-officials-fail-agree-statement-climate-change.html>

Daily Mail 	 -‎12 hours ago‎ 	

G7 energy ministers fail to agree statement on climate change because of 
'US reservations' as Trump dismantles Obama's 'clean power plan'
G7 energy ministers have failed to agree a statement on*climate change*. 
US Secretary of Energy Rick Perry (second left) speaks with Italy's 
Minister of Economic Development Carlo Calenda (left), as International 
Energy Agency Executive Director Fatih*.*

http://www.dailyfreeman.com/general-news/20170410/climate-change-focus-of-april-27-lecture-at-vassar-college

    *Climate change*focus of April 27 lecture at Vassar College
    <http://www.dailyfreeman.com/general-news/20170410/climate-change-focus-of-april-27-lecture-at-vassar-college>

The Daily Freeman 	 -‎1 hour ago‎ 	

*Climate change*focus of April 27 lecture at Vassar College. Posted: 
04/10/17, 8:00 PM EDT | Updated: 28 secs ago. # Comments.

https://www.engadget.com/2017/04/09/man-made-global-warming-droughts-floods-heat-waves/

    Man-made*global warming*makes droughts and floods more likely
    <https://www.engadget.com/2017/04/09/man-made-global-warming-droughts-floods-heat-waves/>

Engadget 	 -‎Apr 9, 2017‎ 	

We already know that man-made*global warming*is bound to affect our 
planet, but it's hard to connect human activities to specific events.

http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/global-warming-to-melt-an-area-of-permafrost-the-size-of-india-for-every-extra-degree-a7676811.html

    *Global warming*to melt an area of permafrost the size of India each
    degree higher
    <http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/global-warming-to-melt-an-area-of-permafrost-the-size-of-india-for-every-extra-degree-a7676811.html>

The Independent 	 -‎49 minutes ago‎ 	

As the temperature rises, vast areas of permafrost begin to thaw, 
allowing dead vegetation and the bodies of countless millions of animals 
to decompose.

http://wp.me/p1t6fZ-3pI
*Why and how to use foresight tools to manage climate security risks 
<http://wp.me/p1t6fZ-3pI>*

    by Caitlin Werrell and Francesco Femia
    Shiloh Fetzek, Senior Fellow for International Affairs
    The Planetary Security Initiative and the Center for Climate and
    Security (CCS) have recently co-published a policy brief titled "Why
    and how to use foresight tools to manage climate security risks."
    The brief relates to the Working Group on foresight tools CCS
    organized at the 2016 Planetary Security Conference.
    Assessing climate security risks can be challenging, as there are
    significant and multi-faceted uncertainties involved. For
    practitioners looking for conceptual approaches to understanding and
    evaluating such risks, foresight tools offer a practical toolset for
    formulating robust responses, even in the context of significant
    uncertainty.

http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2004/04/11/unasked_questions/
*This Day in Climate History April 11, 2004 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20998-2004Dec22.html> -  
from D.R. Tucker*

      In a Boston Globe op-ed, Craig Unger, author of the
    recently released "House of Bush, House of Saud," writes:
    "Never before in history has a president of the United States had such
    a close relationship with another foreign power as President [George
    W.] Bush and his father have had with the Saudi royal family, the
    House of Saud. I have traced more than $1.4 billion in investments and
    contracts that went from the House of Saud over the past 20 years to
    companies in which the Bushes and their allies have had prominent
    positions -- Harken Energy, Halliburton, and the Carlyle Group among
    them. Is it possible that President Bush himself played a role in
    authorizing the evacuation of the Saudis after 9/11? What did he know
    and when did he know it?"

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