[TheClimate.Vote] April 15, 2017 - Daily Global Warming News

[Richard Pauli]

/April 15, 2017 /

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/04/14/scientists-just-found-a-strange-and-worrying-crack-in-one-of-greenlands-biggest-glaciers/
*(video+) Scientists just found a strange and worrying crack in one of 
Greenland's biggest glaciers 
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/04/14/scientists-just-found-a-strange-and-worrying-crack-in-one-of-greenlands-biggest-glaciers/?utm_term=.0595bb784ba6>*

    (WashingtonPost) Scientists examining satellite images of one of
    Greenland's largest glaciers believe they have found an unexpected
    new crack in its floating ice shelf that could contribute to a
    dramatic break in coming years...
    The Petermann Glacier, located in the high Arctic at 80 degrees
    North latitude, is one of the most important outlets by which the
    Greenland ice sheet extends and flows into the sea. In 2010 and
    2012, it lost extremely large pieces, each several times the size of
    Manhattan, from its ice shelf, which floats on top of the waters of
    a fjord whose depth exceeds that of the Grand Canyon...
    These changes captured the world's attention - and greatly shrank
    this floating shelf that stabilizes the glacier by attaching to the
    walls of the fjord in which it lies. That's a big deal because
    Petermann Glacier holds back about a foot of potential sea level
    rise from the Greenland ice sheet....
    This crack, oddly, appeared to have formed in the middle of the ice
    shelf, rather than on its side where cracks usually begin. But given
    its location, it could potentially connect with the preexisting
    crack if it continues to grow, extending it across much of the shelf...
    So in summary - the summer of 2017 could potentially hold some drama
    at Petermann glacier. No doubt many eyes from the sky will be
    trained on it very closely.

    The current condition of the ice west of Greenland can be seen here:
    https://worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov/?p=arctic&l=VIIRS_SNPP_CorrectedReflectance_TrueColor(hidden),MODIS_Aqua_CorrectedReflectance_TrueColor(hidden),MODIS_Terra_CorrectedReflectance_TrueColor,Reference_Labels(hidden),Reference_Features(hidden),Coastlines&t=2017-04-10&z=3&v=-3463826.9980951357,-3258351.7038824228,1641259.9222460543,-815487.845516033
    <https://worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov/?p=arctic&l=VIIRS_SNPP_CorrectedReflectance_TrueColor%28hidden%29,MODIS_Aqua_CorrectedReflectance_TrueColor%28hidden%29,MODIS_Terra_CorrectedReflectance_TrueColor,Reference_Labels%28hidden%29,Reference_Features%28hidden%29,Coastlines&t=2017-04-10&z=3&v=-3463826.9980951357,-3258351.7038824228,1641259.9222460543,-815487.845516033>


https://robertscribbler.com/2017/04/14/under-the-arctic-dome-brutish-high-pressure-system-is-wrecking-the-already-thinned-sea-ice/
*Under the Arctic Dome - Brutish High Pressure System is Wrecking the 
Already Thinned Sea Ice 
<https://robertscribbler.com/2017/04/14/under-the-arctic-dome-brutish-high-pressure-system-is-wrecking-the-already-thinned-sea-ice/>*

    There's a real atmospheric brute towering over the Arctic's Beaufort
    Sea at this time. A high pressure system that would put shame to
    most other anti-cyclonic phenomena that bear the name. It is sending
    out a broad, clockwise pattern of winds. It is pulling up warm air
    from the Pacific to invade the Bering, Chukchi, East Siberian and
    Laptev Seas. And its torquing motion is shattering the already
    considerably thinned ice beneath it.
    A powerful high pressure system over the Beaufort Sea is predicted
    to further strengthen by late April 15. Image source
    <https://earth.nullschool.net/about.html>:Earth Nullschool
    <https://earth.nullschool.net/about.html>.
    https://earth.nullschool.net/about.html
    Clocking in at 1046 mb of pressure, it makes typically strong 1030
    mb high pressure systems seem weak by comparison. Over the next day
    it is expected to strengthen still - hitting 1048 mb by late April
    15th (coming very close to an extraordinary 1050 mb system)...
    This powerful and strengthening system has already been in place for
    about two weeks - slowly gaining momentum as its circulation has
    moved in mirror to the waters of the Beaufort Gyre that swirl
    beneath it. Masked only by a veil of sea ice considerably thinned by
    human-forced climate change, the waters of the Beaufort are now
    breaking through. Streaks of dark blue on white in an early break-up
    enabled both by a terrible Arctic warming and by this powerful
    spring weather system.

https://psmag.com/a-trip-to-the-zoo-can-get-people-talking-about-climate-change-d2c21cf4c597
*A Trip to the Zoo Can Get People Talking About Climate Change 
<https://psmag.com/a-trip-to-the-zoo-can-get-people-talking-about-climate-change-d2c21cf4c597>*

    New research finds an informal education program gives people the
    tools to discuss the problem intelligently.
    By Tom Jacobs
    Climate change is a subject most of us don't really want to think
    about, let alone discuss over dinner. While our fears of a decimated
    environment are clearly reflected in apocalyptic fiction, frank talk
    about our warming world is relatively rare.
    If this reflects deep-seated denial, we're all in trouble. But what
    if the issue is simpler? What if we avoid the subject because we
    don't really understand it - and don't want to sound like an idiot?
    New research suggests that may be true for a lot of Americans. It
    also offers evidence that, when members of the public are given the
    vocabulary they need to grasp the gravity of the situation, they are
    more likely to engage in conversation about what needs to be done.
    http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0272494417300440
    *Creating a climate for change: Interventions, efficacy and public
    discussion about climate change
    <http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0272494417300440>*


https://inews.co.uk/essentials/news/global-warming-explain-woolly-mammoth-ivory-trade-booming/
*Global warming could explain why the woolly mammoth ivory trade is 
booming 
<https://inews.co.uk/essentials/news/global-warming-explain-woolly-mammoth-ivory-trade-booming/>*

    Woolly mammoths may have been extinct for thousands of years, but
    their tusks have recently become part of a booming ivory trade
    between Russia and China – and it could be down to global warming.
    According to experts, the effects of global warming in the Arctic
    have made it possible to unearth tusks which, until now, have been
    preserved in the icy Siberian tundra. Tusks seized On Wednesday, it
    was reported that Chinese customs officers had seized more than a
    tonne of tusks from woolly mammoths in north-east China back in
    February. State media claimed the haul – which was discovered at the
    port of Luobei in Heilongjiang province – came from Russia. As well
    as more than 100 woolly mammoth tusks, the hefty discovery also
    contained 37 woolly rhino horn parts and more than a tonne of jade –
    The melting of the permafrost due to global warming is one of the
    main reasons why so many woolly mammoth skeletons have been
    uncovered recently.

https://www.pri.org/stories/2017-04-12/risk-countries-worry-what-america-first-means-climate-change
*(audio+) At-risk countries worry what 'America first' means for climate 
change 
<https://www.pri.org/stories/2017-04-12/risk-countries-worry-what-america-first-means-climate-change>*

    "The truth is that [the] United States has been a big stumbling
    block in terms of the fight against global warming," says Nigerian
    activist Nnimmo Bassey, former head of Friends of the Earth
    International.
    American leaders finally got on board in the lead-up to the 2015
    Paris talks, and together with China led the way to a climate change
    agreement decades in the making. But just about everyone agreed the
    deal they struck was a weak one.
    "It didn't really add up to preventing catastrophic temperature
    increases," says Bassey. "But having the United States on board gave
    a kind of assurance that things could step forward in the future."
    Now, those assurances have disappeared.
    The activists and experts I spoke with aren't, by any means, a
    representative sample of people in developing countries. But they
    all did share similar worries about the US scrapping goals to cut
    carbon pollution.
    Lydia Powell, an energy analyst with the Observer Research
    Foundation in India, offered a different perspective. She says
    operators of Indian coal mines and power plants were happy about
    Trump's new energy policies....
    Still, India continues to boost renewable energy, as promised in
    Paris. And its appetite for new coal-fired power plants seems to be
    waning. The latest Indian energy outlook predicts the country may
    not need to start building any new coal-fired power plants for at
    least a decade.
    And so far, no other countries have followed the US in indicating a
    retreat from the Paris agreement.
    Back on a beach in Kiribati, as President Tong watches high tide lap
    at the seawall protecting his home, he says he's still holding out
    hope for his low-lying nation.
    "I've given up giving up," says Tong. "There is always an answer to
    every challenge, to every problem. There is always an answer. We
    just have to find it."

https://nonprofitquarterly.org/2017/04/14/climate-change-will-change-work-nonprofits/
*Climate Change Will Change the Work of Nonprofits 
<https://nonprofitquarterly.org/2017/04/14/climate-change-will-change-work-nonprofits/>*

    It's no secret that industrialization has created a number of public
    health concerns, such as air and water pollution, and chemical
    contamination of food and soil. But have we considered that global
    warming may have equally catastrophic effects?...
    A report from the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health
    mapped how climate change threatens the health of people across the
    United States and how those threats vary by region.
    "nonprofits may see a change "


https://www.peri.umass.edu/noam-chomsky-mullins
*Professor Noam Chomsky Lecture - Video 
<https://www.peri.umass.edu/noam-chomsky-mullins>*
On Demand: "Prospects for Survival" UMass lecture on April 13, 2017
"Is it better to be smart than stupid?"  Sponsored by the Political 
Economy Research Institute


https://insideclimatenews.org/news/20130415/insideclimate-news-team-wins-pulitzer-prize-national-reporting
*This Day in Climate History April 15, 2013 
<https://insideclimatenews.org/news/20130415/insideclimate-news-team-wins-pulitzer-prize-national-reporting> 
-  from D.R. Tucker
*

    **InsideClimate News <https://insideclimatenews.org/>Team Wins
    Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting
    ICN is the third web-based news organization to win national
    reporting honors, and the smallest among a trio that includes
    ProPublica and Huffington Post.
    InsideClimate News reporters Elizabeth McGowan, Lisa Song and David
    Hasemyer are the winners of this year's Pulitzer Prize for national
    reporting....
    The trio took top honors in the category for their work on "The
    Dilbit Disaster: Inside the Biggest Oil Spill You've Never Heard
    Of," a project that began with a seven-month investigation into the
    million-gallon spill of Canadian tar sands oil into the Kalamazoo
    River in 2010. It broadened into an examination of national pipeline
    safety issues, and how unprepared the nation is for the impending
    flood of imports of a more corrosive and more dangerous form of oil...
    The Pulitzer committee commended the reporters for their "rigorous
    reports on flawed regulation of the nation's oil pipelines, focusing
    on potential ecological dangers posed by diluted bitumen (or
    "dilbit"), a controversial form of oil."*...*

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